Seven-division world champion, Congressional candidate and boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound fighter and box office attraction Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao will be hosting a Valentine’s Fans Day on Sunday, February 14, beginning at 1 p.m., at the Embassy Suites Hotel Los Angeles-Glendale.
Read More »Modern Day Boxing Great Manny Pacquiao Teams Up With Actor Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal, one of Hollywood’s most popular box office action heroes and the star of A&E’s wildly-popular reality series Steven Seagal Lawman, was a dinner guest of seven-division world champion and three-time Fighter of the Year Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao earlier this week. A 7th degree black belt and Aikido master, …
Read More »Boxing Update: Pacquiao vs. Clottey Tickets On Sale Saturday
The stars will fight, big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas! Jerry Jones and Bob Arum, owner of the Dallas Cowboys and chairman of Top Rank, respectively, announced today that Cowboys Stadium would be the site of The Event: Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey World Welterweight Championship. This …
Read More »Al Bernstein On Boxing: Mayweather-Williams Has A Nice Ring To It
Since negotiations fell through for a fight with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Manny Pacquiao has moved on to find another fight—and a good one. He will follow up his win over Miguel Cotto with a match against one of the six best welterweights in the world—Joshua Clottey. Now it’s Floyd Mayweather’s …
Read More »Boxing Update: Floyd Mayweather Jr Issues Pacquiao Statement
“Throughout this whole process I have remained patient, but at this point I am thoroughly disgusted that Pacquiao and his representatives are trying to blame me for the fight not happening when clearly the blame is on them. “First and foremost, not only do I want to fight Manny Pacquiao, …
Read More »Boxing Update: Pacquiao Files Federal Defamation Lawsuit
On December 30, 2009, pound-for-pound boxing champion Manny Pacquiao filed a lawsuit in Nevada federal court against Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Floyd Mayweather, Sr., Roger Mayweather, Mayweather Promotions, LLC, and Golden Boy Promotions executives Oscar de la Hoya, and Richard Schaefer for making false and defamatory statements accusing Pacquiao of taking …
Read More »Hatton Boxing Celebrates A Big First Year In Business
The year began with intense speculation surrounding a potential mega fight between the reigning Light Welterweight champion, Ricky Hatton and pound for pound star, Manny Pacquiao. And it wasn’t long before the bout was confirmed as Ricky and his team held a press conference at the Village Hotel, in Ashton …
Read More »Boxing Update: Team Mayweather Set Record Straight On Pacquiao Fight
After a Cristmas weekend filled with comments and reports related to the potential mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions are issuing the following statement in order to set the record straight. Let the record be clear: Manny Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum …
Read More »Boxing Update: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao In Jeopardy?
The mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao is now in jeopardy after Golden Boy Promotions, on behalf of Mayweather Promotions, learned today that Manny Pacquiao is refusing to comply with Olympic style drug testing as outlined and mandated by the United States Anti Doping Agency (USADA) and as requested …
Read More »Al Bernstein On Boxing: Boxing Is All The Way Back
A few months ago I did a commentary on my boxing channel (also seen on this website) that lambasted the mainstream media for poor coverage of boxing. In that commentary I pointed out that boxing’s product was back to being as good as anytime in it’s history. What boxing really …
Read More »Boxing Promoter’s Association President Joe DeGuardia Praises Pacquiao vs. Cotto
It is my pleasure, on behalf of the Boxing Promoter’s Association (BPA), to congratulate our sport in once again showing that Boxing is truly desired by fans. The Top Rank-promoted fight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto last week exceeded 1.25 million buys and generated over $70 million in domestic …
Read More »Boxing Result: Pacquiao Dethrones Cotto For WBO Welter Title
Manny Pacquiao solidified his status as a modern day great this evening at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV by unseating reigning WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto via a 12th round stoppage. The combatants both came out strong in the opening moments, trading leather with great gusto until Pacquiao …
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