Arum's Pacquiao-test pitch doesn't impress Golden Boy
By J. Michael Falgoust, USA Today, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is not receptive to the last-ditch proposal Top Rank's Bob Arum made Sunday in hopes of preserving the March 13 date for the Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather superfight. Arum said he would be willing to let Pacquiao go through random urine tests and w  Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather given Monday deadline to take deal
By Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
SAN FRANCISCO -- Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told SI.com on Sunday that he has made his final offer to Floyd Mayweather and that Mayweather has until Monday morning to accept the deal. The offer remains essentially the same -- Pacquiao will submit to unlimited urine tests while agreeing to blood test  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. still wants his inflicting spirit upon Pacquiao's vein and blood... much more of his mind!
By Simeon Vergara, Maharlikan Times, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
HOLLYWOOD, California - Mayweather, Jr. versus Pacquiao pre-fight issue still centers on the random sampling by blood draw INSIDE 30 days of the fight date. Other than that, Pacquiao boldly agreed blood testing both before the presser and one immediately after the fight. But, I must reiterate this:   Read Full Story >>>

Mayweathers new years resolution should be to stay quiet
By Sabrina Montez, 8countnews, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
What exactly is Manny Pacquaio planning to get out of filing a law suit, against Golden Boy Promotions, Floyd Mayweather Jr, and Sr? It wont accomplish much. It will certainly make Pacquaio's pockets deeper. It will not stop the continuous speculations, floating around the boxing world. The damage i  Read Full Story >>>

Fight flap puts spotlight on boxing’s problems
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
Boxing always has been needlessly complex. Instead of one sanctioning body that awards world titles, there are four. Instead of eight weight classes for fighters to compete in, as there were for much of the sport’s existence, there are 17. Instead of just one world champion in each class  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao wins first annual Wilson FOY award
By Glenn Wilson, Examiner.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
It is time to announce the first annual Wilson awards for 2009. The awards are given in many different catergories, including fighter of the year, fight of the year, ko of the year and performance of the year. There are many other awards, but we will start with the major awards. Fighter of the Ye  Read Full Story >>>

Skala-ton: Pacquiao filthy cheater says Bradley promoter's son
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
Big Gary Shaw has offered Tiny Tim Bradley, his junior welter helter skelter champion and a rising star in the boxing firmament, as a substitute foe for either Manny Pacquaio or Floyd Mayweather. Shaw, being a huckster, is doing what he does best. You can read Shaw’s chirpy press release p  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao, Mayweather and the fans... Mail bag #3
By Elisa Harrison, braggingrightscorner.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
The following are our responses to your comments based on personal opinion(s), research, information recently released, etc. We have not edited any of the readers' comments. It is of interest that since we posted our first mail bag, Maxboxing's Steve Kim posted a very informative and explicit ma  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather must step up or step off TODAY
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009

Floyd Mayweather Jr. claims that he is the one and only boss of himself. Now is the time for Mayweather to prove it. Otherwise, Mayweather is the BOSS all right, the BOSS of   Read Full Story >>>

Pro boxing yearender: Manny shows the way
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Mon, 28 Dec 2009

MANILA, Philippines - Seven-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao was the undisputed headline-maker in the sport this year and his status as the universal No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter paved the way for the most ever title bouts inv  Read Full Story >>>

Boxing highlights of the last 10 years
Stuff NZ, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
Highlights from the past 10 years of boxing selected by Reuters correspondent Alan Baldwin: Boxer of the decade: Manny Pacquiao (Philippines) This accolade might have had Floyd Mayweather Jr's name written all over it after he stepped out of the ring at the end of 2007 with a 40-0 record  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao Has Floyd Completely Cornered Now
By Scoop Malinowski, Boxing Insider, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
With a desperate survival instinct, Floyd Mayweather has tried everything he could possibly think of to try and evade being hunted down and devoured by Manny Pacquiao. From the early postured intimidation attempts – He has to call me out first, he knows he can’t beat me, it will be an ea  Read Full Story >>>

A Big Fish To Fry with Pacquiao
By Edwin Ladaga, Digital Journal, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
In light of the drug-testing fiasco surrounding the Pacquiao-Mayweather boxing negotiations, several fighters have expressed interests in fighting Manny and Floyd Jr. if the mega-fight falls through. Junior Welterweights like Tim Bradley, Zab Judah, Devon Alexander, Malignaggi have expressed their  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao vs Mayweather (video) Mayweathers are the one with drug problems
By Ted Gambordella, Examiner.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
Let's look at the actual facts regarding drug use and trouble breaking the law with the Mayweather's as compared to Manny Pacquiao's completely clean record. It is worth noting that the people making the "steroid accusations" are a family strongly associated with shootings, drug use and traffi  Read Full Story >>>

Ample rewards for Laos fistic champs
By Beth Celis, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
THE boxers who represented the country at the recent 25th Southeast Asian Games in Laos are very happy. That’s because the national boxing association, headed by chair Manny Pangilinan and president Ricky Vargas, kept its word. As soon as they returned from Laos, the boxers received the pro  Read Full Story >>>

Spat before fight is odd, even for boxing
By Tim Sullivan, SignOnSanDiego.com, Sun, 27 Dec 2009

File this latest boxing flap under the head-scratching heading of Man Bites Dog. Prefight controversies designed to expand pugilism’s narrow niche audience are predictable, transp  Read Full Story >>>

Testing main issue for bout commentary
By Greg Logan, The Times Leader, Sun, 27 Dec 2009
Agreeing to split the money for what promises to be the richest fight in history was the easy part for Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. But promoter Bob Arum predicted there would be bumps in the road because of Mayweather’s determination to protect his unbeaten record, and he was righ  Read Full Story >>>

Has Floyd Mayweather trapped himself over drug testing demands?
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Sun, 27 Dec 2009

Between making a concession, backing out of the fight completely and being sued, Floyd Mayweather may be in for a tough time of it in the new year. Swathes of the media a  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao's knockout history further makes Mayweather's steroids claims sound lame
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Sun, 27 Dec 2009
The Mayweathers' fear is that Manny Pacquiao may have started taking steroids since he moved up from the super featherweight division and started knocking people out like it was going out of style. Paulie Malignaggi ridiculed and mocked Pacquiao by saying he is the "chosen one" who started knock  Read Full Story >>>

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