By Kevin Iole
Pound-for-pound kingpin Manny Pacquiao scored his second big knockout victory in a week on Friday, when HBO Sports announced that his Nov. 14 victory over Miguel Cotto sold 1.25 million pay-per-views and generated $70 million in pay-per-view revenue.
Pacquiao, who knocked Cotto out in the 12th round to capture …
By Greg Beacham
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)—With a stunning victory in his hometown, Andre Ward proved he’s ready for the world.
Ward claimed the WBA 168-pound title with an unanimous technical decision over Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler in the 11th round Saturday night, adding his first world championship belt to his Olympic gold medal.
Ward …
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
At Palenque de la Feria, in Chiapas, Mexico, Filipino Rodel Mayol (26-4, 20KOs) has won the WBC light flyweight title with a stunning second round TKO over Edgar Sosa (37-6-21KOs) of Mexico.
Mayol started aggressively in the opening round and caught Sosa with a solid right cross but …
Saturday night in Tuxtla Gutierrez in Chiappas, Mexico, Filipino challenger Rodel Mayol (25-4-1, 19 KOs) scored a second round TKO over longtime WBC light flyweight champion Edgar Sosa (37-5, 21 KOs), who was making his 11th defense (in 28 months). After Sosa was badly hurt by an unintentional headbutt, he …
By Dan Rafael
Almost as soon as referee Kenny Bayless waived off Manny Pacquiao’s resounding 12th-round TKO of Miguel Cotto, talk turned to the prospect of the inevitable showdown between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., a fight for all the marbles: pound-for-pound king, fighter of the decade and higher placement …
By Robert Jackson
The subject of Manny Pacquiao’s rising status has everybody on the bandwagon, the bus per-se, words like GOAT are being thrown around. NOT SO FAST!! Right after the Pacquiao/Cotto fight Money Mayweather who had been silent after and since his dominating victory over Juan Manuel Marquez resurfaced with …
By Abe Luciano
Pacquiao vs. Cotto PPV Nets Manny $22 Million Pay Day: Last Saturday night’s WBO championship fight where Manny Pacquiao defeated Miguel Cotto by 12th round TKO has proven to have put boxing back on the map in the eyes of many observers. From a financial standpoint, …
BY Mitch Abramson
In the wake of Manny Pacquiao’s one-sided demolition of Miguel Cotto last Saturday, the focus was rightly put on Pacquiao. His performance was remarkable. But I was more interested in the circumstances surrounding Cotto, who took a slow, methodical whipping.
In September, the NFL released a study showing …
By Michael Marley
Before he signs a contract to fight Manny Pacquiao, and a guy who calls himself Money May certainly will do that, Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. must do some soul searching.
Mayweather, who is hardly creaking but who will 33 years old when the mega bout happens in 2010, has …
By Oliver Suarez
When people talk about being at a memorable event, such as the “Thrilla in Manilla”, they often talk about feeling a sense of euphoria. Most of them can remember every detail that happened during the event. I, for one, couldn’t relate to those feelings until I saw the …
By Ariel Avenasa
HBO recently announced that the Pacquiao-Cotto fight generated 1.25 million PPV hits. When this is combined with the result of Mayweather-Marquez in September which also garnered 1.05 million hits, it’s no wonder that HBO Sports is moving heaven and earth to make the Pacquiao-Mayweather superfight happen in 2010.
Meanwhile …
HINDSIGHT By F Sionil Jose
You do not know me and I have yet to meet you and shake your hand, not so much for your having won all those fights, but for letting the world know about us, our prowess, our determination. This country is now known not only for …
By James Slater
The year 2009 has surely been the best yet in the incredible career of the astonishing Manny Pacquiao! Although he had just two bouts - stopping Ricky Hatton in 2-rounds in May, and stopping an amazingly brave Miguel Cotto in the 12th-rounds just one week ago - …
By Barry Mcguigan
Wow. No boxer has made me feel like that in more than 20 years. What Manny Pacquiao did to Miguel Cotto I did not see coming.
It was absolutely mindblowing, and sets up what I believe will be the biggest grossing fight of all time; Pacquiao versus Floyd Mayweather …
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The Manny Pacquiao camp have raised the stakes with Floyd Mayweather Jr by insisting he is scared of the Filipino.
They are insinuating Mayweather is worried that Pacman would ruin his unbeaten record if the two meet in a pound-for-pound battle the boxing world is crying out for.
Pacquiao increased his claims …
Highlights from the showdown between Pacquiao and Cotto which originally aired 11/14/09. For more information, log onto HBO.com
By Frank Lotierzo
It’s been said here since before the Pacquiao-Hatton bout that Floyd Mayweather would be the choice in a potential clash with Manny Pacquiao. In fact I remarked to a colleague and friend right before the bell for the first round between Pacquiao and Cotto that, “if Mayweather …
By Gregg Roughley
Floyd Mayweather Jr has been accused of being “terrified” of losing his undefeated record by Manny Pacquiao’s trainer, Bob Arum.
Arum, who is also a Top Rank promoter, believes his fighter has done everything necessary to satisfy Mayweather’s request for Pacquiao to “step up to the plate” and …
By Anson Wainwright
Throughout his storied career Manny Pacquiao has undertaken three metamorphosis’s. We’ve have broken down Pacquiao’s career into 3 stages the first one was when he was fighting in some of Boxing’s lightest weights. The second when he could no longer make those weights, as his body matured we …
By Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya, whose promotional firm represents Floyd Mayweather Jr., was impressed with Manny Pacquiao’s performance against Miguel Cotto on Saturday and is as excited as the rest of us about the prospect of a Mayweather-Pacquiao showdown. Here are his thoughts on the Filipino marvel …
By Paul Strauss
Apparently Manny’s mother, like all loving mothers, wants her son to quit the violent sport in which he has reached hall of fame heights. Not surprisingly she worries about the welfare of her son, and wants what is best for him. She has witnessed his success, and …
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