“Pacquiao's going to stop Shane within rounds 8 to 10,” says 1984 Olympic gold medalist and professional boxing trainer Jerry Page. Such predictions are nothing new since the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley contest was announced. Pacquiao is coming in as the heavy favorite and understandably so. Filipino Boxing Journal got in touch with Jerry Page and got the world class trainer's thoughts ...

The only lingering memory I have of former welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (32-3, 28 KOs) is when he got felled by a stinging left hook to the body by Antonio Margarito (38-7, 28 KOs) in what would be Cintron's latest title fight, his third defense of the IBF welterweight crown over three years ago. Since then,it has been an unremarkable ...

Ask any avid boxing fan who would win on the upcoming welterweight slam-bam affair between WBO 147-lb champ Manny Pacquiao and living legend Shane Mosley on May 7th, 2011, the consensus  and almost unanimous answer would be the pugilist from the Philippines. And understandably so. Pacquiao is a proven monster as a welterweight and has been on a roll beating bigger ...

In the face of a far more superior opponent, the eight rounds Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista went against Mexico’s Heriberto Cuate Ruiz may be the most prized eight rounds of his boxing career. It was Bautista’s baptism under fire. Forget about the loss he suffered to Ponce De Leon. De Leon knocked him Bautista early in the first round with big, ...

Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KOs) successfully defended his WBA light welterweight belt against previously unbeaten European champion Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KOs) with a unanimous technical decision win in six rounds. But controversy marred Khan’s win, stemming from a premature and perhaps an unmerited stoppage by the referee. Khan was dominating the fight from the starting bell and hammering McCloskey when ...