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?Greg Bishop: Mayweather/Pacquiao Destined To Disappoint?
By Damon Amendolara, CBS Sports, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
Sports Illustrated senior writer Greg Bishop has written several stories about Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao ? about how they should fight, when it should happen, etc., etc., etc.
The first story that Bishop wrote about this? Yeah, it was 2009.
?I?ve gotten a lot more gray hair since th Read Full Story >>>Khan Salty On Mayweather-Pacquiao ?Mega-fights, they often turn out to be quite dull.?
By Victor Salazar, Tha Boxing Voice, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
Amir Khan along with Miguel Cotto seemed to be the odd men out of big fights when Floyd Mayweather announced he would be fighting Manny Pacquiao. Khan was rumored to be in the running with both fighters should the fight fall apart. But now he is on the outside looking in.
Khan told the The Sun th Read Full Story >>> Klitschko: I?m glad Golovkin is not in my division!
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
Reigning heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko was obviously impressed with middleweight counterpart Gennady Golokvin's performance last Saturday night as the Ukrainian has tweeted his congratulations to the Kazakh puncher.
'Dr. Steelhammer,' who is undefeated in over a decade, breathed a cheeky si Read Full Story >>> DIAZ: PACQUIAO?S SPEED WILL BE THE KEY IN BEATING MAYWEATHER
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
Former World Boxing Council lightweight champion David Diaz, the likeable southpaw from Chicago who was battered into submission in nine rounds by Manny Pacquiao on June 28, 2008 at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel and Casino, Read Full Story >>> CHINESE BOXERS SWEEP FIVE WBC TITLES IN KUNMING
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
In an unprecedented night of boxing in what the WBC itself described as ?a quality packed card? by Zovi Boxing Promotions which was broadcast nationwide in China five title fights endorsed by the WBC were all won by Chin Read Full Story >>> Parties involved in Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao fight finally get to cash in
By Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
The science of splitting $200 million is not left to the destitute or desperate. For Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, all the king?s horses, and all the king?s men, arriving at that destination was an act of desperation.
Those already inclined to romanticize the road to getting the May 2 fight f Read Full Story >>> Mayweather, Paquiao could disappoint
By Steve Bunce, iOL Sport, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
One day in January 1990, at a hotel in Beverly Hills, Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson announced the world's most lucrative fight, with Don King boldly talking of both boxers making $40m.
The pair finally met in November 1996 after they had each survived and suffered through either years in pris Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao mourns passing of grandmother
By Celest R. Flores, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
MANILA, Philippines?Manny Pacquiao?s grandmother Cristina Dapidran passed away last February 18. She was 92.
In an Instagram post, Pacquiao posted photos of her grandmother?s wake in General Santos City.
?We will miss you Lola Cristina Mejia Dapidran. R.I.P Lola?We missed you Lola,? the captio Read Full Story >>> Luis Arias: ?Pacquiao is fast and he does a lot of very good things but he also makes a lot of mistakes?
By Chris Robinson, Hustle Boss, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
If ever there was a fighter who fit the description of a hardcore fight fan, it very well may be Luis ?Cuba? Arias.
A Milwaukee native who made the move to Vegas years back, Arias is as down to earth as they come and always keeps his eye on the latest the sport has to offer.
Arias (10-0, 4 KO Read Full Story >>> Eddie Chambers: ?Manny Pacquiao will get in there and he?ll be kind of shocked of how strong Floyd Mayweather is?
By Robert Brown, OTR Boxing Radio, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
I recently had a chance to speak with heavyweight contender, ?Fast? Eddie Chambers. After a rough patch in his career, Chambers reinvented himself by teaming up with UK trainer, Peter Fury. Now under the tutelage of Fury, Eddie experienced a successful return to the sport, winning five fights in 201 Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. PPV fight, who is the underdog.
ThyBlackMan.com, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
(ThyBlackMan.com) WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao says he doesn?t mind being the underdog in his upcoming fight against WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 2nd. Manny Pacquiao probably hasn?t been an underdog too many times during his career, and perhaps not since his Read Full Story >>> In-Ring Monster Golovkin Must Relent To Get Big Fight
By Lyle Fitzsimmons, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
Let?s say you?re Miguel Cotto.
You?re 34 years old. You?ve earned title belts in every weight class from 140 to 160 pounds.
And you?re such a fixture on Puerto Rican Day parade weekend in New York City that 20,000 people would gladly drop a couple hundred bucks to watch you go a few rounds wi Read Full Story >>> CRAWFORD BWAA FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
BWAA, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
With three impressive victories against highly credible opponents in 2014, Omaha, Neb., native Terence ?Bud? Crawford served notice that he has arrived as one of boxing?s newest and most exciting stars. But perhaps his most significant victory for the year just past comes nearly two months into 2015 Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Pacquiao will become richest fight, but how about most historically significant?
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
By the time Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao slip between the ropes at the MGM Grand Garden to face each other somewhere around 9:15 p.m. PT on May 2, it will have been nearly 1,900 days since many boxing fans believe they first should have met.
Talks in late 2009 that were aimed at putting th Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum To Launch Counter-Strike At Haymon with Network Deal
By Timothy Bartolini, Tha Boxing Voice, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
The Wise Learn Many Things From their Enemies.?- Aristophanes
I recently wrote a piece that stated that if the rumors about an Al Haymon deal with ESPN are true, then the war is already over. With this final ESPN piece in place, he would have a strategic stronghold from which to build his boxing Read Full Story >>> $250K MGM Grand credit needed to buy Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao ringside seats, says Bob Arum
By Mitch Abramson, New York Daily News, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
When Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced his May 2 fight with Manny Pacquiao on Friday on social media with a picture of a signed contract, if he had any imagination, he would have included a cash register in the background since the bout promises to be the most lucrative of all time.
Pacquiao promote Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton breaks down Mayweather vs. Pacquiao
By Tom Gray, RingTV.com, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
In the six-plus years it?s taken welterweight superstars Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao to thrash out a deal for their mega-fight, both have had ample time to feast on the other?s prey.
Floyd had Oscar De La Hoya; Manny had Oscar. Manny had Miguel Cotto, Floyd had Cotto. Mayweather had S Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather fight could be Manny Pacquiao?s last
By Mark Giongco, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
MANILA, Philippines ? For one of the greatest ever to put on a pair of boxing gloves, Manny Pacquiao knows the end of a celebrated career is near.
Pacquiao on Monday hinted at retirement as the biggest bout of his life inside the ring could also be his last.
?Malapit na yan (it?s close),? Read Full Story >>> Mendoza: Mayweather needs no KO vs. Pacquiao
By Al S. Mendoza, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
SEE? What did I tell you?
This is not to breast beat but if only to set the record straight: I kept telling people willing to listen that the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight will happen.
Despite all obvious indications pointing to that, many of my friends insisted it would not materialize.
Advert Read Full Story >>> What it could look like when Pacquiao or Mayweather win
By Ryan Songalia, Rappler, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
MANILA, Philippines - The two tensest moments in a boxing match are ironically the moments when nobody is throwing a punch.
The moments preceding the first bell, when the referee is clearing the ring of entourages, and the two fighters and their chief seconds meet at center-ring for final instruc Read Full Story >>>
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