Manny Pacquiao Boxing News

By Ellis Belither: It has become pretty clear over recent weeks that Top Rank CEO Bob Arum is not interested in putting his No.1 fighter and money-maker WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in the ring against Floyd Mayweather Jr. any time soon. This is probably a wise decision if Arum wishes to continue to gain [...]

By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach sees Top Rank CEO Bob Arum opting to skip Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the next opponent for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and instead look to put him in with one of his Top Rank fighters Miguel Cotto or Timothy Bradley next in a move likely done to maximize [...]

By Chris Williams: Former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez believes that Top Rank Bob Arum is getting in the way of the mega clash between his cash cow fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and World Boxing Council welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.

By Dan Ambrose: It’s still stunned that Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) is rumored to be the guy that gets picked by Bob Arum to fight WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) on June 9th instead of Floyd Mayweather Jr. or someone who at least boxing fans haven’t seen Pacquiao in with before.

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By Chris Williams: Just when you thought the drug testing issues were already settled for a potential bout between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. for whenever they do eventually fight, Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach had to speak up and question whether Pacquiao should agree to the random blood tests for performance enhancing drugs.

By Chris Williams: Michael Koncz, the close adviser to WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, is saying that Pacquiao still hasn’t selected an opponent yet for his next fight, which is tentatively set for June 9th after Floyd Mayweather Jr. is safely out of the picture doing his 90-day jail term.

By Chris Williams: Although WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) still hasn’t revealed who he’ll be fighting next in late May or early June, it’s thought Pacquiao has selected a rematch against WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) instead of a much more desired fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. that [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Manny Pacquiao’s wife Jinkee told philstar.com “He wants Cotto.” I don’t know how much weight Jinkee has when it comes to having inside information about Pacquiao’s next opponent, but that sure does make sense because Cotto fits all the criteria that Pacquiao’s promoter likes in an opponent: A. Cotto fights for Top [...]

By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s personal advisor Michael Koncz says that they may release the name for Pacquiao’s next opponent by the end of next week. Koncz doesn’t say who it will be and is holding onto the information until he’s met with Pacquiao and further discussed it.

By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao met with Bob Arum today in the Philippines and made a decision about who he’ll be fighting next in late May or early June.

By Dan Ambrose: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has reportedly picked out, with the help of his close and trusted promoter Bob Arum, his next opponent for June, according to Philstar.com.

By Chris Williams: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is fed up with all the different excuses Top Rank Promoter Bob Arum is making for why he can’t make a fight between his fighter Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

By Chris Williams: Freddie Roach wants to see the Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight happen but not on May 5th and not at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Roach prefers that the fight take place later on in the year because Pacquiao and Arum are already negotiating a fight with another [...]

By Chris Williams: ESPN2 analyst Teddy Atlas puts the blame for the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao fight not being made squarely on the shoulders of Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum, who Atlas feels doesn’t want to make the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight because it doesn’t benefit him to do so.

By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach openly admits that Pacquiao will be fighting someone else in his next fight in June and not Mayweather. Roach doesn’t do the selection of who Pacquiao fights, but he thinks it’s going to be Timothy Bradley or Lamont Peterson who get the call for the fight and [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Top Rank CEO Bob Arum acknowledges that he does not fully understand the current situation with World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) but he stated that Floyd is seeking investors for a possible Mega fight with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s).

By Chris Williams: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is fed up with Bob Arum of Top Rank making useless predictions about what his Golden Boy Promotion fighters will be fighting next. For example, Arum recently picked Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight Robert Guerrero, which Schaefer has already pointed out won’t be happening.

WILLIAM HILL have slashed their odds for a re-match between Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson from 4/6 to 1/5 after the WBA confirmed their intention of ordering the fight to be staged again. ‘But ordering a rematch does not guarantee that it wil happen warned Graham Sharpe ofWilliam Hill, ‘Peterson also holds another belt and [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC welterweight champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he’s only targeting Manny Pacquiao right now and nobody else. In an interview at fighthype.com, Mayweather states that he doesn’t want Saul Alvarez, Miguel Cotto or a rematch against Juan Manuel Marquez.

By Babatis Banda: All it took was Floyd Mayweather junior to tweet…” come fight me punk” and a list of excuses over the past few days have poured out, one after the other. When Floyd was sentenced to 90 days incarceration for domestic violence, it seemed a heavy load was lifted off Bob Arum and [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Promoter Bob Arum thinks that Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t serious about wanting to face his fighter Manny Pacquiao on May 5th, and sees it as merely game playing on Mayweather’s part to give himself cover for the eventual backlash that he’ll be receiving once he does make an announcement as to who [...]

By Allen Fox: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KO’s) is still waiting to find out if he gets the call to face WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) on May 5th on Cinco de Mayo at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Manny Pacquiao’s wife Jinkee was instrumental in a drastic change in his lifestyle after his narrow and controversial victory over WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) in November. The changes came about at the insistence of Jinkee who, among other things, is concerned about Manny’s public image.

By Allen Fox: Floyd Mayweather Sr. says his son Floyd Mayweather Jr. told him that if he can’t get Manny Pacquiao to agree to fight him on May 5th, then he’s interested in facing WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto next rather than 21-year-old Saul Alvarez.

By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao wants a 50-50 deal of the revenue before he’ll accept a fight against WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. for a fight in May.

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum is looking to put together a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in late May. However, Arum wants Mayweather to contact him so that he can try and make a deal to guarantee Mayweather’s purse.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) has called the bluff of WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s). Mayweather earlier this week called Pacquiao out on twitter saying “step up punk”.

By Peter Wells: Last year the names Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather hardly featured in the same sentence but already in 2012 the two names are all that are being talked about in boxing. So, Floyd Mayweather isn’t going to jail until June and is ready for Manny on May 5th.

By Chris Williams: While the entire world is asking for a bout between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. for May 5th, Team Pacquiao is resistant to the idea of taking the fight on that date, believing that it will mean a loss of revenue for Pacquiao if he agrees to take it. The money [...]