Pacquiao Records

By TIM DAHLBERG, AP Boxing Writer Tim Dahlberg, Ap Boxing Writer – Wed Dec 23, 5:12 pm ET LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao has always been willing to spill blood to win a fight. He's not nearly as eager to give blood to get a fight. The fate of Pacquiao's planned March 13 megafight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. hangs in the balance. Both sides traded jabs Wednesday over Mayweather's insistence that the two submit to Olympic-style drug testing amid indications that both were open to a possible compromise. With time running short, though, Pacquiao's promoter said he's not willing to negotiate much longer to make the fight. "I think it's over tomorrow and we're going to another opponent if there is no agreement," promoter Bob Arum said. "It looks to me like they want a way out of the fight. Mayweather doesn't want to take a chance of losing." A day after Mayweather's camp threatened to scuttle the fight unless the boxers were subject to ...

LOS ANGELES – So who’s next for Manny Pacquiao ? Well, at least for now, he’s got Ricky Hatton to his left, and Floyd Mayweather Jr . to his right. And all Pacquiao has to do is choose. Pacquiao , fresh from his eight-round destruction of Oscar de la Hoya at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, said Sunday that the Mayweather camp had sent feelers about a possible fight with the Filipino superstar. “They sent a message to us that if I beat De la Hoya, he will come out of retirement to face me,” said Pacquiao, referring to Mayweather who suddenly retired after beating De la Hoya and Hatton last year. But following Pacquiao’s unbelievable win that pushed De la Hoya closer to retirement, there are calls for another big match, another dream match against Mayweather, the former pound-for-pound champion. Pacquiao now wears that billing, and a fight with Mayweather , sometime in May or June, will be another great night of boxing. But Hatton wants to face Pacquiao, too, and also offers a huge opport...

MANILA, Philippines - The recent welterweight megafight between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rican WBO champion Miguel Cotto is expected to generate close to 2 million pay-per-view buys. “They’re very good,” said Top Rank promoter Bob Arum in an interview with Boxingtalk.com ., referring to the PPV figures. “Yeah, it’s well over one million but I really don’t know. It will be somewhere north of one million.” Rey Colón of the “El Vocero” of Puerto Rico reported that the fight, which Pacquiao won via a convincing 12th round TKO , made approximately two million pay-per-view buys generating at least $120 million in revenues . No word on what Pacquiao´s cut will be but Cotto was mentioned to be making at least $10 million. (Related story on Page 21) Pacquiao had a guaranteed purse of $13 million in the Cotto fight. Arum has earlier indicated that he had “pretty much the final numbers” for Puerto Rico alone which he said “set a record” by surpassing the pr...

Slideshow: Faces of Asia PH Pacquiao hits out over romantic rumours MANILA (AFP) - – Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday brushed off rumours his marriage was on the rocks amid reports the Philippine boxing superstar flew a starlet to Las Vegas to watch him win a record seventh world title. In an interview aired over local television station ABS-CBN as he prepared to fly home to a hero's welcome after taking Miguel Cotto's World Boxing Organisation welterweight title in Las Vegas, the Pacman sidestepped the issue. Pacquiao, 30 , instead admonished the local press to report his achievements in the ring, "not the private lives of people". "I hope they honour the achievements that I have won for my fellow Filipinos," he said. The glow from Saturday's one-sided contest has been partly tarnished by reports that Pacquiao stayed in a different hotel from his wife, Jinkee, with whom he has three children, while they were in the Un...

Sexy actress Krista Ranillo has categorically denied romantic involvement with boxing champ Manny Pacquiao in a chat interview aired on GMA-7's "24 Oras," Nov. 18. "I'm still with Dom," said Krista, referring to her boyfriend-director Dominic Zapata . Krista added that she is aware of the issue romantically linking her to Manny but she refused to elaborate for now. "We're still discussing when and how we would speak [about the issue]," she said. In a text message sent to GMA-7, Zapata neither confirmed nor denied that he and Krista are still lovers. "Suffice it to say that there are non-truths being told. I guess that's all I'm going to say," Dominic told GMA News. The sexy actress also rebuffed rumors that she's in that interesting stage. "No dear, I'm not pregnant," Krista told GMA-7 reporter Nelson Canlas. At 5 p.m., Nelson was able to talk with Krista's manager Arnold Vegafri...

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...

15, 2009 For those who requested the Pacquiao vs Cotto Full Fight Video HBO Boxing , here it is. The video is as complete as possible, includes the national anthem, the entire fight, the decision video, and the interview. This is different from the Sky Sports version with different commentators. This HBO version has commentators that includes Jim Lampley, Emmanuel Stewart, and Larry Merchant. Pacquiao vs Cotto Full Fight Video HBO Boxing DOWNLOAD MAIN EVENT ONLY - HDTV 1280x720 Complete name : Paquiao.vs.Cotto.HDTV.720p.CHILLIN.mkv Format : Matroska File size : 4.38 GiB ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L4.0 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0 Codec ID ...