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Trainer Roach gives Pacquiao clean bill of health
By Greg Heakes, Agence France Press, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
DALLAS, Texas — Four-time trainer of the year Freddie Roach says he has handled two boxers who used illegal substances and despite allegations from Floyd Mayweather's camp one of them is not Manny Pacquiao.
Filipino superstar Pacquiao puts his World Boxing Organization welterweight title on Read Full Story >>>You Should Expect It By Now
By Anthony Wilson, SportingNews.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
One month ago today the sports world (and Avi, in this excellent piece for The Rumble) commemorated the 20th anniversary of Buster Douglas' shocking upset of Mike Tyson in Tokyo, arguably the biggest upset in the history of sports. On Saturday, Manny Pacquiao takes on Joshua Clottey in Dallas.
A Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao V. Mayweather: "The Greatest Fight Never Fought"
Deadspin.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
GQ has a wonderful story about Manny Pacquiao written by Andrew Corsello in April's issue. Here's the sidebar, written by Daniel Riley, they gave us permission to republish, which is not online yet.
March 13. MGM Grand. The world's two greatest boxers, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, are sla Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao – Mayweather Battle for Pound for Pound Supremacy
By Mark Leroy, The Boxing Historian, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
At the beginning of the year many of us believed Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather would square off putting to bed any arguments of who sat atop the pound for pound listings.
Floyd Mayweather was the king before announcing his temporary retirement. In his absence Filipino Manny Pacquiao reigne Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Clottey: The People’s Eyebrow
By Jesse Campbell, FightHype.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Prior to the 2001 baseball season, baseball pundits and fans alike could reasonably conclude the following about Barry Bonds:
1.) Barry Bonds was an exceptional baseball player
2.) Barry Bonds was physically achieving what many people thought impossible for someone his age, but as suspect Read Full Story >>> Mike Tyson’s Return Confirmed by Don King: ESPN FNF and Boxing Scribe Dan Rafael Proven Wrong
By Geno McGahee, RingsideReport.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
“Unlike other journalists, I did my research and made a phone call,” Dan Rafael smugly noted on a recent episode of Friday Night Fights and then proceeded to dismiss the comeback of Mike Tyso Read Full Story >>> Joshua Clottey Hopes to Turn “The Event” Into “The Upset”
By Gabriel Montoya, SecondsOut.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
It was just a few short months ago when boxing seemed on the verge of getting what it always wanted: a super fight of epic proportions between the two top pound-for-pound fighters in the wor Read Full Story >>> He Might Be Too Big For Pacquiao: The Case For A Joshua Clottey Win
By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Four words.
In the end, what happens in this fight will come down to four words: Is he too big?
Aside from bulk and strength, what does Joshua Clottey have that can beat Manny Pacquiao on March 13th?
In order to make a case for Clottey -- which I’ll now try to do -- you have to mak Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Jr could face a grand jury hearing for his role in the ‘skating rink’ shooting
By Rick Rockwell, Examiner.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
The latest development from last year’s skating rink shooting could see Floyd Mayweather Jr face a grand jury over his involvement in the shooting. Ocie Harris, a known associate of Mayweather Jr, was arrested and charged with attempted murder. An updated arrest warrant detailed how Mayweather Read Full Story >>> Roach quizzed Pacquiao over steroid rumour
RTE Sport, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Four-time trainer of the year Freddie Roach says he has handled two boxers who used illegal substances and despite allegations from Floyd Mayweather's camp one of them is not Manny Pacquiao.
Filipino superstar Pacquiao puts his World Boxing Organization welterweight title on the line Saturday whe Read Full Story >>> David Diaz-Humberto Soto Battle For WBC Lightweight Crown
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
ARLINGTON, TEX. -- On the evening of May 5, 2009, Manny Pacquiao was sitting in the dressing room following his ferocious, second-round knockout of England's Ricky Hatton at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
Suddenly, Pacquiao's cell phone rang.
The call was from David Diaz (pictured above, a Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao – Clottey: Keys to Victory + Predictions
By Carlos Cinco, Official Scorecard, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
We are now just a few days away from one of the biggest fights this year and the boxing world is buzzing once again. After a very quiet couple of months with nothing much happening, we find ourselves on the edge of our seats once more eagerly anticipating an all-out war between Pound for Pound king Read Full Story >>> Playing Promoter: Reshuffling Top Rank’s Weekend Cards To Benefit Boxing Fans
By Scott Kraus, The Queensberry Rules, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
As Tim pointed out, nobody should be too excited for the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey undercard. Considering that Manny is as much as an 8-1 favorite in the main event, perhaps it would have been a good idea for Bob Arum to showcase better fights for the large audience anticipated for the event sin Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao- Clottey's Undercard
By Avi "Shoefly" Korine, SportingNews.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Bob Arum is no fool. Arum knows there is exactly one reason people will be buying Satuday night's Pacquiao-Clottey PPV. They want to see if that little magician can perform another incredible trick and make the bigger man disappear. It's all about Pacquiao.
Knowing this, Arum has provided us with Read Full Story >>> Why I'm backing the Glazers! Manny Pacquiao tycoon supports Manchester United's controversial owners
By Jeff Powell, Daily Mail (UK), Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Jerry Jones, the Texas tycoon to whose ?800million second home no fewer than 45,000 boxing fans will flock on Saturday night to watch a Filipino fight an African, is urging the rebellious supporters of Manchester United and Liverpool to rally behind the Americans who have taken over their beloved cl Read Full Story >>> Dallas Cowboys Stadium fitting stage for ‘megastar’ Manny Pacquiao
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
If money's the measure, Manny Pacquiao is clearly a megastar having generated $290 million in pay-per-view revenue in the last four years.
But the fighting Filipino’s grip on his own people, and his mystique for those outside his own culture, grows exponentially.
Pacquiao now has an ent Read Full Story >>> Biggest name in boxing in biggest US stadium
By Dyan Castillejo, ABS-CBN News, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The brand new and extremely modern Dallas Cowboys Stadium easily stands out here in Arlington.
The $1.2 billion-stadium is the home of the popular Dallas football t Read Full Story >>> Boxing’s road to revival
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
ARLINGTON, Texas – Promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank desperately wanted to bring Manny Pacquiao, the pound-for-pound finest boxer in the world, to Cowboys Stadium as soon as he completed a deal in January for the Filipino superstar to defend his World Boxing Organization welterweight title on Marc Read Full Story >>> '[Expletive] Golden Boy' says Arum
By Steve Cofield, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Boxing press conferences are always a hoot. It's never enough to promote the current fight with a little trash talk between the combatants and maybe even a little pushing. Too often they revert back to previous spats. So it wasn't a shocker when the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey presser at Cowboy St Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao A Good Guy Without a Bad Guy In front of Him
By Peter Czymbor, Examiner.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
When Filipino Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KO's) defends his welterweight title against Ghana's Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO's) this Saturday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, he'll be the crowd favorite and the overwhelming reason why most viewers tune into PPV. However, the traditional good guy Read Full Story >>>
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