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Cowboys owner goes big with bout
By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Jerry Jones was one of the nearly 70,000 people who packed the New Orleans Superdome to watch the 1978 heavyweight title fight between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks.
The energy of the massive crowd, the roars cascading down from the upper deck and the sense of being part of something so big and gr Read Full Story >>>Angry Pacman Coach Roach: Clottey's trainer called me gashole
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—He's been living in Hollywood for a long time but there is still a lot of the Boston street kid left in 50 year old Coach Freddie Roach.
You will never see Roach blowing air kisses and engaging in phony compliments to people he doesn;t care for.
With that in my mind, her Read Full Story >>> Jerry Jones says Cowboys, NFL will lift boxing
By Brett Okamoto, Las Vegas Sun, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
The American business juggernaut that is the NFL historically has been fairly hesitant to extend its influence in aiding other sports, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Tues Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Once Trained at Wild Card Gym
By Peter Czymbor, Examiner.com, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Floyd Mayweather Jr. once trained at Freddie Roach's Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, CA. The same place that Manny Pacquiao utilizes to prepare for his fights.
It was the Fall of 2007. Mayweather was preparing to defend the welterweight championship against Ricky Hatton. Mayweather was coming off a c Read Full Story >>> ROCKY FUENTES WINS OPBF FLYWEIGHT TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
The Philippines Rocky Fuentes of the famed ALA Gym of respected boxing patron Tony Aldeguer has won the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation flyweight title with a majority decision over defending champion Masafumi Okubo of Japan at t Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs. Clottey: Boxing Insiders and Fans Voice Their Opinions
By Oliver Suarez, SportzHype Boxing, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Manny Pacquiao’s camp did not waste any time at finding a legit replacement for Mayweather Jr. Considering the circumstances and who was available, Clottey as an opponent for Pacquiao is more than we can ask for.
Clottey is one of the top fighters in the welterweight division and has an imp Read Full Story >>> Mayweather bodyguard arrested for attempted murder
By Brad Cooney, Examiner.com, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
According to the Las Vegas-Review-Journal one of Floyd Mayweather Jr's bodyguards, (Ocie Harris) was arrested in Chicago and charged with attempted murder with a deadly weapon, and assault with a deadly weapon. According to the report Mayweather was at a skating rink on August 23rd when a shooting Read Full Story >>> 1 charge dropped in Roger Mayweather battery case
USA Today, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A court clerk says a judge dismissed a felony coercion charge against boxing trainer Roger Mayweather, who faces trial June 1 on allegations that he beat and choked a female boxer at a Las Vegas apartment he owned.
The 48-year-old Mayweather still faces battery-strangulatio Read Full Story >>> PARKING LOT SHOOTING: 'Associate' of boxer arrested
By Mike Blasky, Las Vegas Review Journal, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
A man police described as a "known associate" of boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been arrested as a suspect in an August shooting outside a southeast valley roller rink, Las Vegas police said Monday.
Ocie Harris, 27, was arrested last week in Chicago by federal agents and extradited to Las Read Full Story >>> Clottey: “Pacquiao is the best but I will pressure him!”
FightFan.com, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Courtesy of EMC Events, watch this fight week interview with top welterweight challenger Joshua Clottey. Clottey is preparing to fight pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao at Cowboys Stadium on Saturday March 13, 2010.
A crowd of over 40,000 is expected live at the famed Cowboy Stadium in Texas w Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao and Mayweather: One Bout Away from the Big One?
By Gary Andrew Poole, TIME.com, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
It is 7:13 a.m. in Los Angeles and Manny Pacquiao, the world's best pound-for-pound boxer, is jogging on a public high school track. There are palm trees in the distance, and the low hum of traffic on I-10 is starting to tu Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao's Sparring Is Becoming Legendary
By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Watching two upper-tier fighters/contenders spar while preparing for an upcoming fight is the highlight of any activity in a boxing gym. Sparring was my favorite part of training back in th Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao confident speed can trump Clottey's size
By Kieran Mulvaney, Reuters, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
(Reuters) - Filipino ring king Manny Pacquiao said his lightning fast speed will be enough to nullify Joshua Clottey's size advantage when the two meet in Dallas on Saturday.
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"My quickness will be the key, my speed," the seven-time world champion told Reuters as he prepared for a public Read Full Story >>> Updating “Pacquiao Primer” for Marv Dumon’s upcoming book by comparing Manny to the Armstrongs
By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
EDITOR’S NOTE -- International Boxing Examiner Marvin Dumon is self-publishing “Manny Pacquiao: An All-Time Great” this month. He asked me to write a foreward to be excerpted in his book. Faithful readers may recognize parts of it from my December 2008 post “A Pacquiao Primer Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Army breaks Ali entourage record, 140 strong, including dog
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
GRAPEVINE—That's actually where the world record breaking Manny Pacquiao Entourage, which makes the old Muhammad Ali carnival troupe look like a ragtag and s Read Full Story >>> Sellout expected for Pacquiao-Clottey
By Calvin Watkins, ESPN.com, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Promoter Bob Arum said Tuesday that he doesn't expect the remaining tickets to last for Saturday's Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight at Cowboys Stadium.
"Definitely," Arum said. "It will be sold out."
About 41,000 tickets have been sold, with seating capacity set at 45,00 Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao could put Cowboys Stadium on boxing's map
By Jaime Laude, Associated Press, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
DALLAS — About 41,000 tickets have been sold for the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey at Cowboys Stadium on Saturday night.
That's around 4,000 away from a sellout for the first boxing match at the $1.2 billion stadium.
Promoter Bob Arum says he's not sure whether people a Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao Vs. Joshua Clottey: Keys To The Fight, Part I
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
How Pacquiao (above left) and Clottey (above right) match up could be more telling than who's the overall better fighter. Today, we'll look at how they stack up physically, as well as how they stack up in the more mental aspects of boxing. First up: The physical.
Size. Both men will weigh 147 p Read Full Story >>> Joshua Clottey's Keys To... Effectiveness
By John Chavez, The Boxing Truth, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
The chatter leading up to a big fight can tend to sway one's opinion as the fight draws nearer. This seems to be the case for boxing pundits leading up the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey battle coming up this Saturday night.
When the bout was initially announced, there were many fight fans stating Read Full Story >>> Clottey's Defence May Not Hold Versus Pacquiao's Non-Stop Offense
By Leo Reyes, The Boxing Historian, Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Joshua Clottey says he will try to capitalize on his natural defensive skill to foil Manny Pacquiao's known offensive fighting style and hope to land a lethal blow to snatch Pacquiao's WBO welterweight crown. Joshua Clottey is known for his defensive fighting skill which he has developed throughout Read Full Story >>>
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