Manny Pacquiao News

Pacquiao-Mosley Weigh-In— MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada...

Fri, 06 May 2011 19:28:08 -0700

Pacquiao-Mosley Weigh-In
— MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (May 6, 2011)

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Pacquiao-Mosley Weigh-In (Welterweight Limit - 147 lbs)—...

Fri, 06 May 2011 19:24:00 -0700

Pacquiao-Mosley Weigh-In (Welterweight Limit - 147 lbs)
— MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (May 6, 2011)

Manny Pacquiao - 145 lbs, Shane Mosley - 147 lbs

Pacquiao-Mosley: The Stakes Involved

Thu, 05 May 2011 21:33:36 -0700

by Thomas Hauser, Top Rank

Editor’s Note: This is the third article in a four-part series by Hauser examining the May 7th welterweight title fight between champ Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley. The second one is available here. The first one is available here.

On June 22, 1979, Larry Holmes successfully defended the heavyweight championship of the world by knocking out Mike Weaver in the twelfth round at Madison Square Garden. Two days later, an article by Pulitzer-Prize-winning sports columnist Red Smith appeared in the New York Times.

The article was entitled “The One That Got Away,” and recounted how a fledging premium-cable network called Home Box Office had outwitted “the big brains of television’s major networks” to snare Holmes-Weaver. Smith began his appraisal of the situation with the words, “It was Home Box Office’s finest hour.”

HBO Sports had come of age.

Thirty-two years later, the May 7th fight between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley is “The One That Got Away.” Pacquiao-Mosley will be televised by Showtime PPV, not HBO. Depending on how events unfold, boxing might be on the verge of another significant shift in power.

Enter The Pacman (Photo Credit: Chris Farina - Top Rank -...

Tue, 03 May 2011 17:15:10 -0700

Enter The Pacman

Lil Pacquiao Puppet sings ‘Sometimes When We...

Tue, 03 May 2011 17:04:00 -0700

Lil Pacquiao Puppet sings ‘Sometimes When We Touch’

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Comedian Norm Macdonald checks in on Pacquiao before the big...

Tue, 03 May 2011 16:58:56 -0700

Comedian Norm Macdonald checks in on Pacquiao before the big fight

Sports Show with Norm Macdonald airs Tuesdays at 10:30/9:30c on Comedy Central.

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POV Training Footage of Manny Pacquiao Point of view training...

Mon, 02 May 2011 18:37:21 -0700

POV Training Footage of Manny Pacquiao

Point of view training footage of Manny Pacquiao as he trains for his May 7th bout against Shane Mosley.

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Fight Camp 360° Pacquiao-Mosley: ‘Episode 3’ (via shosports)

Sun, 01 May 2011 16:53:11 -0700

Fight Camp 360° Pacquiao-Mosley: ‘Episode 3’

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Which Pacquiao fight was more entertaining? (Please share and...

Sun, 01 May 2011 12:43:00 -0700

Which Pacquiao fight was more entertaining?

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Fight Camp 360° Pacquiao-Mosley: ‘Episode 3 Preview’ Episode 3...

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:40:52 -0700

Fight Camp 360° Pacquiao-Mosley: ‘Episode 3 Preview’

Episode 3 (1-Hour Special) — Tonight at 8PM ET/PT on CBS

Pacquiao Media Day Workout at Wild Card Gym— Los Angeles,...

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:27:02 -0700

Pacquiao Media Day Workout at Wild Card Gym
— Los Angeles, California (April 20, 2011)

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Pacquiao vs. Mosley Preview Smitty offers an in-depth preview of...

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:12:00 -0700

Pacquiao vs. Mosley Preview

Smitty offers an in-depth preview of the biggest fight of the year as Manny Pacquiao takes on Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and available on Showtime PPV.

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Fight Camp 360° Pacquiao-Mosley: ‘Episode 2’ (via shosports)

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:50:19 -0700

Fight Camp 360° Pacquiao-Mosley: ‘Episode 2’

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Daniel Tosh Takes Punch From Pacquiao (UNCENSORED) Tune in to...

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:40:00 -0700

Daniel Tosh Takes Punch From Pacquiao (UNCENSORED)

Tune in to new episodes of Tosh.0 starting May 17th, 10/9c on Comedy Central.

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Manny Pacquiao: The Face of Boxing

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:08:13 -0700

by Thomas Hauser, Top Rank

Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a four-part series by Hauser examining the May 7th welterweight title fight between champ Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley. The first one is available here.

Throughout its history as a mainstream sport, boxing has been inextricably linked in the public mind to the heavyweight champion of the world.

There were times when he wasn’t even the best fighter in the division. James Braddock was overshadowed by Joe Louis. Sonny Liston lurked ominously during Floyd Patterson’s reign. And in the 1980s, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, and Roberto Duran shared the spotlight with the heavyweights.

But for most of boxing’s history, from the early English pugilists through Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis (who engaged in the last heavyweight title fight that truly mattered), the heavyweight champion has been The Man. Everyone, not just sports fans, knew his name.

Manny Pacquiao is now more important to boxing than the heavyweight champion. He has become the face of boxing.

Pacquiao & Legendary Comedian Don Rickles— Los...

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:12:01 -0700

Pacquiao & Legendary Comedian Don Rickles
— Los Angeles, California (April 21, 2011)

Fight Camp 360° Pacquiao-Mosley: ‘Episode 2 Preview’ Episode 2 —...

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:57:00 -0700

Fight Camp 360° Pacquiao-Mosley: ‘Episode 2 Preview’

Episode 2 — Tonight at 10PM ET/PT on Showtime

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Fight Camp 360° Pacquiao-Mosley: ‘Episode 1’ (via...

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:51:34 -0700

Fight Camp 360° Pacquiao-Mosley: ‘Episode 1’

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Pacquiao Media Day Workout at Wild Card Boxing Club— Los...

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:49:46 -0700

Pacquiao Media Day Workout at Wild Card Boxing Club
— Los Angeles, California (April 20, 2011)

Shane Mosley's Odyssey

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:44:00 -0700

by Thomas Hauser, Top Rank

There was as time when Shane Mosley was viewed by those in the know as the future of boxing. To paraphrase Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr, he was young, handsome, fast, and couldn’t possibly be beat.

Mosley won his first 38 fights; 35 of them by knockout. He defeated Philip Holiday to win the lightweight championship in 1997 and dominated the division with eight successful title defenses. Then he moved to welterweight and dethroned Oscar De La Hoya to claim the 147-pound crown.

Shane and Roy Jones Jr were the top two fighters on virtually every pound-for-pound list. No less an authority than legendary trainer Eddie Futch said that Mosley would have been competitive against Sugar Ray Robinson in his prime.

On January 26, 2002, everything changed. Mosley and Vernon Forrest entered the ring at Madison Square Garden as the two best welterweights in the world. Shane was an overwhelming favorite. But he had the habit of pulling straight back when moving away from a foe.

When a fighter pulls straight back against a taller athletically-gifted opponent, he gets hit.