Champ on campus: Pac to attend University of the Philippines
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Fri, 21 May 2010

Champ on campus - one of the world's most popular athletes is trading his instruments of ring murder (boxing gloves) for a tablet pc and become the world's most popular . . . student. WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (51-  Read Full Story >>>

Injured Takayama focuses on next fight
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 21 May 2010
FORMER two-time world champion Katsunari Takayama?s Philippine debut has to be reset after he got injured while jogging. Although he is disappointed, Takayama is gearing up for future big fights. ?We really wanted the fight so much,? Japanese manager Ken Matsumoto said in behalf of his 27-year-ol  Read Full Story >>>

From boxing to politics: Vitali Klitschko and Manny Pacquiao share similar responsibilities
By Rick Rockwell, Examiner.com, Fri, 21 May 2010
Perhaps there's more in common with Vitali Klitschko and Manny Pacquiao than just boxing championships. Before Manny ventured into politics, current WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko was leaving the gloves behind for political aspirations. After Vitali Klitschko retired in 2005, he ran f  Read Full Story >>>

Is Halloween (Oct. 31) the date of the final blood test for Manny Pacquiao?
By Matt Stolow, Examiner.com, Fri, 21 May 2010
Team Pacquiao surprised me with the announcement today that they would agree to the blood testing at 14 days out to move the Floyd Mayweather fight negotiations on to the next chapter. Pacquiao previously was stuck on 24 days. Maybe Manny and promoter Bob Arum devised this scheme weeks ago. Maybe  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao says 14 days, Mayweather says random testing up to the fight
By Lorne Scoggins, Examiner.com, Fri, 21 May 2010
Mayweather says that he's on an ongoing campaign to clean up the sport of boxing. It's true that of all sports, boxing is one that should have a zero tolerance policy for performance enhancing drugs. The point of the game is to land damaging blows to the body and head of your opponent. If a boxer  Read Full Story >>>

"PAIN ON PENN STREET" FULL BOUT SHEET AND WEIGH-IN INFO
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 21 May 2010
Reading, PA (May 20, 2010) - The media and public are invited to the official weigh-in for contestants Travis Kauffman of Reading, PA and Chris Koval of Youngstown, OH, who will face off for the WBF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship on Saturday night at the Sovereign Center in Reading. The w  Read Full Story >>>

COTTO WORKS OUT IN NEW YORK FOR FOREMAN FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 21 May 2010

Three-time world champion Miguel Cotto, Caguas, Puerto Rico works out in New York with trainer Emanuel Steward and fitness coach Phil Landman for his upcoming fight against undefeated WBA World Super Welterweight champi  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather: Who is no.1?
By Ben Cohen, True/Slant, Fri, 21 May 2010
Fighters like Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather come around once in a generation. Their skill, intelligence and athleticism set them apart from others, and they operate on a level rarely seen in the sport. In terms of style, they could not be less alike. One is a defensive wizard and a technical s  Read Full Story >>>

CANILLAS TO GO FOR KNOCKOUT IN HIS FIRST MAIN EVENT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 21 May 2010

Larry ?Bon Jovi? Canillas is on song at the prospect of figuring in his first main event when he battles Dexter Mendoza in an interesting fight card titled ?Best of Boxing I? at the Mandaue City Sports Complex on Saturday  Read Full Story >>>

DARCHINYAN BEATS BARCELONA, WINS VACANT IBO BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 21 May 2010

WBC/WBA super flyweight champion Vic ?The Raging Bull? Darchinyan has won the vacant IBO bantamweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over veteran Filipino Eric ?The Maverick? Barcelona in a battle of south  Read Full Story >>>

POONSAWAT STOPS KIMURA IN 4, SIGNS WITH GOLDEN BOY
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 21 May 2010

MAHASARAKHAM, THAILAND - WBA super bantamweight world champion Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym from Thailand made a successful second defense of his title by scoring a brutal KO over Japanese challenger Shoji Kumura in Masahar  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao says he is now open to do random blood tests with 14-day cutoff for Mayweather fight
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Fri, 21 May 2010
Manny Pacquiao is a man of the people after all. The newly elected Congressman of Saranggani province in the Philippines is now willing to bend to Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s demands to make the fight the world wants to watch happens. During the final salvo to salvage their originally proposed March   Read Full Story >>>

Blood Compact! Mayweather Jr. and Pacquiao will make it happen!
By Granville Ampong, Examiner.com, Fri, 21 May 2010
HOLLYWOOD, California - From thirty to twenty four days testing windows for random blood draws, Team Mayweather said they'd be agreeable to drug testing 14 days before the fight, which now Manny Pacquiao says 'okay', at least according to news report by Nick Giongco via Manila Bulletin. As of thi  Read Full Story >>>

Balimbing or fight: Floyd Mayweather's only choices
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Fri, 21 May 2010
Many analysts, some of who can even discern a left hook from a fish hook, believe firmly and deeply that Manny Pacquiao won't be able to hit and hurt mobile Floyd Mayweather Jr. The negative thinkers maintain that the Pinoy Idol can't cut the ring off the dancing and dodging American. I be  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao's maverick move puts the ball in Mayweather's court
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Fri, 21 May 2010
The drug testing impasse which once derailed the proposed fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao and threatened to do so again might have been solved. The testing cut off demanded by team Mayweather and Golden Boy during the last set of negotiations has now been agreed to by Pacquiao a  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao willing to be drug tested up to 14 days before fight. Will Floyd Mayweather Jr accept?
By Rick Rockwell, Examiner.com, Fri, 21 May 2010
We are starting to see some compromise in the negotiations between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao. As of right now, the compromise is coming from Manny Pacquiao's side. Pacquiao annoucned that he would be willing to come down on his original stance of being randomly drug tested. Instead of t  Read Full Story >>>

Vitali Klitschko speaks from training camp
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 21 May 2010

Vitali Klitschko. Going/Austria (May 19, 2010) ? Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 37 KOs), of Kiev (Ukraine) and Hamburg (Germany), participated yesterday in a media work out in his training camp in Austria. He discussed his  Read Full Story >>>

ALEXANDER, KHAN AND MAIDANA ALL WILLING, BUT BRADLEY RELUCTANT TO UNIFY
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Fri, 21 May 2010
According to reports, WBC & IBF champion Devon Alexander, as well as WBA regular and interim champions Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana, are all ready, willing and able to face each other to decide who truly is the best 140-pound fighter in the world. Unfortunately, the one man who many believe currentl  Read Full Story >>>

VITALI KLITSCHKO LOOKS TO MANNY PACQUIAO FOR POLITICAL INSPIRATION
By Felix Strunk, FightHype.com, Fri, 21 May 2010
?Right now, I am able to handle both sides well, like Manny Pacquiao in the Phillipines,? stated WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko when asked about the difficulties of being both a politician as well as a professional boxer. The leader of the political party Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for  Read Full Story >>>

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