Manny Pacquiao Boxing News

By Giancarlo Malinconico: Floyd Mayweather Jr. initially wanted a 60-40 purse split against Manny Pacquiao. But eventually Mayweather realized his unreasonable demand would be looked upon as an excuse to avoid fighting the Pac man. Next, Mayweather wanted the fight at 154 pounds with 10-ounce gloves, granting him an obvious weight advantage against the smaller [...]

SARANGANI, PHILIPPINES (Dec. 25)—Saying that his character and person has been questioned, maligned, damaged and tarnished by baseless and false accusations, pound-for-pound boxing king Manny Pacquiao and promoter Top Rank Inc. announced today the filing of a lawsuit within the next few days against the Mayweathers, Floyd Sr. and Jr., et al, and Golden Boy [...]

By Eric Thomas: Last night it was learned that World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao plans on suing Floyd Mayweather Jr., Floyd Sr. and Golden Boy Promotions for false accusations related to Pacquiao using performance enhancing drugs. Regardless of whether the suit is eventually thrown out or not or ends up sticking, this may [...]

By Manuel Perez: As reported elsewhere, Manny Pacquiao isn’t interested in taking the random Olympic style drug tests that Floyd Mayweather’s team has asked for. It seems that if he did take the tests, there might be a problem with them causing issues with his training, especially if the tests come directly before the fight.

By Eric Thomas: According to news reports, Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is saying the mega fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is dead in the water because of the failure of the two parties over the Olympic style drug tests that Mayweather’s team wants. Instead, Pacquiao will go in a different direction and [...]

By Chris Williams: With the bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao not doing well because of Pacquiao’s reluctance to take random Olympic style drug tests, unbeaten World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) is willing to step in and take on either Mayweather or Pacquiao, according to Fight News. [...]

By Eric Thomas: In a recent news interview with Sports Talk 790, HBO analyst Max Kellerman says that World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao looks suspicious in the minds of boxing fans by not taking the Olympic style drug testing for his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr, which was supposed to be taking place [...]

By Steve Lewis: We have seen and heard about it many times already on the internet, the television, and even on the radio: the biggest fight of the decade could go down the tubes over drug testing procedures!
Rather than rehash what many others have already said, allow me to touch up on the mindset [...]

By Shaun Campbell: Mind games, promotional hype, or are the fighters simply scared of each other? It seems to be one problem after another for the Pacquiao/Mayweather super-fight proposed to take place on March 13th. The fight has neither been announced or called off yet, but constant obstacles seem to be hindering progress. These two [...]

By Liam Santiago: Mexican-American legend, Oscar De La Hoya has blasted Manny Pacquiao for refusing blood tests. De La Hoya said in an article at Ring.tv, ”If Pacquiao, the toughest guy on the planet, is afraid of needles and having a few tablespoons of blood drawn from his system, then something is wrong. The guy [...]

By Peter Wells: With the recent news that World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is still refusing to take blood tests despite agreeing to them on the contract it looks unlikely the fight will go ahead. Personally I believe if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about, so if Manny [...]

By Emmanuel Tolentino: The envious and futile critics of the Manny Pacquiao sensation just don’t seem to stop and get it. So now, allow me put it straight to your understanding on why the P4P’s camp has to come up with such decisions regarding the drug test issue (which I personally believe isn’t supposed to [...]

by Jason Alcairo: Before any of the usual inflammatory muckrakers (read: Hemorrhoids) continue to misconstrue the facts, let’s take a moment to present the facts involved in the still (hopefully) upcoming mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao.

By Adam Fillingham: Liam Santiago has had a go. Now for my turn. I thought Santiago’s pound for pound list was bad but first lets take a look at box rec’s:
1. Bernard Hopkins
2 Manny Pacquiao
3 Chad Dawson
4 Floyd Mayweather [...]

By Bob Bethe: I didn’t want to write an article on Manny Pacquiao – Mayweather until I knew it would happen – and now I’m pretty proud of myself, I figured Floyd Mayweather Jr would get himself out of it. Bob Arum doesn’t think it will happen, yet Roach says, “Where else is he [...]

By Liam Santiago: Mayweather does not want to send Pacquiao to the moon. He just wants a fair fight. Is that really so bad? Also, I can not understand why on every boxing news forum, almost every fan is pinning the blame for what could be the cancellation of this bout on Mayweather. Pacquiao is [...]

To bleed, or not to bleed — is that really the question? “More like Team Mayweather doth protest too much, methinks,” said Bob Arum, chairman of Top Rank, the promoter of seven-division world champion Manny Pacquiao. In response to the release sent out Tuesday by Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions which stated that Mayweather [...]

By Peter Wells: Honestly I don’t know why this fight shouldn’t go ahead, and I am pointing this at both promoters and fighters. Firstly Pacquiao will take a blood test, next January, and will also take one after the fight. So if World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is clean in January people will [...]

By Frank Car: Come on, Manny, cough up some blood. No not from a barrage of body shots, but through a needle in an Olympic-style drug test. Pacquiao’s camp seemingly agreed to this style test earlier but changed their mind on this past Tuesday or so, and is now to be the only left keeping [...]

by Jason Alcairo: It has recently been reported on boxingscene.com that 7-Division world champion Manny Pacquiao is holding up the proposed March 13th mega-fight between him and Floyd Mayweather,Jr. Top Rank president Todd DuBoef informed Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer that Pacquiao refuses to have his blood drawn as part of Olympic grade testing. Naturally, [...]

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 by Mayweather’s management to ensure [...]

Liam ‘The Expert’ Santiago’s pound for pound list is back and there are changes. Pacquiao drops to fourth place after a disappointing win over Miguel Cotto where he failed to impress me. Yes, he fought well. However, weight demands on Cotto played a big part and he proved he can’t fight anyone who is ‘running’ [...]

By Liam Santiago: I really hate to be the one who ruins all the hype for the March 13th showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, but Pacquiao does not have a chance. Why? Because he can only fight guys that come to him. Cotto, Hatton and De La Hoya were all pressurizing Pac Man [...]

By Manuel Perez: It looks like World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is asking for a $10 million in fraction penalty for every pound over the 147 pound limit. In an article by Nice Giongco from Fight News, he quotes a text message from Pacquiao lawyer Franklin Gacal “demanding a penalty of $10 million [...]

By Liam Santiago: Floyd Mayweather Snr has told fight hype that he wants World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao to take blood test, prior to their March 13th showdown in Vegas, after much speculation linking Pacquiao to performing enhancing drugs. However, although Freddie Roach has no problem with the tests, he does not want [...]

By Manuel Perez: It’s not looking good for Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach as far as them getting World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) as a sparring partner to help Manny prepare for his March 13th bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. In an article with Steve Kim of Max boxing, [...]

By Jamie Hooper: I don’t think there has been a fight in the last ten years that has created as much excitement and anticipation as this one. After Christmas and new year are out the way. The pound for pound number one and number two will start training for a fight that could reinvigorate the [...]

By Manuel Perez: It looks as if trainer Freddie Roach is still talking the “we” language when referring to Manny Pacquiao’s battles. In an article with Philstar, Roach said “And I have the keys to break down Mayweather, even in the earlier rounds. Mayweather will have no more excuses. We’ll catch him early, if not [...]

By Sam Singh: As the ’00s come to an end, it’s time to consider potential candidates as to determining the ‘Fighter of the Decade’. After careful consideration of what has been an eventful decade for the sport of boxing, my three candidates, in no particular order, are: Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Bernard Hopkins.

By Peter Wells: With Mayweather and Pacquiao getting ready to start training after the Christmas break, Freddie is already rolling in a load of ‘Super’ sparring partners. First of all Amir Khan, whom trains with Freddie, was chosen as a sparring partner as we all knew he would be. Then the recent news is that [...]