By John F. McKenna (McJack): Five time trainer of the year Freddie Roach disclosed in a New York Times interview that his star fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-1, 38 KO’s) had a loss of focus in his November 12 fight with WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s). Roach was quoted in the interview saying:
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Pacquiao will insist upon Mayweather as his next opponent
By Patrick White: As reported by Eddie G. Alinea, Manny Pacquiao will insist upon Floyd Mayweather being his next opponent when he meets with his promoter Bob Arum on Tuesday.
Pacquiao says he’s going to tell Arum he wants Mayweather next
By Chris Williams: Believe it or not, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) says he’s going to tell promoter Bob Arum that he wants Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) next rather than the gang of four that Arum has hand-picked for Pacquiao to choose from for his next fight in June.
Greed over greatness: Floyd, Manny & Arum’s hold
By Rimar Cry: There’s a fight out there which I’m extremely tired of reading about, but which has my attention like no other. We all want to know who’s the best P4P.
Arum’s four-fighter list for Pacquiao: Two retreads and two non-stars
By Chris Williams: You know things are bad when you have Bob Arum rejecting Floyd Mayweather Jr. for a bout against his fighter Manny Pacquiao for the sake of Arum putting him in with one of four fighters – Timothy Bradley, Miguel Cotto, Lamont Peterson and Juan Manuel Marquez – that Arum has personally selected for him to fight.
Arum: We’ll lose $20 million if we fight Mayweather at the MGM Grand
By Jason Kim: Floyd Mayweather Jr. made a mistake of lining up the MGM Grand for his next fight on May 5th instead of keeping his options open. By doing this, Mayweather effectively cut off any potential for a fight against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao due to the limited seating capacity of the MGM Grand, which only seats 18,000 boxing fans.
De La Hoya believes Arum is dangling Pacquiao as bait to keep Peterson from fighting Khan again
By Allen Fox: Promoter Oscar De La Hoya thinks that Bob Arum is purposely using his fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao as bait to keep IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson from signing an immediate rematch with Amir Khan.
It’s time for Bob Arum to let Pacquaio choose his own opponent
By Dallan o’ Donnell: Regarded by many experts as the number one pound for pound fighter in the world Manny Pacquaio is truly a modern day legend of the sport. He has had some shaky, uncharacteristic performances of late but his class is undoubted. So why is it that a man who is an eight division world champion can’t even pick his next opponent?
Pacquiao to fight on June 9th or 16th, says Arum – Breaking News!
By Jim Dower: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will be fighting on June 9th or 16th, according to fightnews.com. Promoter Bob Arum told writer Nick Giongco of fightnews that Pacquiao will be back in action against one of four possible opponents in the summer date. It won’t be Floyd Mayweather Jr., however, as he’ll be serving his 90-day jail term at that time.
Rafael: Vitali was able to fight six months after needing 60 stitches for cut in Lewis fight; Pacquiao can’t fight six months after needing only 28 stitches for Marquez fight
By Chris Williams: ESPN writer Dan Rafael seems to be having fun goading Top Rank promoter Bob Arum for his rather weak excuse given for not matching WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao up with WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 5th.