Boxing Notebook

CLOTTEY READY FOR PACQUIAO:   Before leaving for Dallas Texas last week for the biggest fight of his career against welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, Joshua Clottey showed his skills sparring in the Bronx and at the Kingsway Gym in Manhattan.  Pacquaio-Clottey Saturday evening on HBO pay-per-view is the replacement for what was supposed to be the [...]

Boxing Notebook: Cotto and Pacquiao Ready to Rumble

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, [...]

Big Apple Boxing Thoughts

Before we all start to get Pacquiao vs. Cotto fever with the first episode of HBO’s awesome series, 24/7, there has some a good amount of boxing news that needs to be addressed. I have kept quiet long enough and now to add my two cents. First off, the news came down yesterday that the [...]

Boxing Notebook

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 [...]

Cotto faces tough challenge with Clottey at Garden

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 [...]

THERE WAS NO DOUBT ABOUT PACQUIAO

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 [...]

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