Pacquiao Training For Clottey

The training camp of pound-for-pound boxing hero Manny Pacquiao opens on today at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles and according to conditioning expert Alex Ariza that’s when Pacquiao sets aside the fun and games and begins to train relentlessly. Ariza told us that Pacquiao was in a jovial mood when they exchanged text messages while Pacquiao was returning to Lops Angeles from a highly successful media event at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. Ariza said he texted Pacquiao asking him when he wants to start running and “Manny responded,...

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Andre Berto to Withdraw from His Fight

The strain of dealing with the Haitian earthquake forced Andre Berto to withdraw from his fight next week with Shane Mosley. The move could open up a bout between Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mayweather has been looking for an opponent since his March 13 fight with Manny Pacquiao fell apart. Berto and Mosley were to meet Jan. 30 in Las Vegas for Berto’s World Boxing Council welterweight title. But Berto, who represented Haiti in the 2004 Olympics, said he could not train properly for the fight in the wake of the devastating earthquake that...

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Pacquiao, Mayweather

It's bad enough that Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. aren't fighting each other on March 13, after both sides detonated boxing's version of a nuclear bomb and destroyed the biggest fight in the sport over a disagreement on the drug-testing procedures for the bout. Now they -- and we -- are stuck with meaningless alternatives. Shame on everyone involved. Shame, shame, shame. The sport and its fans be damned, they said. This wasn't just the destruction of any old fight. It was one of the biggest fights in history being pulled out from...

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Pacquaio Will Face a naturally bigger fighter

HE WILL FACE a naturally bigger fighter again and, this time, Manny Pacquiao will be plunging into his latest challenge without the benefit of a catch weight. And despite the testy challenge expected from last-minute replacement Joshua Clottey, Pacquiao has started out a 3-1 favorite for the March 13 bout in one of the biggest venues that has ever hosted a boxing match. Pacquiao squares off with Clottey at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, after the collapse of talks to hold boxing’s so-called “Fight of the Century” pitting Pacquiao and...

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Pacquiao-Mayweather Bout: Mayweather Still Want Fight

While Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s camp believes his prospective bout with Manny Pacquiao can be saved, Pacquiao’s promoter says he’s moving on. After six weeks of contentious negotiations failed to produce a compromise on Mayweather’s insistence on stringent drug testing for the bout, Pacquiao has made plans to fight welterweight Joshua Clottey in mid-March, Top Rank boss Bob Arum told The Associated Press on Friday. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, who works with Mayweather, isn’t ready to give up. He’s worried Top Rank hasn’t told Pacquiao...

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Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey Match

The proposed Pacquiao-Clottey boxing match will most likely take place at the new Cowboys Stadium in Texas on March 13, the same day set for the botched Pacquiao-Mayweather match in Las Vegas Nevada. The upcoming boxing match between Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao and former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey of Ghana will most likely take place at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. According to Pacquio's adviser, Michael Koncz, the Pacquiao-Clottey match will still happen on March 13, the same date set for the...

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Pacquiao, Mayweather camps mum after mediation hearing on megafight

Representatives for Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. wrapped up a lengthy mediation session Tuesday night with no word on any progress on the drug-testing issues endangering the boxers' prospective March 13 bout. Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum and Mayweather's promotional team all said they had been told to make no public comments after their meeting in Santa Monica. The mediation finished nearly nine hours after it began in front of Daniel Weinstein, a retired federal judge. Arum's Top Rank and Mayweather's representatives at Golden Boy...

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