Posts Tagged ‘Manny Pacquiao’

“Vicious” Victor Ortiz told boxingscene.com Saturday that WBA light-middleweight titlist Miguel Cotto has no right to question weight demands made by WBO world welterweight king Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao to cement a bout this spring. Cotto (37-2, 30 KOs) suffered the second loss of his professional career at 145 pounds to Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs) via ...

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Puerto Rican icon and WBA light-middleweight titlist Miguel Cotto told boxingscene.com Friday he is more likely to fight WBC world welterweight champion “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather than WBO world welterweight king Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao due to weight demands this spring. "I will not fight below 150," said Cotto, 31, a four-time world champion in three ...

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Top Rank CEO Bob Arum told the Manila Standard Thursday that WBC world welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather and WBO world welterweight champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao will likely fight some time in November. Speculation has run rampant that Mayweather (42-0, 26) and Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs) will finally scrap May ...

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Shopworn former three-division champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley told Dan Rafael of ESPN.com this week that he was recently approached about fighting WBC light middleweight titlist Saul "Canelo" Alvarez or Amir "King" Khan some time this spring. "They offered me a fight with Canelo and I was like, 'Yeah, I'll take it,'" said Mosley, 40, an ...

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Puerto Rican icon and WBA world light-welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto has emerged as the favorite to fight either WBO world welterweight king Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao or WBC world welterweight champion “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather sometime this spring. Speculation has run rampant that Mayweather (42-0, 26) and Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KOs) will finally clash May 5 ...

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Puerto Rican icon and WBA world light-welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto denied to ESPN.com a published report Saturday that he had come to an agreement to again fight WBO world welterweight king Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao June 9 in Las Vegas. "Do not pay attention to rumors," said Cotto, 31, a four-time world champion in three weight ...

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Former WBA welterweight and IBF light welterweight champion Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton told the Daily Star Sunday he has urged fellow Brit Amir "King" Khan to not rush into fighting WBC world welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather. Khan (26-2, 18 KOs) relinquished his IBF and WBA world light welterweight belts to Lamont Peterson due ...

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Michael Woods of NyFightBlog.com reported a credible source told him that he is “sure” that WBO world welterweight champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao will meet Puerto Rican icon and WBA world light-welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto in a rematch sometime in the early-summer. Pacquiao, (54-3-2, 38 KOs), the first pugilist in history to win 10 world crowns ...

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WBC world welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather called WBO world welterweight champion Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao Wednesday in the Philippines and challenged him to scrap May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. "I called him and asked him about us fighting May 5 and giving the World what they want to ...

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Promoter Lou DiBella told NYFightBlog.com Wednesday he’s tired of the rampant speculation surrounding the mismatch he believes WBO world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao versus WBC world welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather would ultimately prove to be. “I’m through talking about Pacquiao and May,” said DiBella, 51, a graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law ...

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