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AN EXPLOSIVE BOUT BETWEEN FILIPINO pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and knockout artist Edwin Valero is on the drawing board with promoter Bob Arum doing the preliminary sketching. The name of Valero resurfaced as a possible Pacquiao opponent after the Venezuelan stopped Mexican Antonio Demarco in nine rounds Saturday to keep his World Boxing Council lightweight title in Monterey, Mexico. Arum, who promotes Pacquiao, however, clarified that it won't happen right after the Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fi

He (Valero) wants to fight Manny, but to fight Pacquiao he has to prove himself at 140   -Bob Arum

 

Filipino fighter Bernabe Concepcion will possibly get yet another crack at the world title sometime middle of this year this time against popular Puerto Rican Juan Manuel Lopez. Top Rank head Bob Arum, in an interview with Boxingtalk, has revealed that the power-punching Concepcion is now groomed to face Lopez next in Puerto Rico sometime in June or July as part of an electronic double header that Top Rank will promote. Concepcion, however, will have to take care of business first before availing hims  

The most expensive ticket for the March 13 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey in Dallas – selling for just $700 – is selling for as much as ten times its retail price on the Internet. Top Rank began releasing tickets to the public on Jan. 23 and hours after it was made available, 25,000 were gobbled up and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum said he expects to announce a sellout soon. The cheapest ticket is $50, while other seats sell for $500, $400, $300, $200 and $100.  

AN ECSTATIC Bob Arum was keen on having former US President George Bush hand the Fighter of the Year/Decade awards to Manny Pacquiao. Arum flew to Mexico City with Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys $1.2 billion stadium, to promote 'The Event" on March 13 which pits Pacquiao against Ghana's tough former champion Joshua Clottey for the Filipino's World Boxing Organization welterweight title. The affair was given added prestige with the presence of World Boxing Council president Don Jose Sulaiman  

AP Photo Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather isn't Mayweather-Pacquiao, but it's better than nothing. Bookmark It's Just Sports or subscribe to our RSS feed . If you're reading this (all five of you – I probably lost a reader after last week's column ) you may already know Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquaio still haven't fought each other, but probably failed to realize that, yes, boxing is still alive and kicking as evidenced by a thrilling weekend that produced high drama, an upset so-to-speak and wh

I want these guys to go against every great featherweight out there this summer   -Bob Arum

 

Doctors at the Ganga Ram Hospital here will Friday protest a proposed health care bill that, among other provisions, prescribes doctors to be booked for patient's accidental death during treatment. The decision was taken Thursday at a meeting of the joint action committee (JAC) of representatives of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), the Society of Family Physicians and the Private Hospitals' Association. January 5th, 2010 GURGAON/NEW DELHI - Those who work for long hours on computers become victim  

Pacquiao had another astounding boxing year following his one-sided TKO wins over Englishman Ricky Hatton and Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto. The WBC, headed by President Don Jose Sulaiman, recognized Pacquiao's unmatched accomplishment in boxing, winning seven titles in seven weight categories and capturing the first diamond green and gold belt. The Fighter of the Year award was determined based on votes by the WBC, Mexican journalists, and fans through online voting.  

On Saturday, it was tough leaving my almost two-year-old son at his grandparents' house near Knoxville - for his first overnight stay away from Mom and Dad. On Sunday, it was tough leaving Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, having just watched my beloved New York Jets and their 11-point second-quarter lead fizzle at the whim of Peyton Manning - setting up a somber and rainy post-game drive back to the little guy in Tennessee. And on Monday, it was tough hanging around the waiting room at a Walmart in b  

Frank Warren says he feels "gutted and let down" by Amir Khan , who has followed Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe out the door. "I should have learned my lesson by now," Frank said. "Unfortunately, there is no loyalty in sport any more."

I should have learned my lesson by now   -Frank Warren