Manny Pacquiao Boxing News

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum could have a June 9th fight between Tim Bradley and Manny Pacquiao finalized this weekend, according to RingTV. Arum promotes both Bradley and Pacquiao so there shouldn’t be any issues. The fight will likely be a lot easier to make now that Arum’s main target Miguel Cotto [...]

By Chris Williams: If he had his preference, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) would have much rather been fighting Manny Pacquiao on May 5th rather than WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Chris Williams: Sometimes when a fighter is stubborn about being willing to negotiate small issues like weight, they end up shooting themselves in the foot by missing out fights that would bring them many more millions.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): In this writer’s opinion World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) is the elite fighter of this generation. His defensive skills are perhaps equal to any fighter of any generation. It is also probable that he would have been competitive to the past greats of [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be moving up in weight to challenge WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto for his title on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight will be held at the full 154 pound weight for the division without a catchweight handicap for Mayweather Jr.

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum is still waiting for a phone call from Floyd Mayweather Jr. to try and set up a fight with his number #1 cash cow fighter Manny Pacquiao. But instead of the wanting Mayweather to call or text him so that he can try and put together a fight for May, [...]

By Chris Williams: New HBO head of sport programming Ken Hershman believes that the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao has a shelf life for this fight that will soon be coming up if the bout isn’t made, according to an article at the New York Daily News.

By Allen Fox: Despite the talk of Timothy Bradley being the likely next opponent for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao to fight on June 9th, fellow Top Rank fighter Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) still remains very much alive in the hunt for the Pacquiao fight.

By Frank Car: Okay, okay. Just… okay. Enough. Now it looks like Mayweather vs Pacquiao will not be happening anytime soon unless things change quite quick, and it seems like Cotto is going to be in the mix somewhere, against either Mayweather or Pacquiao. But still no Mega-Fight. So… this is the effort that was [...]

By Allen Fox: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, former IBF/WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto has suffered an arm injury of some kind that may require that his February 11th rematch with Victor Ortiz be postponed. Steve Kim is reporting that Berto suffered a ruptured bicep.

By Chris Williams: It looks as if Oscar De La Hoya’s prediction about Top Rank promoter Bob Arum matching Manny Pacquiao up with Timothy Bradley is about to come to fruition, as the 80-year-old Arum is talking about Bradley being the likely next fight for Pacquiao on June 9th in Arum’s four fighter tournament.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Top Rank CEO Bob Arum says that undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 KO’s) is now the frontrunner to face Filipino superstar WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) in June. If Bradley does land the fight with Pacquiao it would be by [...]

By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s next fight is looking more and more like it’s going to be against fellow Top Rank fighter WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, as that’s the guy that their promoter Bob Arum likes for Pacquiao’s next fight in June.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) and undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) continue to jockey for position for the benefit of the media even though it is highly unlikely that the highly anticipated match between the two superstars will happen [...]

By Chris Williams: Victor Ortiz is solidly behind Manny Pacquiao in him being able to call the shots for a rematch with Miguel Cotto, according to examiner.com. Cotto is standing firm in not wanting to drain down from his fighting weight of 154 all the way to 147.

By Chris Williams: In a rather childish move, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum gave Floyd Mayweather Jr. a counter offer of $45 million to fight his guy Manny Pacquiao on June 9th, according to the Manila Standard.

By Chris Williams: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer seems to have completely given up on the idea of Bob Arum allowing his big money fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May, June or even in November of this year.

By Chris Williams: It doesn’t appear likely that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be fighting Manny Pacquiao in November of this year and you can completely forget about them fighting in May or June because that’s not going to happen. Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter, has been talking about a November fight because them but that seems [...]

By Reni M. Valenzuela: “Let’s forget the May date,” Bob Arum of Top Rank told a Manila based reporter. So there’s the beef, and the sin.

By Chris William: Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) could be facing IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) in April in fight for the 38-year-old Marquez’s fourth division world title at the Cowvboy’s Stadium in Arlington, Texas, according to RingTV.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will fight whoever his promoter Top Rank CEO Bob Arum puts in front of him. With undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayeather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO) refusing to agree to a 50/50 split of the revenue for a Pacquiao – Mayweather super [...]

By Julian Valenzuela: I really cant believe what I’m reading in all of the comments people are leaving on articles speaking of Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley. People actually think Bradley has a chance to win this fight.

By Chris Williams: Miguel Cotto is still the guy that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wants to match against his fighter Manny Pacquiao on June 9th, although the negotiations have reached an impasse due to Pacquiao not willing to fight above 147 and Cotto not willing to fight below 150.

By Chris Williams: Like a lot of people that have been speaking their mind lately, former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios doesn’t have any interest in seeing WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao fight Miguel Cotto again after seeing how one-sided their previous fight was back in 2009.

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum has given up on trying to put together the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao fight for May or June.

By Chris Williams: According to RingTV, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is thinking about matching Manny Pacquiao up with WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley next along with a fight between Lamont Peterson vs. Juan Manuel Marquez in what would be a four-man mini tournament.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) has topped WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) in Pay Per View (PPV) buys for his last three fights. In addition Pacquiao’s live gate attendance far exceeds Mayweather during the same time span.

By Dan Ambrose: Bob Arum doesn’t have any positive news for a mega fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. and is now looking for November to try and set the fight up in a temporary arena like the one Arum has been talking about having built on the Las Vegas strip.

By Dan Ambrose: With Floyd Mayweather Jr. asking for the lion’s share of the revenue for a fight against Manny Pacquiao, it looks like the mega fight between them is off for now at least until possibly November.

By Chris Williams: According to writer Nick Giongco of tempo.com.ph, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao says he was offered a juicy guaranteed $40 million from Floyd Mayweather Jr. during their phone discussion with each other, but Pacquiao wouldn’t get any of the pay per view money for the fight if he agreed to accept the [...]