Pacquiao ends Baguio training with 11 furious firepower rounds with Amir Khan, Glen Tapia, Medina
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Pacman’s power has given his sport some momentum again
London : When the numbers came in from Las Vegas last week, showing boxing has finally landed a left hook on the Ultimate Fighting Championship, they disguised a more complicated, and more interesting, story.
Clearly, what the 1.25 million …
By PrimeTyme Koby
What’s a morning without hot coffee and a donut?
The coffee keeps you coming back because of the caffeine. The caffeine makes you feel alive, and keeps you awake.
Most people can do without the donut, except for one person in particular:
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
As Manny Pacquiao has become the …
By Michael Herron
The month of May can not seem further away yet that is how long the boxing world will wait before the most anticipated fight of the decade is upon us. For fight fans however time is not a factor when it comes to comparing, contrasting, and debating which …
By Eric Raskin
by Norm Frauenheim
Critical acclaim for Manny Pacquiao after his stoppage a couple of weeks ago of stubborn Miguel Cotto included a moment in the post-fight news conference that defined the Filipino’s ongoing emergence and pointed toward recognition that he has yet to achieve.
Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum called him “boxing’s …
by Oliver Suarez
Manny Pacquiao in an interview with Jimmy Manicad of GMA News TV admitted that some of the comments from the Mayweather camp have irritated him. He was specifically referring to Mayweather’s constant accusations that he is using steroids or an illegal substance.
According to Pacquiao, he consulted his …
by Oliver Suarez
In Manny Pacquiao’s article titled “Kumbinasyon,” for Philboxing.com he gave thanks to Cotto for being a great sportsman in the midst of defeat and making their duel a potential fight of the year. More importantly, Pacquiao noted that their fight proved that arrogance and trash talking are not …
By Leo Reyes
The much-awaited boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather is considered a ‘done deal’ but official announcement on fight details may have to wait until January next year
The highly anticipated boxing bout between undefeated American boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao is considered …
By Michael Marley
Ronald “Winky” Wright has been convinced of Manny Pacquiao’s great skills not once but twice (AP Photo)
Today, Thanksgiving Day in the United States, is future Boxing Hall Of Famer Ronald “Winky” Wright’s 38th birthday.
While I am sure that you join me in wishing this talented and gentlemanly …
By Gareth A Davies
By Steve Lewis: After Manny Pacquiao’s dominant performance against top welterweight, Miguel Cotto, to capture a championship in a record-breaking 7th weight class, numerous Pacquiao skeptics became “converts.” Or at least, they were willing to finally give some due credit. Of course, you will never win them all completely because …
By Thomas Hauser
Thanksgiving and Christmas came early for boxing this year. The November 14th mega-match between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto was the biggest and most important fight of 2009. Think of it as a holiday festival with Pacquiao in the role of Santa Claus. Or maybe Manny is better …
By Mark Vester
The negotiations for Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. are underway. Top Rank’s Bob Arum and Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer [acting for Mayweather] are not providing any details until the deal is done. Arum did reveal to the Las Vegas Review Journal that his Monday meeting with …
By Mark Staniforth, Press Association Sport
Forget, again, about the heavyweight division, which flickered back to life with David Haye’s win over Nikolai Valuev; forget Ricky Hatton’s ill-judged comeback, forget the ‘Super Six’, forget Hopkins, Pavlik, Lopez, Darchinyan.
Good, maybe great fighters all. But there is already only one fight on the …
By D.W.
We all knew this was coming, Floyd came back to the ring and put on a clinic on technique and showmanship while Pacquiao devastated one of the toughest Welterweights imaginable. Both men have claims to the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world, and it was the fight the …
By Gina L. Caliboso
After Manny Pacquiao’s dominating victory over Miguel Cotto, not less than a few seconds after the win did Larry Merchant ask both fighter Pacquiao and Trainer Roach what lies ahead. And we all know the question. But I’d like to focus on Pacquiao’s answers.
Go on vacation …
NEW YORK (SI.COM) — Seven time world champion Manny Pacquiao tested clean following his Nov. 14 TKO win over Miguel Cotto, SI.com has learned.
Pacquiao, who became the first boxer to win seven championships in as many weight classes, underwent urine tests twice — before and after the fight — and …
By Ramon Aranda
Floyd Mayweather Sr. made a pretty big accusation weeks ago when he alluded to his thoughts that Manny Pacquiao was on steroids. Only days after Pacquiao’s destruction of Miguel Cotto, once again those rumors came swirling back which included similar thoughts from fighters such as Paulie Malignaggi.
How could …
By Avi “Shoefly” Korine
Following Manny Pacquiao’s recent destruction of Miguel Cotto now seems a good time to place his recent wins in context to his earlier career achievements. It was tough to narrow the list down, but here is a list, in descending order, of Pacquiao’s five greatest victories, (with …
By Paolo Bandini
Floyd Mayweather Sr has issued a scathing assessment of Manny Pacquiao’s boxing technique, claiming that the Filipino “can’t fight at all”. Pacquiao became a seven-weight world champion by defeating Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas this month, but Mayweather Sr said he had been unimpressed by the performance.
“You …
By Geoff “The Professor” Poundes
Superlatives escape me. There are few that haven’t already been lavished on the special talents of Manny Pacquiao, and doubtless over the coming months there will be new ones invented to cope with the growing impossibility of describing the little Pinoy’s ring achievements.
At the MGM Grand …
By Roy Luarca
EITHER FREDDIE ROACH is trying to get the goat of Floyd Mayweather Jr. or he’d seen a kink in the American’s armor.
While negotiations for the Manny Pacquiao-Mayweather super clash have yet to formally begin, Roach has already predicted a knockout win for his prized ward if the two …
By Ricardo Lois
During Sunday night’s The Boxing Truth Radio, my co-host John Chavez and I took a question from Twitter boxing fan Tammy0918 - “Who do you think is the greatest fighter of all-time.”
Chavez and myself agreed that is hard to rate fighters across eras, especially pugilists we had never …







