Katsidis Wants Bout With Pacquiao

katsidis4779By Eric Thomas: If Manny Pacquiao is looking for an easy stay busy fight while he figures out whom he wants to fight next – Floyd Mayweather, Juan Manuel Marquez, Miguel Cotto or Shane Mosley -, he need look no further than top lightweight contender Michael Katsidis that is very interested in fighting him. Apparently, Katsidis, 28, is traveling all the way to Manila, in the Philippines, to call out Pacquiao.

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De La Hoya – “Mosley is too big a threat” [for Pacquiao]

pac45434551By Manuel Perez: According to The Ring web site, boxing great Oscar De La Hoya feels that Shane Mosley would “crush Pacquiao in a heartbeat.” De La Hoya feels that Pacquiao won’t fight Mosley, because Shane is too dangerous for Pacquiao to fight. There you have it from one of the best boxers that ever breathed in the great De La Hoya. I have to agree with Oscar about that. De La Hoya really knows his fighters. The dude is smart.

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Pacquiao Not Ready to Fight Mosley Yet

By Manuel Perez: I should have known it was too good to be true. After Shane Mosley publicists sent out a press release recently saying that he had an agreement from Manny Pacquiao about him fighting Mosley next, it turns out Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum haven’t yet made up their minds as to who the next opponent will be for Manny.

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Will a New Trainer Help Hatton? – Boxing

hat3529By Chris Williams: Yesterday, there was a rumor that spread rapidly from a smaller boxing website on the net about Freddie Roach becoming the new trainer for Ricky Hatton. Quickly, the rumor was dispelled by team Hatton who said that it wasn’t true and that Hatton hadn’t yet decided what to do with his career.

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Pacquiao Agrees to Fight Mosley

By Manuel Perez: It looks as if Manny Pacquiao finally decided to fight World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs), according to GMA News site. Pacquiao, 30, has agreed to the fight, although he still needs to negotiate the terms of the fight with the 37-year-old Mosley.

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Pacquiao Not Likely to Face Mayweather in 2009

By Manuel Perez: Well, according to the latest boxing news, it appears doubtful that Manny Pacquiao will be fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2009, says Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum. Instead, it looks as if Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley, or Edwin Valero will be next up for the Filipino star. Since Pacquiao wants to get the huge payday that a bout with Mayweather will give to him, it’s doubtful that Cotto or Mosley are in the picture for 2009 either.

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Mosley Wants Pacquiao Fight, But Is Manny Interested?

By Jason Kim: WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley called out Manny Pacquiao yesterday telling him that he’s willing to fight him at his “catch weight” of whatever weight that Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach come up with for a fight. However, it’s unknown whether Pacquiao will want to fight him now since he’s said that he wants to wait on the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight and take the winner of that fight next.

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Valero Interested in Marquez and Pacquiao Fights

valero5757756By William Mackay: In the latest news from Ring magazine, WBA lightweight champion Edwin Valero once again repeated his interest in getting big money fights against Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, despite the fact that Valero has yet to prove that he belongs in the same ring with either of them at this point.

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