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Negotiations to start soon for mega blockbuster fight LOS ANGELES -- Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather would begin negotiations on a mega blockbuster fight within the next 24 hours, USA Today newspaper reported on Monday. Reuters " vspace="3" border="1" hspace="3"> MANNY PACQUIAO celebrates after beating Miguel Cotto Reuters Mayweather told the paper that he wants to fight Pacquiao and it disturbs him that the Filipino won’t admit he wants the fight as well. "Manny Pacquiao is the fighter and every time someone asks him if he wants to fight me, he says it is up to his promoter, he’s going to take a vacation, whatever the answer is," USA Today quoted Mayweather saying on Monday. "I have yet to hear him actually say, ‘yes I want to fight Mayweather.’ We are the fighters and if one fighter is talking about fighting another fighter, then they should just come out and say it. "Manny Pacquiao doesn’t say anything d...

MANILA, Philippines – Boxing greats Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Frazier, Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali. And now Manny Pacquiao. The Filipino ring icon is the latest fighter to make it to the list of professional boxers to be featured in the cover of well-respected magazine Time — and only the second non-heavyweight fighter to do so. This also makes Pacquiao the second Filipino to grace Time’s cover after former President and democracy icon Corazon Aquino, who was named the magazine’s "Woman of the Year" in 1986. Apart from heavyweights Louis, Schmeling, Frazier, Ali and middleweight Robinson, other boxers who had made it to the magazine’s cover include heavyweights Jack Dempsey, Primo Carnerra, Gene Tunney and the controversial Mike Tyson. In its latest Asia edition issue, Time pays homage to the General Santos City-based southpaw in a story titled “The Meaning of Manny,” which branded the Filipino spitfire as “the latest savior of boxin...

ESPN Magazine Body Issue Pic Photo Picture: Manny Pacquiao - The Pacman is included in October ESPN Magazine Body Issue. Freddie Roach was quoted: " Manny has two advantages over his opponents. He's in better shape, and he'll take a punch. He averages 3,000 sit-ups and 44 sparring rounds per day; he runs about eight miles every other morning, uphill. I don't know what it is, but there's something inside of him. When he gets hit, he taps his gloves together as if to say, "Here I come." He gets after an opponent after he takes a shot, as if he liked it. Athletes included are: • Adam Nelson / TRACK & FIELD / SHOT PUT • Alex Solis / JOCKEY • Bryan Clay / TRACK & FIELD / DECATHLETE • Byamba / SUMO • Carl Edwards / NASCAR • Casey Hampton / NFL / STEELERS • Cheryl Haworth / WOMEN’S WEIGHTLIFTER • Claire Bevilacqua / SURFER • D.C. United: Chris Pontius, Bryan Namoff, Clyde Simms, Jaime Moreno, Santino Quaranta, Ben Olsen / SOCCER / MLS • Edmonton Oile...