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  • Losing Faith in Boxing II – Pacquiao vs Bradley WBO Review Means Nothing

    So the WBO review panel watched the Manny Pacuqiao – Timoth Bradley fight one more time, and unanimously decided that Manny Pacquiao should have won that fight, all giving him a uninanious decision victory. So what? It doesn’t change anything.

  • 10 Highest Paid Athletes in the World

    Boxing might be dead or dying, but the two highest paid athletes in the world, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, are boxers. That’s PPV for you. It’s enough to put fighters who fight twice a year over the biggest names in global sports from the NBA, soccer, Golf and Tennis. Tiger Woods, after a decade of reigning the money list, has slipped away from the top spot.

  • Manny Pacquiao Getting Screwed by the Judges Doesn’t go Away

    It’s been about 36 hours since one of the worst decisions in Boxing’s recent history. Manny Pacquiao wasn’t at his best, but there wasn’t a single person watching the fight thinking he got outboxed by Timothy Bradley. Except for two judges and another one who called it too close than it really was.

  • Aftermath of the Pacquiao – Bradley Fight

    Manny Pacquiao landed more punches and more power shots than Timothy Bradley. According to anyone who was watching and scoring the fight, Pacquiao had won something between 8 to 10 of the rounds. It was that one sided. But the judges saw a completely different fight, and somehow, someway, decided to give the sport another terrible decision – Bradley wins, Split Decision.

  • Pacquiao vs Bradley – In the Shadow of Mayweather

    Manny Pacquiao facing Timothy Bradley is a big fight, but everyone knows this is a concession for Pacquiao and for fight fans in general. What he really would have wanted, according to him, is facing Floyd Mayweather for the biggest bout of all time in terms of cash.

  • Mayweather vs Pacquiao or Martinez After Jail Time

    Floyd Mayweather might be headed to jail this Friday for an 87 day sentence, but he’s already planning for the future; November, to be more exact. The plan? Another mega fight – Preferably Manny Pacquiao, and Sergio Martinez as the fall back option, with a potentially easier negotiation to go through.

  • Mayweather vs Pacquiao – Worst Case Scenario

    The worst thing about waiting for Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao to finally get in the ring? Knowing there’s a chance that it’ll happen, but only when both of them are too far away from their peak, even barely relevant to the boxing world. For now, both fighters are in a very different place and […]

  • Losing Faith in Boxing – From Mayweather vs Pacquiao to Berto and Peterson Positive Tests

    Instead of getting fights we want, like Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, we get feuds and talk about PPV shares; Sums none of really understand; Instead of great rematches like Khan – Peterson and Victor Ortiz – Andre Berto, we get news of positive drug tests and rescheduled fights.

  • The Manny Pacquiao – Gay Marriage – Fight Promotion Connection

    Why did Manny Pacquiao need this gay marriage mess? He didn’t. But maybe he has picked up a page or two from the Floyd Mayweather book of how to promote a fight. Against someone like Timothy Bradley, you need to do a lot of promotion to get impressive PPV numbers.

  • Mayweather vs Pacquiao – The Bob Arum Solution

    Since Floyd Mayweather won an impressive unanimous decision against Miguel Cotto to claim the WBA Light Middleweight title, two things have been discussed – Whether this was Mayweather’s last professional boxing fight & how can a fight with Manny Pacquiao come into existence.