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Promoter says Pacquiao-Mayweather likely off By Associated Press, Google News, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 LAS VEGAS — The promoter for boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao says a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. will not happen unless Mayweather's camp drops its insistence for Olympic-style blood testing.
Promoter Bob Arum says if that doesn't happen by Thursday, the proposed March 13 fight that w Read Full Story >>>Mayweather promoter: 'I'm not saying the fight is off' By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 There's no love lost between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Bob Arum, the promoter of Manny Pacquiao whom Mayweather split with a few years ago and went on to fight in the major events he says Arum deprived him of.
So when Arum told the Grand Rapids, Mich., Press today that the Mayweather-Pacquiao figh Read Full Story >>> SI.com's 2009 Boxing Awards By Chis Mannix, Sports Illustrated, Thu, 24 Dec 2009

As far as I know, the technology of the flux capacitor is still embedded in the fictional mind of Dr. Emmett Brown. Which is too bad, really: because so many Read Full Story >>> PAC-MAN BESTRIDES BOXING WORLD By Rob Lancaster, Sportinglife.com (UK), Thu, 24 Dec 2009 A year can certainly be a long time in boxing.
Back in December 2008, Floyd Mayweather was enjoying his retirement, Ricky Hatton was still hoping to be the pound-for-pound king and Amir Khan was facing a make-or-break year after his shock loss to Breidis Prescott.
Fast forward 12 months and M Read Full Story >>> Roach is SI.com's Trainer of Year By Richard O'Brien, Sports Illustrated, Thu, 24 Dec 2009

Freddie Roach has become the go-to guy for a feel-good story in boxing. He's the former pug of middling ability turned master builder of the best pound-for-pound figh Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Pacquiao appears dead over drug testing issue, and there's blame to go around By David Mayo, The Grand Rapids Press, Thu, 24 Dec 2009

You might think someone will blink, and that either Floyd Mayweather’s camp will relent on this blood feud, or Manny Pacquiao’s camp will relent and Read Full Story >>> Pacman-Mayweather bout off - Arum: Drug test row unresolved By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 MANILA, Philippines - The Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. showdown, billed as the fight the world wants to see, will remain a dream.
Top rank promoter Bob Arum yesterday said the fight, set on March 13 at MGM Grand, is off following the two camps’ dispute on the Olympic-style drug testi Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. Fight Must Take Place, Despite Recent Reports By Bryan Brennan, NESN.com, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 Tuesday night, Golden Boy Promotions sent out a press release stating that the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight was in jeopardy due to the fact that Pacquiao was not willing to comply with certain areas of the Olympic-style drug testing. According to the statement, Pacquiao doesn't want to Read Full Story >>> The Best Referees & Judges For 2009 By David A. Avila, The Sweet Science, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 Mostly invisible to the boxing public are those men and women wearing blue or light green that often have an impact on the sport greater than a Manny Pacquiao or Kelly Pavlik punch.
Judges and referees can dictate judiciously or acrimoniously against a prizefighter that can have severe consequenc Read Full Story >>> The Rules Regarding Blood That May Put Mayweather-Pacquiao in the Crypt By Paul Stuart Haberman, Esq., 8countnews, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 A Look at the Anti-Doping Regulations That May Kill Boxing’s Mega- Fight of 2010 and How They Would be Adopted for The Mayweather-Pacquiao Bout
It is being widely reported this week that the proposed mega-fight between the two best fighters in professional boxing today, Filipino sensation Read Full Story >>> Blood feud: Mayweather, Pacquiao may both cheat (smartly) By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 (Warning: There are absolutely zero jokes, puns or even Marley sarcasm in this column. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.)
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has accomplished one despicable thing with this late in the negotiations demand for random drug testing for Manny Pacquiao.
By agreeing to subject h Read Full Story >>> Flashback: I Guarantee Floyd Will Duck Pacquiao By Scoop Malinowski, Boxing Insider, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 [Note: This article was originally posted at this site on November 20, 2009.]
Floyd Mayweather is so totally and completely intimidated by Manny Pacquiao that he is now renegging on his earlier stance to duck Shane Mosley which we all saw happen in the moments after the Marquez fight. Mayweather& Read Full Story >>> Some Bloody Truth, TSS Style By Ron Borges, The Sweet Science, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 There are more than a few things that could yet stop the much-anticipated fight between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Manny Pacquiao but despite the headlines of the moment, blood won’t be one of them. Blood, after all, is what boxing is all about.
Normally the issue is the spilling of bl Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao can’t afford to pass on megafight By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 The request by Floyd Mayweather for both he and Manny Pacquiao to potentially be blood tested as close as 48 hours from their possible March superfight is both unprecedented and unnecessary.
Pacquiao’s de facto manager told Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole that Pacman will be blood tested on Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao must call bloodsucker Floyd Mayweather's bluff By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 It’s time.
It’s time for Manny Pacquiao to tell Floyd No Joy Mayweather Jr. to take a hike and I don’t mean in the Red Rock scenic area near Las Vegas.
It’s time for Pacman to tell Money May to take a long walk off a short pier.
It’s time for Megamanny to tell Read Full Story >>> The testing snafu explained FightNews.com, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 The issue threatening to torpedo the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather welterweight superfight is the Mayweather Camp’s insistence on Olympic-style drug testing as opposed the normal drug testing procedures used by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, which consists of a urine test immediately Read Full Story >>> Malignaggi makes accusations against Pacquiao By Geoffrey Ciani, The Mushroom Mag, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 A day before news broke that a potential mega-bout between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Junior might be in jeopardy, Paulie Malignaggi made a guest appearance On the Ropes. News from today suggests the fight is in jeopardy due to Pacquiao’s refusal to comply with Olympic style drug test Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum: Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight 'Dead' By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 Top Rank promoter, Bob Arum, said that the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight scheduled for March 13 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas "in my mind, is dead as a door nail," adding that, "we're starting to look, today, for other opponents" for Pacquiao.
At the center of the negotiating impasse is t Read Full Story >>> Rocky vs Ivan Drago, Floyd vs Pacquiao and Right hand leads Official Scorecard, Thu, 24 Dec 2009 Juan Manuel Marquez vs Manny Pacquiao both fights are perfect for Floyd to study. They show how easy it is for Pacquiao to get hit with perfect placed right hands. Manny is a very good offensive puncher no doubt, but at the same time he is a sucker for straight right hands. Look at the video attache Read Full Story >>> Nutritionist bares Manny's secret success in boxing By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Thu, 24 Dec 2009

MANILA, Philippines - It took nutritionist and jeet kune do instructor Teri Tom to unravel seven-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao’s secret of success in the ring.
Tom joined conditioning coach Alex Ariza’s team Read Full Story >>>
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