By Dan Ambrose: It’s been two years now since Miguel Cotto was battered and bruised in losing to Manny Pacquiao by a 12th round TKO in November 2009. Cotto looked awful in that fight after the first couple of rounds and seemed to be in the survival mode until being blasted out in the 12th round under a stiff bombardment from Pacquiao With help from his promoter Bob Arum, who has set him up with three winnable fights, Cotto has won his last three rounds and now feels he deserves a big money rematch with Pacquiao next.
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Mayweather Sr.: Pacquiao doesn’t want to fight little Floyd
By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Sr. has serious doubts that WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao ever really wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Sr. thinks Pacquiao is avoiding the fight to save himself from getting a beating from his son.
Marquez wants Pacquiao rematch on May 5th, but doesn’t want Vegas
By Chris Williams: Now that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is firmly out of the picture for a mega fight against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao for early 2012, 38-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) is speaking up saying he wants a fourth fight between him and Pacquiao, but not in Las Vegas, Nevada. There it is. Marquez just gave Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum the perfect excuse not to have to fight him again. Marquez should have thought hard before he said that. He’ll never get the fight not, not that he was going to get it anyway.
Pacquiao – Mayweather Jr. fight is not going to happen, Floyd doesn’t want it!
By Juan dela Cruz: All boxing fans around the globe were on the edge of their seats when talks about possible Pac-Money fight started to circulate among sports enthusiasts. They were very eager to see who the real pound for pound king is.
Marquez the best opponent for Pacquiao to make a lot of money against next
By Chris Williams: If Manny Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum’s main objective is to make the most money possible for the next fight for Pacquiao, then a fourth fight between him and Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) is the direction they need to go in because Marquez will bring in more money than the other potential Pacquiao opponents Miguel Cotto, Timothy Bradley, and Lamont Peterson in early 2012.
Roach sees Lamont Peterson as the best choice for Pacquiao
By William Mackay: Trainer Freddie Roach sees IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson as the best possible choice for his fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s next fight.
Lamont Peterson possible Pacquiao opponent
by John F. McKenna (McJack): New WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) is being considered as a possible opponent for pound for pound king WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s).
Atlas: Mayweather will beat Pacquiao handily if and when they fight
By Chris Williams: The wise Teddy Atlas doesn’t see a future fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. being a particularly close one if and when the bout happens. Speaking with fighthype.com, Atlas pointed out that Pacquiao has shown signs of being susceptible in taking punishment in some of his one-sided fights put together by his promoter Bob Arum.
Why are Pacquiao’s fans so happy about Mayweather going to jail?
By Chris Williams: When you look around in the comment section of boxingnews24.com you’ll notice that Manny Pacquiao’s fans are in a collective celebratory mood about Floyd Mayweather Jr’s 90 day jail term, which begins on January 6th next year and will keep him out of action for the first quarter of next year.
Dan Rafael: Mayweather’s jail sentence let’s Arum off the hook
By Chris Williams: ESPN writer Dan Rafael believes that WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, was never really interested in matching his cash cow fighter Pacquiao up with unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the recent 90-day jail sentence that Mayweather received gave Arum the excuse not to match Pacquiao up with Mayweather.