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Filipino ring hero Manny Pacquiao has indeed hooked up with the influential boxing man Shelly Finkel, a key member of the boxer's team said Thursday morning. Pacquiao signed up with Finkel, chief handler of Mike Tyson and other top notch fighters, in the presence of a ranking California State Athletic Commission official. Pacquia... read more ...

Monte Barrett: "This is a great opportunity for me and I thank SHOWTIME and Don King for making it happen. I am ready for anything. It really does not matter what people think of me as a fighter. I know who I am. The only respect I am looking for is from my family and my camp....I am a diamond in the rough. It is my time to shine. I am in excellent position to control my own destiny. After all I have gone through and overcome, it is inevitable that..." read more ...

Sources from the WBO have informed Boxingtalk.com that undefeated super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe will make the mandatory defense of his title against WBO interim champion Mario Veit. Veit defeated Kabary Salem for the interim title and then was forced to watch Calzaghe take on Salem in his last fight, however, it seems the WBO... read more ...

“Julio today voluntarily relinquished his IBF lightweight championship, and we at Sycuan Ringside Promotions wholeheartedly endorse this unselfish act,” stated Scott Woodworth, executive vice president of Sycuan Ringside Promotions. “Julio would have like nothing better than to have carried the IBF belt into the ring against Castillo in a title unification bout. But after long and deliberate consideration, both Julio and Sycuan Ringside Promotions felt it better not to draw the IBF into a protracted lawsuit with Lou DiBella, even though we certainly would have won any legal battle. I emphasize... read more ...

Three-time world champion Erik 'El Terrible' Morales is off to the cold mountains north of Mexico City and will beginning high-altitude training today. "I've been running and doing conditioning work in Tijuana, but now it's time to step it up. I'll be in the mountains for six weeks," Morales said... read more ...

The highly anticipated Euro fight at 168lb, featuring unbeaten Vitali Tsypko (14-0; 8KOs) of Ukraine versus WBO #1 contender Rudy Markussen (29-1; 17KOs) of Denmark has been postponed due to a hand injury suffered by the defending European champ Markussen. The pair was supposed to clash for the European laurels and for the IBF #1 position at supermiddle on February 12 at the Max Schmeling Halle in Berlin, Germany... read more ...

- Have you seen the fight on tape? If so what did you think? Vassiliy Jirov: "I saw it, I think I was winning the fight easy. The cuts were bothering me, I was winning the fight easy and he caught me with a good shot. I still think the referee should have let it continue, but it's okay. I just hope Michael Moorer wants to fight again, I don't know though because I beat him in every round..." read more ...

Komatsu began fireworks toe-to-toe with the shorter champ, who responded with more accurate and more effective shots in the first round. The second saw the Thailander open a laceration over the left eyebrow of the aggressive challenger and floored him with a beautiful southpaw left. Pongsaklek, unbeaten since his last defeat in 1996, landed strong combinations to the challenger's bloodied face with amazing precision in the third and fourth... read more ...

Chi positively started fireworks with fast combinations to the face and midsection in the first round. The champ had him down with a right shot, but the referee called it a slip as Browne then lost his balance. The Korean was continually in command in the second and third with a flurry of punches, but the Australian, some inches taller, gamely fought back with a two-fisted attack... read more ...

Both fighters exchanged heavy blows throughout the first 10 rounds, with the champion dominating the first half of the fight with his jab and height advantage. Sanchez, a former WBO champion, landed heavy body blows in the late rounds... Sanchez remained motionless on canvas for more than 15 minutes and was taken from the ring in a stretcher. Wearing a neck brace and oxygen mask, the fighter raised both arms... read more ...