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  • Boxing Quotes: Miguel Cotto Ready For Manny Pacquiao Fight

    WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto spoke with the media about his upcoming title defense against Manny Pacquiao on November 14.

    Question: What do you think about the history of Puerto Rican boxers and how you fit in?

    Miguel Cotto: Puerto Rico has a good boxing tradition with Wilfredo Gomez and Benitez, Carlos Ortiz and Felix Trinidad. People in Puerto Rico are very interested in boxing. I am very happy and very proud to be a part of this Puerto Rican history. First of all, I have to make good work of Manny Pacquiao on the 14th and then I have to go back to Puerto Rico. I don’t know how the people are going to receive me there, but I hope it is going to be good. (more…)

  • Pacquiao, Roach Do Halloween At Wild Card Boxing Gym


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    Millionaire playboy Freddie Roach and mild-mannered politician Manny Pacquiao revealed their secret identities at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood. (more…)

  • Boxing Fans Invited To Greet WBO Champ Miguel Cotto At Las Vegas Airport

    Three-time world champion Miguel Cotto breaks his Tampa training camp and heads to Las Vegas this Sunday, November 1. Cotto fans are invited to greet the champ at McCarran International Airport when he arrives at 3:55 p.m. PT on America Airlines #2249. (more…)

  • Boxing Quotes: Manny Pacquiao, Freddie Roach

    As Manny Pacquiao’s challenge to WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto on November 14 draws near, the IBO light welter champ and his trainer Freddie Roach spoke with members of the media.

    Freddie Roach: Training camp is going very well. We had four really good weeks in Baguio. There were a couple of typhoons that came our way but we didn’t miss a beat.

    We had really good sparring then we went back to Manila and it was intense because we had quite a few distractions so we had to break camp early. Now we are back at the Wild Card and Manny boxed great yesterday and had ten good rounds and he’s about 95% there right now and we are ready to go. (more…)

  • Boxing Info: Pacquiao Honored As Gusi Peace Prize Laureate

    Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao has been named a 2009 Gusi Peace Prize laureate, the only athlete in the elite group of 19 awardees from 16 different nations.

    Established 22 years ago by Ambassador Barry Gusi and his wife, Dr. Evelyn Gusi, the Gusi Peace Prize is awarded annually to distinguished individuals or groups worldwide with exemplary contributions to peace and human rights representing fields of science, medicine, academe, politics, business, humanities, philanthropy, journalism, religion, international relations and others. (more…)

  • Mexican Beer Giant Tecate Joins Massive Cotto vs. Pacquiao Boxing Show

    Tecate, cerveza con carácter, announces the launch of a regional marketing campaign designed to bring boxing fans closer to the Nov. 14 encounter between Filipino star Manny Pacquiao (49-3, 37 KO’s) and three-time world champion Miguel Cotto (34-1, 27 KO’s) of Puerto Rico. (more…)

  • Hatton Boxing: N’dou vs. Hatton, Cotto vs. Pacquiao Tickets On Sale

    Hatton Promotions has a limited number of tickets available for the upcoming Lovemore N’dou vs. Matthew Hatton clash on Friday, November 13.At stake is N’dou’s IBO welterweight title and the bout will take place at Fenton Manor Sports Complexin Stoke, England. (more…)

  • Top Rank Boxing: Cotto vs. Pacquiao Undercard Announced

    Undefeated No. 1 contenders Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. and Yuri Foreman, plus three-time world champion Daniel Santos add more firepower to the blockbuster card headlined by the Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto welterweight championship, taking place Saturday, November 14 at the sold out MGM Grand in Las Vegas. (more…)

  • Boxing Perspective: Miguel Cotto Looking To Upset The World

    Miguel Angel Cotto is climbing his way back to the top of the boxing world after a difficult loss to Antonio Margarito.

    Since that devastating loss, the fighter from Puerto Rico has fought against Michael Jennings and Joshua Clottey. In both cases, Cotto has been victorious and demonstrated through his domination in the ring that he is capable of taking on top ranked opponents.

    When the opportunity came along for a fight between Cotto and Manny Pacquiao, both parties understood the immense potential to make lots of money and deliver one of the biggest fights of the year.

    This fight is so important to Cotto’s career that he took less than 50 percent of the money and agreed to go down in weight for the fight.

    There is no question that Cotto is willing to do what’s necessary in order to face Pacquiao, but the question remains; does he have the necessary skill to beat the best fighter in the world in a 12 round assault?

    Most boxing analysts have already spoken in favour of Pacquiao. There is too much skill and ability on the side of Pac Man that it’s difficult to make a case for Cotto winning the bout. However here are few elements to take into consideration when making your prediction for the fight.

    Bob Arum has stated publicly that he is expecting to see an all-action brawl when the two fighters get together on November, 14, 2009. If Arum’s prediction holds true, an all out brawl will benefit Cotto. (more…)

  • Pound For Pound Boxing King Pacquiao To Pitch For San Diego Padres

    Boxing’s No. 1 pound-for-pound king and the reigning Fighter of the Year, Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao, will be bringing the heat when he throws out the Ceremonial First Pitch at Petco Park in San Diego, Calif. before the San Diego Padres – Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game, today.

    This event will conclude the cross-country, five-city, two-ocean media tour promoting “Fire Power”, the world welterweight title fight between Pacquiao and three-time world champion and the pride of Puerto Rico, Miguel Cotto. (more…)

  • Al Bernstein On Boxing: Loaded Schedule – Two Sleepers

    The boxing schedule for the last quarter of the year is ridiculously good. Big matches abound, starting with next week’s Floyd Mayweather Jr’s comeback fight with Juan Manuel Marquez.

    There is another mega fight in Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto, then three great matches in the Super Six World Boxing Classic and Paul Williams vs. Kelly Pavlik. Throw in Glen Johnson vs. Chad Dawson and you have an amazing schedule.

    By the time we get to December, it would be understandable to see a dip in the boxing product. But, it is in that month that we may find two gems – two fights that might get a little less universal hype, but have almost can’t miss tags on them.

    The first is December 5th when WBO Light Welter Champ Tim Bradley defends his title against Lamont Peterson. Between the two of them, they have not one single loss. They are both young and both in their primes. They are also both extraordinary boxers.

    I have had the pleasure of announcing Bradley’s last several match-ups sand have seen his development as a young champion. Peterson, who survived a torturous childhood on the streets of Washington DC, is as skilled a fighter as you would ever see.

    And reportedly, he recently gave Mayweather all he could handle in a now legendary sparring session in Las Vegas. This is an even match and having a real conviction on who will win is not an easy thing to do.

    This fight has 12 rounds of really good action written all over it. I am not sure either man can knock the other out, and they they both have such good offense that they will throw a lot of punches and land a lot. (more…)

  • Cotto vs. Pacquiao Yankee Stadium Boxing Conference Open To Public

    Boxing’s No. 1 pound-for-pound king and the reigning Fighter of the Year, Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao, and the pride of Puerto Rico and three-time world champion Migeul Cotto, will kickoff their cross-country, five-city, two-ocean media tour next Thursday.

    They will be promoting “Fire Power”, their world welterweight championship fight at a free public news conference on the field by first base at Yankee Stadium on September 10. (more…)