Lance Pugmire
874 articles · Los Angeles Times
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Manny Pacquiao will not take Joshua Clottey lightly
It's not the fight most wanted to see, and many casual sports fans probably don't know much about this guy who's stepped into Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s void to fight Manny Pacquiao. Understandable.…
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Manny Pacquiao, preparing for Joshua Clottey bout, leaves nothing to chance
The adulation for Manny Pacquiao is growing by the day. On his cellphone Wednesday, promoter Bob Arum was told 2,000 more seats were sold, meaning 38,000 tickets have been bought for Pacquiao's…
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Texas: No ‘good cause’ for drug-testing Pacquiao, Clottey
The well-chronicled argument between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. over drug testing was so heated and divisive it caused two money-loving athletes to walk away from a guarantee of $25 million…
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Freddie Roach analyzes Mayweather-Mosley
There's not much that Manny Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, likes right now about Floyd Mayweather Jr., after the unbeaten fighter wouldn't relent on his push to adopt strict drug-testing guidelines -- a…
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Final bell for Manny Pacquiao?
Manny Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, delivered this knee-buckling assessment for boxing fans already distraught by the failed Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. negotiations. "This could be our last fight," Roach said last week, as…
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HGH testing could be adopted
A British rugby player's blood sample emerged this week as a landmark case, the first positive result for human growth hormone in testing by a national sporting anti-doping agency. The athlete, Terry…
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Boxing notebook: Andre Ward gets foe; Margarito Texas cancellation explained
Showtime officially announced Monday that Allan Green (29-1, 20 KOs) will replace Jermain Taylor in the Super Six middleweight tournament and will fight unbeaten Andre Ward (20-0) somewhere in the San Francisco…
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Antonio Margarito hopes to fight in March
Forgiving and forgetting helps sustain boxing. Former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito hopes that idea holds true now that he has applied for a boxing license for a comeback in Texas. Promoter Bob…
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Shane Mosley says of Mayweather fight: “This is my era.”
Shane Mosley will certainly have to engage in some trash-talk battles with Floyd Mayweather Jr. before their May 1 bout, which became official with Mayweather's contract signing today. Once the veteran fighters…
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De La Hoya: Mayweather-Mosley fight ‘not too far’ from getting done
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya said today that ongoing negotiations to stage a Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley welterweight fight in May were "not too far away" from being completed. "Is that fight…
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Ticket sales booming for Manny Pacquiao fight
More than 20,000 tickets have been sold for Manny Pacquiao's March 13 fight against welterweight Joshua Clottey at Dallas Cowboys Stadium, and officials say there could be close to 60,000 in attendance…
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Antonio Margarito seeks Texas license, has Pacquiao in sights
Antonio Margarito, the former world welterweight champion under discipline for nearly taking gloves loaded with plaster-hardened inserts into the ring last year against Shane Mosley, will seek a boxing license in Texas…
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Mayweather-Mosley talks proceeding ‘like a breath of fresh air’
The preliminary talks for a Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley fight in May are going far smoother than Mayweather's ultimately scrapped negotiation earlier this year with Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather's advisor told The Times…
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Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey gets a splashy kickoff
Manny Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum, announced Tuesday that HBO pay-per-view will televise the March 13 Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey welterweight fight at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. More than 1,500 fans plus the Dallas Cowboys…
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Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey will be HBO pay-per-view fight, and Jerry Jones can’t wait to host it
The awful business idea to stage Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. against different opponents on the same night has been officially killed, as Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum announced Tuesday that HBO…
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Connecting the dots to Mayweather-Mosley
A source has told Fanhouse's Lem Satterfield that there is work being done to create a long-discussed Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley fight May 1, most likely at the MGM Grand in Las…
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Hey, Mayweather, why not Paul Williams?
Let's be honest. If Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. stick to their guns and keep their next bouts both scheduled for March 13 after blowing the opportunity to make a mega-fight…
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A final KO for Pacquiao-Mayweather bout
The official end of hope for a super-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. came Sunday when Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum announced he had signed a deal to stage an alternate…
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Official death of Mayweather-Pacquiao fight at hand
The sides are no longer talking, last-minute attempts to strike a compromise appear to be futile, and Manny Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum, says he's three hours away from finalizing a site deal…
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Pacquiao may have found replacement for Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is still pushing for a mega-fight with Manny Pacquiao, but key people around Pacquiao said Friday the Filipino star fighter's focus has shifted to a replacement foe, Joshua Clottey.…
