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Tax expert to politicians: Declare purchase of May-Pac tickets
ABS-CBN News, Tue, 05 May 2015
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine politicians were among those in attendance at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and tax expert Ramon Abrea is urging them to declare their purchase of tickets in their Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN).
Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada is one of them, wh Read Full Story >>>Letting Pacquiao fight Mayweather injured dealt damaging blow to boxing's future
By Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, Tue, 05 May 2015
The morning after the fight here became yuck-it-up time. The legendary P.T. Barnum line seemed a perfect fit: There is a sucker born every minute.
Included in those suckers were the 16,507 who filled the MGM Grand Garden Arena, generating a paid gate of $74 million, all to watch Floyd Mayweather Read Full Story >>> Deadly sins of Manny's apostles (Team Pacquiao)
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Tue, 05 May 2015
Manny Pacquiao's terrible performance against Floyd Mayweather, Jr had several root causes.
The Pacman could have beaten Mayweather if he had (a) a better gameplan, (b) a more competent/smarter team, (c) hired outside trainers to supplement Freddie Roach and Buboy Fernandez, (d) an honest promote Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquaio gives paying public 'Shoulder Roll,' mishandling prefight injury
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Tue, 05 May 2015
In what may be the ultimate boxing irony, after their 12 slumbering rounds, it is Manny Pacquiao and not Floyd Mayweather Jr. who is giving the paying public the "Shoulder Roll."
Mayweather sued his patented Shoulder Roll during the less than inspiring "Fight Of The Century" and now Pacman, or mo Read Full Story >>> Did Mayweather-Pacquiao kill the sport of boxing?
By Darren Hunt, KVIA, Tue, 05 May 2015
EL PASO, Texas -
Did we all just witness the death of boxing?
Fans all over the world are saying yes! A reporter for USA today with choice words over the weekend.
"Boxing is dead and Mayweather-Pacquiao killed it," he wrote. "Never again will people shell out $100 to watch two old men grab Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan: I've been asked to fight Floyd Mayweather
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Tue, 05 May 2015
Given the unprecedented success of Floyd Mayweather against Manny Pacquiao, indications from Sin City are that the world will be watching a rematch between the Filipino and the American in the autumn.
While both camps were playing down the rematch in public post-fight, behind the scenes the pla Read Full Story >>> May-Pac Aftermath: Rampant feelings of bitterness and disappointment
By Wil Esco, Bad Left Hook, Tue, 05 May 2015
suppose it should only be expected that millions of Filipinos and others worldwide would take Manny Pacquiao's loss to Floyd Mayweather rather harshly. So many people (not just Filipinos) wanted Manny to win sooo badly. There are those who are understandably disappointed with the outcome, and there Read Full Story >>> May 2 ? Was It Worth The Wait?
By Vitali Shaposhnikov, Hustle Boss, Tue, 05 May 2015
This question does not call for an involved debate or a complicated answer. Aside from becoming the most financially successful sporting event in sports history, Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao was also the most discussed one as well.
#MayPac blew up Twitter, with the fight being mentioned ov Read Full Story >>> Greg Cote: Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was sad end to Super Saturday
By Greg Cote, The Bellingham Herald, Tue, 05 May 2015
Nobody got hurt.
This is a good thing in almost all other aspects of life, but this is not a good thing in a championship boxing match.
Pain should be de rigueur. A fight without pain is an auto race without speed. "Nobody got hurt" is a letdown, a damnation, not to mention almost unheard of Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao: Why was he denied that shot, again?
By Lee Cleveland , Fight Saga, Tue, 05 May 2015
Why, when and how many times did the Nevada Athletic Commission refuse Manny Pacquiao of injecting legal numbing agents in his injured shoulder prior to his mega showdown with Floyd Mayweather?
According to the superstar boxer, who suffered a tear in his right rotator cuff three weeks before the Read Full Story >>> Postfight Presser Report: Mayweather Is Boastful, Edgy, Defiant
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Tue, 05 May 2015
At the postfight presser, held in the arena, with the principals in the ring, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao talked about their clash at the MGM, and both touched on what comes next for each.
Pacman said thanks for coming and that he did his best, "but my best wasn't good enough."
The los Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao?s Second Loss of the Weekend: Integrity Down for the Count After Post-Fight Comments
By Nicholas Green, Tha Boxing Voice, Tue, 05 May 2015
On Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada the world witnessed the ?Fight of the Century? in the long anticipated meeting between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. The buildup was ridiculous and the hype was outrageous which meant that anyone with half a brain knew that the fight could never matc Read Full Story >>> The Mayweather-Pacquiao Conspiracy Theory Is Colorblind
By Barry Petchesky, Deadspin.com, Tue, 05 May 2015
Here are the judges? scorecards for Saturday?s fight, a clear unanimous decision for Floyd Mayweather over Manny Pacquiao. If you are a normal human being, there?s nothing notable here; just a cool artifact of a megafight, and some relief in the knowledge that the judging accorded with reality?no gi Read Full Story >>> The Sound and Fury of the Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight
By Drew Millard, Vice.com, Tue, 05 May 2015
On Saturday night, every single person in America (give or take) tuned in to watch the most boring boxing match of all time. It was a contest between Floyd Mayweather, the undefeated woman-beating champion whose in-ring conservatism turns boxing into a numbers game, and Manny Pacquiao, erstwhile coc Read Full Story >>> Why did Burger King stand with Floyd Mayweather?
By Daniel Roberts , Yahoo Finance, Tue, 05 May 2015
The company responded to a request for comment with a joke about its mascot.
Floyd Mayweather, the world?s top boxer and the highest-paid athlete on the planet, is all about the show.
His fight entrances over the years have reflected as much. For his 2006 bout against Carlos Baldomir, Mayweath Read Full Story >>> Mayweather Now 48-0, Who Cares, Pacquiao won in the hearts of many anyways
By David Brown, Daily Times Gazette, Tue, 05 May 2015
The so-called ?Bout of the Century? between Filipino Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather turns out to be an ordinary, boring, disappointing, less entertaining and very disgusting fight no thanks to Mayweather pulling out all kinds of tricks just to survive the fight, even at the expense of losing en Read Full Story >>> LEGACIES
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 05 May 2015
Manny Pacquiao came to fight, Floyd Mayweather wanted to box.
The boxer won.
Let?s accept that and move on. Pacquiao remains a beloved figure in the Philippines and an inspiration to the impoverished masses.
I bou Read Full Story >>> HBO Sports to Present Replay of FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. MANNY PACQUIAO, 5/9
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 05 May 2015
HBO Sports presents FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. MANNY PACQUIAO, the replay of their high-stakes world welterweight unification title fight, SATURDAY, MAY 9 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on HBO. The Pay-Per-View broadcast team, which was ring Read Full Story >>> NBA Playoffs -- Warriors cruise past Grizzlies in Game 1, 101 to 86
By Ryan Medida, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 05 May 2015
OAKLAND -- The highly anticipated Western Conference semifinals match-up between the Golden State Warriors and the Memphis Grizzlies, two powerhouses with varying styles, went underway on Sunday at the Oracle Arena i Read Full Story >>> The Superfight Without a Heart
By Paul Beston, The Sweet Science, Tue, 05 May 2015
The question often asked in the buildup to Mayweather vs. Pacquiao was whether this richest of all prizefights could give a boost to boxing?s future by living up to the glories of its past. As May 2 approached, the anticipation reminded many of the 1980s, when the mega-million ?superfights? got star Read Full Story >>>
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