
Manny Pacquiao, President Obama To Meet on Feb. 15
Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and wife Jinkee will meet US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House on February 15.

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Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and wife Jinkee will meet US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House on February 15.

WBO Oriental flyweight champion Arden Diale's title fight against Julio Cesar “Pingo” Miranda scheduled for February 12 in Guadalajara, Mexico has been postponed to the 26th.

Oriental and Pacific Boxing federation bantamweight champion Malcolm Tunacao has retained his title with a 6th round TKo over Japanese challenger Daigo Nakahiro at the Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan this evening.

Filipino welterweight Mark Jason Melligen’s Las Vegas based trainer Tony Martin promises fireworks when the hard-hitting southpaw battles Mexican Gabriel Martinez (27-1-1, 14 KO'S) on the undercard of the WBC/WBO title fight between champion Fernando “KO-Chulito” Montiel and Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel & Casino on February 19.

Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (25-1, 17 KO’s) says he will whip Fernando “KO-Chulito” Montiel (44-2-2, 34 KO’s) when they clash for the Mexican’s WBC and WBO bantamweight titles at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel & Casino on Feb. 19.

Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao will relinquish his super welterweight crown as a prelude to his clash against Shane Mosley in May and as a formal sign that the ring icon will no longer risk fighting above the welterweight ranks.

One has only to read the basic vision of the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards to realize that out of the six nominees for this year’s honors –Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, Spanish footballer Andres Iniesta and Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Spain’s tennis grandslam winner Rafael Nadal, Germany’s FI racing phenomenon Sebastian Vettel and Manny Pacquiao - its clear that our very own pound-for-pound king and “Fighter of the Decade” embodies all that the award stands for.

Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao’s next fight, after Shane Mosley on May 7, is likely to take place in Singapore.

Featherweight Rey Bautista went "boom, boom" and silenced his critics with a smashing 3rd round knockout of cocky Alejandro "Zorrito" Barrera before a sell-out crowd at the Pacific Grand Ballroom of the Waterfront Hotel and Casino on Saturday night.

Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao didn't know about the switch to Showtime from HBO Sports when news of the deal first broke.