Pacquiao vs Mayweather: Latest News and Updates

Freddie Roach says Pacquiao, who narrowly defeated Juan Manuel Marquez in November, was served divorce papers before the bout and has been making adjustments to his life. By Lance Pugmire Manny Pacquiao’s skyrocketing popularity created chaos that no mere mortal could be expected to balance. Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 knockouts) appeared more human than ever in [...]

Michael Marley It’s a top secret Team Pacquiao Board Meeting and it will be held on June 10 in Las Vegas. After he fends off unbeaten Tim Bradley, the question will be who does Megamanny fight in his second bout of 2012, his November bout? Here’s how I imagine this sitdown session starting off. MANNY: [...]

By Lance Pugmire LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr. told The Times he is not among those who believe the long-awaited showdown against Manny Pacquiao is likely to happen in the fall. “No, I don’t think it’s going to happen,” Mayweather said of a Pacquiao fight. “It’s because of [Pacquiao promoter] Bob Arum. It’s not [...]

MANILA, Philippines – Veteran boxing trainer Emanuel Steward said today’s fight fans are transfixed on seeing only one major fight: the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. mega-bout. Steward said this is bad for the sport of boxing. “Boxing’s not in good shape. It’s more of a business now and it’s hurting boxing. We need to return [...]

By Nick Giongco Floyd Mayweather has put an end to Manny Pacquiao’s three-year stranglehold in The Ring magazine’s Best Fighter Poll. In the Ring’s May 2012 issue that will soon hit the stands, Mayweather emerged as the top vote getter from the majority of 10 fight scribes polled by editor-in-chief Michael Rosenthal. Pacquiao had topped [...]

By NICK GIONGCO MANILA, Philippines — Mike Tyson is picking Floyd Mayweather as winner in the event the megabuck match with Manny Pacquiao becomes a reality. “I have to go with Floyd,” Tyson told Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times in a Q&A that appeared on the paper’s Sunday issue. Mayweather, he said, “should [...]

By NICK GIONGCO Manila, Philippines – While Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao is contemplating to finally hang his gloves, the boxing icon somehow remains uneasy when the subject of retirement was raised at the sidelines of a sports event Sunday night. “Can we not talk about it for the meantime?” Pacquiao said late Sun day night when [...]

Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao reiterated that he still wants to take on Floyd Mayweather Jr. even for a reduced fight purse. “It would be great if I could fight him before I retire,” Pacquiao, 33, told reporters on Sunday during the annual Elorde Awards Night at the Dusit Hotel in Makati City. “That’s fine with [...]

By David Mayo | dmayo@mlive.com LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are linked even when they aren’t fighting each other, amid the broader question of whether they ever will. Mayweather, asked after a training session last week about the elusive fight, was reminded of the time he and Pacquiao actually did fight championship [...]

By NICK GIONGCO MANILA, Philippines — Cheer up, boxing fans. Manny Pacquiao is not hanging up his gloves anytime soon. “Three fights pa,” Pacquiao told the Manila Bulletin Tuesday from Cebu where he will be taping two episodes of his weekly game show on GMA-7 in the coming days. Pacquiao said he has to tape [...]