Published: January 22, 2010
Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey concluded their two-day, two-city press conference earlier today in New York at Madison Square Garden. Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs), boxing’s No.1 pound for pound fighter, will make the first defense of his WBO welterweight title when he faces off against the WBO’s number 1 contender, Joshua Clottey(35-3, 20 KOs).
The fight [...]
Published: November 18, 2009
The fight generated over two million buys on pay-per-view, Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto put on quite a show, at least for the first four rounds. Now the next fight that will generate interest and tremendous revenue is Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. The problem though is how much will it take to get it [...]
Published: November 15, 2009
Las Vegas – Manny Pacquiao had another epic performance and for Miguel Cotto it was a fight for survival as referee Kenny Bayless stepped in and stopped the fight at 0:55 of the 12-round in the most anticipated fight of the year. With his win, Pacquiao once again secured his position as the best pound-for-pound [...]
Published: November 13, 2009
Las Vegas – Miguel Cotto the WBO welterweight champion and Manny Pacquiao the six time champion are ready for their 12-round encounter on HBO pay-per-view this Saturday evening from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas They know the significance of this anticipated fight, so does their promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank.
“In this fight, [...]
Published: October 10, 2009
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is already looking at plans for a major boxing card at Madison Square Garden next June on the eve of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade That is where his WBO welterweight champion, Miguel Cotto, is expected to be again, assuming Cotto is successful in his title defense against Manny [...]
Published: September 15, 2009
New York – Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is a winner either way when Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto step in the ring November 14th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as Cotto defends his WBO welterweight championship. Arum has promotional rights for both fighters and this could be the beginning of the next [...]
Published: July 21, 2009
BRONX, NY – Notre Dame Football coach Charlie Weis has been a fan of the New York Yankees and always recalls sitting at the old Yankee Stadium and watching a game. The pillars would always be in front of his face. And when the football Giants played there, Weis as a kid sat in the [...]
Published: June 13, 2009
Miguel Cotto may have successfully defended his WBO welterweight championship with a 12-round split decision over a gain challenger Joshua Clottey at Madison Square Garden Saturday evening and his latest conquest does lead to questions. There were tactics used not accustomed to being seen from Cotto, a fierce cut over his left eye brow, [...]
Published: June 10, 2009
Miguel Cotto the WBO welterweight champion defends his title at Madison Square Garden Saturday evening against Joshua Clottey with the IBF title also up for grabs and there are those in the boxing community who give Clottey a chance to dethrone the champion.
It is one of those intriguing fights that could go either way and [...]
Published: May 2, 2009
From this perspective there was no doubt that Manny Pacquiao was going to easily win this supposed junior welterweight title fight over the veteran Ricky Hatton in a ring at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas Saturday evening. Pacquaio proved he was the best pound-for-pound fighter in the business when he dominated and put [...]