"THE GREATEST"
MUHAMMAD ALI
Hello Boxing Fans
On 13th March, Manny Pacquiao will defend his WBO welterweight title against Joshua Clottey at Cowboys Stadium, Texas. As we all know the boxing World was hoping to see Pacquiao face Floyd Mayweather and fortunately for boxing fans this is an acceptable replacement. Clottey is a top welterweight and a tough fighter. It will be nice to see the sport take centre stage in a U.S. city other than Las Vegas and it will still be a huge event.
Manny is a sizable favourite in this fight and for good reason. His elevation into the welterweight ranks has seen him finish off his opponents with style and ease. De La Hoya, Hatton and Cotto never looked like being winners in their fights against Pacquiao. Most people are not surprised that Manny has been able to succeed at welterweight, but it’s safe to say the manner in which he has blitzed through his competition has left fans stunned in admiration 
This year is probably the penultimate year in both men’s professional careers. Pacquiao is 31 and Clottey 32. They are both top of their class and hold the skills and knowledge but still have plenty of youth-like energy to carry it through.
Pacquiao a super-fast, concussive puncher, who moves swiftly and beautifully, rarely leaving himself in a vulnerable spot for too long and he has improved his right hand to the point where it is a formidable weapon in its own right, earning him the title of the best fighter in the sport.
We are fortunate enough to be in Dallas to watch this bout and we will as always hope to share our experiences with you on our return back to the UK which we will post on the site as soon as we can. In the meantime can we take this opportunity again to thank all our valued customers and visitors to the site, we will as always endeavour to answer your emails whilst we are away and any purchases will be mailed out immediately upon our return on 15th March 2010.
Best Wishes
Vinny & Kate
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Hello Boxing Fans
2009 ended on a high with the nation getting behind David Haye in his epic battle against Russian giant Nikolai Valuev to win the WBA World heavyweight title and at long last giving UK and US boxing fans a heavyweight champion, with knockout power, plus charisma and charm, which has been long awaited. Amir Khan also proved more than a match for his opponents Marco Antonio Barrera, Andreas Kotelnik and Dmitriy Salita making the World sit up and take notice of the lad from Bolton.
In 2009 Manny Pacquiao elevated himself in to the higher echelons of boxing folklore with breathtaking performances over Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto after previously dismantling Oscar De La Hoya (this from a man who started his career at 106lbs). This will now lead us to the fight of the century next year when Manny meets undefeated pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. 13th March. Who will win? is a hard one to call…..
Ricky Hatton stepped away from the ropes and has made a successful start in his promoting career with a promising band of fighters, Matthew Macklin, Scott Quigg, Joe Murray, Mark Thompson and Martin Murray who under Ricky’s guidance could achieve great things . We would like to take this opportunity to wish Ricky success in his new role. Also 2010 should bring European success for Manchester lightweight John Murray.
We all hope that 2010 will bring the same excitement and success as the year that has passed and here at CHAMPS we hope that we can continue to share some of our own boxing experiences with you.
As always we would like to thank all our customers and visitors to our site and wish you all a very merry Christmas and a very prosperous and happy new year.
Best Wishes
Vinny & Kate
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Congratulations to champion Manny Pacquiao who, with a dazzling array of punches and pinpoint accuracy of piercing shots through Miguel Cotto's tightest defence left Cotto reeling helplessly and bewildered not knowing where and when the next bee stinging missiles would come from. 
Pacquaio menaced Cotto for most of the fight leaving Cotto reluctant to carry on and a frustrated Pacquiao banging his gloves together in eagerness to get the job done.
The referee put an end to Cotto's suffering with a 12th round stoppage making Pacquiao a 7 weight world champ and undisputed pound-for-pound king yet again.
We were privileged to witness this dazzling display and collect many interesting items of boxing memorabilia at the same time, including numerous Pacman signed pieces, along with WBA belt signed by Duran and Chavez also items signed by fellow Brits Haye and Khan plus many more...
We will be posting these items on the site over the next few weeks for you all to share and enjoy.
Lets hope now that all our Christmas wishes come true and we have the ultimate New Year gift of a Pacquiao and Mayweather blockbuster sometime soon in 2010.
The unpredictability of boxing is what makes it so exciting. Will Manny keep his crown of the best pound-for-pounder? We can't wait to find out... Floyd Mayweather is also eagerly awaiting the outcome!
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CONGRATULATIONS to Floyd Mayweather Jr on another epic victory over the weekend. Floyd once again reaffirmed his position as undisputed pound-for-pound king. 
Floyd reigned victorious after a stunning display of effervescent jabs and combinations out-witting the game Mexican warrior Marquez, who after a second round knockdown was only ever playing a catch-up game. Boxing greats such as Thomas Hearns and Mike Tyson applauded as Floyd proved his technical brilliance once again.
On November 11th this year Filipino legend Manny Pacquaio will stand face-to-face with Puerto Rican icon Miguel Cotto in what is expected to be another epic bout. Everyone in the boxing fraternity is pre-empting a Pacquiao victory with the fight of the century taking place next year between Pacquiao vs Mayweather, bring it on……….
We would like to extend personal thanks for the warmth and hospitality shown to us by Roger and Floyd during our visit in Vegas as always Floyd imposed his generosity towards us and signed lots of items. We also enjoyed meeting other greats such as Thomas Hearns, FernandoVargas, Oscar De La Hoya and Ricardo Lopez who took the time and grace to sign numerous items which we will post on the site over the next few weeks for you all to enjoy viewing.
Hi Boxing Fans
THE RETURN OF MONEY MAYWEATHER! 
It’s been a wash out of a summer for most of us but rays of sunshine definitely shone last week when The Greatest of All Time, the one and only Muhammad Ali brightened up the shores of the UK with a long awaited visit. For some of us it was a great privilege to see his epic determination as he fought his frailty and greeted his adoring fans in England and Ireland.
As you all know the long anticipated return of Money Mayweather against Marquez will be taking place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, critics say that this will be an easy fight for the Pound-For-Pound king but I am sure Marquez will give him a run for his money.
November hosts the mouth-watering event of Pacquaio v Cotto with hopefully the winner fighting the winner of Mayweather v Marquez early 2010.
We will be over in Vegas from 13th September and will be returning on 21st but, as always we will endeavour to pick up our emails whilst we are away and answer any queries or action any sales. If not this will be done immediately upon our return to the U.K. As our regular clients will know we update our site every week and we hope that we will have more fight memorabilia on our return next week.
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Hello Boxing Fans 
We would like to extend a huge thank you to Roger and Floyd Mayweather Jr for their time shared with us whilst in Vegas. We would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao, on his epic victory against Ricky Hatton, to establish himself as one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters of all time.
We cannot stress enough, the class, Floyd Mayweather Jr also shows outside of the ring, on the numerous occasions we have been privileged to spend time with him he has been both courteous and entertaining… We expect that on the odd occasion he would get tired with our demands but yet again he surprised us once more and insisted on signing 25 – 30 exclusive pieces, ranging from 8” x 10” photo’s to Everlast gloves and programmes.
Our haul from this trip is quite unique as well as substantial; we have some real quality merchandise. Over the coming weeks we will endeavour to showcase a varied range of these items – some of which cannot be found anywhere else. Rather than concentrate on any one fighter who took the time to sign our items, we will dilute these items from week to week for your interest.
All that remains to be said is how mouth-watering a prospect it will be to see Manny Pacman Pacquiao against Floyd Money Mayweather? (that of course is providing Floyd gets past Juan Manuel Marquez on 18th July 2009. bring it on……
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Hello Boxing Fans
At last the long awaited fight between Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao is almost upon us. We will be travelling over to Vegas on
We would like to take this opportunity in wishing both Ricky and Manny the very best of luck and to thank them both for what I am sure will be a memorable event. 
In the meantime we would again like to thank all our customers for your continued support and look forward to being able to display some new Hatton v Pacquiao memorabilia and other treasures on our site for you to view.
Kind regards and very best wishes to you all!
CHAMPS
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Hello Boxing Fans
2008 has been a very exciting year with lots of great British success from future “Hall of Famers” Joe Calzaghe and Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton.
This year also saw Floyd Mayweather Jr. probably the greatest fighter “Pound for Pound” of our generation, shock the boxing fraternity by announcing his retirement which we can only hope will be short lived. I do believe in 2009 we will see “Money" Mayweather back in the ring even maybe on these shores!
The New Year also promises to be just as exciting with possible match-ups with Hatton maybe facing De La Hoya or Pacquiao or even taking on his conqueror Floyd Mayweather Jr. we could also see a rematch between Margarito vs Cotto. Two fighters who we do believe will make a big impact on the World scene and for boxing enthusiasts to keep a close eye on are Yuriorkis Gamboa and Victor Ortiz.
David Haye also promises to shake up the heavyweight division with the Klitschko brothers perhaps falling at his mercy and we could also see Carl Froch establishing himself as a world champion and hopefully following in the footsteps of Joe Calzaghe along with Amir Khan’s rehabilitation and John Murray’s possible rise beyond British level. All these exhilarating prospects will ensure that the British fight scene has another exciting year to look forward to.
Finally we would like to take the opportunity of thanking all our customers for your much valued business and for all those who have visited the site, CHAMPS wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and a very prosperous, healthy and happy New Year!
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13th September 2008, MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
Juan Manuel Marquez emerged from the shadows of fellow Mexican greats, Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales with his 11th round stoppage win over fellow veteran and linear lightweight champ Joel Casamayor which has surely booked a potential trip to be inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota.
Our trip was made extra special in meeting legends Oscar De La Hoya and Mike Tyson as well as Golden Boy "hot prospect" Victor Ortiz and Cuban sensation Yuriorkis Gamboa. This event enabled us to obtain many signed photo's and gloves as well as fight worn items which will be available to be viewed on our website shortly.
As always you can contact us with any questions or queries via our contact us page.
Please keep checking our new items category for our latest acquisitions.
Warmest wishes
Vinny & Kate
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