By Scott Gilfoid: Former World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe had a few thoughts on the dull bout between WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev and British heavyweight David Haye, saying in the Southwalesargus “I don’t think you can really blame Haye [for the boring fight] for that. Valuev is absolutely awful, a poor fighter and a very poor champion.” I agree that Valuev was a horrible champion, because that’s pretty much already been established. However, I don’t agree on giving Haye a free pass on why their fight ended up to be so boring. Haye threw only a small number of punches per round, little over 10, which is pretty pathetic for a top heavyweight contender.
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Boxing – The Core Values of Manny Pacquiao
by Davey Jackson: Welcome to the Philippines. A conglomerate of over 7000 islands off the coast of Pacific Asia, made up of numerous cultures and ethnicity’s. The technologically superior Spanish conquerors of the 16th/17th century arrived and over the course of a few hundred years, would be troubled by the peoples of these lands. From this early conjunction, the core values of the Filipino mentality and national make up can be traced in a time line to the modern day great pugilist, Manny Pacquiao.
Mayweather-Pacquiao: Let Me Discredit The Critics!
By Dewi Powell: My previous article described Cotto-Pacquiao as a fight that is the pinnacle of the welterweight decade; I worded it carefully because I knew the winner of that fight against Mayweather would be the pinnacle of the welterweight era! However, most people seem to have already predicted that Mayweather-Pacquiao has an absolute certain conclusion without looking at any tactical issues. I’m writing to dispel the criticisms of Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, read with an open mind and disconnect yourself from any bias or loyalty you may have ….
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao – Article 1 – Response!
By Jorge Lugo: It seems I have become a marked man on BoxingNews! All Floyd Mayweather Jr. followers have bashed me in regards to my most recent article stating “Floyd Mayweather Jr. is overrated, period!” Now fortunately for me, I couldn’t care less what the next man thinks.
Pacquiao vs. Mayweather: Who wins?
By Liam Fitzgerald: After Manny Pacquiao’s stunning demolition of Miguel Cotto on Saturday night we are surely now set up for the ultimate showdown: Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather. There’s no point denying that these two fighters are in a class of their own and the p4p number one spot cannot be truly held by one without beating the other.
Mayweather-Pacquiao: Part of my dream list for 2010
By Peter Wells: As the year of 2009 draws to a close with only 6 fighting weeks remaining, and only a few big fights to draw a close to a controversial and exciting year. It is now time to start to look ahead to 2010, fights are being made and whispers are spreading around, but there are so many fights we want to see next year it seems impossible to cram it all in. Here is my list of fights that I would love to see happen next year, not all of them will be hugely appealing to most people but they are fights that make sense:
Where Credit is due – Cotto vs. Pacquiao
By Will Cruz: From the months leading up to the mega fight between the Pacman and Fearless Miguel Cotto up until fight night, I was as excited as everyone for these two to get in the ring. I followed both camps closely, watched every interview, training video and 2 hours of HBO’s 24/7.
Pacquiao’s Amazing Run…Once In a Lifetime or Performance Enhanced?
By Joel Nepomuceno: In light of Saturday night’s total annihilation of Miguel Cotto, Pacquiao laid claim to being the only boxer to have seven titles in seven divisions. The past few days as the high of his dominance comes to a calm, skeptics naturally question if Manny Pacquiao really is a once in a lifetime talent or is he getting assistance with some sort of performance enhancing drugs. Floyd Mayweather Sr. will tell anyone who listens that he’s very suspicious of Pacquiao’s dominance. Mayweather Jr., when asked about Pacquiao claims they have the best performance enhancing drugs in the Philippines (a country with a 40% poverty rate).
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao – Article 1
By Ibrar Arshaid: I recently read a post by a fellow writer Jorge Lugo headlined ‘Floyd Mayweather is overrated’. I read the article and read all the responses and I honestly was in shock that so many people actually think that Mayweather is overrated. The responses were just ridiculous, ‘Floyd has never fought anyone in his career’, ‘Mayweather has ducked the best fighters his entire career’, ‘Manny would kill Mayweather and Floyd is just running scared from Pacquiao’ etc. Reading all these stupid responses honestly made me think why people hate this guy so much.
Roach wants Pacquiao to face Marquez at a 145 pound catch-weight
By Manuel Perez: I thought the catch weight bouts for Manny Pacquiao were done and finished with his fight with World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto last weekend, but I guess I’m wrong. Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach, in an article with Philstar, said “ Maybe we can do Marquez one more time and give him a rematch…It will definitely be a big fight.” Roach is speaking of Juan Manuel Marquez as a backup plan to use in case a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t materialize for one reason or another.