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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 >>> BOXINGTALK'S MID-WEEK MAILBAG
By Stephen "Breadman" Edwards, BoxingTalk.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Regarding Mayweather vs Pacquiao. It makes no difference IF Pac is on steroids or not, Mayweather will beat him either way he wants to do it. So if I was May I would take the fight as proposed by Arum and go get that paper. Easy work for 40M USD in one night. C’mon brother somebody talk to my Read Full Story >>> BOXINGTALK'S MASSIVE MAYWEATHER-PACQUIAO MAILBAG
By Greg Rowe, BoxingTalk.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
*Because I have received over 100 emails on this subject we are going to have to do a 2-part Mailbag in order to get through some great emails. This is part 1, part 2 to follow shortly*
I don't expect this to be printed into your mailbag because I'm going to shut you down point by point from your Read Full Story >>> SMART VOWS FULL SUPPORT TO 'BAKBAKAN SA SINULOG'
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Patrick Gregorio.
CEBU CITY--Telecommunications giant Smart, through its sports marketing head Patrick Gregorio, has indicated its all-out support to the January 14 "Bakbakan sa Sinulog" at the Waterfront Cebu City Read Full Story >>> Why Mayweather Has More To Lose
By Avi "Shoefly" Korine, SportingNews.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Floyd Mayweather needs to fight Manny Pacquiao. Manny Pacquiao needs to fight Floyd Mayweather, but not quite as much. It's not fair, but that's how it is.
As we anxiously await news from the mediat Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs Pacquiao: The thrill is almost gone...
By Elisa Harrison, braggingrightscorner.com, Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Assuming that Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao decide to meet up on an even playing field this coming March, I would like to take it a step further and share with you my thoughts and concerns on what I believe will happen should the fight take place at all.
It's been an uphill battle so Read Full Story >>>
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