Lance Pugmire
874 articles · Los Angeles Times
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Sports books lose some juice
Reporting from Las Vegas - Gamblers know going in that the bright lights, marble tile floors and hospitable employees in this city are paid for on the broken dreams of bettors. That's…
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Video of Pacquiao confirming interest in Mayweather
Just tonight, Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s lead advisor told The Times the unbeaten fighter will move past his bitter relationship with the chairman of Manny Pacquiao's Top Rank promotional company, Bob Arum, to…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. will negotiate Manny Pacquiao fight with Top Rank
Floyd Mayweather Jr., taking an important step to help create an anticipated super-fight against Manny Pacquiao next year, will open dialogue with Top Rank promotions, Mayweather's manager told The Times on Thursday…
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Busy boxing day, except for Mayweather-Pacquiao
Richard Schaefer, the Los Angeles-based Golden Boy Promotions chief executive who's arranged Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s last three fights, was taking awhile to return my call. Was he making the much-anticipated Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao…
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Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto tale of the tape and more
The tale of the tape for Saturday's anticipated welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto is missing just one category, which will be settled after 3 p.m. today when the…
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Miguel Cotto cites photo in disputed match with Antonio Margarito
Reporting from Las Vegas - Boxer Miguel Cotto glanced at the photo. He'd already seen it and had drawn a conclusion about what it indicates. Cotto and his advisors say that a…
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Pacquiao-Cotto bout has no rematch clause
In crafting the deal that is allowing Saturday night's Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto welterweight championship bout, promoter Bob Arum provided guaranteed purses of $7.5 million to Pacquiao and $4 million to Cotto. The…
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Freddie Roach is no yes man
From Las Vegas - Manny Pacquiao is surrounded by people who make his life easier: a personal chef, friends to entertain with karaoke, buddies who'll play darts and basketball and a business…
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Manny Pacquiao puts on a show
Manny Pacquiao returned from a Wednesday-long nap Thursday and gave his trainer Freddie Roach a vigorous workout at Hollywood's Wild Card Gym. Pacquiao spent 11 rounds sparring against two opponents, flashing his…
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Pacquiao: Mayweather ‘doesn’t want to fight me’
Manny Pacquiao usually keeps his opinions close to the vest, and I didn't expect him to elaborate much on the idea of his next fight beyond his Nov. 14 welterweight title fight…
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Pacquiao sleeps through workout
I tried to spend some time talking to Manny Pacquiao today at his trainer Freddie Roach's gym in Hollywood, but the world's top pound-for-pound fighter had fallen asleep after a conference call…
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Will Manny Pacquiao’s political aspirations hurt his boxing?
As a child, Manny Pacquiao slept on the dirt floor of a hut in the Philippines. The mythical painful story of his father eating the boy's own dog still haunts. Pacquiao, now…
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Notes from Manny Pacquiao’s training camp
The door leading in to Hollywood's Wild Card Gym opened Tuesday afternoon and in walked Manny Pacquiao. Boxing's top pound-for-pound fighter arrived back in L.A. this weekend, and although he's still recovering…
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Manny Pacquiao aids typhoon victims
Manny Pacquiao interrupted his training this past weekend to assist the recovery in his home country the Philippines, making a substantial financial donation and driving from his training camp to the disaster…
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After Floyd Mayweather’s win, boxing’s Super Bowl awaits the second participant
Will the future mega-match be Mayweather versus Pacquiao, or Mayweather versus Mosley? The boxers, promoters -- and money -- will decide. Reporting from Las Vegas - Boxing's Super Bowl is halfway home…
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Pacquiao-Cotto title fight announced for Nov. 14 in Las Vegas
Manny Pacquiao will have the opportunity to win a world title in a fourth division in November when he fights his Top Rank promotions stablemate Miguel Cotto Nov. 14 at the MGM…
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Shane Mosley willing to go down to 140 pounds to fight Pacquiao
Shane Mosley just called me to elaborate on a news statement that he's willing to go down to 140 pounds to fight Manny Pacquiao in the fall. "This will put a lot…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. talks (and says little)
Why have a conference call if no questions are going to be answered? Floyd Mayweather Jr. took questions in a call today with reporters and added little to what was already known…
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Mosley pulls Pacquiao offer off table
"Sugar" Shane Mosley has decided to stop waiting for Manny Pacquiao. The Pomona boxer on Monday told his promoter, Richard Schaefer, to stop attempts to land a fight later this year against…
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Mosley tells it like it is
Shane Mosley certainly isn't the first fighter to be deprived of a major prizefight because of a promoter's financial interest, but since he's the latest, he has the most relevant such complaint…
