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Pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz has doused cold water on the reported $65 million offer by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim for Pacquiao to fight undefeated Saul “Canelo” Alvarez sometime next year in Mexico.
An overmatched Joel Dela Cruz of the Philippines was knocked out in the 2nd round of a scheduled ten round bout by undefeated Japanese prospect Yoshihiro Kamegai in a welterweight bout at the Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.
Former two time world light flyweight champion Brian Viloria has moved up in weight and will battle WBA flyweight champion Julio Cesar “Pingo” Miranda at the Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 16.
MANILA—Floyd Mayweather Jr. has turned down a $65 million offer to fight pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told BoxingScene.com/Inquirer over the phone yesterday that the unprecedented offer was made by a Singapore group that handles special events and other projects for big casino complexes and other entities in the island state.
Dangerous Mexican fighter Heriberto Ruiz has vowed to inflict another beating on Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista in their eagerly awaited rematch in "Pinoy Pride 6" at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino on June 11.
Astute Top Rank promoter Bob Arum whose prized possession is pound-for-pound king and “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao believes that his most recent signing, undefeated lightweight Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta has an exciting future ahead of him.
When a young man involved in the sometimes brutal sport of boxing decides that an education is important and strives, while practicing his athletic discipline, to focus on his studies it provides an inspiring story. It also provides other fighters with an example worth emulating.
Two Filipinos, Roilo Golez and Frediriex Rodriguez have lost in title fights in Bangkok, Thailand over the past couple of days.
An unprecedented worldwide promotional tour for the much-awaited trilogy between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and Mexican Legend Juan Manuel Marquez will kickoff in Manila and end in Mexico with the fighters visiting other world capitals in-between.
The public apology of Oscar De La Hoya to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and pound f r pound king Manny Pacquiao has been gratefully accepted by Arum and indications are it will pave the way for WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire’s return to the ring.