By Frank Car: So who wants to hear how it’s going to go down? Mayweather vs Pacquiao off? I don’t think so. It only takes a few simple steps and it’s game on. Just in time, coincidentally, for the early January Press conference meeting. What better information can you kick off a press conference with then official news that the Mega-Fight is on.
Mayweather-Pacquiao
Mayweather Jr. vs. Pacquiao: Enough is Enough!
by Daniel Ciminera: All I have read about in recent months is Pacquiao v Mayweather and to be perfectly honest, I was completely sick of it a long time ago. Forget Mayweather snr. Forget Golden Boy. Forget Arum. Forget Malignaggi. Forget everything but, Floyd and Manny. Why, if these are supposed to be two of the best fighters in history, is there any avoidance going on?! In my opinion, they have both shown themselves up badly and done the sport no favours whatsoever with their recent actions. Or rather, lack thereof!
Fights for 2010 that we want to see!
By Simon Hirst:
Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao
Wouldn’t it be great if we could all get along? Unfortunately, it seems as though this mega match will happen in the courts rather than the ring. I would love to think this is all part of a media stunt in promoting the bout, but I can’t see it myself. Worlds pound for pound best fighting each other.
Pacquiao could win millions in lawsuit against Mayweather, De La Hoya and Schaefer
By Jason Kim: As reported by The Grand Rapids Press, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao could stand to win tens of millions of dollars if his lawsuit for defamation against Floyd Mayweather Jr., Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Sr., Roger Mayweather and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is successful. Pacquiao has hired famous American lawyer Daniel Petrocelli to represent him in this case. Petrocelli said in an interview at Grand Rapids Press, “They’ve already done untold damage, in the tens of millions of dollars, and we’re going to see this doesn’t happen again, and we’re going to recover for all the damage that they’ve already inflicted.”
Will Pacquiao’s lawsuit against Mayweather make it impossible for the fight to be made?
By Jason Kim: I don’t begrudge Manny Pacquiao for wanting to file a lawsuit for defamation against Floyd Mayweather Jr., his father Floyd Sr., Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, as reported today, but I think this may make it much harder to make the mega fight possible between Pacquiao and Mayweather now. It’s not impossible for the fight to still be made, but this likely won’t help matters. Besides that, Pacquiao is taking a lot of heat from boxing fans in internet boxing forums and in the comment sections of blogs.
Mayweather has got under Manny’s skin
By Michael Taylor: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is known so well by boxing fans for his torments and the way he gets under opponents skin, but usually does it when they stand face to face, and when the fight is arranged. But this time Mayweather has already enraged Manny Pacquiao, and Manny wasn’t short of words in a recent interview back in the Philippines. Manny has now agreed to do urine tests before the fight but still the fight is still in danger.
Unhappy with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
By Eamon Mcdonald: Honestly, Floyd Mayweather Jr. upsets me so much and I’m only an armchair fan. I live in Ireland so it’s extremely difficult to get a ticket for a big fight. Mayweather is a great boxer, he knows the sport well and has been blessed with great ability. It’s a shame, though, that his style often makes for awful fights that fail to excite whilst Juan Manuel Marquez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Shane Mosley, to name a few, don’t get paid as much as him (well, Manny Pacquiao does now). In my views, their fights are much more exciting because they are willing to spill blood to win a fight.
20 years of Boxing greats
By Richie Doyle: Whenever I sit down with other boxing fans and talk boxing I must say I cringe when people say that boxing isn’t as good as the good old days and that it has lost its romance, now I know boxing past has seen some unbelievable boxers, great characters and ambassadors for the sport but that is not to say that the last 20 years hasn’t seen some greats so heres my top 20 pound for pound boxers of the last 20 years:
Roy Jones Jr. takes Pacquiao’s side about the blood tests
By Scott Gilfoid: The great Roy Jones Jr. is firmly on Manny Pacquiao’s side, according to an interview at Boxing Talk. Speaking about the blood tests, Jones said “Why should he [Pacquiao] change for Floyd? [Mayweather]…If you’re going to check him, why didn’t you check [Juan Manuel] Marquez? It’s kind of strange to call him out on this, and nobody else.” I totally agree with you, Roy. Why make poor Pacquiao the whipping boy for this new steroid testing? If they wanted to change the rules at this point, it should have come from the Nevada Athletic Commission, not the Mayweather camp.
Boxing Inspiration
By Michael Taylor: Since starting watching boxing just over a year ago, I have finally found a sport I love. I tried football and rugby but boxing tops them both. I haven’t been into boxing very long; I first started watching it when Amir Khan used to be on ITV, then the first real big event I watched was Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Ricky Hatton. Last year was when I really started to enjoy the sport, just before the fight between Antonio Margarito vs Miguel Cotto.