Inside The Boxing Ring

There are boxers who made their fortune in boxing because indeed if you’re a boxer and your match is usually arranged by big time promoters you’re in for some big bucks. A fight can have 1 million dollars as the prize, and even if you lose you still have a share of the money. In [...]

Boxing is a dangerous sport. Although several measures for safety and regulations have been implemented, there are still some instances wherein a boxer dies after a fight or during a fight. In the US, there are several fight bars that host unregulated boxing. Unregulated boxing is usually joined by non-professional fighters and thus increasing the [...]

In my previous blog, we say that Manny Pacquiao indeed changed or even revolutionized Philippine boxing and I’ve found some interesting picture to prove it. In this picture we can see how kids somehow see themselves in Manny or I should say that there is a Manny Pacquaio inside of us. This photo was taken [...]

We may know Joe Calzaghe as the undefeated and undisputed world champion, but once labeled himself as the hungry fighter. Joe has his own rags to riches story but it only took him four fights to get him secured for life. He admitted that he had no money when he turned pro even after winning [...]

In boxing, once you get a great fight you can be secured financially for life. Another rags to riches story is the story of Argentina’s Carlos Baldomir. This Argentinian would sell feather dusters just to feed his family. He is not selling at malls or something like that, but he was selling at the streets. [...]

One story that serves an inspiration not just to a group of people, but to a whole nation was the story of Manny Pacquaio. This is a stereotypical rags to riches story but this changed the way Philippine boxing is done. He was once a baker boy and a construction worker, earning a meager income [...]

“There’s going to be a lot of fireworks,” said Diaz, the reigning World Boxing lightweight champ, to ABS-CBN North America News Bureau. The fight dubbed as “Lethal Combination” is scheduled to take place on June 28, 2008 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The Mexican boxer said that he will [...]

When he fights, the streets clear up and heavy traffic on the highways disappears. When he fights the crime rates drastically goes down. When he fights a whole nation celebrates. Mexicans call him as the Mexican Killer or the Mexican Assassin, some call him the Mexicanator, to the people he fights for he is a [...]