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The Indonesian Amateur Boxing Association (Pertina) announced Saturday its plan to revive the President's Cup international championships, starting in May next year. The suspension of the annual tournament was partly blamed for the country's poor performance in the sport until now, Pertina chairman Setya Novanto said on the sidelines of a national congress in Batam, as quoted by Antara. "The President's Cup must be reinstated as part of our strategy to generate champions in regional and international  

Manny Pacquiao will gross $22 million, the biggest paycheck of his boxing career, for his demolition of Miguel Cotto on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) to win the World Boxing Organization welterweight title. Much of that huge income will come from Pacquiao's share of the 1.25 million buys worth $70 million in domestic pay-per-view (PPV) revenue announced Friday (Saturday in Manila) by HBO. If historical trends hold, the numbers could increase when all the buys are officially audited.  

DMX may have wanted to fix his fight to avoid an ass-beating, but now he's really cruisin' for a bruisin' -- legally -- because the promoters that hired X are suing him for chickening out last minute. According to docs filed Friday in Birmingham, Alabama -- Thunder Productions wants $1,000,000 from the rapper, claiming he's a fraud and led them on ... because as soon as they refused to fix his fight, he backed out. The company says DMX's jitters really put them under the wire and cost them a ton of mo  

Registration for the 83rd annual Daily News Golden Gloves boxing tournament begins tomorrow and will run through the end of December. To apply, either cut out and complete the registration form in tomorrow's paper, or visit www.nydailynews.com/goldengloves . "I would prefer if people registered online," Golden Gloves director Brian Adams said.

I would prefer if people registered online   -Brian Adams

 

Three Filipinos hope to add more glitter to an already glittery Philippine boxing landscape as they battle foreign foes in three world title bouts this Sunday in different territories. World Boxing Organization (WBO) super flyweight champion Marvin Sonsona puts his title on the line when he faces beatable but still formidable Mexican Alejandro Hernandez at the Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada. With a record of 22 wins, seven losses, one draw and 11 stoppages, Hernandez has yet to be stopped as he went t

Syempre bata pa si Marvin pero nakikinig naman. Kailangan lang talaga tutukan at ipaalam namin sa kaniya kung gaano ka-importante ang training sa career niya   -Nonito Donaire

 

A mugger punched a two-year-old girl in the face as he tried to steal her mum's bag. Paris Sharma and her twin brother were being pushed to their nursery when attacked. Mum of four Maria, 28, said: "He went to snatch the bag from the pushchair handle. I struggled with him.  

ROY JONES jnr will have an Australian in his corner when he fights Danny Green for the IBO cruiserweight world title in Sydney on December 2 – and it won't be Anthony Mundine. Coffs Harbour light-heavyweight Daniel "Biff" Baff, who is trained by Roy Jones snr, will link with the Americans in the countdown to the biggest fight in Australia since 1908 when Jack Johnson became the first black man to win the world heavyweight title by defeating Canadian Tommy Burns. Baff, who beat American Shannon Miller

I get the impression they're all very happy to see an Australian get up   -Danny Green

 

The St Francis club in Limerick celebrated a double on Friday as the National Intermediate Boxing Championships got underway at the National Stadium in Dublin. Connor Kelleher, who beat fellow Limerick welterweight Stephen Sexton, and Shaun Kelly both emerged victorious. Jamie Kennedy, Patrick Walsh and Paul Hyland also won, Hyland progressing on a first frame stoppage versus Ian Donovan.  

Welsh fighter Kerry Hope lost his first super-middleweight clash as American Caleb Truax extended his unbeaten run to 14 professional fights. The Merthyr Tydfil boxer suffered his third defeat in four bouts as he went down to a unanimous decision to Traux at his home state of Minnesota. The 26-year-old won a ten-round battle for the World Boxing Foundation belt at the National Guard Armory on Friday.