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  • Mayweather vs Pacquiao – Never Gonna Happen?

    Manny Pacquiao’s big fight with Floyd Mayweather looks like one of those things that just won’t happen. Forget about the happening-or-not negotiations. Mayweather will begin his jail sentence this week, and for Pacquiao this must surely mean finding another boxer to fight.

  • Amir Khan Begins War of Words With Peterson too Soon

    Amir Khan’s recent loss by Split Decision hasn’t changed his high opinion of himself and his place in the world of boxing it seems. With a rematch against the WBA and IBF Light Welterweight champion on his mind, Amir Khan began the war of words with Lamont Peterson before an agreement has even been reached.

  • Amir Khan Not Worried About Peterson and Washington

    Amir Khan might be stepping into Lamont Peterson’s backyard, Washington D.C., to defend his WBA and IBF Light-Welterweight title belts, but the British champion, with thoughts of Floyd Mayweather and Timothy Bradley on his mind, isn’t intimidated.

  • Cotto vs Margarito – Revenge and Redemption

    Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito will meet again, with Cotto all out for revenge and justice after the bloody beating he took in 2008 from the Mexican fighter, while Margarito is out to prove he isn’t a cheater, despite the evidence. Both will be fighting to show they still have a place in boxing.

  • On the Possibility of a Pacquiao – Khan Fight

    Manny Pacquiao is busy preparing for his third fight with Juan Manuel Marquez, but his trainer Freddie Roach keeps talking about other possible fights – Floyd Mayweather and even former sparring partner and #1 Light Welterweight, Amir Khan.

  • Mayweather Hinting at (Finally) Pacquiao Fight

    While Manny Pacquiao gets ready for his Juan Manuel Marquez fight (for a third time), Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his announcement at a May 5 2012 fight plans, wanting it to be the biggest fight possible, with a date and venue (Las Vegas MGM Grand) already set, gets us thinking we’ll finally get the mega fight we’ve been wanting for years.

  • All Signs Pointing to Pacquiao Destroying Marquez

    Payback, as funny as it sounds, is on Manny Pacquiao’s mind. Because he never beat Juan Manuel Marquez convincingly. Because Marquez keeps telling everyone he won those two fights. Because of the shirt Marquez put on last year after beating Michael Katsidis. Because it just feels like it’s going to happen.

  • Floyd Mayweather Jr. Biggest Draw in Boxing

    Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t the most loved boxer in the world, no doubt about that, but he might be the most interesting, and PPV numbers from his September fight with Victor Ortiz prove that right now, he’s the biggest draw in the sport of boxing.

  • Pacquiao vs Mayweather, the Trilogy?

    Manny Pacquiao’s fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t seem to be happening any time soon, but Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach thinks the chance is still there, even for a trilogy of fights between the two Welterweight legends.

  • Boxing’s Most Controversial Endings

    The Mayweather – Ortiz and Hopkins – Dawson controversial endings in their fights this year is only a continuation of bizarre and disputed endings to big boxing fights, stirring controversy more than 80 years ago.