Published: November 25, 2010
New York – Now it is up to Terry Collins to lead the New York Mets, at least for the next two years with an option for a third at least to 2013. He was introduced as the 20th manager of the New York Mets at Citi Field Tuesday morning and the questions were asked. [...]
Published: November 25, 2010
Atlantic City- Moments after his stunning and quick second round knockout over three-time champion Paul Williams, that retained the WBC middleweight title for Sergio Martinez, his promoter Lou Dibella proudly said, “He is the best fighter I ever promoted.” That statement alone described what Martinez has now achieved. A 35-year old champion that HBO Sports [...]
Published: September 2, 2010
New York – There was the usual pro boxing spectacle Wednesday afternoon at the Chelsea Piers in Manhattan. The New York portion press conference brought to you by Top Rank announcing the November 13 HBO pay-per-view telecast. The return of Antonio Margarito in the ring opposing seven-division champion Manny Pacquiao for the super welterweight championship [...]
Published: March 13, 2010
CLOTTEY READY FOR PACQUIAO: Before leaving for Dallas Texas last week for the biggest fight of his career against welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, Joshua Clottey showed his skills sparring in the Bronx and at the Kingsway Gym in Manhattan. Pacquaio-Clottey Saturday evening on HBO pay-per-view is the replacement for what was supposed to be the [...]
Published: November 18, 2009
The fight generated over two million buys on pay-per-view, Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto put on quite a show, at least for the first four rounds. Now the next fight that will generate interest and tremendous revenue is Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. The problem though is how much will it take to get it [...]
Published: November 15, 2009
Las Vegas – Manny Pacquiao had another epic performance and for Miguel Cotto it was a fight for survival as referee Kenny Bayless stepped in and stopped the fight at 0:55 of the 12-round in the most anticipated fight of the year. With his win, Pacquiao once again secured his position as the best pound-for-pound [...]