By Geno McGahee
RSR got word from a reliable source that the super bout that the world is demanding will take place in March of 2010. The teams are currently working out the specifics but have tentatively agreed to a showdown early next year, which shouldn’t be a surprise to any …

By Salven Lagumbay
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao wants no less than a 60-40 split in his favor if and when a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr takes place.
This was revealed by Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach, who told boxingscene.com that Pacquiao based his demands on the pay-per-view numbers of his last …

Manny Pacquiao’s trainer believes no one will be able to stop his new protégé Amir Khan at light-welterweight

Freddie Roach surveys training at his Wild Card gym. In Newcastle tomorrow he will oversee Amir Khan's fight against Dmitriy Salita. Photograph: Sarah LeeBy Kevin Mitchell

He talks in a mumbled rush, with the urgency and gratitude of a sick man anxious to live every minute of every day. And Freddie Roach sees nothing but life-affirming, good times ahead. Before him lies more glory for Manny Pacquiao. He predicts big nights for Amir Khan. And he sees himself in their corner.

His immediate task is to navigate Khan through what could be some rough storms against the tough New Yorker Dmitriy Salita in the first defence of his WBA light-welterweight title in Newcastle tomorrow night. If you trust Roach’s judgment – and few do not – it will be over by the ninth or 10th round, with his young Bolton boxer in centre ring, arms raised and ready to take the next stage of his career across the Atlantic, for bigger nights, more glory and the sort of acceptance, perhaps, that he has not received in the country of his birth.

By Mark Vester
Former two division champion Miguel Cotto is claiming that 2010 will be his last year in the sport. He wants to retire by the age of 30, which is next October. Cotto is recovering from the injuries he received during the fight with Manny Pacquiao on November 14. …

By Mark Vester
Paul "The Punisher" Williams believes there is a chance that Manny Pacquiao would be willing to fight him at the welterweight limit of 147-pounds. Williams doesn’t share the same good feeling about Floyd Mayweather Jr. Both Williams and Mayweather are managed by Al Haymon - making the situation …

GMANews.TV
Freddie Roach is definitely thrilled with a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. showdown.
But he’s definitely not hot on a possible March 13 face-off between two of boxing’s most popular fighters today.
Roach readily thumbed down the proposed March gig being dangled by Top Rank Promotions’ big boss Bob Arum following a …

The promoter travels to Manila to talk with the Filipino boxer and advisors on a super-bout that would be on HBO pay-per-view.
By Lance Pugmire
Promoter Bob Arum arrived in the Philippines and expected to start face-to-face talks Wednesday with Manny Pacquiao to try to reach terms for a mega-fight against Floyd …

By Dong Secuya
CEBU CITY — Hall of Fame boxing promoter and Top Rank President Bob Arum, who arrived in the Philippines early Thursday morning from Las Vegas, will have a crucial meeting with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao today in Manila. Arum is trying to close the highly anticipated Pacquiao-Mayweather fight …

By Alan Thomson
For several months now, ever since the realistic possibility of a Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather fight had begun to loom, I’ve been sifting my brain to try to determine who I thought would win.
And for the majority of that time, the winner has seemed about as clear …

By Leo Reyes
The lawyer of Manny Pacquiao was quoted to have said that the Filipino boxing icon will not fight Floyd Mayweather until after the national elections in the Philippines. Pacquiao is a candidate for congressman in the May 10, 2010 national elections.
Manny Pacquiao’s lawyer Franklin Gacal said the next …

By Vivek Wallace
It has been reported by several sources, to include ESPN’s Dan Rafael that Top Rank Promoter Bob Arum has been given the green light from Team Mayweather to make official the now tentative date of March 13th, for the proposed showdown between himself and Filipino Manny Pacquiao. …

Dec 2, 2009 - Floyd Mayweather, Jr. has agreed to the much-anticipated fight against Manny Pacquiao, according to ESPN (via SB Nation’s Bad Left Hook). Pacquiao is yet to agree to the terms of the bout, which would be fought at the 147 pound welterweight limit. Promoter Bob Arum is …

By Elie Seckbach

Unbeaten junior middleweight Shawn Porter reveals his favorite movie, makes up an impromptu rap about Manny Pacquiao, for whom he served as a recent sparring partner, and explains why his confidence “is through the roof.”

Kenny Porter also talks about training his own son, who will soon face once-beaten, Damian Frias, in a Showtime-televised bout in February.

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By Michael Marley
We all know where Coach Freddie Roach is going to be when Manny Pacquiao begins training. But what about Floyd Mayweather’s chief trainer, troubled Roger “Black Mamba” Mayweather?
I have zero insight into the status of Roger Dodger’s pending criminal assault case in Las Vegas but it certainly throws …

By Brent Matteo Alderson
Former Editor & Chief of Ring Magazine and current Showtime analyst Steve Farhood is confident that that the super-fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will happen in the very near future and in an exclusive interview with FightFanNation.com, Farhood commented, “I don’t think there’s any …

By Marc Abrams
According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, the proposed mega showdown between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao may have cleared the biggest hurdle as Mayweather agreed to terms presented to him and now just a date, venue and Pacquiao’s blessing seems to be the remaining big points for this …

By Francisco Alcuaz Jr.
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) — Seven-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao will make a second attempt to win a seat in the Philippine Congress by running next year, switching areas to improve his chances.
Pacquiao, who won his seventh title by beating welterweight Miguel Cotto last month in …

By Ricardo Lois
The last 48 hours has produced many sub-plots to boxing’s looming mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Junior.
Paul “The Punisher” Williams made it clear that he is able to make the 147 pound welterweight minimum, opening the door to fights with Mayweather and Pacquiao
Freddie Roach’s very public …

By Kevin Iole
The much-anticipated bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is all but set for March 13, a source told Yahoo! Sports.
Mayweather has agreed to terms and promoter Bob Arum is making a trip to Manila, Philippines, to finalize a deal with Pacquiao, the source said.
Las Vegas, Dallas …

By Pedro Fernandez
San Francisco, CA- Unless Hell freezes over soon, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are going to fight in 2010. Which brings us to the current stock value of the man from General Santos City, the Philippines, Manny Pacquiao, and Las Vegan Floyd Mayweather, as their people duke …

By Mark Vester
According to Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports, the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Manny Pacquiao bout is close to a done deal for March 13, 2010. Mayweather has agreed to the fight terms and Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, is making a trip to Manila, Philippines, to finalize the fight …

By Lance Pugmire
Manny Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, will be making a trip to the Philippines tonight so he can discuss the boxer’s participation in a Congressional election in the country and how it will affect a potential fight date against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Arum said this evening that an opponent will …

By Colin Linneweber
SI.com reported earlier this week that IBO and Ring Magazine light welterweight champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao tested negative for performance-enhancing substances both before and after he captured the WBO welterweight title from Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand Garden Arena last month.
In a brutal exhibition of power and …

Bernard Hopkins, who just happens to be a pugilistic partner in Golden Boy Promotions, caused quite the stir late last week when he told Bill Emes of Boxingscene.com,” Mayweather will fight Shane Mosley before he fights Pacquiao. Pacqiuao is probably going to fight the Jewish kid at 154 and Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather are going to fight. And then the winner will fight Pacquiao for all the marbles- by late next year. All of that is going to happen. I think so. That’s my prediction.”

Hopkins later added, that while Golden Boy, CEO, Richard Schaefer, has the best of intentions when it comes to negotiating a bout between Pacquiao and Mayweather, that,”( Bob) Arum doesn’t want to do a deal.”

Who knew ’ the Executioner’ was also a soothsayer? But perhaps he has some inside info, ya’ never know. Hopkins has never been one to pull punches or hold his tongue. But Arum, who promotes ’the Pac Man’ claimed to have not heard these comments as of Monday afternoon.

“When did he say that?” asked Arum, who added,”I mean, we’re prepared to fight Floyd Mayweather but the fight may have to happen on March 13Th, rather than May 1st. We’ll know that tomorrow. If Mayweather doesn’t want to fight Pacquiao, fine, then maybe Yuri Foreman will be a good opponent.”

Pacquiao-Foreman on pay-per-view? Oy vey! Hey, the good news is that at least Foreman wont be on the undercard, right? But the veteran promoter insists that consummating a Mayweather fight is his top priority.”That’s the fight I want to get done, the one I want to do. But if that is not possible for at least the first half of the year, I don’t know why Mayweather would object to a March 13Th date. Richard Schaefer is taking that position.”