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Pacquiao promoter: "The fight's off, Mayweather never wanted it"
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
The epic fight that could have taken boxing back to its massive popularity of years ago is not going to happen, Manny Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum said Wednesday night.
Arum has erupted with the angered announcement that "the fight's off" before in the contentious negotiation to stage a welterwei Read Full Story >>>Internet age played role in Pacquiao - Mayweather let down
By Ricardo Lois, Examiner.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Media types will spend the next several days discussing, analyzing, and pointing fingers of blame towards those they feel were responsible for the unraveling of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather's fight on March 13, 2010.
When the cameras roll, microphones flip on, and keyboards click, the like Read Full Story >>> EGOMANIA & MAYWEATHER: PERCEPTIONS OF A PRIZE FIGHTER
By Troy Hines, FightHype.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Many boxing pundits would argue that it is an impossible task to further inflate the ego of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. At the dismay of many “Pretty Boy Haters” I would like to give it a try. The most powerful META TAG for boxing in the internet world is—you guessed it—MAYWEATHER. Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs. Foreman Moving Forward For March
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Sources close to the situation have advised BoxingScene.com that Top Rank plans to move forward with Manny Pacquiao vs. Yuri Foreman. Foreman will replace Floyd Mayweather Jr. as Pacquiao's opponent for March. Top Rank, who promote both fighters, are looking to make the event in Las Vegas with March Read Full Story >>> THE SUPER FIGHT IS OFF; MAYWEATHER CHICKENS OUT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
 
The planned March 13 super fight between boxing hero and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and former No.1 Floyd Mayweather Jr is off after Mayweather chickened ou Read Full Story >>> ARUM SPEAKS TO BOXINGTALK: PACQUIAO-MAYWEATHER DEAD
By G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Arum: "Mayweather never wanted the fight"
Moments ago Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum informed Boxingtalk.com that the last ditch effort to save the March 13 mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr has failed. "Richard Schaefer and Al Haymon tried to get the Pretty Boy to make Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao 'Definitely Off'
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Manny Pacquiao's megabout with Floyd Mayweather "is definitely off" for March 13 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas after the Mayweather camp "flatly rejected" the WBO welterweight champion's proposal that the challenger apologize for statements made concerning Pacquiao's alledged steroid use, as w Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Mayweather fight dead
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
It’s off — at least for now.
The megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., will not take place on March 13 as tentatively scheduled after Mayweather refused to accept a compromise agreement struck during Tuesday’s marathon negotiating session with a mediator.
Read Full Story >>> Arum: 'The fight's off'
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
The much-anticipated showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, tentatively scheduled for March 13 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, isn't happening, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN.com on Wednesday night.
"The fight's off," Arum, who promotes Pacquiao, said from Las Vegas.
The f Read Full Story >>> Insider Notebook: Viloria; Luevano; Williams vs. Mosley?
By Robert Morales, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Brian Viloria won his first light flyweight world title with a first-round knockout of Eric Ortiz on Sept. 10., 2005 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The fight was on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Hector Velasquez super featherweight fight, won by Pacquiao via sixth-round technical knockout.
Read Full Story >>> MELINDO, BANAL FACE DAUNTING CHALLENGE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Two of the prized fighters of the famed ALA Gym face a daunting task when they headline the exciting “Bakbakan sa Sinulog” fight card on Thursday, January 14 at the plush ballroom of the Waterfront Hotel in Read Full Story >>> Olympic Tests Have Never Detected HGH in an Athlete: USADA Backs Urine
By Kevin Riley, BleacherReport.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
The biggest fight in the history of boxing is in danger of not happening because Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants his opponent Manny Pacquiao to agree to random Olympic-style blood tests.
The only problem is that these random blood tests have never—yes that's right—never found Human Growth Read Full Story >>> Finally, sounds of silence from Floyd Mayweather camp as fight against Manny Pacquiao appears to be off
By Jerry Izenberg, The Star- Ledger, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
"Sentence first — verdict afterwards.’’
“Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll
‘‘This is all coming from Floyd Mayweather Sr. Just because he’s a convicted drug dealer doesn’t make him a drug expert.”
?…Freddie Roach, Manny Pacq Read Full Story >>> Montoya's Monday Mailbag
By Gabriel Montoya, SecondsOut.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Good Monday, fight fans. We have, you guessed it, more on the Mayweather/Pacquiao blood feud, a take on the brothers Klitschko, and Gatti/Ward. Enjoy.
Hatin’ on Hatin’
Gabe,
I’ve read the mailbag. You are dead wrong for blaming Mayweather for finding a way out of the Read Full Story >>> Midnight Pacific time: Witching hour for Pacquiao-Mayweather fight
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
A little boxing birdie just informed your battered correspondent that like Cinderella the clock will toll for the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight at midnight tonight.
This means midnight Wednesday, Pacific Coast time, as Wednesday turns into Thursday. Contrary to my earlier report, the part Read Full Story >>> De la Hoya ego bruised: Arum throws tantrum, 86'd from talks
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Update: A phone call answered by Bubbly Bob Arum at 3:57 pm EST was brief.
"I can't talk," Arum said.
Then I heard that familiar clicking sound.
My train then pulled out of New Haven bound for Manhattan. Is the boxing train pulling out of the station without Mayweather versus Pacquiao?
I Read Full Story >>> Marvin Sonsona: Too fast for his own good?
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Has it only been four months since "Marvelous" Marvin Sonsona was being hyped up and introduced to the boxing world as one of the future superstars of Philippine boxing during his quest to become his country's second-youngest world champion at 19 years old?
Last September, Sonsona defeated Puerto Read Full Story >>> Mayweather Tarnished Pacquiao Pristine Image with Doping Charges
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. may have tarnished Manny Pacquiao's pristine image as a professional boxer, entertainer and product endorser after accusing the Filipino boxer of taking performance enhancing drugs without offering any evidence to his charges.
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao has managed t Read Full Story >>> Goodbye '00s: A Salute to the 20 Greatest Fighters of the Decade, Part Two
By Richard Everett, BleacherReport.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
This has perhaps been the most transitionary decade in boxing’s history. Old adages appear to have been abandoned, and boxing has been forced to adapt Read Full Story >>> Goodbye '00s: A Salute To The 20 Greatest Fighters Of The Decade, Part I
By Richard Everett, BleacherReport.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
This has perhaps been the most transitionary decade in boxing’s history. Old adages appear to have been abandoned and boxing has been forced to adapt and reform.
It's been a decade where boxing has encountered its first legitimate threat for fight night supremacy.
"UFC vs. Boxing" has be Read Full Story >>>
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