Manny Pacquiao Boxing News

By Dave Lahr: Trainer Freddie Roach is wary of his fighter Manny Pacquiao getting hit with head butts and uppercuts from challenger Joshua Clottey, and to prevent from Pacquiao getting hit with either, Roach says he’s going to have Pacquiao fight from the outside. In an article at TVNZ, Roach says “Sometimes he [Clottey] uses [...]

By Eric Thomas: As of the last count, there have been a total of 41,000 tickets sold for the March 13th fight between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum expects another 4000 tickets to be sold by the end of the week, which [...]

By Chris Williams: Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO’s) is counting on Manny Pacquiao to be throwing a lot of punches when he fights him on Saturday night at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium. Clottey is ready for anything that Pacquiao will be bringing to the ring, and he won’t be catching Clottey off guard if he [...]

By Esteban Garduno: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he thinks that this Saturday’s fight between World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and challenger Joshua Clottey will do as well as the Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto bought in terms of pay per view buys, according to an interview of Arum at Boxing Talk. The [...]

By Dave Lahr: Freddie Roach, the brilliant trainer for Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KO’s), says that they will be trying to get a knockout win over the usually steel-chinned Joshua Clottey on March 13th. Roach says in article at Sport.stv.tv, “We’re going to throw [Clottey] off in the first four rounds. He has never been [...]

By Jason Kim: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach says that he think that Pacquiao should get out of boxing and retire after a possible fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. next. Roach seems to be overlooking completely the threat that Pacquiao has in front of him with a fight against Joshua Clottey bearing down on the [...]

>By Esteban Garduno: On Saturday March 13th, boxing fans will get to see how well Manny Pacquiao can do against a legitimate welterweight when he fights Johsua Clottey, who has been mistakenly described over and over again as a big welterweight. That’s not correct. At only 5’9”, Clottey isn’t what you would call a big [...]

By Dave Lahr: Freddie Roach, the trainer that likes to make predictions, is now predicting for his fighter Manny Pacquiao to stop Joshua Clottey in the 6th 7th rounds on March 13th. Roach likes to start high with his knockout predictions and then come down in the rounds as the fights draw nearer. In this [...]

By Andrew Hall: Its only a week away. Fight fans everywhere are in a state of high anticipation. The training schedules of both fighters is slowly being tapered off in order to conserve energy. Both fighters are apprehensive. They feel tight. Nervous. Their minds are racing with all the various scenarios this fight could bring. [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao pummeled his trainer Freddie Roach during a recent sparring session while the 50-year-old Roach wore body armor and hand mitts to block the shots of Pacquiao. According to Abc- Cbn News, some of the shots that Pacquiao threw grazed the chin of Roach. Pacquiao apologized [...]

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (March 6, 2010) — Congressional candidate, Fighter of the Decade and boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound fighter and box office attraction MANNY “PacMan” PACQUIAO took time from training for his upcoming defense of his WBO welterweight title against former world champion and current No. 1 contender Joshua Clottey to make another boffo [...]

By Chris Williams: World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao supposedly has created a new fighting technique to use in his fight against former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey when they meet up at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium.
In an article at Abs- cbn news Pacquiao says “We’ve created a new technique. It’s going to [...]

By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao could have had a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., but instead because of the random blood tests that Mayweather asked for, Pacquiao turned in another direction and decided to fight former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey. The fight is about as interesting on paper as reading a technical manual. Pacquiao [...]

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By Sean McDaniel: Freddie Roach is predicting a knockout win for his fighter World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao against Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO’s) for their March 13th fight at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium. In an article at GMA News, Roach says “A knockout in the 9th is likely.” Pacquiao has the right [...]

Hear from experts and the fighters as they discuss The Event. Pacquiao vs. Clottey takes place Sat., March 13 live on pay-per-view.

Team Pacquiao discusses his fight against Miguel Cotto and his strengths. Pacquiao vs. Clottey takes place Sat., March 13 live on pay-per-view.

By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum thinks the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey fight is going to be a tougher fight than Pacquiao’s 12th round TKO win over Miguel Cotto last November. In an article at Philstar, Arum says “This fight is going to be harder than the Cotto fight. Why” Because Clottey [...]

By Jason Kim: Former International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO’s) outlined his fight strategy that he plans on using against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on March 13th. In article at Reuters, Clottey, 32, says “We all know Manny Pacquiao. When he comes, he starts throwing. I’m just ready. My body [...]

Tonight, boxing champ Manny Pacquiao appeared on late-night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” revealing his aspirations to run for public office, his thoughts on fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr., and how he’s preparing mentally for his upcoming fight against Joshua Clottey. Pacquiao concluded his late-night interview by serenading the live studio audience with a rendition of [...]

By Gary E G: No I’m not trying to contradict myself, I would just like to respond to some comments that were left on an article I wrote yesterday. Some commentators seemed to believe that I thought Mayweather was overlooking Mosley and only had his mind on a Pacquiao super bout. Others believed that [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Freddie Roach as usual is predicting a knockout for his fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, saying in an article at the Manila Times, “He’s [Pacquiao] going to overwhelm him” [Clottey]. With Manny’s speed and his combinations, I do believe he will be the first person to stop Clottey before the 12th [...]

By Dave Lahr: What I don’t understand is how the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey fight be called almost a sellout at 45,000 when the Dallas Cowboy stadium holds 80,000? What is it that? I know the stadium was retrofitted to fit 45,000 fans, but they keep saying that they can easily adjust it to [...]

By Glen Anglin: I just read an excellent article by Ryan Dunn on this site regarding the upcoming Pacquiao-Clottey match. It is a good read and Dunn has presented his analysis well. I would like to add my two cents for this match.
While I think that Manny Pacquiao is the favorite in this [...]

By Chris Williams: I’m having hard time getting excited about this fight with Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO’s) saying so many nice things about Manny Pacquiao. I know he’s happy that he got selected as Pacquiao’s opponent, but come on, man, where’s the fire? I want to throw every time I read all the niceties [...]

BOB ARUM: Manny Pacquiao is having a great training camp, as Freddie will tell you. There is excitement is Dallas. We have less than 8,000 tickets to go and I am fully confident we will have a sellout for the fight. It is very exciting for us and it should be [...]

By Sean McDaniel: According to Wallace Matthews of the Boston Herald, there won’t be any steroid testing for World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao or Joshua Clottey for their March 13th bout at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Matthews says that a spokeswomen reported to him that “Texas does not test boxers [...]

By Ryan Dunn: Joshua Clottey is a bruiser. He’s a solid fighter with a tight stance, and a tendency to bull rush his opponents with intentions of body shots and uppercuts.
Sometimes this style yields opportunities to land his power shots, but other times it can set up his blind hooks that cause head butts. [...]

By Dave Lahr: With all the bragging and predictions that trainer Freddie Roach has been making about Manny Pacquiao beating Joshua Clottey by a knockout, Roach is going to have some serious egg on his face should Pacquiao get taken out or otherwise beaten by Clottey on March 13th at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium. Roach [...]

By Esteban Garduno: In the teleconference call yesterday, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao said the following: “I believe I don’t really need to fight Mayweather because what I have actually done in boxing right now, I think is good enough for me.” But is Pacquiao’s career really complete if he doesn’t fight Mayweather? [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao said today in a teleconference that he believes that Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t want to fight with him at this time. “Maybe he’s afraid of me or maybe he’s afraid for this fight.” Pacquiao is talking about how Mayweather asked for random blood tests to be taken [...]