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According to the Dallas Morning News, a possible fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. may take place in the month of March in Cowboys Stadium in Texas. Bruce Trampler, a VP/head matchmaker for Pacquiao's promoter Top Rank, told the paper that his company is trying to organize a boxing event at the new Arlington stadium. The main event would feature Manny Pacquiao.
Sportinglife approached several boxing experts to get their opinions and predictions on Saturday's bout between WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev and challenger David Haye. Among them were trainer Emanuel Steward, Ricky Hatton, promoter Frank Warren, prospect James DeGale and several others.
British paper The Mirror ran a piece outlining the top ten insults that were spewed out by heavyweight contender David Haye. No surprise here; the top five insults were all directed at WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev. Haye challenges Valuev for the title on Saturday night in Germany.
In a follow-up to a story posted a few days ago on BoxingScene.com, Amanda Rodrigues lost her bid to grab $150,000 from the estate of her late husband, Arturo Gatti. Montreal Superior Court Justice Paul Chaput also denied her request for custody of the family dog. He did award her $30,000 to pay her legal fees, $10,000 for the care of her young son and access to Gatti's Montreal condo to get her belongings.
Heavyweight contender Monte Barrett, the man who stepped in the ring with both David Haye and WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev, is picking the 7'2 Russian giant to retain his title on Saturday night in Germany. Valuev stopped Barrett in eleven rounds, while Haye put him away in five.
Heavyweight contender David Haye claims the head of WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev has continued to grow since the last time the two fighters saw each other. Haye stood chest to face with the 7'2 champion at the final press conference for their fight on Saturday. He claims the head of Valuev has grown bigger
Two of the main sparring partners that Miguel Cotto used to prepare for Manny Pacquiao, see a lot of trouble ahead for the Filipino challenger. Pacquiao will try to win Cotto's WBO welterweight title on November 14 in Las Vegas.
A little over a week to go before Manny Pacquiao jumps in the ring to challenge WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on November 14. Pacquiao considers Cotto as one of the toughest fights of his career.
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson says the size advantage of WBA hevayweight champion Nikolai Valuev doesn't matter in Saturday's fight with David Haye. Tyson says the 7'2 framk of Valuev won't play a major role. Tyson was one of the shortest heavyweight champions of the last few decades and beat a lot of taller fighters but none of them were ever as big as Valuev.
WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is ready for a war when he steps in the ring next Saturday night against Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Cotto is not paying attention to all of the people who are overlooking him. Cotto has not stepped in the ring but half of the boxing fans are already talking about a fight between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Cotto says Pacquiao is going to lose next Saturday and then the Filipino fighter is welcome to fight Mayweather as many times as he wants.