The former IBF light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton is about to try to shed four stone and have one fight too many So, after hibernating since May, Ricky Hatton is coming back. He's going to put down the bacon butty and rip four stones off that small frame to get into fighting trim for the tough Mexican Juan Manuel Márquez. I can't say this is the best news I've heard in a while, for boxing...
Miguel Cotto got beat bad. And besides the first three rounds, he had nothing against Manny Pacquiao. Previous wins by “Pac Man” against Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton were lopsided in his favor but beating a legitimate opponent such as Cotto establishes his status amongst the best of all time. Winning the WBO [...]
So now that Pacquiao has beaten Ricky Hatton, Oscar Delahoya, and Miguel Cotto who were all bigger fighters, there is no doubt he is the best pound for pound fighter in the world. However, the previously considered best pound for pound fighter in world Floyd Mayweather Jr would disagree. This video is actually a good interview [...]
MANILA – Manny Pacquiao admitted that he was pushed to the limit when he went against Miguel Cotto in their “Firepower” bout Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena (Sunday in Manila). “It was a hard fight,” Pacquiao said in a televised ringside interview as quoted by Reuters. “This is the last weight division for me. This is history for me and more importantly a...
The scalp of Floyd Mayweather Jr is the final evidence Pacquiao needs to take the title of best pound-for-pound fighter in the world Manny Pacquiao was in extraordinary form last night, both inside the ring, where he dismantled Miguel Cotto to win a world title in a seventh different weight division (a record), and outside the ring, where he interrupted his jovial post-fight press conference to sing...
• Pacquiao stopped Miguel Cotto in 12th round • Filipino labelled 'greatest fighter of all-time' after win Manny Pacquiao won a world title in a record seventh weight division in Las Vegas last night, stripping Miguel Cotto of his defences and his welterweight championship belt with a performance that cemented the Filipino's reputation as one of the finest boxers of this or any other generation....
Manny Pacquiao put on yet another dominating performance Saturday night, knocking down Miguel Cotto twice and turning his face into a bloody mess before finally stopping him 55 seconds into the 12th round. Miguel Cotto - Manny Pacquiao - Boxing - sport - Ricky Hatton
Manny Pacquaio cemented his place as pound-for-pound champion of boxing with a 12 round beat down of the bigger Miguel Cotto. In the first round it looked like Cotto’s size and power would be too much for Pacquiao to handle as I thought the fight would go. But Pacquaio dropped Cotto in the third and [...] Related posts: Video: Manny Pacquiao Knocks Out Ricky Hatton Manny Pacquiao knocked out...
LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao weighed in at 144 pounds, his heaviest ever, while Miguel Cotto came in at the contract limit of 145 pounds for their scheduled 12-round fight. A raucous crowd of about 7,000, some of whom had been waiting for hours, was on hand Friday at the MGM Grand to see both fighters make weight for the bout. Pacquiao, who began boxing at 105 pounds, weighed 2 pounds more than...
There’s Ricky Hatton, Fattoning it up as he’s prone to do and being pretty amusing as he’s prone to do, this time as a participant in a WWE event this week. He’ll become important again later, per the headline. There’s more going on in the world than Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto. Here’s some of it, in a [...]
As strategists go, they don't get much better than Freddie Roach. The mastermind behind 24 world champions, Roach devises winning game plans the way Adrian Peterson scores touchdowns or Ray Allen buries jump shots. And no one has benefitted more from Roach's skills than Manny Pacquiao. In just the past two years, Pacquiao has defeated a skilled counterpuncher (Juan Manuel Marquez), knocked off a physically...
Cotto v Pacquiao is being billed as the fight of the year It's the boxing fight that has got everyone divided and in the early hours of Sunday morning (UK), expect fireworks when WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto steps into the ring to defend his title against the p4p best Manny Pacquiao. The bout to be held in Las Vegas is one of the biggest fights of the year and has all the hallmarks of a classic....
Tomorrow night in Las VegasManny Pacquiao can take one more step towards becoming the greatest of his era How Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao have grown apart – literally and figuratively – since they collided so dramatically in a Las Vegas ring six months ago. Tomorrow night in the same space at the MGM Grand in which he demolished the Mancunian whirlwind inside two rounds in May, Pacquiao...
The fight is on! Boxing fans are excited by the news that one of the biggest contests of the years is finally happening. After the delay, the much awaited come back fight of the former pound for pound king Floyd "The Pretty Boy" Mayweather against the technician boxer Juan Manuel Marquez is now set. The clash billed as "Number One/Numero Uno," is scheduled on September 19, 2009 at the MGM Grand, Las
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez: Full Fight Expectations Former welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., who retired as boxing's mythical pound-for-pound titlist in 2007, is fighting current lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez at a catchweight of 144 pounds on Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Since the 32-year-old Mayweather left the sport after an impressive 10th-round
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