As soon as referee Kenny Bayless stopped Manny Pacquiao from beating Miguel Cotto senseless boxing fans started calling for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to take on the current pound-for-pound champion. A Mayweather-Pacquiao fight will reportedly bring in $40-$50 million for each fighter at the same time giving fight fans the classic match-up they’ve wanted. A potential sticking point in all Mayweather-Pacquiao talk is Floyd’s relationship with Top Rank top man Bob Arum. Mayweather previously said he’d never fight Pacquiao if Arum was involved but that changed late Thursday when Floyd’s team approached Top Rank about the super fight. Read the full story

Manny Pacquaio cemented his place as pound-for-pound champion of boxing with a 12 round beat down of the bigger Miguel Cotto. In the first round it looked like Cotto’s size and power would be too much for Pacquiao to handle as I thought the fight would go. But Pacquaio dropped Cotto in the third and fourth rounds, and by the sixth round Manny had Cotto figured out and was stalking him around the ring. Referee Kenny Bayless mercifully stopped the fight in the 12th round to prevent further damage to Cotto’s face. Read the full story

Juan Manuel Marquez, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Miguel Cotto, and Shane Mosley are all hoping to get a shot at Manny Pacquiao while Joshua Clottey wants to throw a monkey wrench in their plans. More importantly HBO’s boxing budget is tapped Read the full story

Manny Pacquiao knocked out Ricky Hatton a few weeks ago in Las Vegas giving cause for some bored, lonely, and friendless soul (probably a sports blogger) to set the entire two rounds to classic video game Street Fighter.

I’ll warn you ahead of time.. The video’s a little long so skip to the end of you’re looking for Ricky’s nap. Read the full story

Manny Pacquiao knocked out Ricky Hatton Saturday night at the MGM in Las Vegas, retaining his IBO light welterweight title and fueling talks of a super bout between Manny and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Read the full story

• Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao plans to retire in 2009 and run for office in the Philippines in 2010

Manny Pacquiao is scheduled to fight Ricky Hatton on May 2 and if you’re a fan of the Pac Man, you better catch the fight. The word out of the Philippines is that Pacquiao is looking to fight twice in 2009 and then he’s going into retirement and becoming a politician.

This won’t be Manny’s first step into the political arena. He ran for office in 2007, but was defeated by the incumbent which is hard to believe considering his popularity in the Philippines. If you think Pacquiao isn’t serious about becoming a politician you’re dead wrong. Read the full story

Philippino boxer Manny Pacquaio left his Los Angeles training camp Sunday to return to the Philippines in order to personally check the state of his finances. Pacquiao is scheduled to take on Oscar De La Hoya on December 6, but the turmoil in the economy is a bigger issue for him at the moment.

Manny’s decision surprised those close to him although he’s not expected to be away from training for long.

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