SHANGHAI, CHINA - Zou Shiming (9W-1L,2KO’s) will make the first defense of his WBO world flyweight title this Friday against Japanese challenger Sho Kimura (14W-1L-2D,7KO’s). The protagonists were civil towards each other  

Canelo-Golovkin Promotion Will Sink Sales, Not Mayweather-McGregor
By Paul Magno, Boxing.com, 26 Jul 2017
No non-boxing fan is clamoring for Canelo-Golovkin and none, unfortunately, are being sold on it. That’s not Mayweather’s or McGregor’s fault… If the upcoming Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin pay-per-view fails to deliver in terms of buy rate, you can blame promoters Golden Boy and K2 for not doin  Read Full Story >>>

Jermell Charlo: I'm Backing GGG, Canelo Avoided Me and Brother!
By Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com, 26 Jul 2017
WBC super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo (29-0) made the first defense of his title in April when he stopped his mandatory challenger Charles Hatley in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently awaiting his next assignment. The next fight that he is interested in is that of his twin brother, Jerm  Read Full Story >>>

The Boxer Who Morphed From “The Baron” to “The Animal” to “The Rat”
By Ted Sares, The Sweet Science, 26 Jul 2017
In 1945, the police arrested 14-year-old Joe Barboza for breaking and entering. He was packed off to the infamous Lyman Reform School in Westborough, MA, a grim “hellhole.” It was the first reform school in the United States. He took up boxing like many others who were serving time. Tony Veranis,  Read Full Story >>>

CLARESSA SHIELDS METEORIC RISE TO STARDOM IN PROFESSIONAL BOXING ANOTHER CHAPTER IN HER HISTORIC JOURNEY
PhilBoxing.com, 26 Jul 2017

DETROIT (July 25, 2017) - On Friday, August 4, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa "T-Rex" Shields will make another significant stop on her historic journey through the sport of boxing. In the 10-round main event of Sal  Read Full Story >>>

Nate Diaz Courted By Mayweather's TMT for McGregor Fight Walkout
PhilBoxing.com, 26 Jul 2017

TMZ SPORTS -- One of Floyd Mayweather's TMT members tells TMZ Sports ... he's courting Nate Diaz to walk out with Floyd for the McGregor fight -- and says there's a REAL chance it will happen. The man with the plan is   Read Full Story >>>

Robert Garcia: “We truly believe that Mikey Garcia has the power to knock Adrien Broner out!”
By Robert Brown, OTR Boxing Radio, 26 Jul 2017
Former world champion and current trainer, Robert Garcia, has some of the best fighters in the world under his stable of fighters. His main fighter is his younger brother, Mikey Garcia. Mikey is a three division world champion, having won belts at 126, 130 and 135. This Saturday night, Mikey will mo  Read Full Story >>>

Waiting game for Jason Pagara
By Ryan Songalia, Rappler, 26 Jul 2017
MANILA, Philippines – What’s known is that Jason Pagara will be on the Milan Melindo-Hekkie Budler IBF junior flyweight championship card on September 16. What isn’t yet certain is who he will be fighting. The elder Pagara brother has not fought since last November, when he knocked out Jose Alfar  Read Full Story >>>

Conor McGregor hits back at Mike Tyson’s sledge that he’s going to ‘get killed’ by Floyd Mayweather
Fox Sports, 26 Jul 2017
CONOR McGregor has responded to claims by Mike Tyson that he’s going to “get killed” by Floyd Mayweather when they meet in the super fight next month. Mayweather puts his 49-0 record on the line when he takes on McGregor, who has never had a professional boxing bout in his life, in Las Vegas on A  Read Full Story >>>

COLUMN: WITHDRAWAL OF SEA GAMES HOSTING AND LESSONS OF 1991
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, 26 Jul 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte’s men should have learned a lesson or two from the late Chef Executive Corry Aquino on diplomacy, honoring international commitments and respecting the Filipinos’ capability to succeed in any undertakings w  Read Full Story >>>

VASYL LOMACHENKO TRAINING CAMP QUOTES
PhilBoxing.com, 26 Jul 2017

OXNARD, CALIF. (July 25, 2017) -- Next week, two-division world champion and pound for pound superstar VASYL "Hi-Tech" LOMACHENKO (8-1, 6 KOs), of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine, who has won his last five fights by knoc  Read Full Story >>>

Nevada Athletic Commission director promises ‘no favoritism’ in Mayweather-McGregor officiating
By Milan Ordoñez, Bloody Elbow, 26 Jul 2017
One major apprehension that Conor McGregor’s camp holds for the upcoming Floyd Mayweather fight is about the officiating. Head coach John Kavanagh has been vocal about his dislike for veteran boxing referee Kenny Bayless, and has suggested that MMA official Marc Goddard should be the third man in th  Read Full Story >>>

USADA: Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather to be drug tested ‘robustly’ leading into boxing match
By Marc Raimondi, MMA Fighting, 26 Jul 2017
Conor McGregor is now a part of two separate USADA drug-testing pools. The UFC lightweight champion remains under the UFC’s anti-doping policy this summer as he prepares to box Floyd Mayweather on Aug. 26 in Las Vegas and will still be tested as part of that USADA-run program. In addition, McGreg  Read Full Story >>>

Tyson Predicts Mayweather Romp
By Marc Livitz, Boxing.com, 26 Jul 2017
The former “baddest man on the planet” spoke to Barstool Sports in regard to next month’s showdown between showoffs… For those of us who were born in the 1970’s and did most of our growing up in the 80’s and 90’s, we came to know former heavyweight king George Foreman as a lovable, jovial ted  Read Full Story >>>

Broner: My Back is Against The Wall, Everyone Counting Me Out
BoxingScene.com, 26 Jul 2017
Four-division world champion Adrien Broner has taken a unique approach as he prepares to face undefeated three-division titlist Mikey Garcia this Saturday, July 29 live on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT). One of only 16 four-division champions in boxing history, the outspoken Broner is practicing yo  Read Full Story >>>

The Past Week in Action 25 July 2017
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, 26 Jul 2017

Veteran Jhonny Gonzalez (L) of Mexico stops previously undefeated Jesse Chris Rosales of the Philippines. Highlights: -Victories in title fights for Ryoichi Taguchi and Hiroto Kyoguchi with Kyoguchi’s wi  Read Full Story >>>

RingTV.com, powered by Flipps Media, to stream superfight between Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Gennady "GGG" Golovkin
PhilBoxing.com, 26 Jul 2017

Live on PPV, Saturday, Sept. 16, from Las Vegas NEW YORK, NY(July 25, 2017) - RingTV.com and Flipps Media today announced a partnership to stream the most anticipated boxing showdown of the year, "Supremacy," on Sa  Read Full Story >>>

Richard Schaefer says Nonito Donaire's next fight likely in early fall
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, 26 Jul 2017
Former four-division world titleholder Nonito Donaire signed a multifight promotional contract with Richard Schaefer's Ringstar Sports on Tuesday, Schaefer told ESPN. Donaire, the 2012 fighter of the year, has for years been one of boxing's best smaller-weight fighters. He won world titles in fou  Read Full Story >>>

Who Likes Conor McGregor’s Chances? Bettors, Mostly
By Victor Mather, The New York Times, 26 Jul 2017
Experts and pundits are in rare unanimity over the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor superfight. McGregor, they say, has absolutely no chance. With the fight a month away, people are betting on it, and … what do you know? They’re betting on McGregor. “The odds for this fight were first relea  Read Full Story >>>

Hurry Up and Wait: The Ratings Game
By Caryn A. Tate, Boxing.com, 26 Jul 2017
If Erislandy Lara, Errol Spence, or Mikey Garcia didn’t have either a title or ranking by a sanctioning body, no one would want to face them… Sanctioning bodies, which control the various championship belts and rankings, exist to give some semblance of order to boxing. The titles can give validat  Read Full Story >>>

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