Archive for November, 2009

Fight Night Face Off: Filipina Women Vs. Puerto Rican Women

Fight Night Face Off: Filipina Women Vs. Puerto Rican Women

The highly-anticipated Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto fight is finally going down this Saturday and you can sure it’ll be at least worth the bar’s cover charge. Actually, we can’t guarantee that, given the quickie knockouts the Pac-Man has been handing out for the past couple of years. Still, we wouldn’t count out Cotto just yet—dude’s only lost one bout out of the 35 he’s fought [...]
Cotto out to break Pacquiao

Cotto out to break Pacquiao

Miguel Cotto is confident he will prove his doubters wrong when he defends his WBO welterweight title against pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao and is determined not become another scalp on the Filipino’s rise to boxing superstardom. Puerto Rican Cotto, 34-1 (27 KOs), will have more than his title on the line when he faces Pacquiao, 49-3-2 (37 KOs), at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday. [...]
Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto is a bout that gets boxing off the ropes

Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto is a bout that gets boxing off the ropes

Seldom has there been better proof that there is no accounting for taste. Starting at 5:30 a.m. Friday, hundreds of people began lining up in the hallways leading to the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Barack Obama was not scheduled to appear, nor was Bruce Springsteen. Nobody would be changing bread and wine into loaves and fishes.
PACQUIAO – 144 LBS, COTTO – 145 LBS

PACQUIAO – 144 LBS, COTTO – 145 LBS

Six time world champion, pound-for-pound king and challenger Manny Pacquiao (L) of the Philippines came in at 144 lbs while reigning and defending WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (R) of Puerto stepped in at exactly 145 lbs, the stipulated weight he was supposed to came in, during the official weighin moments ago at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV.
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