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If and when Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. taps Don King to promote his boxing career, historic arch-rival Bob Arum has zero doubt the two “old codgers” will be able to make the Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao blockbuster bout a reality.
Those were the words of bombastic promoter Don King, who I spoke to moments ago about the renewed (for the second time in two years) flirtation between he and undefeated boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Buenas dias, Oscar de la Hoya. Good morning, Al Haymon. For breakfast this morning, may we offer you some scintillating photos posted by Floyd Mayweather himself on his Twitter social networking page?
He may give Manny Pacquiao a fight come the night of Nov. 13, likely to be hosted by the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but troubled Antonio Margarito, isn't giving him one in fight negotiations.
Bobby Pacquaio's fighting days may be over but there is one ring milestone left for his boxing brother, Manny.
While the Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao camps keep talking about a fight between the two superstars, there is a fight result to report from within the Pacman inner circle.
MICHAEL MARLEY PHILIPPINE DIARY, PART 22: LATEST OFFICIAL NUMBERS SHOW MANNY PACQUIAO WITH 53,000 VOTES TO ROY CHIONGBIAN WITH LESS THAN HALF THAT TOTAL, ABOUT 24,000 VOTES
GENERAL SANTOS CITY--Perhaps that Beyonce song got stuck in Manny Pacquiao's head. Or maybe he was just struck by inspiration to make a boxing related promise to the pobrecitos who are among the 230,000 registered voters in neighboring Sarangani Province. Or maybe, just maybe, it just hit him that Monday, which is Election Day here in my favorite archipelago, is also his 10th wedding anniversary as he and the lovely lady, Jinkee, were betrothed on May 10, 2000.
“No question now, especially since both of their last fights are perceived as walkovers, that 99.5 percent of the public wants to see Manny Pacquiao fight Floyd Mayweather next. Those two bouts were not competitive because both guys are so good.
And what, pray tell, did Pacman really mean when he allegedly spoke to various people about adjusting blood testing arrangements which will smooth a path to going to contracts on the super bout against undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr.?