AMIR KHAN’S 23rd birthday arrives today with a warning that he has a long way to go.
He retained his WBA world light-welterweight title with a 76-second stoppage of Dmitriy Salita in Newcastle.
But Khan’s American trainer Freddie Roach says another of his fighters - pound-for-pound No 1 Manny Pacquiao - …

By Dan Hunter
Amir Khan has named Zab Judah, Juan Manuel Marquez and David Diaz as targeted opponents for his US debut.
Speaking on Sky Sports news, Khan also admitted that a fight with Ricky Hatton would be ´´the biggest in British boxing history.“
Khan said he was ´´surprised“ at how quickly …

By Chris Robinson
Love him or hate him, there are very few fighters in recent memory who have had the kind of impact in the sport of boxing that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has. With rumors circulating that Mayweather could be meeting Manny Pacquiao in a highly desired March 13th super bout, …

By Scott Heritage
When Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. meet next March, they will be fairly evenly matched in most aspects of boxing. Sure both have their strengths and weaknesses, but on paper they will be a close match.
The one thing that only one of them has however is Freddie …

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The deal for the much-anticipated megabout between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr is yet to be finalized but the “trash talks” have already commenced – at least from the Mayweather camp.
Reacting to reports that Pacquiao has agreed in principle to fight his son on March 13, outspoken trainer Floyd …

By Keith Idec

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Barely beating Sergio Martinez might make the self-professed most-feared man in boxing avoid a rematch.

Paul Williams and his promoter, Dan Goossen, didn’t sound all that interested in granting Martinez a second chance after Williams escaped with a hard-fought majority decision win in their thrilling 12-round middleweight fight Saturday night at the Adrian Phillips Ballroom inside Boardwalk Hall.

By Ronnie Nathanielsz
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum not only knows the business of boxing which he has been involved in since 1966 when he promoted the Muhammd Ali-George Chuvalo heavyweight title fight in Canada, he knows his prized possession – pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao.
When Arum met with Pacquiao …

By Leo Reyes
WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao compared Floyd Mayweather, Jr., his new opponent for his March 13 fight, to other boxers he fought, saying the difference is Floyd talks trash, something that should not be imitated by young people
Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao is trying to keep his role …

By Michael Woods
Boxing has the ability to make me feel like a fool quite regularly. It did so once again Saturday, as I watched the Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez middleweight battle from Atlantic City on HBO. As I watched Martinez, a junior middleweight titlist, ply his trade with technical excellence, …

By Mark Vester
At the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Paul Williams (38-1, 27KOs) won a twelve round majority decision over WBC junior middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24KOs) in a boxing classic. The scores were 114-114 a draw, 115-113 and a very insane score of 119-110 for Williams - what …

Speed

Even the blind community knows the Pac man’s got enough speed to make your eyes hurt just trying to follow them. He darts in and out so fast and without warning and fires off blazing flurries and is gone just as suddenly.

Mayweather struggles against southpaws

I’m sure most of the people who I heard this from are basing that off of the recap they saw of Mayweather vs. Judah, and I’m sorry to burst your bubble but the reel was meant to be biased to goad Mayweather into a rematch.

Strength

Well you got me there. There is no doubt Pacman hits harder than the Pretty Boy. My argument with that is (as previously stated) Floyd Mayweather is the P4P king not because of his punishing offense, but his absolutely masterful defense and reinforced by the fact Mayweather has never been knocked down.

Manny Pacquiao, a hero to millions across the Philippines and around the world and the world’s pound-for-pound king is thrilled about his fight for the ages against undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr, the former pound-for-pound maestro. An exuberant Pacquiao met us at the lobby of the New World Hotel early Saturday morning after returning to his hotel following an all-night shooting of his movie “Wapakman” and a few racks of pool and said “come on, let’s go up to my room” which happened to be a suite. He raised his T-shirt to show us his finely chiseled abdomen and had us feel his upper arms which were like rock and then covered up like he did at times in his “Fire Power” showdown with WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and said “come on Mayweather, lets see what you’ve got.”

By Alexey Sukachev
WBA super lightweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KOs) destroyed previously unbeaten Dmitiry Salita (30-1-1, 16 KOs) in the first round on Saturday night at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England. Khan decked Salita immediately with a right hand, and Salita was sent down again from a …

By Ricardo Lois
Maybe the boxing power structure is getting it. When the boxing world is begging for a super fight, get the bout negotiated quickly, and inside a ring as soon as possible.
If the reports of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather agreeing to fight on March 13 are true, …

BY JUN MEDINA SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Renowned trainer Freddie Roach did not expect that he would start training camp for Manny Pacquiao six weeks after the Filipino ring icon won a record seventh world title in seven different weight classes. “We’re happy it could be happening, but I’m surprised it’s happened so …

By Ben Thompson
According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao has officially signed a contract to face undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. on March 13. Originally, it was reported that both sides had agreed to initial terms, but there were still some wrinkles to be ironed out, including the …

By Matt Stolow
Billionaire Jerry Jones of Dallas, Texas usually gets what he wants. I believe he’s going to get the Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. fight in his brand new $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium.
He envisioned the stadium and the 2011 NFL Super Bowl years ago and he now has …

By Lem Satterfield
Manny Pacquiao spoke to FanHouse from the Philippines in what his advisor, Michael Koncz, said is the WBO welterweight champ’s first interview — and his initial comments to the American media — since the start of the negotiations for a bout with Floyd Mayweather. All of this while …

Winky Wright:

I picked Cotto. I went against Pacquiao two times. Against De La Hoya and against Cotto. And both times I lost. Pacquiao is an exciting and dangerous fighter, man. Against Floyd or against whoever I’m not gonna bet against him. I thought Floyd would kill him before, but now he made me a believer.

By Barry Mcguigan
Matchmaking is almost as important as preparation.
In Freddie Roach, Amir Khan has the best of both worlds, a brilliant trainer and equally adept matchmaker.
You only have to look how Manny Pacquiao has prospered with Roach. Not just technically but in picking the right opponent at the right time.
Eyebrows …

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK(AP)—Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have signed off on the major issues in the negotiation for a megafight on March 13, and contracts could be signed in the next few days, a person with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press.
Top Rank …

By Scoop Malinowski
Michael Bentt once told me “Boxing is 90% bluffs.” Pretty strong quote there, right? Pretty reliable and credible source too, right? You better believe the WBO Heavyweight champion Michael Bentt knows what he’s talking about.
Well, Floyd Mayweather has already cost the sport some great fights – with …