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Big fight looks bigger in Texas
By Jeff Zimmerman, FightNews.com, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
As the saying goes, everything is “Bigger in Texas,” and today’s press conference kicking off the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey super fight on March 13th at the new Dallas C Read Full Story >>>Pacquiao, Clottey vow thrilling slugfest
By Jun Medina, The Manila Times, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
DALLAS, Texas: Manny Pacquiao predicted a tough and thrilling fight when he makes his first world welterweight title defense against slugger Joshua Clottey on March 13 at the ultra-modern Cowboys Stadium in the suburban Arlington, about 10 minutes drive from here.
Pacquiao described Clottey as Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, beware the Ides of March: Clottey may be rampaging elephant
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
Liberal Lion Ted Kennedy must be spinning like a gyroscope in his grave today.
Not to mention how his assassinated brothers, Jack and Bobby, must be scratching their heads.
I mean, we’re talking Massachusetts where my Irish grandmother, Marion Corbett, taught the wee ones to remember Read Full Story >>> Not Inevitable: Previews And Predictions For Juan Manuel Lopez - Steven Luevano, Yuriorkis Gamboa - Rogers Mtagwa
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
Double-headers intended to hype a future bout between the two featured fighters are usually as risk-free as boxing matches come. The headliners are never in very tough, because they're showcase fights meant to whet the appetite for the idea of the headliners meeting up, and the chance of a loss coul Read Full Story >>> Will The Real Floyd Mayweather Please Man Up?
By Kenneth Ragpala, 8countnews, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
Pretty Boy Floyd wasn’t always been a ducker. Early in his career, he has faced tough and quality opposition that includes the likes of Luis Castillo, DeMarcus Corley, Philip Ndou, and the late Diego Corrales and Arturo Gatti. But during his ascent in the ranks, he started shuffling through op Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER MUST GET OFF HIS ‘SUGAR’ FREE DIET
By Oliver Suarez, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
A fight that has been in great demand for so many years might finally be on the horizon as Mosley and Mayweather Jr. may be set for a collision course.
There was a time when both were considered perhaps as the two mos Read Full Story >>> HUNGRY TAMARA SAYS HE'LL TAKE THE TITLE FROM VILORIA
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
Viloria.
In a clash of former Olympians, Colombia’s Carlos Tamara says he is a hungry fighter who will take the IBF light flyweight title away from Brian Viloria when they clash in the Solar Sports fight card &# Read Full Story >>> "Manny Pacquiao is a dream come true" -- Cowboys owner Jerry Jones
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
It did not matter who he was fighting as long as it was someone who had a legitimate chance of beating him.
What Jerry Jones wants, Jerry Jones gets. And what the owner of America's team has now is the biggest name in boxing fighting in his stadium on March 13.
He wanted Manny Pacquiao to fig Read Full Story >>> Rock star treatment titillates Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
DALLAS, Texas — Manny Pacquiao felt like a true-blue Texan on Tuesday as he titillated his hosts, the assembled media, and a modest Filipino crowd living here by telling them that the five-star treatment he received is unmatched.
“I feel like a (great) football star,” said Pacqu Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao focused on Clottey
By Rachel Griffiths, SkySports.com, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
World champion Manny Pacquiao is putting failed talks with Floyd Mayweather behind him to concentrate on his upcoming bout with Joshua Clottey.
The Filipino, 50-3 with two drawn and 38 knock Read Full Story >>> Clottey guaranteed $1-million
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
DALLAS – Joshua Clottey said he and Filipino foe Manny Pacquiao have something in common.
Clottey said he grew up dirt poor in Accra, Ghana, much the same way Pacquiao did in General Santos City.
“There was nothing there,” Clottey said on Tuesday at Cowboys Stadium in the ci Read Full Story >>> A Blessing In Disguise: Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao fight Off
By Eric Marks, DogHouseBoxing.com, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
If there is any good in the cancellation of the Floyd Mayweather Jr./ Manny Pacquio mega-fight it’s this: March 13th was too soon to promote this megafight. Virtually all fans know this even though they would prefer to see the fight with a short promotion period than not at all. But most enthu Read Full Story >>> Mayweather would be dope not to put Mosley to stiff test
By Ed Graney, Las Vegas Review Journal, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
Shane Mosley today is the intern trying to land a full-time gig, the freshman quarterback told to carry the senior starter's helmet, the student with failing grades and no extra credit work completed.
He has no leverage.
The fight everyone wants to see (Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao) isn Read Full Story >>> If Floyd Mayweather decides to fight Shane Mosley, he must make same demand he did of Manny Pacquiao
By Tim Smith, New York Daily News, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
The decision by Andre Berto to pull out of his welterweight unification match against Shane Mosley in Las Vegas on Jan. 30 has presented Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Mosley a unique opportunity to advance their sport into a realm where most professional sports dare to tread - performance-enhancing drug Read Full Story >>> Floyd only has himself to blame
By Gavin Glicksman, The Sun, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
FREDDIE ROACH claims Floyd Mayweather only has himself to blame for the collapse of his mega fight with Manny Pacquiao.
Mayweather and the Filipino were due to clash on March 13 but negotiations broke down after Money insisted on random blood testing in the build-up to the bout.
The undefeat Read Full Story >>> Cowboys Stadium perfect place to launch Pacquiao-Clottey prefight hype
By Gil Lebreton, SacBee.com, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
ARLINGTON, Texas -- For the fighters' introductions, the dial on the fog machine was cranked up to "11."
There were shooting flames and guys running with flags that shot sparklers.
There were the world famous Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, presumably having all called in sick from their not-quit Read Full Story >>> Shane Mosley Vs Floyd Mayweather JR on the Horizon & the Manny Pacquiao Steroid Story Continues
By Geno McGahee, RingsideReport.com, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
The WBC Welterweight Champion, Andre Berto has pulled out of his January 30th showdown with “Sugar” Shane Mosley, citing the tragedy in Haiti as the reason why he cannot do the fight. He has family there and it is definitely understandable, but this was the bout that was supposed to help Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao’s real challenge is not to beat Clottey, but to stop him
By Scott Heritage, Fight Sports Online, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey received a rapturous reception in Dallas today when they met with the press, and there seemed to be little animosity between the two as they prepare to face off in the ring in a little under two months time.
Although Clottey will be seen by some as something of a Read Full Story >>> Has Manny Pacquiao become the Lance Armstrong of Boxing?
By Rick Rockwell, Examiner.com, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
Can an athlete become so great at a sport that it’s easier to think that this athlete is a cheater than it is to think that this athlete is just that great? Unfo Read Full Story >>> IF PACQUIAO IS QUESTIONABLE, MOSLEY MUST BE GUILTY
By Felix Strunk, FightHype.com, Wed, 20 Jan 2010
In a recent interview, Shane Mosley shared his thoughts on the controversy regarding Floyd Mayweather’s demands for Olympic-style random drug testing leading up to his highly-anticipated clash with Manny Pacquiao. “They could test me anyday they want to. I’m so clean. I’ve al Read Full Story >>>
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