Manny Pacquiao Boxing News

By Chris Williams: To no great surprise, Bob Arum has selected WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto from his Top Rank stable to fight WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on June 9th. Cotto and Pacquiao have reportedly agreed to terms according to RingTV.

By Chris Williams: I’m still hoping Bob Arum doesn’t select Miguel Cotto as Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent for June 9th. I’d prefer to see Pacquiao anyone in the division other than seeing him stomp Cotto again. I like to see new people get their chance and not have Arum pushing a fight just because it [...]

By Allen Fox: If you were one of the many boxing fans who were hoping to see Manny Pacquiao face Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 5th, you’re probably not going to be happy to hear Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum make an announcement in the coming days that Pacquiao will be fighting 31-year-old WBA junior middleweight [...]

By Dan Ambrose: According to fightnews.com, a fight between IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson and Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) is a possibility for the Cowboys stadium in Arlington, Texas at some point this year.

By Dan Ambrose: Michael Marley of examiner.com sees Miguel Cotto being the next opponent for Manny Pacquiao to fight on June 9th, as the negotiations between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. haven’t gone beyond Mayweather contacting Pacquiao by the telephone to tell him he’s not getting a 50-50 deal. Supposedly there won’t be any catchweight [...]

By Chris Williams: According to Mike Marley at examiner.com, Bob Arum will be making an announcement for Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent this coming week and it’s expected to be WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, not Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the date will be June 9th.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Five time Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach has told ESPN that he thinks that the much ballyhooed fight between his prize pupil WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) and undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) will happen.

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. reportedly told Sports Center today that he won’t give Manny Pacquiao a 50-50 deal for a May 5th fight. I think that sounds right, because didn’t Pacquiao already say he’d accept less than Mayweather to get the fight made?

By Robert Big Moe Elmore: Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao. The analysts want it. The boxers who fight themselves want to see it. The whole world wants to see it. Shoot, I want to see it. As a Mayweather fan, I have to honestly say that I’m pretty tired of the charades between these two [...]

By Chris Williams: According to fightnews.com, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has rejected giving WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao a 50-50 revenue split for a proposed May 5th fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Eric Thomas: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is just making himself look bad in trying to chase down a fight with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. It’s clear that Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum doesn’t want the fight judging by his countless excuses.

By William Mackay: Golden Boy Promotions see Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) as a fighter that will one day in the near future succeed both Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao as boxing’s #1 pound-for-pound star.

By Chris Williams: Freddie Roach prefers that the mega fight between his fighter Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather not take place until November this year, according to ESPN.

By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr. did a smart thing by circumventing Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum by going straight to Pacquiao himself to try and get a mega fight put together between them on May 5th.

By Chris Williams Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. reportedly had a telephone conversation earlier today with Floyd calling up and speaking to both Michael Koncz and Pacquiao about a May 5th fight, according to RingTv.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It is interesting to read all the posts and blogs on the internet blaming World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquoap (54-3, 38 KO’s) and Top Rank CEO Bob Arum for the non happening of the Mega fight between “Pacman” and undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, [...]

By Babatis Banda: The announcement by Bob Arum, that Manny will not be fighting Floyd Mayweather this coming May, came not as a surprise, but a confirmation of what it has been like to deal with Arum the past two years. It is good though, that the events of the past few weeks have opened [...]

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum has dismissed the idea of letting his fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 5th in an interview conducted earlier today by Sports Illustrated.

By Chris Williams: Top Rank CEO Bob Arum has finally once and for all ruled out a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. for May 5th, telling Sports Illustrated writer Chris Mannix that Pacquiao instead will be fighting on June 9th in an outdoor stadium in Las Vegas against one of the four [...]

By Chris Williams: Former two division world champion Ricky Hatton was asked who he personally thinks will win if and when Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao get in the ring for their mega fight this year or whenever they do agree to meet up. Hatton said he felt that Mayweather would win it due [...]

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum reportedly is considering trying to meet with Las Vegas judge Melissa Saragossa to see if he can get Floyd Mayweather’s 90-day jail term to start at a later date so that Arum can match his fighter Manny Pacquiao up with Mayweather for a bout that would take place sometime in [...]

By David Gavin: Pacquiao vs Mayweather With all the recent news in the last two weeks its hard for fans to rationalize the situation. When you visit these websites all headlines either read “Mayweather calls out Pacquaio”, “De La Hoya insults Arum”, “Arum says Mayweather still Plan A for Pacquaio”. .

By Babatis Banda: I must admit, at some point I believed Manny Pacquiao could really give Floyd Mayweather some problems in the ring. This is after watching the manner he dealt with Miguel Cotto. However, to me it all ended with giving Floyd some problems before he was figured out, and that would just be [...]

By Chris Williams: Believe it or not, but Bob Arum is saying that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the main guy that he’s trying to get for his fighter Manny Pacquiao’s next fight.

By Chris Williams: First it was Floyd Mayweather Jr. advising Top Rank CEO Bob Arum who to contact Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions to start negotiations between Manny Pacquiao and Mayweather, and now it’s Oscar De La Hoya joining in on the team effort to try and get through to Arum to make him [...]

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. gave Bob Arum the names of his representatives today in order for him to stop making excuses about not knowing who to contact for him to start putting together a fight between his No.1 fighter Manny Pacquiao and Mayweather.

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. responded to feedback from Top Rank CEO Bob Arum today on his twitter account, letting Arum know who his management representative is to start putting a fight together between him and Arum’s fighter Manny Pacquiao.

By Dan Ambrose: HBO analyst Jim Lampley sees Manny Pacquiao facing WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto next in a move down to keep Cotto happy with Top Rank Promotions.

By Chris Williams: Trainer Robert Garcia can’t figure out why Manny Pacquiao won’t agree to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. and get it over with. Garcia thinks Pacquiao should agree to the May 5th so that the two fighters can finally get in the ring and prove who the better fighter is.

By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Freddie Roach doesn’t want to see WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) beat up on Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) again and is really hoping that Bob Arum selects a different opponent for Pacquiao’s next fight in June rather than having Cotto get another shot.