Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao

Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao (2L) joins hands with his wife Jinkee (2R) and Environment Secretary Lito Atienza (L) with former governor Chavit Singson (R) during mass in the Quiapo district of Manila on November 20, 2009, after he returned with a historic seventh career boxing title in as many divisions. The Philippines rolled out the red carpet in a rock star reception on November 20 for pound-for-pound king and newly crowned World Boxing Organisation welterweight champion Pacquiao. Earlier this week, Pacquiao brushed off rumours his marriage was in trouble amid reports he flew a starlet to Las Vegas to watch him win.
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Pacquiao's ratings build momentum for Mayweather fight

...VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao proved he can be a box office hit. Now it’s up to Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to see what they can do together.Pacquiao’s big win over Miguel Cotto on Saturday was the biggest boxing show of the year, selling 1.25 million pay-per-view... |more
Manny Pacquiao promoter: Let's do Mayweather fight

...Greenburg. “If it doesn’t, it would be devastating to the sport.”Mayweather issued a statement Monday in which he said, “If Manny Pacquiao wants to fight me, all he has to do is step up to the plate and say it himself.”“The world is much more intrigued by... |more
Pacquiao's success raises questions

...Pacquiao has come a long way since his first major fight in the United States .In 2002, as a scrawny 120-pounder, he knocked out Jorge Julio to win the junior featherweight title in Memphis while his family, unable to get seats in the arena - a megafight between... |more
Pacquiao vs. Mayweather: Make it happen!

...to boxing, that title now belongs to Pacquiao.[Just a side note here, and I am not trying to kill anyone's buzz. But if Manny Pacquiao were an American athlete and he got bigger, stronger and better as he aged -- kind of like say, Barry Bonds or Roger Clemens... |more
LI's Filipinos celebrate boxer Pacquiao's victory

...all have one thing in common," said Tony Enriquez, 51, who hosted a viewing party of the pay-per-view boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto at his home in Centereach on Saturday night. "We take pride in Manny and pride in our heritage. For 36... |more

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Andre Ward's Danish tutorial does Carl Froch a big favour
...the more digestible for that. Where else would you get in one place authoritative (if brief) accounts of Henry Armstrong (the Manny Pacquiao of his day), the crazy and fierce Harry Greb, as well as coverage of Ad Wolgast's 40-round war with Battling Nelson... |more
Monday's Market Moves
...Kahne snatched victory in a superb PEP Boys 500.... Adam Smith spends time with Amir Khan, a man destined to follow in Manny Pacquiao's impressive footsteps...... Jim Watt says everything is in place for Rendall Munroe to keep the buzz about British boxing... |more
CL Debate: Barcelona v Inter - Get Ready For The Manny Pacquiao v Floyd Mayweather Jr Of Football
...current Italian championship leaders, and No.1 pound-for-pound club team in Italy. Also in the maroon and blue corner we have Manny Pacquiao – reigning WBO Welterweight World champion, IBO and Ring Magazine light welterweight champion, a winner of world titles... |more
Roach backs Khan to conquer weights
...Roach says Amir Khan can do a Manny Pacquiao by moving up boxing's weight divisions. Pacquiao has won world titles in seven different divisions in an astonishing rise to the top of the P4P tree. And while Khan may not be able to quite match that level of brilliance,... |more
Charley Steiner: Saturday Night's Alright for Fightin'
...is back (!), they proclaimed breathlessly and wrote relentlessly after last Saturday night's near perfect performance by Manny Pacquiao, who turned Miguel Cotto's face into a swollen, mushy crimson tide, in 11-2/3rds of mostly one-sided rounds. Pacquiao is... |more