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Floyd Jr., cowardice, and his myriad of reasons
By Mark Lorenzana, 8countnews, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
I remember a Philippine proverb as I write this piece.
Kung gusto, maraming paraan, kung ayaw, maraming dahilan. A rough translation to English would be: "Those who want (to do something) (find) many ways; Those who don't want (to do something) (find) many excuses.
This saying seems particular Read Full Story >>>Pacquiao's Army: Chicken A La Mayweather leaves us cold
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
We’ve delved into the rabid reaction of Floyd Killjoy Mayweather’s fan base. But what will be the response by the Pacquiao Worldwide Army, the troops who back the Pinoy Idol all the way to the idea that a Pacman-Mayweather fight may be DOA?
I thought you would never ask. As the Ernie Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Floyd Fight Fiasco Falls Primarily on Promoters
By Edwin Ladaga, Digital Journal, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
The boxing public seems to be pointing their fingers towards Pacquiao and Floyd Jr. for their failure to agree on a fight contract. The fiasco are not totally their fault. The boxing promoters also played a key role in how the negotiations fell through.
Everyone knew beforehand that Floyd Jr. and Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO IS VERY DISAPPOINTED. AREN'T WE ALL?
By Felix Strunk, FightHype.com, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
"I am very disappointed that we could not make this fight for the fans," remarked pound-for-pound champion in an official statement regarding the cancellation of his highly-anticipated clash with Floyd Mayweather Jr. After days of mediation, Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum, revealed that the fight was Read Full Story >>> I figured Arum would come back to Texas sometime with Pacquiao - but not this soon
By Matt Stolow, Examiner.com, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
With the end of the last gasp mediation and ultimate collapse of "The Fight," I found myself with some free time on my hands so I went to bed for a couple of hours to catch up on some sleep and quickly was in dream land.
In my dream I saw Bob Arum dramatically storm out of a posh meeting room and Read Full Story >>> The Micky Ward-Manny Pacquiao Encounter
By Scoop Malinowski, Boxing Insider, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
“Manny Pacquiao, he’s a great fighter. He’s the best there is,” said Micky Ward Thursday morning at the end of our quick Q&A about the upcoming Paramount film “The Fighter,” which portrays his life and boxing career (Mark Wahlberg stars as Ward). “I gave De Read Full Story >>> Foreman Out Of Manny Sweepstakes; Who Should Manny Meet Next?
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
Yuri Foreman wasn't crushed when he got the news that as of today, he would not be gloving up with Manny Pacquaio, giving Pacman a shot at an unprecedented eighth belt in an eighth weight divisio Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Mayweather Canceled - What A Shock!
By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
The news of the Pacquiao-Mayweather super-fight being canceled cannot come as a shock to anyone who closely follows professional boxing. When this fight was being put together as fast as it was it was, that was a dead give away. Super-fights just don't come together that quickly and that's ten-fold Read Full Story >>> Tim Bradley Asks Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao 'What About Me?'
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
Now that the welterweight (147 pounds) megabout between five-time titlist Floyd Mayweather and seven-division champ Manny Pacquiao appears to be off, WBO junior welterweight (140 pounds) king Tim Bradley has one question.
"The real question is what about Tim Bradley," said the 26-year-old titlist Read Full Story >>> No megafight is no good for Vegas
By Howard Stutz, Casino City Times, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Boxing fans aren't the only ones upset about the apparent demise of the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao championship fight that had been scheduled for March 13 at the MGM Grand.
Wall Street said Las Vegas could be losing out on a potentially lucrative payday.
Macquar Read Full Story >>> THE FIGHT MAY BE OFF, BUT MOSLEY AND BERTO ARE READY TO FILL THE VOID
By Jonathan Ramirez, FightHype.com, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
As the boxing world waited patiently on pins and needles in hopes that negotiations between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao would produce the fight of the century, I couldn't help but to look ahead and realize that what I thought was a light at the end of the tunnel was nothing more than a train Read Full Story >>> Mayweather and Pacquiao remind us why the world tuned out on boxing
Bad Left Hook, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
They agreed to the split. They agreed to the gloves. They had a mostly for-show search for a venue that put them at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, boxing's grandest stage. Hell, they even worked out whose name would go first on what promotional devices.
It was going to have both fighters earning up Read Full Story >>> Haymon Disputes That He Tried To Convince Mayweather
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
A reliable source has advised BoxingScene.com that adviser/manager Al Haymon is disputing reports that he tried to convince Floyd Mayweather Jr. to accept Manny Pacquiao's proposal for a 24-day cut-off on random drug testing. Mayweather-Pacquiao died on Wednesday when Floyd continued to demand rando Read Full Story >>> You do know, Manny’s really to blame for this, right?
By Paul Magno, Inside Fights, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
Ok, at the risk of irritating all those who would blindly believe that Manny Pacquiao sits on a throne of benevolent love and spends his free time curing kids of cancer while Floyd Mayweather Jr cowers under a rock, looking to steal peanut butter cookies from girl scouts…here I go.
Manny is Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather spurns compromise to end hope of Manny Pacquiao fight
By Kevin Mitchell, guardian.co.uk, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
Floyd Mayweather Jr, smarter in the ring than out of it, may have made the costliest blunder of his career by rejecting the late compromise Manny Pacquiao offered him to save their $200m (?125m) fight in March.
The Filipino yesterday reluctantly agreed to take a blood test for drugs 24 days befor Read Full Story >>> Everyone Wasn't All Good In The Good Old Days
By Rick Folstad, The Sweet Science, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
As we get older, some of us curmudgeons have a tendency to look back in time and come to the stubborn conclusion that the old times were the best of times. Forty or 50 years ago, we had better music, better movies, better cars and better politicians. Some of us old guys even think we had better fig Read Full Story >>> Garcia finds his calling as a trainer
By Doug Fischer, The Ring, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
For a guy who hadn’t seriously considered training fighters for a living until about six years ago, Roberto Garcia is doing quite well.
Along with his father Eduardo, Garcia currently trains featherweight beltholder Steven Luevano, junior flyweight titleholder Brian Viloria, unbeaten lightw Read Full Story >>> Mayweather ‘afraid’ of Manny
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
MANILA, Philippines—For all his swagger and blabber, Floyd Mayweather Jr. fears Manny Pacquiao without a doubt.
That’s the consensus opinion of those privy with the last-minute efforts to save what could have been the dream fight of the century.
At least three of Pacquiao’s c Read Full Story >>> Scoop Mailbox: We Know The Truth Now
By Scoop Malinowski, Boxing Insider, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
Mr. Malinowski, You were right on the money. You read Floyd like an amateur poker player. Once again, Floyd has proven he’s the number one pound for pound ducker ever. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is Floyd the biggest Fraud in boxing.Your avid reader,Joebentvice
Scoop Read Full Story >>> It's final - megafight a no go
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 08 Jan 2010
MANILA, Philippines - The superfight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is dead.
It’s not going to happen on March 13. And it may never happen at all.
Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, yesterday said he was informed by the mediator, retired federal judge Danie Read Full Story >>>
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