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Manny over Money, roar Filipinos
The Gulf Today, Sat, 02 May 2015
Boxing history beckons as the ?Pride of the Philippines? Manny ?Pacman? Pacquaio, will a few hours from now square up against Floyd ?Money? Mayweather Jr at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday at 5 AM (UAE time) in what has been billed as ?The fight of the Century.? Basilio Albuquerque and Melchiad Read Full Story >>>The complete guide to betting Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao
By Chris Chase, USA Today, Sat, 02 May 2015
1. Mayweather is being given a 66.7% chance to win the fight, while Pacquiao is getting a 37% chance.
Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA TODAY Sports
Why don?t those numbers add up to 100%? Because the house always wins. As of 1 p.m. ET on Friday, Mayweather is (-210) to win the fight, which means you have Read Full Story >>> Fighting for boxings future: The showdown of the century heats up
By Oliver Brown, New Zealand Herald, Sat, 02 May 2015
The MayPac showdown this weekend may well be the bout of the century so far, writes Oliver Brown from Las Vegas. But the real worry for the tainted sport is what happens next.
Since Floyd Mayweather crows that it is his quest to separate the ordinary from the extraordinary, it follows his showdow Read Full Story >>> Big weekend for MGM Resorts gets even bigger if title fight draw is averted
Seeking Alpha, Sat, 02 May 2015
MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM) will have the attention of the sports world Saturday night when its MGM Grand property hosts the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao title fight.
Though a solid weekend of hotel and casino revenue is nearly guaranteed for the company's properties spread across the Las Vegas Strip Read Full Story >>> IT WILL BE ALL ABOUT MANNY?S HEART
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 02 May 2015
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The guy with a big heart, speed and power will come out victor in the Manny Pacquiao versus Floyd Mayweather Jr. superfight on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) at the MGM Grand Arena here.
And if chief t Read Full Story >>> 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 >>>
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