When the bell rings, Manny Pacquiao’s eyes turn to burning coals. His ring skills have made him what Steve Kim calls “the Filipino version of Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, and the Beatles.”

Pacquiao carried the Filipino flag at the opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He’s the only Filipino boxer to appear on a postage stamp. Earlier this year,  Time Magazine listed him among its “100 most influential people” in the world. Continue Reading »
Tina Meets Pacquiao

Buoyed by the recent lopsided victory of Goliath over David, backers of World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-1, 27 KOs) have egged the 28-year-old native of Caguas, Puerto Rico to adopt the strategy employed by Team Mayweather Jr. when he squares off against boxing’s best boxer pound-for-pound Manny Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KOs) on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Continue Reading »
Cotto Urged to do a Mayweather: ‘Bloat and Outweigh’ Pacquiao

Maybe if Miguel Cotto wasn’t making a small fortune for his upcoming fight with Manny Pacquiao, he might try and pull a Floyd Mayweather and come in two pounds over the contracted weight. The problem is he can’t take a chance on possibly imploding a fight he’s sure he’s going to win. But maybe if Cotto rolled the dice and came in at 147 instead of the agreed 145 specified in the contract, we wouldn’t see anymore of these ridiculous catch-weight bouts and fights could be determined in the ring instead of on the scale. Continue Reading »
Cotto Should Emulate Mayweather And Weigh In At 147

A former professional boxer, Freddie Roach has not fought competitively since retiring in October 1986.

But during an exclusive interview with FanHouse from Los Angeles on Tuesday, the 2009 Trainer of The Year seemed as if he was ready to lace up the gloves and go after rival trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr.

Hearing for the first time that Mayweather Sr. has implied that steroid use had contributed to the rise in weight of Manny Pacquiao, his No. 1 fighter and boxing’s 2009 Fighter of the Year, Roach, fired back, among other things, “Where in the hell did that come from?” Continue Reading »
Freddie Roach Denies Steroid Use by Manny Pacquiao