By Chris Williams: In reading some of the comments made by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, it seems like it might be a better idea for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to look in another direction for a fight rather than pursuing a fight with Manny Pacquiao. At Yahoo Sports, Arum said when speaking about negotiating with Mayweather, “You don’t negotiate. Neville Chamberlain negotiated with Hitler in Munich, and look what happened. Let the commission set whatever kind of drug testing. It has to be amplified, then that’s up to them. The only way a fight can be is if Mayweather want to fight and signs a contract like [everyone] else signs a contract.” Read the rest of this entry »

By Dennis Broadhurst: Well, I just saw the fight and admit that it was not the most exciting of fights, however, I think that people should lay off Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao did amazingly well, landing many more punches on Joshua Clottey than he was hit with, most of them were body shots but still shots.

Pacquiao was not busted up too badly by Clottey apart from a little bruising, the fight should not have taken too much out of Pacquiao, at least not as much as people expected.. I think Pacquiao did remarkably well against Clottey, avoiding being hit too much, apart from the odd straight right hand and uppercut. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dave Lahr: Okay, I’ve seen the Pacquiao-Clottey fight, and I now think Pacquiao should consider himself the luckiest man on the face of the earth that he wasn’t facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. instead of Joshua Clottey last night at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium. Mayweather would have boxed the socks of Pacquiao and given headaches for ages. As it was, Clottey hit Pacquiao at will. Really, it was like Clottey couldn’t miss with his shots. Granted, it would have helped if Clottey had at least thrown a few more punches and shown an interest in actually winning the fight instead of just looking to survive. Read the rest of this entry »

By Chris Williams: I hate to say I told you so, but I did. I knew the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey fight was going to be a total mismatch. And for the many Pacquiao fans, including trainer Freddie Roach, who said that Clottey was the type of opponent that would bring an exciting fight, you were dead wrong. How could Roach be so ignorant of Clottey? I’ve see Clottey fight at least 10 times and I knew all he was capable of doing was just covering up. If Roach didn’t know that too, shame on him. Read the rest of this entry »

By Ryan Dunn: In a victory as impressive as any in Manny Pacquiao’s career, the Pride of the Philippines has won a unanimous decision after twelve rounds of some of the most one-sided boxing we’ve witnessed at the elite level in some time. Pacquiao won at least 11 of the rounds tonight decisively, against a fighter much stronger and bigger than he was. Read the rest of this entry »

By Alexander Fugate: The Pacquiao-Clottey fight went almost exactly like the overwhelming majority felt it would. A vast majority felt Clottey would cover up too much and not throw enough punches to win rounds and didn‘t possess the power to knock Manny out. This feeling was based on the fact that Clottey has only one knockout in the last five years and loves to cover up blocking his opponents shots and not throwing anything in return for long stretches. This sentiment was proven by the odds, which made Pacquiao a seven and a half to one favorite. Read the rest of this entry »

By Eric Thomas: In a fight that was more competitive than many people thought it would be, Humberto Soto (51-7-2, 32 KOs) defeated former lightweight champion David Diaz (35-3-1, 17 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision for the vacant World Boxing Council lightweight title on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey fight on Saturday night at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Read the rest of this entry »

By Eric Thomas: Middleweight contender John Duddy (29-1, 18 KOs) won an unimpressive 10 round split decision over Michael Medina (22-2-2, 17 KOs). The final judges’ scores were 96-93, 96-93 for Duddy, and 96-93 for Medina. Duddy, 30, was rocked at the end of the 7th round and was saved by the bell. Other than that, Medina lost a point for a low blow at the end of the 8th round. Duddy looked like he was slower than he normally and appears to have lost a step or two in the past couple of years. Next up for Duddy is likely a fight against Top Rank fighter Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. That should be an interesting spectacle. Read the rest of this entry »

By Eric Hernandez: As I await tonight’s welterweight battle I find myself asking Why. Why would Manny Pacquiao risk a big money fight With Floyd Mayweather by fighting a guy in Joshua Clottey. That will be extremely difficult to look good against, he has a tough chin and his defense will make it difficult for Pac Man to dominate him the way he dominated both Oscar Dela Hoya and Miguel Cotto. Read the rest of this entry »

Boxing results from the Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas:

Salvador Sanchez KO 6 Jaime Villa Read the rest of this entry »

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (28-1, 21 KO’s) made easy work of American Adam Richards (23-3, 15 KO’s), stopping him in the 3rd round on Saturday night at the Max Schmeling Halle in Berlin. Huck dominated Richards from earlier moment of the fight, knocking him down in the 3rd round. The fight was stopped at 2:30 of the 3rd. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao has been in some minor battles during his career, but nothing like what he’s going in store for him tonight against Joshua Clottey. It’s been ages since Pacquiao’s has been in with a fighter that could stand up to him. Juan Manuel Marquez comes to mind as the last fighter that Pacquiao was put in with who had a great chance of beating him. Marquez ended up losing a controversial 12 round split decision to Pacquiao in March 2008, but was never given a rematch for some reason. Read the rest of this entry »

By Esteban Garduno: Freddie Roach seems to be conflicted about wanting Manny Pacquiao to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. On one hand, Roach can’t stop talking about how much he wants Pacquiao to fight Mayweather next, and yet in the next breath, Roach is saying that Mayweather doesn’t make the rules in boxing. Roach, of course, is talking about the Olympic style random blood tests that Mayweather wants Pacquiao to take before he’ll fight him. For some strange reason that I’ll never understand, Roach sees this as a case of Mayweather trying to throw his weight around and push Pacquiao to do something he doesn’t want to do. Read the rest of this entry »

By Esteban Garduno: Tonight’s fight at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium is mostly filled with mismatches of the worst kind. On paper, the bout between Joshua Clottey and Manny Pacquiao figures to be an easy win for Pacquiao over a limited Clottey, but I see Clottey pulling off a huge upset over Pacquiao tonight to spoil Manny’s party. Clottey will stay in Pacquiao’s face, make him work harder than he has in ages, take his shots and punish the Filipino. Pacquiao has become accustomed to beating up on over-matched opponents and Clottey isn’t going to go down like the other guys that have been fed to Pacquiao in the past two years. Read the rest of this entry »

By Peter Wells: After hearing sources on the internet I have just watched an interview on SkySports.com about Ricky Hatton’s future. Sources coming from Tenerife where Ricky Hatton is staying with friends he has been thinking whether or not he should retire. Ricky was said to be extremely upset about the realisation that he may be done with boxing. His mom and dad and girlfriend have been over to Tenerife to comfort Ricky and he’ll be heading home on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

By William Mackay: At the recent press conference with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and Paulie Malignaggi to announce their May 15th fight at the Madison Square Garden in New York, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya was positively gushing over his new Golden Boy fighter Khan, saying “We strongly feel Amir Khan can be the next great fighter to come out of England. He has a tough challenge in front of him, but we want to prove to the world he can become what we think he can become – that is a great champion.” Read the rest of this entry »

In tonight’s action at the Max Schmeling Halle, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany:

Lukas Schulz TKO 2 Lonja Fanta Read the rest of this entry »

Boxing results: Racecourse Reception Centre, Moonee Valley, Victoria, Australia:

Sam Soliman TKO 11 Shannon McMahon

By Sean McDaniel: According to Sky Sports, former IBF light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) will be holding a press conference next week to possibly announce his retirement from boxing. Hatton, 31, had been planning on staging a comeback against Juan Manuel Marquez in the summer. However, Sky Sports reports that Hatton’s training didn’t go well. Hatton has packed on a lot of weight since his 2nd round knockout defeat at the hands of Manny Pacquiao last year in May. Read the rest of this entry »

By Scott Gilfoid: When you’re dealing with a fighter who has almost no hand speed or ability to move around the ring the last thing you want to do is make it easy on them by just standing in front of them to let them punch. This is why Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s), an extraordinary boxer, won’t be making it easy on former International Boxing Federation middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) in their March 27th fight at the Joe Louis Arena, in Detroit, Michigan. Abraham, 30, obviously would like nothing better than for Dirrell to stand and trade shots with him at close range. Read the rest of this entry »

By Chris Williams: The more and more I think about the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey fight the more I believe this fight should be on regular HBO and not on pay-per-view. The reason is simple. Clottey is about as basic a fighter that you’ll ever see. He throws few punches, covers up all the time, has no right hand and is a sitting duck on the ropes much of the time. Pretty much everyone knows he’s going to lose on Saturday, including Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach, who talks nonstop for anyone willing to listen how Pacquiao is going to dominate this guy. Well I hope so. Read the rest of this entry »

Boxing results from the War Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida:

Paul Spadafora TKO 8 Ivan Fiorletta
Jason Barnett KO 2 Erik Leander Read the rest of this entry »

By Chris Williams: In case no one has noticed, Manny Pacquiao will have faced two Top Rank fighters in his last two fights when he takes on Joshua Clottey on Saturday night. And while Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach has been flapping his gums 24/7 about wanting Pacquiao to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr., a non-Top Rank fighter, next, it’s not looking like Pacquiao will ever fight Mayweather in this life time judging from the comments that Roach has been making about not wanting his fighter to have to submit to giving blood tests in order to fight Mayweather. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dan Ambrose: Although IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) is known for being a boring safety first type fighter, he does wind up getting a knock out win more often than not due to his powerful left hooks, right hands and jabs. Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18 KO’s), the latest challenger to Wladimir’s titles, hasn’t faced any top fighters with the power that Klitschko will have going for him in their fight on March 20th at the ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jim Dower: Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) defeated contender Nagy Aguilera (15-3, 10 KO’s) in a 2nd round TKO tonight in a IBF heavyweight eliminator match at the Gaylord Hotel, in Grapevine, Texas. Peter, came into the fight at 237, his lowest weight for him since 2001, knocked Aguilera down with a crushing right hand in the 2nd round. Read the rest of this entry »

Boxing from the Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic:

Felix Diaz UD 6 Orlando Membreno Read the rest of this entry »