Manny Pacquiao boxing news
By Ryan Dunn: Toronto Star sports reporter Morgan Campbell recently caught up with Freddie Roach, who is in Canada to train female understudy, Ana Julaton.
Roach had some pretty brazen thoughts on the matter of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao signing on the dotted line. He feels that Pacquiao might put the ball in Mayweather’s court by agreeing to ALL of the demands set forth…
By Dave Lahr: It’s sad that the great Floyd Mayweather Jr. still isn’t getting the credit and the adoration that he deserves after beating talented fighters like Shane Mosley, Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya, to name just a few of the many fighters that Mayweather schooled in his impressive career. But even thought Mayweather shown himself to be the best fighter in boxing over and over again, it looks like he’s still not getting the credit or respect he deserves from the boxing public.
By Dave Lahr: Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield believes that World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. bout is a “toss-up.” In an interview at 8countnews.com, Holyfield says “On paper, you always give it to Mayweather, but on personal ability and in a guy that fights through and through, you would say Pacquiao. This is what makes this fight a toss up.” Holyfield has always been a brawler during his great boxing career, and for that reason it’s not surprising that he’s siding with Pacquiao, who is also a brawler in the same mold as Holyfield.
By Chris Williams: Not surprisingly, Bobby Pacquiao, the brother of WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, thinks that Manny will beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. if and when they fight in November. In an article by Michael Marley at Examiner.com, Bobby Pacquiao says “Manny will find a way to beat Mayweather, this I believe. He will find a way just like he did with Ricky Hatton and with Oscar De La Hoya. Manny always finds a way, he always make the adjustments he needs when he needs to make them.”
By Bryan Derbigny: It is well known that from ‘1999 to 2007, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been the best pound-for-pound boxer in the sport. Mayweather may not have fought who you thought was the best, but he has fought some good opponents. During that time, Mayweather has dominated pretty much everyone he got into the ring with. His first fight with Jose Luis Castillo in April 2002 was a questionable win, but Mayweather followed that up with a unanimous decision win in the rematch in December 2002 (even though he weighed in 9 lbs less).
By Chris Williams: Whether good or bad, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum thinks that the mega fight negotiations between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will be settled very soon. In an article at the Manila Bulletin, Arum said “We will have a resolution to this within the month.” That doesn’t really say much, because there really isn’t a lot of time for Arum and Pacquiao to wait around if the Mayweather negotiations keep going at a snail’s pace. Arum wants Pacquiao back in the ring by November 13th, and for that to happen he’s going to have get an opponent picked out.
By Giancarlo Malinconico: Despite a robbery in the first degree by the judges, it was obvious in actuality that Jose Luis Castillo defeated Floyd Mayweather in their first encounter in April 2002 (which may have been a primary reason why some did not vote for Floyd for Fighter of the Decade). How was Castillo able to beat Mayweather? Floyd of course had many excuses for the loss, which is not surprising, as many boxers do. Floyd claimed everything from a shoulder injury to being sick. Had the fight occurred in the last few years the Mayweathers would have probably claimed that Castillo was taking performance-enhancing drugs.
By Babatis Banda: While it is true that these are probably the best two P4P fighters in the world today, they are surely not cut from the same cloth. The factors that have made these two successful are almost completely parallel and are so easy to see. It is important to understand these factors to understand what shapes them into what they are, and may be hugely responsible for the current impasse.
By Dave Lahr: For some reason, Manny Pacquiao has got it in his head that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is afraid to fight him. How Pacquiao got the opinion is anyone’s guess, because all Mayweather is asking for from Pacquiao is a better financial deal than 50-50, which is what Pacquiao wants. I fail to see how Mayweather asking for more money translates into him being afraid of Pacquiao. That just seems like some twisted logic to me.
By Giancarlo Malinconico: Manny Pacquiao has agreed to all of Floyd Mayweather’s demands from the first round of negotiations in early 2010. Pacquiao has agreed to the 14-day cut off point for random blood testing that Mayweather demanded, which had been the only point of contention between the two until “Money” had recently demanded a 60/40 purse split in his favor, which all but guarantees that the fight will never happen. Manny did not look for common ground, but he accepted all of Floyd’s original terms.