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The Mayweather/Pacquiao Saga: The PR Battle Turns, No 50/50 Split
By William Holmes, Boxing Insider, Sat, 21 Jan 2012
For the past three weeks, Floyd Mayweather Jr., or as he prefers to be called Floyd Joy Mayweather, has been winning the PR war between himself and Manny Pacquiao. He was able to get his sentencing date pushed back so that he could fight in May. He called out Manny Pacquiao via twitter, and various Read Full Story >>>Mayweather-Pacquiao: Signing to Fight Would Only be the First Hurdle
By Raymundo Dioses, 3MoreRounds.com, Sat, 21 Jan 2012
Tisk, tisk, tisk?
Here we are, not even month into 2012 and we are already talking about that super mega duper fight that just can?t get signed, and it looks as if we?ll be talking about both Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao for the rest of the eleven calendar months.
Well, if you can?t bea Read Full Story >>> Random Acts of Ring Rambling: Floyd, Manny, Sergio, More
By Thomas Gerbasi, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 21 Jan 2012
It?s been a while since I?ve knocked one of these out, and with so much going on in the boxing world, this is as good a time as any for some ramblings on the sweet science in all its various forms.
Pacquiao vs. Mayweather ? Seriously, this fight had better be good. I expect this kind of gossip, i Read Full Story >>> Plenty of Opponents, Outside and In
By Mike Hale, The New York Times, Sat, 21 Jan 2012
Hands tell the story in ?On Freddie Roach,? a six-episode documentary series beginning on Friday on HBO. The flashing fists of young boxers in the ring move in counterpoint to the trembling fingers of Mr. Roach, a trainer and former fighter who now does battle with Parkinson?s disease.
They come Read Full Story >>> Roach, like Ali, bravely battles disease
By Mark Kriegel, Fox Sports, Sat, 21 Jan 2012
On the occasion of Muhammad Ali?s 70th birthday, I recalled my first time seeing him in the flesh. It was 1991, at Macy?s department store on New York City?s 34th Street. He was appearing for a new line of haberdashery that bore his name.
Ali was given a marker and seated at a table, where an end Read Full Story >>> Lem's latest: Mayweather, Pacquiao -- who are they picking?
By Lem Satterfield, The Ring, Sat, 21 Jan 2012
WBC welterweight titleholder Floyd Mayweather Jr. shed light on Wednesday night's telephone conversation WBO counter part Manny Pacquiao.
"He asked about a 50/50 split and I told him no, that can?t happen, but what can happen is you can make more money fighting me than you have made in your care Read Full Story >>> Boxing and NBC Sports Network could be a good match as former Versus network set to air first boxing show
By Tim Smith, New York Daily News, Sat, 21 Jan 2012
Boxing has long since left terrestrial television to find a home on cable. Over the years with no presence on the major broadcast networks, the sport has drifted into the niche realm and is being more and more marginalized as the better matches end up on Pay Per View.
Now NBC is inching back int Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Watch: No Floyd, you can make more money fighting Manny
By Edwin G. Espejo, Asian Correspondent, Fri, 20 Jan 2012
Oh, boy Floyd. There you go again.
Why can?t you just agree to a split in the purse and the fight will be on as you said you wanted it? Why go the distance in calling Manny only to abuse him by saying he can?t have his way? Isn?t it you who said you wanted this fight badly? Isn?t it you who s Read Full Story >>> ?Arum with gloves and a Twitter?: Mayweather rejects Pacquiao?s 50/50 offer
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2012
You got to be kidding me.
?Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.?
If the definition of a popular quote regarding insan Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao bares details of short talk with Mayweather
ABS-CBN News, Fri, 20 Jan 2012
MANILA, Philippines ? Fighting congressman Manny Pacquiao said his short phone conversation with Floyd Mayweather Jr. covered two important points about their mega-fight: the revenue split and the fight date.
Pacquiao said in a one-on-one interview with ABS-CBN correspondent Dyan Castillejo that Read Full Story >>> If You Build It?Will They Come?
By Steve Kim, DogHouseBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2012
Despite whatever rhetoric has been uttered recently, the truth of the matter is that Floyd Mayweather was always going to fight on May 5th at the MGM Grand against someone other than Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao, in turn, was always going to choose an opponent from a quartet of potential opponents laid Read Full Story >>> Jinkee: Pacquiao-Floyd Jr bout likely to push through in June
GMA News Online, Fri, 20 Jan 2012
The much-awaited megabuck fight between Manny Pacquiao and undefeated American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. will push through this year this was according to Jinkee Pacquiao, the Filipino boxing icon's wife.
Pacquiao, in a 24Oras interview by Nelson Canlas, said her husband personally confirmed the Read Full Story >>> Roach 'positive' over Mayweather-Pacquiao fight
ESPN.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2012
Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach has told ESPN that he believes the much anticipated and highly demanded fight between his man and Floyd Mayweather Jnr will go ahead, and said he believes the latter has been avoiding a meeting with his man.
Mayweather contacted Pacquiao personally this we Read Full Story >>> Sergio Martinez Responds, Wants Mayweather in November
By Hans Olson, Boxing Insider, Fri, 20 Jan 2012
?If Sergio Martinez can make 150, let?s make the fight happen,? said pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather in a Yahoo Sports story on Wednesday.
?Like I said, there are no excuses. I?m a little different from other guys. He?s got a very, very impressive style. But like I said before, my main Read Full Story >>> Martin Wade's "Loaded Gloves:" The Mayweather/Pacquiao Edition: The tweets heard round the world...
By Martin Wade, braggingrightscorner.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2012
In true schoolyard fashion starting last week (January 9th) Floyd Mayweather did the equivalent of telling WBO Welterweight Champion Manny Pacquiao to "meet me after school." Amazingly, the internet as well as mainstream sports talking heads like Steven A. Smith felt the "call out" was relevant enou Read Full Story >>> HBO continuing string of great sports documentaries with Freddie Roach, Joe Namath (video)
By Michael Zuidema, The Grand Rapids Press, Fri, 20 Jan 2012
Neither HBO nor ESPN likely will cop to holding some sort of unofficial competition when it comes to sports documentaries, but it?s become clear that both sides will continue to up the ante.
Which is a benefit for all of us.
For years, HBO was the bellwether of the genre, rolling out consisten Read Full Story >>> 50/50 split is reasonable - Media guns re-aiming at Mayweather
By Brad Cooney, Examiner.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2012
The majority of the media, including yours truly, were firing all guns at Top Rank head Bob Arum as being the instrumental force behind the Pacquiao Vs. Mayweather roadblock. Arum certainly is a huge reason that this fight hasn't happened and the media, and the fans have let him know about it.
I Read Full Story >>> A New Main Event on ?Fight Night?
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2012
Kathy Duva admits finding out last Friday that Eddie Chambers- slated to face Sergei Liakhovich in the main event on the inaugural edition of ?Fight Night? on NBC Sports Network (Saturday, 9 p.m., ET/6 p.m., PT from the Asylum Arena in Philadelphia)- pulling out of his assignment wasn?t just a mere Read Full Story >>> Dougie's Friday mailbag
By Doug Fischer, RingTV.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2012
THE NO. 1 P4P RANKING
Hi Doug,
If Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather doesn't get made in May or June, I think Pacman should forfeit his #1 P4P ranking. My reasoning is not punitive or vindictive. It goes like this: if the fight doesn't happen it's Pac's fault, not Mayweather's. Blame Arum if yo Read Full Story >>> PINOY PRIDE XI BOXERS DAZZLE FANS AT SM CEBU (with photos)
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2012
Cebu City ? The boxers who will represent the Philippines had a public workout at the Event Center of SM Cebu Friday evening to promote the first big boxing event for 2012 - PINOY PRIDE XI: PHILIPPINES vs. THE WORLD.
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