Floyd Mayweather granted Robert Guerrero’s request for a fight on Tuesday, after Guerrero campaigned for the bout for more than a year, but Guerrero said Thursday that he sees Mayweather as a fighter spiraling downward. “I see a lot of slippage,” Guerrero said Thursday on a conference call with several reporters. “I see him slowing [...]
Manny Pacquiao To Fight Juan Manuel Marquez for 4th Time
September 13, 2012 | Posted by
Instead of avenging a controversial defeat against Timothy Bradley, Manny Pacquiao instead will fight Juan Manuel Marquez for a fourth time, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said Wednesday. Pacquiao is due to return to action on Dec. 8. The HBO pay-per-view fight will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, contrary to rumors [...]
Manny Pacquiao Wins In WBO Review; He Wants Rematch
June 21, 2012 | Posted by
The WBO completed its review of Timothy Bradley’s controversial split-decision victory against Manny Pacquiao with its five-member international judging panel all scoring the fight for Pacquiao, even though the official result of a Bardley split-decision win will stand. Pacquiao told The Associated Press from the Philippines on Thursday that he would prefer a rematch rather [...]
WBO Panel Scores Fight Unanimously for Pacquiao, but Result Stands
June 21, 2012 | Posted by
The WBO completed its review Wednesday of Timothy Bradley’s controversial split-decision victory against Manny Pacquiao with its five-member international judging panel all scoring the fight for Pacquiao, even though the official result will stand. Pacquiao told The Associated Press from the Philippines on Thursday that he would prefer a rematch rather than Bradley giving up [...]
Manny Pacquiao ‘Loss’ Won’t Go Away; WBO To Investigate
June 13, 2012 | Posted by
Whether it is genuine or contrived to please an aggravated public, the powers that be will not let the Timothy Bradley split decision over Manny Pacquiao Saturday night in Las Vegas rest. One of boxing’s major sanctioning bodies will review the controversial decision, the first step toward what promoter Bob Arum hopes will be ”clarity” [...]
Manny Pacquiao’s Mom Calls For Rematch
June 12, 2012 | Posted by
The controversial decision that took Manny Pacquiao’s welterweight crown has sparked outrage in the Philippines, so much so that the fallen superstar’s own mother has come out demanding a rematch. “I wanted him to retire before, but now I want to see this rematch happen,” Dionisia Pacquiao told GMA television. “I want to let all [...]
Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley Fight Investigation Requested
June 11, 2012 | Posted by
Promoter Bob Arum on Sunday called for an investigation into the controversial split-decision verdict that saw Timothy Bradley deal superstar Manny Pacquiao his first defeat since 2005. Arum said there would be no rematch between the fighters unless Nevada attorney general Catherine Cortez Masto launched a probe into the scoring of Saturday night’s WBO welterweight [...]
Timothy Bradley Scores Controversial Win Over Manny Pacquiao
June 10, 2012 | Posted by
Unbeaten Timothy Bradley defeated eight-time champion Manny Pacquiao with a controversial decision, taking the WBO welterweight title and throwing boxing’s mega-fight further up in the air. In a split decision that stunned most everyone in the arena, even many of his supporters, Bradley defeated Pacquiao to take the belt of the Filipino fighter and congressman [...]
