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Robert Guerrero Vacates Title to Care For Wife Who Has Cancer

Shelly Finkel received the call from Bob Santos, with whom he co-manages two-division world champion, Robert Guerrero."Bob told me the situation, and that he thought that the kid shouldn't keep fighting because his mind was not right," said Finkel, referring to the fact that Guerrero was focused on his wife, Casey, who has...

Unbeaten Seth Mitchell Pursues 10th KO

Maryland heavyweight, Seth Mitchell, who is with Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, will fight Zack Page of Warren, Ohio, in Saturday night's main event at The Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, MD. A 6-foot-2, 27-year-old, Mitchell (14-0) is after his 10th career knockout and his third straight against Page, a...

Floyd Mayweather to Manny Pacquiao: 'Step Up to the Plate'

Floyd Mayweather was nowhere to be seen in the MGM Grand Hotel during the lead-up to this past Saturday night's Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto welterweight megafight. Nor could the undefeated, five-time champion and Las Vegas resident be found when Pacquiao made history by lifting from Cotto the WBO's 147-pound title belt....

Miguel Cotto Struggles for Popularity

LAS VEGAS -- Miguel Cotto is a star in Puerto Rico, just not the major attraction that Manny Pacquiao is in his native Philippines.And among the contributing reasons is that while Cotto's nation has a long list of fighting predecessors against whom to compare him, Pacquiao's essentially has none. [See note at bottom.]"The...

Sparring Partner Fred Tukes No 'Punching Bag' for Champ Miguel Cotto

TAMPA, Fla. -- Several times a year, Fred Tukes leaves his wife Heather, his two-year-old son Jeremiah, and his 14-year-old daughter Alana, at home in Atlanta to go and trade punches with some of the world's best professional boxers."I just say, 'daddy's got to go to work,' you know?" said Tukes, whose son "goes to the gym...

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05/17/12 We Are 100% Bilingual/Bicultural Source: TMCnet Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas, the bilingual/bicultural entertainment destination for Latinos in the US, announces eight new originals to super-serve its audience beyond language.
05/16/12 George Diaz: Oscar De La Hoya battles drug demons... Source: Orlando Sentinel - Orlando FL (NASCAR) Twenty years later, when we met face-to-face again in Orlando, I shook hands with a sharp, good-looking recovering drug addict who had contemplated suicide.
05/15/12 MTV Tr3s Schedules New Shows, "Unplugged" and "Making... Source: Billboard Bulletin MTV Tr3s executives have announced plans for new programs including a reality show by singer/actress Dulce Maria, "Unplugged" shows and "Making the Video" specials, according to network officials.
05/14/12 Viacom's Tr3s shifts focus to young men Source: Variety Viacom's Tr3s is shifting its focus toward young Latino men.
05/12/12 Extra Time: If I didn't become a boxer, I'd have been... Source: Maktoob Business - UAE Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya has revealed he would have pursued a career as a footballer - had he not been so handy with his fists.