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OUTSIDE LOOKING IN: Pacquiao's heart bleeds for the poor
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 02 May 2015
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- He was only 15 and in his second year in Manila, but the then skinny kid from General Santos City in far away Mindanao had shown the trait of an entrepreneur and a leader at that young age.
While in the Read Full Story >>>A Dream Come True - Pacquiao Welcomes Marc Pagcaliwangan
By Rob Cruz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 02 May 2015
If there?s a Filipino boxer out there that has been inspired most by Manny Pacquiao to follow his footsteps into boxing, that boxer would be Marc ?Gwapo? Pagcaliwangan. Back in 2006, when Manny Pacquiao knocked out Eric Read Full Story >>> NBA -- Bulls rout Bucks, set date with Cavs
By Tim Gonzales, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 02 May 2015
MILWAUKEE -- The Bmo Harris Bradley Center buzzed with electricity prior to Game 6 of the Bucks versus Bulls showdown on Thursday night.
A sellout crowd of 18,717 packed the arena, and made it known it was "their h Read Full Story >>> The rise of Manny Pacquiao: ?The people?s champ?
By Nick Kirkpatrick, Washington Post, Sat, 02 May 2015
Two decades before he was to face the fight of his life, international boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao walked in unannounced to Freddie Roach?s gym above a laundromat in a Hollywood strip mall, a visit that changed the course of both men?s careers.
?He walked in; I had no idea who he was, I had n Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Pacquiao: man of the people v the man of the money
The Australian, Sat, 02 May 2015
?This is Sin City, honey, you gonna tip me??? says the Filipino taxi driver as soon as he is pressed for his thoughts on the Fight of the Century.
In Las Vegas, America?s capital of kitsch and excess, even an innocent request for a prediction becomes a monetary transaction. A five-dollar bill pl Read Full Story >>> Column: Floyd Mayweather makes it clear, Manny Pacquiao fight about the money, not boxing fans
By David Mayo, mlive.com, Sat, 02 May 2015
LAS VEGAS ? People don't like to hear it because it sounds so crass, and because people are being asked to pay $100 to watch a prize fight Saturday night, and because so many people actually are expected to fork over. But when you are making $180 millionish in one night because you're 47-0, the zero Read Full Story >>> Five years later, Mayweather-Pacquiao as significant as ever
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sat, 02 May 2015
LAS VEGAS -- For more than five years boxing fans clamored for one fight -- a showdown between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, the two best fighters of their time -- that seemed like it would never happen.
And now, at long last, and after excruciating will-they-or-won't-they negotiations spr Read Full Story >>> Last Stop, Las Vegas: What might have been a battle for immortality has descended into a quasi-retirement package
By Ronan Mullen , Irish Examiner, Sat, 02 May 2015
A (not so) learned sage once altered the expression ?it?s better late than never? by including the addendum ?but never late is better?.
While Canadian rapper Drake is unlikely to be confused with Aristotle any time soon, there is a profoundness about that particular lyric. In fact, so applicable Read Full Story >>> Overhyped? Mayweather-Pacquiao loses a little steam
By Jane Wells, CNBC.com, Fri, 01 May 2015
First, let's be clear. The Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight Saturday night in Las Vegas will be the most lucrative boxing match in history.
Mayweather will earn at least $120 million (he says it's closer to $200 million), giving him the highest single annual payday for an athlete. Pacqui Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao is fighting Floyd Mayweather not just for glory or the money... but to make a difference to his Philippines homeland as president
By Jeff Powell, Daily Mail (UK), Fri, 01 May 2015
Manny Pacquiao is not only fighting for the unified world welterweight championship, supremacy over Floyd Mayweather and upwards of $120 million.
Nor is he just raising his hands in a quest for the Holy Grail of boxing, that mythical title of greatest pound-for-pound fighter on planet Earth.
O Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs Pacquiao prediction: Will Manny find a way past patient Floyd's defences?
By David Anderson, mirror.co.uk, Fri, 01 May 2015
Carl Froch claims Floyd Mayweather Junior's showdown with Manny Pacquiao will be "a boring fight".
I would not be so negative, but I fear their clash in the early hours of Sunday will not be the classic fans are hoping to see.
Mayweather is the Jose Mourinho of boxing and he summed up his appr Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao fights are a Philippine holiday
By Nita Lelyveld, Los Angeles Times, Fri, 01 May 2015
Oder $60 worth of Filipino favorites to go at Max's of Manila in Glendale on Saturday and you get to take home a special "knockout treat:" a free, family-size, deep-fried pork leg called a crispy pata. But make plans to sit down at Max's that night for sisig or kare kare and you're likely to find th Read Full Story >>> Paulie Malignaggi: ?I think Manny Pacquiao can win without a KO, but he?s gonna have to score some knockdowns?
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Fri, 01 May 2015
Paulie ?The Magic Man? Malignaggi is back. The 34 year old former two division world champion announced that he will be returning to the ring May 29th against contender Dannny O?Connor. The return will mark the first time that Malignaggi has stepped back into the ring since his TKO4 defeat to Shawn Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs. Pacquiao in History
By FJ Parlan, 3MoreRounds.com, Fri, 01 May 2015
Fight of the Century.
The biggest fight of all-time? The biggest event in boxing history? At least one of those statements proves true, in a sense. And the other, time shall tell. We are just days away from that.
Big statements, such as the two above-written in inquisitive form, need not be ba Read Full Story >>> Mayweather Vs. Pacquiao: Boxing Tribune Staff Predictions
The Boxing Tribune, Fri, 01 May 2015
Here's a look at how The Boxing Tribune staff sees Saturday's mega-fight playing out:
Tim Harrison
I see the early rounds pretty evenly contested. Manny will be Manny and Mayweather will look tentative, mostly touching Pacquiao to the body early on. Around the fourth round we should start to s Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs Pacquiao: The undercard sucks because it just doesn't matter enough
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Fri, 01 May 2015
Are you paying for tomorrow night's Mayweather-Pacquiao pay-per-view? If you're reading this right now, you probably are. And if you're a boxing fan at all, you should! It's a huge event between two of the best fighters in the world, arguably once again the two best, and the two biggest stars of thi Read Full Story >>> NBA Game 7 between Spurs and Clippers tips off before Mayweather vs. Pacquiao
nj.com, Fri, 01 May 2015
The most anticipated sports day of the year just got a whole lot better.
Approximately three hours before Floyd Mayweather takes on Manny Pacquiao in Saturday night's mega-fight in Las Vegas, the Los Angeles Clippers will play host to the defending NBA champion-San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 of the Read Full Story >>> Why do we ignore Mayweather's domestic abuse?
By Raul A. Reyes, CNN.com, Fri, 01 May 2015
(CNN)?"The wait is over," proclaims the copy on Showtime TV's website. The cable channel is heavily promoting Saturday night's boxing match in Las Vegas between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. The cable network is going all-out to raise interest to a fever pitch for what it is billing as "o Read Full Story >>> Mike Tyson is mad at Floyd Mayweather over police report involving sexual assault claims
Fox Sports, Fri, 01 May 2015
THE motivation behind Mike Tyson?s vitriolic attack on Floyd Mayweather looks to be due to allegations the undefeated fighter instructed a woman in 2001 to file a police report against the one-time heavyweight champion.
Tyson labelled Mayweather ?a small, scared man? and criticised his parenting Read Full Story >>> Arum: Mayweather-Pacquiao isn't biggest in boxing history
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 01 May 2015
LAS VEGAS -- Top Rank chairman Bob Arum has promoted some of the biggest fights in boxing history, including more than 25 Muhammad Ali fights, and numerous fights involving George Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler, Julio Cesar Chavez, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd May Read Full Story >>>
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