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Totoy Bato: I will eat Mayweather like wolf does lamb chop By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 17 Jun 2009

As I gain a sliver of knowledge and insight into Filipino life and culture prior to my upcoming first visit there, I was wondering about the popular GMA ?soap opera? style program, ?Totoy Bato Read Full Story >>>How to give someone a Pacquiao knuckle sandwich By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 17 Jun 2009 I just got my filthy hands on a Manny Pacquaio Bobblehead and, no, I don?t sleep with it every night.
I'm not taking advantage of my little doll.
I only sleep with it on nights ending in ?y? as in Tuesday, Wednesday etc.
Now I have discovered, courtesy of the Cebu Sun Star and enterprising Read Full Story >>> The Last Word On Cotto/Clottey: Of Knights And Nicknames By Gregory Toledo, The Sweet Science, Wed, 17 Jun 2009 Joshua Clottey?s struggles in the ring mirror his struggles with finding a suitable nickname. Americans, nonplussed by the nuances of accent despite our multicultural reputation, heard Clottey say that his nickname is ?Heater? but thought we were hearing ?Hitter? ?and the latter stuck. Perhaps Clott Read Full Story >>> Cotto fight details still to be cleared By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 Before parting ways in New York on Sunday, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum left word that he?ll come up with something concrete in two week?s time regarding the Filipino?s Nov. 14 fight.
While Arum has temporarily booked Pacquiao to face Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico in an all-Top Rank affair
at th Read Full Story >>> Fraud Ribfaker? Baby Back Mayweather slathered with duck sauce By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 Clouds of suspicion linger. They look like circulus nimbus clouds to me.They are thick clouds, ones that can only be cleared away by that rarest of boxing commodities, the truth.
Comment of the day here comes from "Pinoy Idol," who posts up better than LeBron James and Kobe Bryant combined with t Read Full Story >>> JJ's JOURNAL--TSS Q 'n A Special: FREDDIE ROACH By John James, The Sweet Science, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 Veteran fight publicist Fred Sternberg arrives late to the Cotto-Clottey weigh-in on June 12. He strolls in like he owns the joint, confident and grinning. "Freddie's here," he says to the reporters patiently waiting for a glimpse of Miguelito. Just beyond a curtain, beyond a steady stream of stripp Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto: ?I Had a Duty To Finish The Fight? By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto felt a sense of duty to finish his fight with Joshua Clottey last Saturday at New York?s Madison Square Garden. In the early rounds, Cotto suffered a serious cut above his left eye from a clash of heads and the blood flowed heavy for most of the fight.
There Read Full Story >>> My Pound for Pound List (As Of 6/15/09) By Matt Yanofsky, 15rounds.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009

1. Manny Pacquiao {Junior Welterweight}
On May 2, Pacquiao displayed why he is unquestionably the top fighter in the world today by viciously knocking out Junior Welterweight champion Ricky Hatton in Read Full Story >>> Arum finalizing Pacquiao-Cotto for Nov. 14 By Jun Medina, The Manila Standard, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 A Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto super fight tentatively scheduled for November 14 in Las Vegas is being worked out, according to Pacquiao?s promoter Bob Arum.
?I hope I can put it all together this week and get Manny and Miguel to agree on the terms,? Arum said, referring to the catch weight and th Read Full Story >>> HOPKINS AND SCHAEFER CLAIM PACQUIAO AVOIDING MOSLEY By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 After Miguel Cotto's narrow split-decision victory over Joshua Clottey this past Saturday, pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao licked his chops as he told promoter Bob Arum, "get me Cotto on November 14!" During a recent interview, Arum revealed, "There's no question he wants the fight. And he t Read Full Story >>> CAN WRIGHT ADD STAR POWER TO MAYWEATHER VS. MARQUEZ? By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 Now that Mayweather's July 18th return against Juan Manuel Marquez has been postponed, it appears that Golden Boy Promotions may be using the opportunity to stack the card with another big name to bolster interest in the event. According to Dan Rafael of ESPN.com, former jr. middleweight champion Wi Read Full Story >>> Joyi to fight Condes in EL title eliminator By Mesuli Zifo, Dispatch Online, Tue, 16 Jun 2009

NKOSINATHI ?Mabere? Joyi takes on Filipino Florante Condes for the IBF mini-flyweight title eliminator at East London?s Orient Theatre on June 26 in the biggest fight of his career.
The fight will be staged Read Full Story >>> Ten Must-See Unsigned Boxing Rematches By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 Sequels are on the mind lately, and not because "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" and its 44 percent "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes is still one of the top movies in the land. There were two fights over the weekend at Madison Square Garden, Miguel Cotto-Joshua Clottey and Ivan Cald Read Full Story >>> Presence alone makes Pacquiao weekend's big winner By Wallace Matthews, NewsDay.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 So here we are on Monday trying to determine the biggest winner on a terrific sports weekend in New York.
Among the candidates are the Yankees, winners of two out of three over the Mets in the Subway Series; Mark Teixeira, who reminded us how major leaguers are supposed to play baseball, even wit Read Full Story >>> Hall of Famers Should Fight Hall of Famers-No to Cotto-Pacquiao By Julius Stecker, Boxing24.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 After watching this past weekends fight between Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey, I thought 2 things. One was how much I admire Miguel Cotto as a fighter. He is tough, he has heart and he is skilled. But I was also thinking to myself, was that a hall of fame performance. Was that worthy to earn him a Read Full Story >>> Roach Will Demand Weight Limit for Pacquiao-Cotto Showdown By Albert Alvarez, Diamond Boxing, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 For those of us that watched the Cotto/Clottey fight this past Saturday, boy were we entertained. I know I was. The fight had blood, guts, a tackle, and some serious soul searching. For the record I had Cotto winning the fight 114-113. If you wanted to argue that Clottey won the fight, you could do Read Full Story >>> What's Next For Mayweather By Ron Borges, The Sweet Science, Tue, 16 Jun 2009

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. learned an important lesson last week while training for his comeback fight in Las Vegas. He learned he?s not a kid any more.
The 32-year-old five-time wo Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto is now the logical next opponent for Pacquiao! By Ace Freeman, FightFan.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 FightFan.com examines all the pieces that are in place pointing at the increasing likelihood that a Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto clash is all but set for this fall!
Apparently a Pacquiao vs. Cotto clash for this fall became the frunt runner while Miguel Cotto was still engaged in combat with J Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto deserves better than Arum , Top Rank By Glenn Wilson, Examiner.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 Dignity and pride. Two words that describe Miguel Cotto. You never hear him trash an opponent and you don't hear him make excuses. Miguel Cotto is and has been the consummate professional his entire career.
So why does it seem that Cotto is being treated as the red headed stepchild. His fights Read Full Story >>> Khan challenge against Kotelnik switched to fortress Manchester By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 Amir Khan's world title contest against the incumbent champion, Ukrainian Andreas Kotelnik, has been postponed for three weeks yesterday and switched from London's 02 Arena on June 27 to Manchester's MEN Arena on July 18. Kotelnik has a mouth infection which had halted his training programme. It wil Read Full Story >>>
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