Manny Pacquiao elected to Filipino Congress
International superstar Manny Pacquiao has proved that he can win both inside and outside of the ring. Despite being the underdog candidate, the Filipino boxing champ won a seat in his country’s Congress by a landslide in this year’s congressional election. Pacquiao will represent the remote province of Sarangani.
Meanwhile, talks have resumed between Pacquiao’s camps [...]
Pacquiao’s popularity earns big PPV numbers, still looking to fight Mayweather
Manny Pacquiao’s bout with Ghanian boxer Joshua Clottey drew 700,000 pay-per-view buys and over $35 million in domestic television revenue. Besides earning Pacquiao a large paycheck, the huge number of PPV buys is further testimony of Pacquiao’s powerful crossover popularity in the US as fans tuned in to watch the Filipino champion defend his welterweight [...]
Fan reactions to Pacquiao-Clottey bout
The world’s best boxer did what everyone expected him to: Manny Pacquiao defeated Ghanian fighter Joshua Clottey in an unanimous decision victory on Saturday. Many fans – including the almost 51,000 who were live at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium and those who watched the event via Pay-Per-View — are expressing disappointment over a fight they feel [...]
Tomorrow: Pacquiao vs Clottey
Three-time fighter of the year Manny Pacquiao will face-off against Ghana’s Joshua Clottey tomorrow at the brand new Dallas Cowboys Stadium. After negotiations over drug-testing went sour between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Clottey replaced Mayweather in the headline fight against Pacquiao, who will be defending his WBO welterweight belt.
Pacquiao’s coach Eddie Roach has defended his [...]
Pacquiao named fighter of the decade
Several news sources reported today that Filipino boxing phenom Manny Pacquiao was named fighter of the decade by the Boxing Writers Association of America, as well as claiming his third fighter of the year award–a feat matched only by Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield.
Pacquiao seems to be collecting these accolades left and right; he was [...]
Ticket sales booming for Pacquiao fight
LA Times and ESPN reported that over 20,000 tickets for the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight had already been sold on the first day. Officials are expecting about 50,000 or 60,000 total seats to be sold for the fight, which will be held at the Dallas Cowboys stadium on March 13th. Despite all the hype around [...]
Pacquiao vs. Clottey scheduled
Several sites, including Yahoo!News and ESPN, have reported that a fight has been scheduled for March 13th between Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao and Ghanian Joshua Clottey. The fight will be hosted by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones at the Cowboys Stadium, which boasts 100,000 seats (40,000 of which will initially be made available) and the [...]
Bert Sugar on the Mayweather-Pacquiao fiasco
Check out this Top Rank Boxing feature showing a Fanhouse youtube video of “legendary boxing historian” Bert Sugar offering his opinions on the breakdown of negotiations between the Mayweather and Pacquiao camps, as well as the Manny Pacquiao’s future as either a boxer or a politician in the Philippines. Sugar had stated last year (full [...]
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