by Lem Satterfield
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, HBO, Showtime, IBO
ARLINGTON, Texas — It seems farfetched but the lure of stardom could slightly delay Manny Pacquiao’s entrance into the ring against Joshua Clottey at Cowboys Stadium for their scheduled fight on Saturday night. That is if the Filipino superstar — …

F-LO: I do believe Arum’s concern and this fight isn’t a gimmie for Pacquiao.
read more

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2010, Manny Pacquiao versus Joshua Clottey on Saturday. Previously: why and how Pacquiao-Clottey matters; how good is Clottey?; and keys to the fight, parts I and II. Next: the final preview and prediction.
It’s gotten to the point where I’m not …

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2010, Manny Pacquiao versus Joshua Clottey on Saturday. Previously: why and how Pacquiao-Clottey matters; how good is Clottey?; and keys to the fight, parts I and II. Next: the final preview and prediction.
It’s gotten to the point where I’m not …

New York, NY- Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs), the biggest name in boxing, is fighting this weekend, keeping the world of boxing journalism once again hostage to his seemingly unstoppable cult of personality. He is fighting Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KOs), whose only real loss is against Miguel Cotto (34-2, …

Be it Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto or even Juan Manuel Marquez, it’s never the practice of Manny Pacquiao to take his opponents lightly.

More so now against the bigger and stronger Joshua Clottey.

“I never underestimated Joshua Clottey,” Pacquiao said before a throng of media men that showed up to cover his public workout Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) at the Gaylord Texan Texan Hotel and Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.

A week into the March 13 showdown, the Filipino southpaw has been installed as an 8-5 favorite.

In as much as he’s prepared for the 12-round title fight at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight bout, Pacquiao also believes his challenger from Ghana is in the same frame of mind as well.

“I think he’s also ready for the fight. He’s bigger than me and strong. He’s 100 percent conditioned,” said the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter today, who was cheered on by a crowd of 400 during the workout that took about two hours to be completed.

By Mark Vester
We are only a few days away from Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs) defending the WBO welterweight title against former champion Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KOs) at Cowboys Stadium in Texas. Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach wants his fighter to get the winner of May’s welterweight bout between Floyd …

Clottey is regularly criticized for not throwing enough punches. His loss to Cotto serves perfect example of why he is a fighter that can do far more on the offensive end, but for one reason or another, chooses not to. Rather than going to take the title from the champion by making sure his hands were consistently busy, Clottey had too many Punchless spurts and cost himself the fight; as he did against Margarito.
Pacquiao throws terrific combinations and moves well enough to avoid return shots from his much slower opponent on Saturday night. The Filipino icon’s busy hands and Clottey’s inability to get going on a steady basis will spell trouble for the latter. Clottey’s natural size advantage, good chin and defense will likely help him make it to the final bell, albeit as a loser in the majority of the rounds.

Miguel Cotto’s June return to the ring won’t be on PPV. HBO has picked up Cotto’s challenge of Yuri Foreman at Yankee Stadium. (Photo by Ethan Miller / Getty Images)
…

Miguel Cotto’s June return to the ring won’t be on PPV. HBO has picked up Cotto’s challenge of Yuri Foreman at Yankee Stadium. (Photo by Ethan Miller / Getty Images)
…

Light heavyweight contender Chris “Hard Hittin’” Henry has patiently waited an extra month to get a shot at former 2-time WBA light heavyweight champion Hugo Hernan “Pigu” Garay in their March 27th WBA Light Heavyweight eliminator.
 
They were originally supposed to square-off February 27 but that show was cancelled, moving Garay-Henry …

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao refused to play into the Boxing vs. MMA antics that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has in the past, and shows nothing but respect for the sport of MMA.
Pacquiao was asked by a fan during an ESPN Sports Nation Chat if he would ever try MMA and his thoughts …

In summary, it is going to take a true professional fighter who is focused and dedicated to a well-scripted game plan of not allowing Pacquiao to dictate the pace and range of the fight. Along with that, the discipline to stick to the game plan even when that tingly feeling creeps up and wants you to prove your gall in the face of the pound-for-pound king. Let’s see if Joshua Clottey is going to be the man that takes advantage and puts all of his tools, mental and physical, together and boxes his version of a perfect game in order to win. Let’s see if his trainer is on to these “keys” to victory, or if he has a totally different set of keys to use.

3/10/10, Arlington,Texas — Surrounded by the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, seven-time world champion and "Fighter of the Decade" Manny "Pacman" Pacq …
read more

Surrounded by the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, WBO welterweight champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and challenger Joshua Clottey pose during the final press conference Wednesday for their upcoming PPV clash on Saturday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Photos: Chris Farina – Top Rank
Click the photo to go to the next photo
read more

Central Valley California Guys Making Mark Too in boxing world. (photo by Jan Sanders)
read more

HOBOKEN, N.J. (Mar. 10, 2010) – Light heavyweight contender Chris “Hard Hittin’” Henry has patiently waited an extra month to get a shot at former 2-time WBA light heavyweight champion Hugo Hernan “Pigu” Garay in their March 27th WBA Light Heavyweight eliminator.
They were originally supposed …

DALLAS — Magandang araw po sa inyong lahat na mga ginigiliw kong taga-subaybay ng kolum na ito. Sana ay nasa mabuti kayong kalagayan, saan man sulo …
read more

“Boom, body shuts down, no more pounds come off - I’m training just to move that weight. No water, no food. We go to Mississippi one week before the fight. I’m only about 138lb so eat chicken and broccoli, and then go running, but I lose nothing. Then more running, …

Devon Alexander’s eighth-round stoppage of Juan Urango was sensational enough to vault the 23-year-old St. Louis native from No. 4 to No. 2 in THE RING’s junior welterweight ratings.Alexander (20-0, 13 knockouts) unified two 140-pound titles by beating the always dangerous Urango (22-3-1, 17 KOs), THE RING’s No. 6-rated junior …

With boxing just about to really kick into full swing for 2010, I’m checking my watch every other day or so for the time someone at ESPN, Fox Sports, Yahoo! Sports, Comedy Central, ET Online or the famed site Old Man Who Used to Like Marciano and Hasn’t Seen …

Come Sunday, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, the reigning pound-for-pound king, will be defending his World Boxing Organization welterweight cr …
read more

• Heavyweights met to discuss follow-up to 2003 showdown• ‘His mum decided he wasn’t going to fight,’ said Ukrainian
Vitali Klitschko has revealed how Lennox Lewis’s mother stopped him getting a rematch with the former world heavyweight champion.
Lewis beat Klitschko in June 2003 in controversial circumstances, retaining his WBC title when …

By Erwin Lastimosa
Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey is just a few days away and the fight has sold 41,000 tickets at Jerry’s World, Dallas Cowboys stadium, a huge $1.2 billion dollar venue that has the capacity to seat 100,000 people.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. fancies himself the cash cow of boxing and …