By Michael Rosenthal
Manny Pacquiao didn’t really want to talk about it after he knocked out Miguel Cotto on Saturday night in Las Vegas, saying only that he wanted to take some time off and enjoy his family. He’d leave his future to promoter Bob Arum.
However, everyone else even remotely interested …
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo Sports
LAS VEGAS – It was a simple question that left Bob Arum struggling for an answer: In his 43 years of promoting boxing matches, has there ever been a fight that the public demanded that, eventually, was not made?
After much difficulty, Arum had to fudge a …
By J. Michael Falgoust, USA TODAY
In the next 24 hours, negotiations will commence to arrange the biggest fight in boxing: Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather.
The former mythical pound-for-pound king before he took an almost two-year hiatus in 2007 — Mayweather — against the current one, an action hero who already …
BoxingScene.com
Las Vegas, NV - Floyd Mayweather, who listened to several comments made by Manny Pacquiao’s promoter and trainer about a possible match-up between the two fighters, still has yet to hear Manny Pacquiao himself say he wants to fight him.
"Manny Pacquiao is the fighter and every time someone asks …
By Lem Satterfield
Floyd Mayweather was nowhere to be seen in the MGM Grand Hotel during the lead-up to this past Saturday night’s Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto welterweight megafight, nor could the undefeated, five-time champion and Las Vegas resident be found when Pacquiao made history by lifting from Cotto, the WBO’s 147-pound …
By Gareth A Davies
Floyd Mayweather, twice retired but still considered the greatest boxer of the present generation, claimed on Monday that he would have no trouble beating Manny Pacquiao.
Pacquiao joined boxing’s folklore following his victory over Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas on Saturday night. But Mayweather said of the Filipino: …
By Steve Kim
There are many times when you can accuse promoter Bob Arum of hyperbole or exaggeration. But you cant really blame him, after all, that’s his job. But what was once considered another brash statement by the Harvard educated pitchman, must now be considered seriously. Last Wednesday night on …
(CNN) — If you have tried to call a friend in the Philippines today, chances are you would have been waiting an awful long time for that phone to be answered — because just about everyone here has been fixed on the nearest TV screen.
Manny, Manny, Manny! So many uplifting …
By Abac Cordero
HOLLYWOOD – There’s only one fight to be made, and it’s the fight the whole world wants to see.
That’s Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather Jr. Nothing else.
More than 24 hours after turning Miguel Cotto’s face into a bloody Halloween mask, the 30-year-old Filipino megastar ruled out a …
by D.W.
There is talk everywhere about Pacman/Floyd and how it needs to happen. You will not see anybody deny that, as that is the one boxing match that could possibly break any conceivable record and entire fans from all walks. The odd man out is, as always, the fighter …
Houston Mitchell
If the two agree to meet each other in the ring, then it might be the biggest pay-per-view of all time. But who would win, Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr.?
Vote now and let you voice be heard, then leave a comment letting us know why you voted …
By James Slater
Floyd “Money” Mayweather would have us all believe he is not in any way as excited about the possibility of a showdown with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao as the rest of us are. At least this is the impression Mayweather gave while speaking on the subject of …
InThisCornerTV.com was ringside for Manny Pacquiao’s dynamic performance in beating the very tough Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Smitty got a couple of words with the Champ and had a great talk with his trainer Freddie Roach after the fight.
By Rea Frey
Another momentous night in boxing kicked off Saturday, November 14, as two welterweights battled to the near finish for what proved to be an exciting night in boxing. In the opening rounds, Cotto's measured, heavier punches found their home on Pacquiao's chin. Testing Cotto's power, he surpassed it. …
Press Release
Seven-division world champion, No. 1 pound for pound kingpin, boxing's top attraction, the best fighter of his era…call him what you want, but one thing is certain, boxing has a bonafide superhero and his name is spelled:
M-A-N-N-Y P-A-C-Q-U-I-A-O !
Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KOs) from Caguas, Puerto Rico, the …
By Lem Satterfield
LAS VEGAS — The superlatives ran rampant during the aftermath of Manny Pacquiao’s brilliantly violent beatdown of Miguel Cotto on Saturday night in an MGM Grand Garden Arena packed to its rafters with more than 16,200 fans.
Having witnessed the Filipino superstar’s array of speed, athleticism and durability used …
By Ron Borges
LAS VEGAS – Freddie Roach had predicted an early knockout for Manny Pacquiao Saturday night. Miguel Cotto wishes he was right.
For nearly 12 rounds Pacquiao battered the WBO welterweight champion the way the typhoon that had …
By Tim Dahlberg, AP Sports Columnist
LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao had a hat perched jauntily on his head, a bandage wrapped neatly around his right ear. His real work done for the night, he was heading down the Las Vegas Strip to sing a few songs with his band.
Everyone was …
By Ryan Burton
Leading up to Manny Pacquiao’s demolishing of Miguel Cotto, a lot was written about Miguel Cotto’s trainer Joe Santiago, and his lack of experience. An experienced corner and quick reflexes were thought to be Pacquiao’s biggest advantages. All of those advantages were proven to be true on …
Associated Press | ESPN
By Dennis “dSource” Guillermo
Las Vegas, NV - First name, Greatest; Last name, Ever. And just like that Drizzy track, he can do this for-EVER. A.K.A Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao, and if there were skeptics coming in last night, he left people with no doubt.
For all the talk about Miguel Cotto’s …
By Eric Sloan
Last night boxing experienced a Marvin Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard moment–for five rounds. Forget what ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser said earlier in the week, you know that the fight doesn’t matter because boxing is not what it once was. Forget about Puerto Rico versus the Philippines. Forget about any title …
By Coach Tim Walker
It was an old fashioned whipping. The kind you got for taking a piece of candy out the store that wasn’t paid for or for making your mamma tell you something more than once. In just under 12 rounds Manny Pacquiao, the new WBO welterweight champion and …







