Inside The Boxing Ring

The Philippines was again tried to be invaded by foreign countries, but this time the war was waged through boxing. Last April 6, Filipino fighters went up against the world as they battled with fighters from Uruguay, Korea, Mexico and Thailand. Again, Filipino boxers emerged victorious as they overcame their contenders with knockouts.  Three emerging [...]

The much awaited battle between two great boxers is scheduled on March 15 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino at Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. It was a draw between Pacquiao and Marquez during their first fight but it was full of action. During the opener of their first fight Pacquiao KOed Marquez not once, [...]

Muhammad Ali recently celebrated his 66th birthday. This name made history in boxing. Since 1981, Muhammad Ali fights inside the boxing ring. Browsing through his records, he lost in his first 2 fights but after that, he was able to gain 56 wins (37 knockouts and 19 decisions). Indeed, Muhammad Ali is a very great [...]

It is not only men that you can see inside the boxing ring. Nowadays, even women do boxing. I thought boxing is for men only but now I discovered that since 1911, women are already wearing boxing gloves. I am really just amazed for their bravery and confidence to play a sport ideally for men. [...]

As we all know, boxers, referees, judges, and coaches retire. But only now was able to hear that even boxing rings retire. The 82-year old boxing ring at Madison Square Garden retired. But this doesn’t mean boxing-no-more. In fact a slightly larger ring will replace it. An extraordinary ceremony was done. The world’s greatest champions [...]

You would often associate the statement “I am the greatest” to indeed one great boxer Muhammad Ali. ROCKY! ROCKY! ROCKY! The Rocky here is not the Rocky you see in the movies, but I would like to write about the Italian hero Rocky Marciano. In an article entitled TOP TEN Pound 4 Pound Best Boxers [...]

The Swedish Heavyweight Champion who stunned the workd when he knocked out Floyd Patterson to steal the heavyweight title from the American in 1959 died today as one of the only five non- Americans who have won the title in it’s long history. He died at a nursing home not far from the house where [...]

As anticipation becomes bigger with the match between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and British slugger Ricky Hatton, both camps have started to fire barbs at each other. Hatton trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr., expressed confidence that his ward would not suffer the same fate as legend Oscar dela Hoya, another ward of his, who lost [...]

The Swedish Heavyweight Champion who stunned the world when he knocked out Floyd Patterson to steal the heavyweight title from the American in 1959 died today as one of the only five non- Americans who have won the title in it’s long history. He died at a nursing home not far from the house where [...]

Rumors of the next fight for the Filipino’s champion, Manny Pacquiao being Ricky Hatton have been around for a while but the actual agreement(contracts are yet to be signed by both players) have yet to be finalized. There were some issues with Manny who allegedly released statements that he would not be fighting Hatton if [...]