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Pacquiao?s plea to save drug mule
iOL Sport, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Manila ? World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao added his voice to growing calls in the Philippines for Indonesia to spare a 30-year-old Filipino mother from execution for drug smuggling.
?On behalf of my country[wo]man, Mary Jane Veloso and all of the Filipino people, I am begging and knocking on Read Full Story >>>Halt Indonesia drug executions until graft claims probed: Australia
By Agence France Press, Daily Mail (UK), Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Australia urged Indonesia Monday to delay the execution of two men for drug offences until a corruption probe into their case is complete, after a report that judges sought tens of thousands of dollars in bribes.
"Bali Nine" drug traffickers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan could face the firing Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao names his top five fights
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Manny Pacquiao's rise from poverty in the Philippines to become a world champion, a congressman in his country and garner a co-starring role in the boxing match of this generation ? Saturday against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. ? has been a remarkable journey.
Since arriving on the doorstep of t Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s greatest fights
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Floyd Mayweather Jr. heads to the ultimate test of his unbeaten record Saturday when he meets Manny Pacquiao at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The hometown fighter has weathered a slew of demanding challenges since turning pro after the 1996 Olympics, from brawlers, veterans and distinguished champions.
Read Full Story >>> Bianchi: Paying for Mayweather vs. Pacquiao is supporting domestic violence
By Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Don?t do it.
Don't you dare do it.
Don't you dare pay to watch Floyd Mayweather fight Manny Pacquiao on Saturday.
If you do, you are putting money into the pocket of Mayweather -- a man who is one of the most despicable domestic abusers in the history of sports.
Please, I beg you, don?t Read Full Story >>> Arum laughs off Floyd claim
Sportinglife.com, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Manny Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum has described the comparison between Floyd Mayweather Jr and boxing legend Muhammad Ali as "a joke".
Arum also believes that the American public will get behind the Filipino fighter who he predicts will knock out Mayweather in Saturday's superfight in Las Vegas. Read Full Story >>> David Haye held by Dubai police over bounced cheque property payment
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Former world heavyweight champion David Haye had his passport seized in Dubai over a $340,000 cheque payment that failed to clear.
Authorities in the Londoner's adopted holiday home held the semi-retired fighter after a final payment for a property he built in the country bounced - a criminal off Read Full Story >>> Stone Cold Steve Austin Makes His Mayweather-Pacquiao Prediction
By Timothy Bartolini, Tha Boxing Voice, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
?Stone Cold? Steve Austin was asked about the Mayweather-Pacquiao superfight on the most recent episode of his podcast and as expected, ?The Texas Rattlesnake? did not sugarcoat his answer. He called it as he sees it and Pacquiao fans are not going to be pleased.
As a longtime fan of combat sport Read Full Story >>> Ronda Rousey?s Training Camp Visit Affirms Her Support to Pacquiao!
Master Herald, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Ronda Rousey has been a huge fan of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquaio.
Last month, when she was asked during a TV interview how she sees the fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao on May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Rousey said that it shall all boil d Read Full Story >>> Mendoza: Money matter manhandling Pac-May fight
By Al S. Mendoza, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
IF there?s one thing crazy?not unique?in the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, it is the money matter.
Suddenly, seemingly, money is the only thing that matters in this bout.
Shockingly, the oodles of money to be earned by the combatants ($120 million for Mayweather thus far, $80M Pacquiao) and she Read Full Story >>> Mayweather, Pacquiao fail to make top 10 in fighters? list
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
FLOYD Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are undoubtedly the two best boxers of this era.
But how do these two fair well with the other all-time greats of the sweet science.
Yahoo! Sports recently did a poll on an All-Time Top 25 list, and asked a panel of boxing experts to give 15 boxers who t Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO BREAKS L.A. CAMP AND HEADS TO LAS VEGAS MONDAY
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
LOS ANGELES, Cal. -- After completing 57 days in and out of his training camp here in this city of Angels, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao drives to Las Vegas Monday (Tuesday in Manila) where he w Read Full Story >>> HBO SPORTS? IS THE FIGHT FAN?S DESTINATION FOR MAYWEATHER VS. PACQUIAO
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
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Programming Available 24 Hours a Day on HBO On Demand?, HBO GO?, HBO NOW? and HBO?s D Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao a national symbol of hope in Philippines
By Agence France Press, Yahoo! Sports, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao is idolised by tens of millions in the poverty-afflicted Philippines both for his punching power and as a national icon of hope after rising from the streets to the pinnacle of world boxing.
Known to his countrymen in the Asian archipelago as "The National Fist", Pacman Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs Pacquiao: The clash of the titans
The New York Times, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
The huge billboards dotted along Las Vegas' neon-lit Strip declare it "the Fight of a Lifetime" and the long-awaited coupling of Floyd Mayweather Jn r and Manny Pacquiao next weekend has the potential to be an epic confrontation.
The build-up has been enormous, with interest phenomenal on both Read Full Story >>> Why I'm Certain ... Pacquiao Will Destroy Mayweather
By Scoop Malinowski, Ring Observer, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
The pre-fight hype of a fight is like a maze of smoke and mirrors of quotes and psychological warfare, posturing and grandstanding, truth and propaganda, false and real.
The Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather fight is no different.
The underlying theme of this fight is simple and clear to ope Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao?s promoter frustrated by Mayweather?s adviser, MGM
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
For Bob Arum, Sunday can?t come soon enough.
The 83-year-old Hall of Fame promoter has been exasperated over the handling of the promotion for Saturday?s megafight at the MGM Grand Garden between Manny Pacquiao, who is represented by Arum?s company, Top Rank, and Floyd Mayweather Jr., who Arum pr Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao joins chorus trying to save Filipina death row inmate
By Agence France Press, The Malaysian Insider, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
World boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao took time out on Monday from final preparations for his US$400 million (RM1.4 billion) megafight with Floyd Mayweather to plead for the life of a Filipina on death row in Indonesia.
Pacquiao, a national hero in the Philippines, added his voice to a chorus of Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao begs Indonesian leader: Save Mary Jane
By Paterno Esmaquel II, Rappler, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
MANILA, Philippines ? Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao joined Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on Monday, April 27, in "begging" Indonesian President Joko Widodo to save a Filipina set to be executed in Indonesia.
In a message aired by Philippine broadcaster GMA Network, Pacquiao said: Read Full Story >>> Roger Mayweather says Pacquiao won?t get past 5th rd against nephew Floyd
By Mark Giongco, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 27 Apr 2015
LAS VEGAS ? All Floyd Mayweather Jr. needs is about 15 minutes to dispose of his greatest challenge yet in Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao.
Trainer Roger Mayweather doesn?t see Pacquiao lasting longer than five rounds in the ring against his nephew when the two welterweight champions fin Read Full Story >>>
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