Alvarez defends NABO light heavyweight title against Hawk
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 17 May 2012
MONTREAL (May 18, 2012) - Undefeated North American Boxing Organization ("NABO") Light Heavyweight Champion Eleider "Storm" Alvarez (8-0, 5 KOs) makes his first title defense on Friday, June 8 against Native American challenger Shawn "The Sioux Warrior" Hawk (23-1, 19 KOs), headlining the fifth and   Read Full Story >>>

Hitz Adds Three More Fights to Mammoth Horseshoe Event on May 25
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 17 May 2012

Promoter Bobby Hitz and Hitz Boxing have added three more fights to the lineup for their Friday, May 25 "Fight Night at the Horseshoe" event at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. In addition to the 10-rou  Read Full Story >>>

Why prolong Romero's agony?
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Thu, 17 May 2012
There was no doubt in American referee Michael Ortega’s mind that Mexican challenger Omar Niño Romero was headed for extinction when he stepped in to halt the carnage at 2:07 of the ninth round, declaring defending WBO flyweight champion Brian Viloria the winner by technical knockout. Romero prot  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao Clarifies Same-Sex Marriage Comments
The Hollywood Gossip, Thu, 17 May 2012
Manny Pacquiao is standing by his criticism of same-sex marriage, but denies giving some of the strongly-worded quotes in a recent article about his views. The athlete, regarded by many as the best pound-for-pound boxer on Earth, criticized gay marriage in the wake of President Obama's recent sup  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquaio Disputes Krista Ranillo and Ara Mina Scandals, Jinkee Pacquiao Divorce Report
Lalate News, Thu, 17 May 2012
LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Manny Pacquaio previously denied Krista Ranillo and Ara Mina affair allegations. Now Manny Pacquaio is denying a Jinkee Pacquiao divorce report. In recent years, Manny Pacquaio battled what he called were false reports claiming that he was having separate affairs with Krista R  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao pontificates on gay views while promoter Arum says nobody asked him
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 17 May 2012
You don’t have to know much about the Bible to know that this, too, shall pass. The “Manny Pacquiao wants gay people to be shot” kerfluffle is a one day story and, while Pacman reasserted his religious opposition to gay marriage again on Wednesday, his 80 year old promoter, Bob Arum, said this st  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao, gay marriage and sloppy journalism
By Patrick Winn, globalpost, Thu, 17 May 2012
According to a slew of established American media outlets -- including USA Today, L.A. Weekly and Daily Kos-- boxing megastar and Philippine congressman Manny Pacquiao believes gay people should be executed. How do they know? Because that's what Pacquiao said in this interview, titled "Pacqu  Read Full Story >>>

FORBES 2012 WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL CELEBRITIES LIST IS OUT: PACQUIAO - #33; MAYWEATHER - #55
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 16 May 2012

The annual list of the influential Forbes Magazine world's most powerful celebrities list for 2012 has just been released with boxing superstar and Philippine congressman Manny Pacquiao landing on number 33. Pac  Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO DENIES QUOTING THE SCRIPTURES THAT STATE GAYS SHOULD BE KILLED
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 16 May 2012

Manny Pacquiao has flatly denied he ever quoted the book of Leviticus from the Bible which condemned gays and said they should be killed for which some segments of the US media have taken him to task. The verse in qu  Read Full Story >>>

Servania ready for veteran Garcia
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 16 May 2012
WHEN talking about experience, Genesis Servania is light years away from grizzled veteran Genaro Garcia. When the 34-year-old Mexican former world title contender made his debut as a pro boxer in 1994, Servania was only two years old. And when the 20-year-old Filipino had his first pro, Garcia had a  Read Full Story >>>

Agbeko not mentally ready for May 26 IBO title bout
Ghana Nation, Wed, 16 May 2012
Former IBF bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko says he is not mentally ready for the IBO title bout on May 26 even though he is well conditioned. Agbeko made this revelation exclusively on the May 12 edition of the Joy Sports Link during a discussion concerning the reactivation of the otherwise c  Read Full Story >>>

Cast the first stone, Manny
By Charlie Manalo, The Daily Tribune, Wed, 16 May 2012
The other day, Philippine boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao, interviewed by US media, in a very uncongressmanly fashion, chastised the whole lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Detesting their sexual practices, the eight-division boxing champion practically condemned them to death  Read Full Story >>>

Minority leader backs Pacquiao stand vs Obama support for same-sex marriage
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr., Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 16 May 2012
MANILA, Philippines—Minority Leader Danilo Suarez on Wednesday agreed with Saranggani Representative Manny Pacquiao’s scathing remarks against President Barack Obama’s support for same-sex marriage. “Did he (Manny) say they should be put to death? I just would like to have it clarified. Is it let  Read Full Story >>>

Nike urged: Drop Pacquiao as endorser
By Jonathan de Santos, Yahoo! News, Wed, 16 May 2012
Hundreds of netizens have supported a petition asking sportswear company Nike to drop boxer and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao as an endorser, following his remarks against gays. The petition, initiated by Gay Marriage USA via Change.org, asks Nike to "say 'no' to hate speech" by withdrawing its s  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao OK with Adam & Eve but not Adam & Steve in homophobic hurricane
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 16 May 2012
Upon first glance, it would seem that Manny Pacquiao is all good when it comes to Adam and Eve but completely rejects the coupling of Adam and Steve. (And I don't refer to Adam Corolla.)... There's a raging fire roaring through the House of Manny Pacquiao. The headlines across the Internet are sc  Read Full Story >>>

Gays slam 'homophobic' Pacquiao
By Voltaire Tupaz, Rappler, Wed, 16 May 2012
MANILA, Philippines - On the eve of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, world boxing champion and Sarangani Rep Manny Pacquiao had to deal with tough punches from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and advocates after he assailed gay marriage. An onl  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao's Gay Marriage Stance Is Based On The Same Biblical BS That Inspires The Westboro Baptist Idiots
By James King, The Village Voice, Wed, 16 May 2012
Filipino boxer/congressman/Roman Catholic Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao's idiotic comments about why he opposes gay marriage are based on the same Biblical bullshit that inspires the lunatics at the Westboro Baptist Church to picket funerals. The overall theme: "fags" must die. If you missed it, in res  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao misquoted on anti-gay comments, says Examiner.com writer
GMANews.tv, Wed, 16 May 2012
Filipino-American writer Granville Ampong said boxing icon Manny Pacquiao never directly quoted Bible passages that were perceived as anti-homosexuals, and attacked mainstream media outlets that wrote articles that made it appear that the Sarangani province congressman issued the statement. In  Read Full Story >>>

Bradley Pondered Smacking Khan's Face in Confrontation
By Osman Rodriguez, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 16 May 2012
Undefeated Timothy Bradley appeared on WLIE radio in New York and discussed last year's confrontation with Amir Khan. The two fighters engaged in a well documented war of words in 2011. Bradley passed on a deal to face Khan last summer. Instead he signed with Top Rank and now he's scheduled to chall  Read Full Story >>>

Kessler vs Green, Price vs Sexton, Pacquiao vs Bradley 24/7, and More: Boxing TV Schedule For May 18-19
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Wed, 16 May 2012
Friday, May 18 Fox Sports 3 (Australia), 6:00 a.m. EDT, Will Tomlinson vs Daniel Ruiz. Tomlinson (18-0-1, 12 KO) is a 25-year-old super featherweight prospect who has looked solid thus far. In this one, he's matched against Mexican "Cañerito" Ruiz (27-4-1, 19 KO), who pushed Logan McGuinness to a  Read Full Story >>>

THE PACQUIAO BACKLASH
By Rich Mazon , PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 16 May 2012

The reactions to Manny Pacquiao's remarks against his stand on gay marriage caught up like wildfire in America. The internet was filled with various articles and blogs of disapproval of Pacquiao's recent rema  Read Full Story >>>

What the new Brian Viloria is all about
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 16 May 2012

AFTER being stopped on his tracks in Pasig City on Sunday, Mexico’s Omar Nino Romero has offered to sail elsewhere in a wild, wild chase of defending world flyweight boxing king Brian Viloria. The badly beaten Romero,   Read Full Story >>>

Naazim Richardson claims Pacquiao-Mayweather will never be worth the wait
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Wed, 16 May 2012

Part 1 of a 3-part interview Two weekends ago, North Philadelphia trainer Naazim Richardson led the great Shane Mosley into battle in a fight that may serve as their last on   Read Full Story >>>

Biased writers grossly twisted Pacquiao's view on same-sex marriage
By Granville Ampong, Examiner.com, Wed, 16 May 2012

USA TODAY writer Tom Weir wrote Saturday, May 14, 2012, "Manny Pacquiao challenges Obama on same-sex marriage", a fatal twist of the report I had written centering on an inte  Read Full Story >>>

A Golden Scramble
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Wed, 16 May 2012
With the rematch between Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan (originally scheduled for this Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas) now in shambles after Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone, Golden Boy Promotions has been working feverishly since late last week to rearrange its up  Read Full Story >>>

TIM BRADLEY A JOSHUA CLOTTEY CLONE FOR MANNY PACQUIAO?
By Pedro Fernandez, RingTalk.com, Wed, 16 May 2012
PACQUIAO FACING UNKNOWN BRADLEY IN JUNE San Francisco, CA- The Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley HBO Pay Per View fight on June 9 is hurting badly for publicity. Some say it’s because Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto put on such an entertaining, albeit one-sided, battle on a fortnight ago, that boxi  Read Full Story >>>

Agbeko ready for Domingo showdown on May 26
Joy Online, Wed, 16 May 2012
Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) Bantamweight title champion, Joseph Agbeko has declared his readiness to claim the vacant International Boxing Organization (IBO) Bantamweight title against Michael Domingo of Philippines on May 26 scheduled for Accra. The 32-year old has been offered   Read Full Story >>>

Marcos Maidana officially in camp with Robert Garcia in Oxnard, California
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Wed, 16 May 2012

Early last month, news broke that WBA junior welterweight champion Marcos Maidana was the latest high-profile fighter considering joining the talented stable of trainer Robert  Read Full Story >>>

Agbeko-Domingo bout back on
By Nathaniel Attoh, ModernGhana.com, Wed, 16 May 2012
The IBO bantamweight title bout between Joseph Agbeko and Michael Domingo on May 26 which was cancelled will now come off on the same date. This decision by promoters Golden Mike Promotions became necessary after they met the camp of the former world champions in a crunch meeting. Initial disa  Read Full Story >>>

Tim Bradley: Pacquiao Has To Knock Me Out To Get 50-50
By Osman Rodriguez, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 16 May 2012
Undefeated Timothy Bradley appeared on WLIE radio in New York and says Manny Pacquiao will have to do something spectacular in their fight to stay on pace with Floyd Mayweather Jr., who recently had an impressive performance on May 5th against Miguel Cotto. Bradley (28-0, 12KOs) challenges Pacquiao   Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao Barred From 'Extra' Interview at the Grove After Bashing Gay Marriage
By Simone Wilson, LA Weekly, Wed, 16 May 2012
Update, 6:50 p.m.: "We're canceling the event," says Grove spokesman Bill Reich. "Manny Pacquiao is not coming to the Grove." And thus the backlash begins. See also: "Ten Gays Who Could Beat the Crap Out of Manny Pacquiao." Professional boxer Manny Pacquiao and "Extra" host Mario Lopez were   Read Full Story >>>