By William Mackay: Freddie Roach, the trainer for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan, says he sees a lot of similarities between the 23-year-old Khan and his number #1 fighter Manny Pacquiao. In an article at Reuters. Roach says “I see a lot of Manny in him [Khan]. They’re very similar in a lot of aspects.” Roach has said in the past that he believes that Khan can become a great one like Pacquiao.
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Arum going to work hard on putting together Mayweather-Pacquiao fight
By Chris Williams: With Manny Pacquiao possibly about to end his career in November, his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank is determined to try and put together a mega fight with undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. In an article by the Associated Press, Arum says “That’s the fight people want to see, and that’s the fight I’m going to do my darnedest to make happen. My first goal is to make that fight happen, but we’re not going to negotiate this thing in the press, because if we do, given the egos, it’s never going to happen.” That’s nice to hear. It’s too bad that it took this long for that to happen.
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao will likely hinge on the drug testing issue
By Dan Ambrose: It’s sad to think that the mega fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao could depend on the random drug blood testing that Mayweather wants for the fight. At this point, there would be many other areas that could stop the fight from being made, such as the revenue split and the $10 million weight penalty that Pacquiao’s team asked to be part of the contract last time out when negotiating with Mayweather.
Pacquiao could face big criticism if he ends up fighting Cotto again
By Jim Dower: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO’s) could end up fighting Miguel Cotto one more time if the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight doesn’t end up getting made. Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter, is thinking of matching Pacquiao up with the winner of the Cotto vs. Yuri Foreman fight next month on June 5th at Yankee Stadium. Arum would also like to match Pacquiao up against Antonio Margarito, but that fight would hinge on whether or not Margarito could get his boxing license back in the United States, which may not happen soon. This would leave Pacquiao fighting the Cotto-Foreman winner for his final fight of his career in November of this year.
Pacquiao to fight for a final time in November – News
By Chris Williams: World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will fight for a final time in November against either Floyd Mayweather Jr., the winner of the Yuri Foreman vs. Miguel Cotto fight or against Antonio Margarito. The 31-year-old Pacquiao has received permission from his mother to fight one more time and then retire and then focus on his political career as a congressman in the Philippines. Pacquiao said to ABS-CBN “So many fans want me to fight Mayweather, so I asked my mother to allow me to fight one more time, and she said ‘Ok.’ My mother agreed.”
Prediction: Manny Pacquiao Agrees to Drug Testing, Fights Floyd Mayweather Jr.
By Ryan Dunn: Now that Manny Pacquiao has won the congressional seat he spent over $6.5M to secure, and now that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has $40M to fill up his pool and go swimming in, cooler heads should return to the negotiating table to make the fight of the millennium happen.
But there are a few teensy issues to resolve first, right?
Roach: “We are now going to have congressman Pacquiao knock out Floyd Mayweather”
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s landslide victory yesterday in the congressional elections in the Philippines has his trainer Freddie Roach excited about the future. In an article at the The Telegraph,, Roach says “We are now going to have congressman Pacquiao knock out Floyd Mayweather.” That all sounds very well, but there’s a couple of problems getting in the way of that happening. First off, Pacquiao would have to likely give in to the unbeaten Mayweather’s demands about the Olympic style random blood testing that he wants before fighting him. And second, there’s the whole question about purse splits and who gets the bigger slice of the revenue.
Ellerbe says Mayweather isn’t thinking about Pacquiao – News
By Jim Dower: Leonard Ellerbe, the adviser for Floyd Mayweather Jr., is denying that Mayweather will be starting negotiations with World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday, according to an interview of Ellerbe by writer David Mayor of the Grand Rapids Press. Earlier today, Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, told the Associated Press, that negotiations for a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight would begin tomorrow on Tuesday for a mega fight, which he thinks will take place in November.
Roach: Mayweather-Pacquiao negotiations to start on Tuesday
By Jim Dower: Trainer Freddie Roach said to the Associated Press that the negotiations between his fighter World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. could begin on Tuesday of this week – after the Philippine elections results are in. Pacquiao is currently making an attempt to win a seat in the congress after having failed on his first attempt. Roach says “I think the fight will happen. It will probably be November, maybe October. November’s not a great pay-per-view month, but I think it will happen.
Mitchell thinks Pacquiao should take the blood tests to fight Mayweather – News
By Eric Thomas: Lightweight contender Kevin Mitchell (31-0, 23 KO’s) thinks that Manny Pacquiao should agree to take the blood tests for a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., according to an article from Sportinglife. Mitchell, 25, who will be facing WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis on May 15th, has this to say about Pacquiao and the blood testing issue: “I think Mayweather’s got a fair point with the testing. If someone won’t take a drug test then there’s a problem there.” Pacquiao, the World Boxing Organization welterweight champion, is okay with taking limited blood testing for performance enhancing drugs up to a point. Pacquiao previously wanted the blood testing, which Mayweather asked to be taken randomly, to be stopped 24 days before his planned fight with Mayweather.