Browsing all articles from March, 2009.
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Looks To Draw Younger Viewers For ‘Pacquiao/Hatton’ Series, PPV Bout
by R. Thomas Umstead — Multichannel News, March 29, 2009
HBO hopes a multiplatform marketing and promotional campaign for a preview series leading up to its May 2 Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton pay-per-view boxing event will attract younger viewers to the sport.
HBO’s push for its [...]
Hatton: Pacquiao’s De La Hoya win a fluke
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ricky Hatton thinks Manny Pacquiao’s big win over Oscar De La Hoya in December was a fluke. Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) is counting on beating the Filipino star on May 2 in Las Vegas.
“Any win against Oscar is a magnificent one. Is that the Oscar De La Hoya we have come [...]
Klitschko defends heavyweight title with Gomez knockout
STUTTGART, Germany (AFP) — World heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko defended his WBC title with a ninth round knockout win over Cuban exile Juan Carlos Gomez here on Saturday.
It was Klitschko’s 36th knockout, and his 37th victory, to maintain his impressive record as challenger Gomez struggled to impose himself on the champion and was out-classed on [...]
Roy Jones Jr. defeats Sheika in hometown bout
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Roy Jones Jr. knocked out lightly regarded Omar Sheika in front of a roaring hometown crowd Saturday night to capture the North American Boxing Association’s vacant light heavyweight championship.
The referee stopped the fight at 1:45 of the fifth round after Jones had blooded Sheika’s face with a flurry of punches. Sheika, [...]
Manny Pacquiao Is A Candidate For The 2009 TIME Magazine 100
He is the only boxer to make the list of candidates this year, but he needs more high rated votes to make the actual top 100. For people who follow boxing you know how influential Manny Pacquiao is in his country of the Philippines. When he fights there is nearly zero crime because everyone stops [...]
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