Video: Oscar De La Hoya on Mayweather-Pacquiao, More
Luis Sandoval catches up with Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya to discuss Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III, Floyd Mayweather Jr. facing Pacquiao and more.
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Pacquiao Vs Marquez Trilogy: page 3
Latest Pacquiao Vs Marquez Trilogy news
Larry Merchant's Take on Pacquiao vs. Marquez Outcome
Although veteran HBO color analyst Larry Merchant wasn’t in Las Vegas for the third go-round between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, he still had a deep interest in the fight from his ringside experiences during their first two encounters. Speaking on the result of Pacquiao’s recent majority-decision victory, a fight that was again razor-close and could have gone either way, Merchant had much to share during our recent conversation for our ongoing column.
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Sulaiman Fires Back at Bob Arum: No Class and No Heart
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WBC President Jose Sulaimán responds to an insult from Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who following the outcome of the trilogy bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, called the sanctioning head an *sshole. Arum was upset with some of Sulaiman's pre-fight comments. Sulaiman felt the trilogy bout was a mismatch because Marquez was 38-years-old and moving up in weight by nearly two divisions to face Pacquiao. Instead, the judges at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas saw a close twelve round majority decision win for Pacquiao, although there are many people out there who scored the fight in favor of Marquez.
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Marquez: I'm The Best in The World, Not Manny Pacquaio!
Juan Manuel Marquez will not make a decision on his future for at least several weeks, but he expects to make an announcement within 20 days to a month. The Mexican boxer is still very angry with last Saturday's twelve round majority decison loss to Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pacquiao and his promotional team, Top Rank, are pursuing a fourth meeting with Marquez, but the Mexican champion is still unsure if he plans to continue his career.
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Marquez Crushes Canelo on Mexican TV, Record Rating
Juan Manuel Marquez is now the king of Mexico after generating a record breaking television rating for his trilogy fight with Manny Pacquiao, which took place last Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. According to Sal Rodriguez, nearly 40 million Mexicans watched the broadcast through Azteca 7, in what became the most watched boxing event in Mexican television history. For the first time, a rating score of 30 was surpassed.
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Marquez Will Only Stay For Pacquiao, Reveals His Terms
Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39KOs) will only stick around for a fourth showdown with Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38KOs). The Mexican champion is considering the possibility of retirement and plans to make a final decision within 20 days to a month. If he decides to continue his career, Pacquiao is the only fight he wants or else he'll retire from boxing. Last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Pacquiao retained his WBO welterweight title with a controversial twelve round majority decision over Marquez.
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Reality Bites: Vicarious Vegas Weekend Leaves a Mark
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Reality isn’t always my closest ally. In fact, more than just once in a while, I’m perfectly content to turn on, tune in and drop out with a weekend diversion of my choice, while the rest of the world goes ahead and handles the heavy philosophical lifting without me. It’s a lot less strain on a too-often achy 42-year-old back. And by the time my attention returns Monday, I never feel like I’ve missed anything. But then a Saturday night like the last one arrives… and I’ve got to punch in early. Rather than making the trip to see it in person or gathering collateral to bankroll the pay-per-view, I instead endeavored to wake up Sunday morning, stay insulated from contact that’d spill the result – and find an online feed to let me watch the fight “live” 12 hours later. I happily found success courtesy of a site called www. (oh, wait… sorry Bob, can’t reveal my sources, right?), which was rebroadcasting the as-it-happened UK feed from Primetime, including blow-by-blow by ex-NFL kicker Benny Ricardo and color from Pacquiao stablemate Amir Khan. Truth told, I’d have preferred Tim Ryan and Gil Clancy… but piraters can’t be choosers. Anyway, as I settled in front of the TV to do my duty, I admit my expectations were low. Though I knew Marquez had given Manny issues through 24 rounds, I was in the majority this time that assumed the combination of his advancing age and Pacquiao’s marked upturn would make it little more than a violent exclamation of late-arriving Filipino superiority.
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Marquez: Ball is in My Court, 4th Pacquiao Fight in Mexico!
WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez arrived to Mexico City earlier today, and received a hero's welcome, with an anxious crowd of over 300 people, including press, radio and television, fans and family. Many carried banners with expressions of admiration and support for last Saturday's controversial twelve round majority decision loss to Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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Pacquiao vs. Marquez Does Huge Business in Las Vegas
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According to Keith Kizer, head of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, last Saturday's trilogy bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez a live gate of $11,648,300, which ranks it ninth of all time in the state of Nevada. 15,498 tickets were sold at the MGM Grand - the most for a Nevada boxing event since May 5, 2007 - when Oscar De la Hoya fought Floyd Mayweather Jr., and second most since September 18, 2004.
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Hopkins' Trainer: Marquez a Better Fighter Than Pacquiao
The talk of the boxing world is still revolved around this weekend’s third clash between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. Inside of a shocked crowd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, Marquez, a huge underdog heading in, would defy the odds with a spirited and game effort that many felt should have led him towards victory despite the majority-decision verdict that went against him.
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