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FROM AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL 12 YEARS AGO AND THE NEXT FIGHT FOLLOWING A WBA WORLD TITLE FIGHT, TO A LEISURE CENTRE SUPPORT BOUT IS A DOWNWARD SPIRAL AT SUPERSONIC SPEED INCLUDING THE BANG. The bete noire of British boxing  whose shipwreck disasters in professional boxing now, probably, extend from Abkazia to Zimbabwe has found another promoter to give him a new boxing lease of life in Steve Goodwin.

THE  GREATEST BOXING COACH/TRAINER OF ALL TIME AND A TRUE GENTLEMAN, ANGELO DUNDEE HAS PASSED ON AGED 90 YEARS. IT MARKS THE END OF  A WONDERFUL BOXING ERA. THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER FIRST CLASS TRAINERS AND COACHES BUT ANGELO WAS SUPREME.

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THE ARTICLE BELOW BY BOXING EXPERT KEN IOLE IS A FIRST CLASS ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN A MENTAL ANALYSIS ON WHY BOXING NEEDS WELL THOUGHT-OUT RADICAL CHANGES IF IT IS TO REGAIN ITS ONCE POWERFUL POSITION AS A WORLDWIDE POPULAR SPORT.  KEN TARGETS THE SITUATION OF THE BOXERS MOST FANS WANT TO SEE FIGHT SO SPARINGLY AND IT IS A RELEVANT POINT. HE BELIEVES IF THE MOST TALENTED BOXERS WOULD ATTRACT MORE CROWD APPEAL AND WORLDWDE ATTENTION HE IS CORRECT. HOWEVER, THE CAUSE IS RELATED TO FISCAL REASONING. REVISED.

By José Sulaimán. FROM PRIDE AND LOVE TO A TITLE TO A TITLE LOVE FOR MONEY . We have been reading for long the repeated  news about the millions of dollars for Mayweather and Pacquiao, 50 million here, and 50 there; the promoter showing past contracts for only eight-nine millions instead; that Pacquiao accepts equal percentageas;  the anti-doping tests;  Floyd demands the fight to be on May 5^th as he must comply with the ruling of a judge; that Arum wants to wait for a new stadium to be finished, while an offer from the Middl- East country, Qatar, where the 2018 Soccer World Cup will take place, came for the fight to take place there….. blah, blah, blah.

Boxing interest would grow exponentially if magnates like Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather fought more often, says US expert Kevin IoleIn his first year as a professional boxer, Manny Pacquiao fought 10 times. In Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s second year as a pro, he also fought 10 times. By the end of 1997, Pacquiao’s third year, he had already fought 23 times, or 38.9 percent of his total. By the end of 1998, Mayweather, in his third year, had fought 19 times, or 45.2 percent of his career total.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE GENEROSITY OF BOXING PEOPLE. When government funding ceased three years ago for the New York City Police Athletic League ("PAL") Cops & Kids Boxing program, The Dr. Theodore A. Atlas Foundation absorbed operational costs, expanded its reach into education, and today it is making life-changing differences for hundreds of inner-city youths between the ages of 10 and 21.