By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of March 31st to April 7th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. PBC Announces Partnership with SiriusXM SiruisXM and Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) have announced an agreement to …
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Press Release: Mayweather Promotions Announces Leo Santa Cruz Added to Mayweather/Pacquiao Undercard
MAYWEATHER PROMOTIONS ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF UNDEFEATED MEXICAN SUPERSTAR LEO SANTA CRUZ TO FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. MANNY PACQUIAO PAY-PER-VIEW UNDERCARD PLUS! NON-PAY-PER-VIEW ACTION TO PIT MAYWEATHER PROMOTIONS’ OWN CHRIS PEARSON AGAINST SAID EL HARRAK AND UNDEFEATED PROSPECT ANDREW TABITI TAKES ON AN OPPONENT TO BE DETERMINED LAS VEGAS (April 10, 2015) …
Read More »Mayweather vs Pacquiao: ‘Hold Fast To the Main Idea’
By Robbie Bannatyne “Hold fast to the main idea. Do not give in to the pressures of the moment.” This, the motto of Saatchi and Saatchi’s Jeremy Sinclair, was the guiding principle of the world famous ad agency’s ruthlessly successful political advertising campaign for the 1992 British General Election, which …
Read More »PBC on NBC Preview: Danny Garcia vs. Lamont Peterson
By Tyson Bruce This Saturday, live from the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, we will see the return of one of boxing’s most accomplished young champions, Danny “Swift” Garcia, against one of its most seasoned challengers in Lamont Peterson. The matchup has been one of the most anticipated bouts in the …
Read More »James Kirkland: “This Is The Opportunity I Have Been Waiting For”
By Sean Crose “This is the opportunity I have been waiting for,” junior middleweight brawler James Kirkland told assembled media on Wednesday during a public workout, “and overall I am happy. I feel blessed, and I am going to go out there and make history happen.” (Photo: Soobum Im – …
Read More »PBC on NBC Undercard: Peter Quillin and Andy Lee Fighting for Respect
By Eric Duran Peter Quillin: Inspired too inspire “A week before camp I visited my uncle. He was dying from liver cancer. Watching my uncle die, that was a real fight. I saw him fight until he couldn’t fight more.” Eric Munson would die a week later while Quillin was …
Read More »Showtime Video: Floyd Mayweather Hits the Gym
Boxing’s pound-for-pound king Floyd “Money” Mayweather is in camp and preparing to face eight-division world champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao. Leave a Comment
Read More »De La Hoya Claims Matthysse-Provodnikov “Might Be The Fight Of The Year.”
By Sean Crose “I expect the same as all the fans.” So said Ruslan “The Siberian Rocky” Provodnikov during a conference call to promote his upcoming April 18th junior welterweight bout with fellow thrillmeister Lucas Matthysse at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York. Indeed, fans are …
Read More »Manny Pacquiao Has Better Shot to Beat Floyd Mayweather than Odds Show
By Ivan G. Goldman The +170 line offered on a Manny Pacquiao victory is a good bet. His chances are a little better than that, more like +130, meaning a $100 wager should stand to win only $130, not $170. The line follows the money more than the facts on …
Read More »Press Release: Tecate Becomes Official Beer Sponsor of Mayweather vs Pacquiao
Today Tecate, the Mexican beer with bold flavor, announced it has been named the official presenting sponsor and the exclusive beer sponsor for what is being billed as the fight of the century between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on May 2. For the fight, Tecate …
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