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Pacquiao?s appeal out of this world
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 10 May 2011
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao?s popularity and appeal have grown out of proportion that it has come to a point when his opponent has become of little interest to the public.
?People are attracted to greatness,? promoter Bob Arum told the media horde that gathered late Saturday night following Pacq Read Full Story >>>Mad About Mosley? Well, What Did You Expect?
By Charles Jay, Boxing Insider, Tue, 10 May 2011
I don?t think I have ever seen or received more angry emails and/or Facebook messages after a fight since the heavyweight reign of Mike Tyson. Ugly stuff. There were accusations of a ?fraud? on the part of Shane Mosley, and against Bob Arum, who had allegedly sold a load of s**t to the American publ Read Full Story >>> Pacman: A dominant unifying force
The Philippine Star, Tue, 10 May 2011
COTABATO CITY , Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao once again showed the whole nation that he could be a dominant unifying force.
For the first time, civilians, soldiers, militiamen and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sat side-by-side as they watched the Filipino boxing icon humble Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Mosley Summed Up In One Word: ?Ehh?
By Ryan Bates, 3MoreRounds.com, Tue, 10 May 2011
Boxing fans, unfortunate as it is, are used to underwhelming fight cards. But, silly us, we expect a little more when a card is headlined by the pound-for-pound champion and an eight-weight class world title holder.
And yet, by and large, the feeling you got as you walked out of the MGM Grand Gar Read Full Story >>> Jorge Arce and Mexican Machismo Overwhelm Younger Foe Vasquez
By Carlos Cinco, FightcardBoxing.net, Tue, 10 May 2011
My apologies to Jorge Arce, I completely wrote him off as being old and slow. I didn?t think he?d be able to compete against a hungry young fighter like Wilfredo Vasquez Jr. Well, it was a combination of both me underestimating Arce and overestimating Vasquez Jr., really. It just goes to show tha Read Full Story >>> After uproar over Mosley: Arum looking for worthy foe
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Tue, 10 May 2011
HOLLYWOOD ? It?s not that easy to find an opponent for Manny Pacquiao, one who would engage, one who wouldn?t run, and one who wouldn?t disappoint.
One who would really suit Pacquiao.
Bob Arum, therefore, has to make sure that whoever gets in there next with Pacquiao, and he?s looking at Nov. Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao, Georges St. Pierre, and the Search for Greatness
By Fraser Coffeen , Bloody Elbow, Tue, 10 May 2011
In his superb book, Ghosts of Manila, Mark Kram breaks down one of boxing's most legendary fights, the 1975 "Thrilla in Manila" between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Over the course of the book he presents an interesting argument: that Ali needed Frazier and this fight to cement his legacy as boxing Read Full Story >>> Expats one with Pinoys in Pacquiao's victory
ABS-CBN News, Tue, 10 May 2011
MANILA, Philippines - Pinoy?s pride, Manny Pacquiao, took to the ring once again Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Up against Shane Mosley, a fighter who has been knocked down only twice in his career, Pacquiao kept his WBO Welterweight Champion title, knocking Mosley down one more t Read Full Story >>> Who Had A Worse Performance: Shane Mosley Or The Los Angeles Lakers?
By Andreas Hale, Dr Jays, Tue, 10 May 2011
This weekend featured two pretty shameful performances. Kobe Bryant?s Lakers took a dive against the Dallas Mavericks in Game Four of the NBA Playoffs and were swept, while Shane Mosley shut down once he figured Read Full Story >>> 'Pacquiao-Marquez III more exciting than Pacquiao Mosley'
ABS-CBN News, Tue, 10 May 2011
MANILA, Philippines ? The bout between Manny Pacquiao and ?Sugar? Shane Mosley last Saturday (Sunday in Manila) has sent analysts looking into a more promising foe for the Filipino boxing superstar.
Topping the list of prospects is Juan Manuel Marquez, who wants a third match with the Fighter of Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao?s transitions
By Rina Jimenez-David, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 10 May 2011
THERE WAS little doubt as to the outcome of the Pacquiao-Mosley fight Sunday. Early on, as Mosley began backing out of Pacquiao?s reach, a stance he would adopt for much of the game, it was obvious who was out gunning for a win, and who was there merely to last all 12 rounds with life and dignity in Read Full Story >>> Henry Cooper: The Man that Should Have Beaten Muhammad Ali
By Donald Stewart, RingsideReport.com, Tue, 10 May 2011
It was a different era and for me a fight that I heard about as I was not even born so couldn?t get to see.
Every time my father ? a great Scottish boxing fan (True pessimist and proud of everyone?s boxers but ours!) ? talked about the premium weight ? the heavyweights ? his eyes would go misty.
Read Full Story >>> Et Tu, Manny?
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 May 2011
After that dull and unexciting championship fight Saturday whose main highlights were the knockdowns scored by both boxers - one real, the other dubious - there was no longer any doubt that age has caught up with Sugar Shane M Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather to fight Victor Ortiz (Boxrec)
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Mon, 09 May 2011
Boxing - Floyd "Money" Mayweather, Jr (41-0) will face WBC welterweight champion "Vicious" Victor Ortiz (29-2-2) in Arlington, Texas, according to boxrec.com. The fight is Read Full Story >>> Poor performance against Pacquiao leads to calls for Shane Mosley's retirement
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Mon, 09 May 2011
After one of the most disappointing performances of his career over the weekend against Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, many have been calling for former three weight world champ Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao eyeing Marquez in November
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Mon, 09 May 2011
Manny Pacquiao still was inside the MGM Grand Garden ring celebrating his lopsided win over Shane Mosley on Saturday night when his promoter, Bob Arum, approached reporters at ringside.
The Top Rank chairman wanted to talk about Pacquiao's next fight, tentatively scheduled for Nov. 12 in Las Vega Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley disappoints viewers and champ, Bob Arum calls PacMan a 'phenomenon'
By Tim Smith, New York Daily News, Mon, 09 May 2011
LAS VEGAS - Manny Pacquiao's face was unmarked when he arrived at the post-fight press conference following his successful defense of his WBO welterweight title against Sugar Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand on Saturday night.
Typically Pacquiao's face is reddened from scrapes and black and blue fro Read Full Story >>> MOSLEY PERFORMANCE ALL BUT KILLED BOXING?S RETURN TO NETWORK TV
By Pedro Fernandez, RingTalk.com, Mon, 09 May 2011
WHO WOULD WANT TO WATCH THIS FIGHT AGAIN?
San Francisco, CA- The genius of promoter Bob Arum lining up the Pacquaio-Mosley was thwarted by Shane Mosley totally uninspiring performance against Manny Pacquiao. It was so bad that Black fans, mainly the females at Ricky?s Sports Theater in San Leandr Read Full Story >>> Boxing Breakfast: Pacquiao vs Mosley Replay, Paris Hilton the Boxing Fan, and the Excited Jorge Arce
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Mon, 09 May 2011
Pacquiao vs Mosley Replay This Saturday on Showtime
Pacquiao vs Mosley will replay this Saturday on Showtime at 10pm EDT, paired with the Super Six World Boxing Classic fight between Andre Ward and Arthur Abraham. In the past, HBO has been able to expose fights to a much wider audience than usual Read Full Story >>> The Pacquiao phenomenon in the Philippines
By Joseph Santolan, World Socialist Website, Mon, 09 May 2011
In a much-hyped event, Philippine boxer Manny Pacquiao defeated American Shane Mosley by unanimous decision last Saturday in Las Vegas. Vast sums of money were involved in the fight. Tickets for the event were sold out and there were well over a million purchases of the fight on Showtime pay-per vie Read Full Story >>>
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