Published on: 6th November, 2011
By John Pages SEVEN mornings from today, traffic will halt. TV sets will be switched to full volume. Church masses at 11 a.m. will suffer few attendees. The crime rate? Down to zero. Movie theaters, previously empty before noon, will suffocate with viewers. The booze, San Mig Light, will ooze. Pigs will be slaughtered by [...]
Published on: 3rd August, 2011
Some fighters really can’t accept defeat not after they experienced it twice by the person who conquered them. Miguel Cotto a four-four time world champion would like to fight the pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao again to reclaim the glory that was taken from him. Cotto lost to Pacquiao last 2009 via knockout in [...]
Published on: 1st August, 2011
By Chris Williams: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 Ko’s) revealed that he wants a rematch with Manny Pacquiao after Cotto’s fight with Antonio Margarito on December 3rd in New York. After the Pacquiao rematch, which will be more of a mismatch with Cotto taking another beating like he took in losing to [...]
Published on: 31st July, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – Miguel Cotto is aiming to avenge his 1 of 2 career losses by fighting Antonio Margarito on December 3. After that, the Puerto Rican will aim for a rematch with pound-for-pound king Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, the man who gave Cotto his 2nd career loss. “Cotto’s going to fight Margarito, then a rematch [...]
Published on: 13th June, 2011
Michael Marley There was something missing from the Puerto Rican Day Parade weekend this year in New York. The huge ethnic celebration did have two Boricua-flavored, club boxing shows put on by Lou DiBella at Roseland Ballroom but, unlike several years past, there was no big fight in the city featuring the island nation’s biggest [...]
Published on: 10th June, 2011
by Scott Christ Earlier when it was announced by Bob Arum that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr isn’t ready to fight Miguel Cotto, I wondered who Cotto might fight this year. So here’s a few potential opponents for the Puerto Rican star. Top Rank has set aside a date of October 1 or October 8 for [...]
Published on: 31st May, 2011
Chris Robinson Like it or not, Antonio Margarito is far from finished despite earlier reports suggesting his days as a prizefighter might be coming to an end. Margarito took a wicked beating from Manny Pacquiao last November, one in which he suffered a broken orbital bone, but despite the severity of his injuries a recent [...]
Published on: 18th May, 2011
Pacquiao and Cotto in November 2009Chris Robinson The reports have been running rampant today and it does indeed look like we will be seeing a third encounter between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and reigning lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez this coming November in Las Vegas. Given the available list of opponents at the moment for Pacquiao, Marquez was the [...]
Published on: 17th May, 2011
Chris Robinson The latest news surrounding Antonio Margarito hasn’t been the kindest as the former welterweight champion very well could be seeing his career coming to a premature ending. Margarito suffered a broken orbital bone and a possible detached retina in his last fight, a one-sided points loss to Manny Pacquiao last November, and is [...]
Published on: 7th May, 2011
By Greg Heakes (AFP) LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino congressman who holds two world titles, puts his World Boxing Organization title on the line when he meets Shane Mosley in a welterweight bout on Saturday. Pacquiao and challenger Mosley weighed in Friday for their title fight in front of a standing-room only [...]