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Top-5 pound-for-pound boxers of all time
By Michael Woods, ESPN.com, Wed, 29 Apr 2009
The term "pound-for-pound" was first coined by Ring magazine editor Nat Fleischer in the early 1950s as a way of comparing and contrasting fighters in different weight divisions. These days, with the plethora of weight classes, sanctioning bodies and titles, the phrase is used simply to describe a f Read Full Story >>>What if Manny Pacquiao's bus goes off Ricky Hatton cliff?
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 29 Apr 2009
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Losing a fight always seems like a disaster.
It?s understandable since boxers aren?t like baseball players who are on the field competing five or six days a week in season. They don?t even Read Full Story >>> Mayweather comeback, Pacquiao jackpot could turn Fitty Cent into Dollar Bill
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 29 Apr 2009
the rapper might move up and become known as Dollar Bill. Hey, that's a half buck advance for the rap superstar, isn't it?
The usual inflamed sources tell me that Golden Boy Promotions will use the huge platform of the Ricky Hatton-Manny Pacquiao Big Fight Weekend to make the formal announcement Read Full Story >>> Was Ledwaba posing as black man when Manny Pacquiao beat him?
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 29 Apr 2009
This could be the break, the relief, that Anotonio Margarito has been looking for.
It may cause people to forget, at least temporarily, the loaded handwrap case in the Sugar Shane Mosley fight.
In case you missed it, Mosley beat Margocheato like a drum in Los Angeles.
The old plaster of Par Read Full Story >>> Hatton plots path to grand finale at Wembley
Daily Mail (UK), Wed, 29 Apr 2009
The Hitman is planning to put the final punches to his career with a last hurrah in his native Manchester this winter and a grand farewell at Wembley next summer.
Ricky Hatton envisages giving his home town the treat of a slugfest against Hispanic dangerman Juan Manuel Marquez followed by a reven Read Full Story >>> To Solar Sports, Pacquiao means ?gold?
By Josef T. Ramos, The Manila Times, Wed, 29 Apr 2009
There is little doubt that Manny Pacquiao is one of the country?s most popular and richest product endorsers in the country today. While official figures on how much Pacquiao earns from product endorsements are hard to come by, the amount of ad money his fight telecasts attracts is almost mind-boggl Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Aims for Four (and Six): Real History Part VIII
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
In this series, culminating with the May 2nd showdown between Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KO) and World Junior Welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KO) now only days away, Pacquiao?s previous title claims in five weight divisions were examined. Identified were three lineal titles at Flyweigh Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao special: A warrior's tale
By Stuart Brennan, Manchester Evening News, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
BRILLIANT boxer, political flop, aspiring actor and one of the Philippines' richest men - Manny Pacquiao is a man of many faces.
But the warrior who will glare Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao's Greatest Hits - Part I
By Lee Groves, MaxBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
For better or worse, a fighter is defined by his history. Not only is a boxer's reputation shaped by who he fought but also how he fought against them. For example, Sugar Ray Robinson is regarded by most as history's greatest p Read Full Story >>> Head to Head Analysis: Pacquiao vs Hatton
Liverpuncher.com, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
A side by side look at Ricky Hatton vs Manny Pacquiao in several major categories: Speed, Skills, Chin, Defense, etc. After a comprehensive look TheLiverpuncher rates each fighter and gives his official prediction for the fight! Be sure to get your official prediction in the league to see if you ca Read Full Story >>> I?m prepared, ready to go ? Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
LAS VEGAS ? Holding court in his swanky suite at the 60th floor of The Hotel at Mandalay Bay moments after arriving here Monday night, Manny Pacquiao spoke the language of supreme confidence as he revs up for the biggest bout of his lif Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Hatton: A matchup with global appeal
By Bernard Fernandez, Philadelphia Daily News, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
THERE LIKELY won't be anyone chanting "U-S-A! U-S-A!" in America's living rooms or in the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas during Saturday night's pay-per-view matchup of junior welterweights Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton.
Welcome to professional boxing's new global reality, in which these United Read Full Story >>> PE?ALOSA HAS NOTHING TO LOSE
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Fearless Gerry Pe?alosa impressed his countrymen as well as some of the Puerto Rican crowd when he survived against Juan Manuel Lopez?s onslaught during the World Boxing Organization (WBO) superbantamweight championship in Bay Read Full Story >>> Catch Pacquiao, Hatton while you can
By Jeff Haney, Las Vegas Sun, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Saturday?s Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight at the MGM Grand is expected to be one of the last opportunities for fans to see either man in action regardless of who wins.
The two, both 30 years old, have expressed a desire to leave boxing at or near the top of their game, likely within a couple o Read Full Story >>> Trainers set contentious tone for Pacquiao-Hatton
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Maybe Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton are simply too nice to trash-talk each other. Or maybe the fighters can't get a word in edgewise amid their trainers' verbal feud.
Cornermen Freddie Roach and Floyd Mayweather Sr. have been trading barbs since before the fight was signed in February. Their ac Read Full Story >>> Hatton?s impatience will be his downfall ? Roach
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
LAS VEGAS ? Ricky Hatton?s style of fighting back hard when hit will be his downfall come Saturday night against Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino fighter?s trainer Freddie Roach said on Monday.
?He (Hatton) is not a patient fighter,? said Roach after presiding over Pacquiao?s final workout in Los Ang Read Full Story >>> Scorn of Pacquiao?s racial resume not limited to Jackson
By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
In the narrow American mindset, it didn?t happen if we weren?t aware of it. Thus, when John David Jackson says Manny Pacquiao hasn?t beaten a black fighter, he means one black Americans know. That is, one of their own, an African-American.
Pacquiao?s 2001 victory over South Africa?s Lehlohonolo L Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Hatton: The Chance for Something Special
By David Sauvage, EastSideBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Here?s what makes a fight special: two superb fighters, each assuming the upper hand, neither succumbing to the other, throwing their whole beings into combat, because winning depends on it.
If Vegas is too far away, invite your friends over and cover the pay-per-view. Because on May 2, Ricky Hat Read Full Story >>> Boxing's gaudy belts no prize for Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao
guardian.co.uk, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Ricky Hatton owns the International Boxing Organisation's light-welterweight title and officers of the IBO will be there at ringside in Las Vegas on Saturday night, along with a representative of the Ring magazine, happy to share in the glow of the fighter's accomplishments.
Of course, if the bel Read Full Story >>> Roach believes Pe?alosa can still win a world title
GMA News Online, Tue, 28 Apr 2009
MANILA, Philippines ? Similar to other boxing experts like him, Freddie Roach also thinks retirement beckons on veteran Gerry Pe?alosa.
But at the same time, he believes that matched up against a perfect opponent, the two-time Filipino world champion still has got what it takes to win another ti Read Full Story >>>
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