Quijano: The Mayweather conundrum
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 25 Feb 2015
THIS early, most of the queries from my fellow boxing aficionados have been about my KO prediction for Manny against ?Money?. I have explained in my previous column that my prediction is based largely on the mental state of both fighters and I believe Manny?s will to win is stronger, plus the fac  Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather/Pacquiao is On and I don?t care!
By Jeff Young, 8countnews, Wed, 25 Feb 2015
With the big fight finally being announced, and the whole world can now turn their attention to how training camps are going, steroid testing, or in the case of some the question of ?Will Floyd show up or will he get ?injured? in camp?? I know that sounds terrible, but over the years we have lear  Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather-Pacquiao stir dying embers
By Steve Hummer, AJC.com, Wed, 25 Feb 2015
Egos have been aligned. Money has been stacked in a snow-capped pile. Competing premium cable networks have joined in unholy alliance. And, so, they say, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao finally will fight on May 2. There will be much noise between now and a day formerly known as Kentucky   Read Full Story >>>

Ali-Liston II Gloves Sell for $1M
By Daniel J. Flynn, Breitbart, Wed, 25 Feb 2015
The gloves worn by Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston in their rematch sold for $965,000 at an auction this week. To put the buy in perspective, the pricetag stands at about five times the amount the heavyweight championship bout generated in its gate receipts. Floor seats cost $100. The worst seats f  Read Full Story >>>

Blown away: Tickets for P2.5M each
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Wed, 25 Feb 2015
MANILA, Philippines - Bob Arum can?t think of anything that compares to this one. From the fight purse to ticket prices, the May 2 clash between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather is something the world had never seen before. ?It?s gonna set all records ? pay-per-view sales, pay-per-view reve  Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather Vs. Pacquiao Ticket Pricing Goes Berserk
By Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes.com, Wed, 25 Feb 2015
Boxing fans have waited six long years to see the two greatest fighters of this generation square off in the ring. Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao finally got a deal done last week to meet on May 2 in Las Vegas, and the intense demand to see the latest ?fight of the century? is producing histori  Read Full Story >>>

Insulting Manny Pacquiao?s basketball skills sends one American player to the unemployment line
By Cindy Boren, Washington Post, Wed, 25 Feb 2015
Basketball officials in the Philippines delivered a low blow to an American player who dared criticize the basketball skills of Manny Pacquiao, the country?s legendary boxer/politician/wannabe hoopster. Daniel Orton, a 6-foot-10 former NBA player who played at Kentucky, was fired and fined for qu  Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather vs Pacquiao: Who wins outside the ring?
By Ryan Wong, Sports Illustrated, Wed, 25 Feb 2015
What to expect from Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao On SI Now, Sports Illustrated senior writer Chris Mannix explains what fans should expect in the mega fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. The long (long, long) awaited fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather has fi  Read Full Story >>>

8 People You've Never Heard Of Who Are Way Richer Than Floyd "Money" Mayweather
By Maurice Peebles, Complex.com, Wed, 25 Feb 2015
In America, life is all about perception. Those people in the movies? Yeah, they're mostly hollow, self-centered simpletons...but they look so beautiful and important on the red carpet! Those people we elect to represent us in Washington? Yeah, they're crooked, power-hungry liars who lick the boots   Read Full Story >>>

TEAM PACQUIAO PLOTTING TO SPLIT MAYWEATHER?S DEFENSE
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 24 Feb 2015

GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? Breaking Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s touted defensive prowess is where Manny Pacquiao?s preparations will be concentrated. This, in a nutshell, was what assistant trainer, Buboy Fernandez said will mark th  Read Full Story >>>

Alan Hubbard: Record-breaking superfight between Mayweather and Pacquiao is long overdue
By Alan Hubbard, Inside the Games, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
You never hear Floyd Mayweather Jnr talk about his Olympic bronze boxing medal, gained in deeply controversial circumstances at the Atlanta Games of 1996. No doubt it has been disdainfully tossed away and nestles somewhere in his sock draw at his Las Vegas mansion amid an assorted pile of bling.   Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao doesn?t need a KO to beat Floyd ? Koncz
By Josef T. Ramos, The Manila Times, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
MANNY Pacquiao?s long-time adviser Mike Koncz believes that the reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion doesn?t need a knockout to give Floyd Mayweather Jr. the very first defeat of his boxing career. Koncz, who served as Pacquiao?s eyes and ears in the United States during  Read Full Story >>>

Sweet science lives on
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 24 Feb 2015
IN RECENT years, boxing has slowly lost the interest of the general public. Unlike its golden age, from 1920s to the 60s, fewer people are paying attention to the sport anymore. The rapid rise of the sport of mixed-martial arts (MMA) also helped in that decline and has lured mostly the younger gener  Read Full Story >>>

?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 >>>

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