Floyd Mayweather has apologized for his racist and homophobic remarks towards Manny Pacquiao that he made via UStream early Thursday morning. He claims he was just joking around and that he doesn’t have a racist bone in his body. You can watch the apology video below and come to your own conclusions.

Floyd tried his best to come across as sincere but it’s kind of hard to take him seriously when he accused Manny of being on the “power pellets” 20 minutes before his apology. And I’m smmfh at Floyd breaking out the Asian ladies to imply “see I can’t be racist, I have a Thai and Chinese lady standing here.”

Danny Granger’s run as the No. 1 Ugly American was short lived thanks to Floyd Mayweather Jr. dropping racist and homophobic bombs on and around Manny Pacquiao via UStream early this morning. The 41-0 Mayweather has used UStream to connect with his fans the last couple of nights, even calling a lucky few that posted their phone numbers on Twitter. That’s what started his rant this morning. The NSFW video below has the highlights. You can check out the entire show here.

Not only is Floyd out of bounds with his comments, he’s the one looking like a punk the longer it takes for the match to be made. You can’t call out a man the way Mayweather did in this video and not give him a chance to fight you. I’m not sure which commission would see over this but Mayweather deserves a stiff fine for his comments. And after that he can put the rest of his money where his mouth is and get in the ring with Pacquiao. Unless he’s the dog that’s worried about getting cooked.

Floyd Mayweather 007 [UStream]

Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight at some point but it’s not happening in 2010. Bob Arum announced that Pacquiao will take on Antonio Margarito Nov. 13 in either Las Vegas or Monterrey, Mexico. Hopefully 2011 is the year both the Pacquiao and Mayweather camps quit BS’n the fans and give us the fight we want and the sport needs.

Pacquiao-Margarito isn’t a bad fight (as long as Antonio’s gloves are legit) but it’s not a super-fight. This promo by Gorilla Productions for the Mayweather-Pacquiao tilt shows what the Manny and Floyd build-up would be like.. If Al Pacino gave his “Any Given Sunday” speech to both fighters before they entered the ring.

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Make it happen fellas. Make it happen.

Adam Carolla pissed off Manny Pacquiao fans and the Filipino community when he called the boxer “illiterate” and a “fucking idiot” and dissed the Philippines during his podcast last week. Carolla offered an apology via Twitter but Filipino-Americans say it wasn’t good enough. You can listen to Carolla’s NSFW comments below.

“Pacquiao doesn’t believe, he says, he doesn’t give blood the month of a fight or a week before a fight because somehow it’s gonna weaken him and what have you.”

“I gotta tell you, if that was a white fighter and probably even a black fighter, if the black fighter was from Atlanta or somewhere like that, someone would go, ‘What the f**k are you talking about? Give your drop of blood. That’s not gonna make a difference.”

“But because he’s from the Philippines and because he’s prayin’ to chicken bones and stuff like that, everyone’s kinda like, ‘Well you gotta respect him for his belief system.’ No you don’t. He’s a f****n’ idiot.”

“They got this and sex tours, that’s all they have over there. Get your s**t together Philippines. Jesus Christ. I mean, again, it’s fine to be proud of your countrymen. But that’s it? That’s all you got?”

It doesn’t matter if the sex tours are in the Philippines or Thailand because Carolla’s not gonna be welcome anywhere past Hawaii. Pacquiao accepted Carolla’s apology and doesn’t want the story blown out of proportion. Does an online petition demanding an apology from Adam Carolla count as “blown out of proportion?” Not at all. Carolla should use the same forum for his apology that was used to rip Manny and the Philippines. Apologizing on Twitter was weak. Not as weak as Mike Greenberg apologizing for disparaging Martin Luther King Jr.’s name on “Mike and Mike” through a BS, late-night statement, but still weak.

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says the fight between his client Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Floyd “Money” Mayweather is off because the two sides can’t agree on performance-enhancing drug testing. Mayweather wants strict Olympic-style blood testing while Manny would prefer for urine tests but he’s willing to do limited blood tests.

Pacquiao’s opposition to having his blood drawn close to fight time isn’t new. Manny said in a 2005 interview that having his blood taken made him weak when he lost to Erik Morales. Here’s the video. Seems believable to me.

The fight is gonna happen. There’s too much money on the line. As much as $200 million. There’s no way Manny, Floyd, Bob Arum, or anybody in the world is gonna pass up that payday.

The Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. super fight hit a snag over performance-enhancing drug testing although common sense says nothing will stop this fight because of the amount of money on the line. Pacquiao has no problem submitting unlimited random urine samples but he doesn’t completely agree with Mayweather’s blood testing preference. Manny is willing to have his blood tested three times (In early January, 30 days before the fight, and in his dressing room following the fight.), but Money May is calling for random blood tests that could occur the week of the fight.

Mayweather Jr., Floyd Mayweather Sr., and uncle Jeff Mayweather have all hinted at various times that Pacquiao has used/uses performance enhancing drugs. Manny has had enough of their talk and plans to handle it in court and in the ring.

From the Los Angeles Times:

“Liars go to hell. They should be man enough and to own up to their words,” Pacquiao said in a statement. “For including my country in the picture, claiming that we are the producers of the best performance-enhancing drugs, Mayweather and those who are guilty need to get punished, the sooner, the better, whether it be in the courts or the ring.

“Last week, I told Floyd Jr. to shut his big, pretty mouth and that we should fight so that the world will get to see who is the best fighter on the planet.”

The fight is going to be the highest grossing fight of all-time so there’s no need for publicity stunts. Pacquiao is legitimately pissed. We’ll have to wait and see if he’s able to defend the honor of the Philippines and his own as well. In the meantime Pacquiao has to worry about keeping wife Jinkee happy after rumors of infidelity, and figuring out a way to get Filipinos to go see his tanking movie.

Manny Pacquiao on suggestions he used performance-enhancing drugs: ‘Liars go to hell’ [LA Times]

With so much news about Tiger Woods and his harem of mistresses it’s been easy to miss the story of pound-for-pound boxing champion Manny Pacquiao allegedly cheating on his wife. The Internet and Filipino media say Manny stepped out on wife Jinkee with actress Krista Ranillo. Manny and Ranillo have both denied an affair.

Manny and Krista co-star in the upcoming movie “Wapakman” and are said to have began their relationship on the set. The evidence of an affair lays out in a Tiger Woodsly fashion:

*Manny and Krista allegedly took the same flight to Hong Kong in September.
*Manny and a woman covering her face drove away in Manny’s Benz after his November Jimmy Kimmel Live appearance.
*Krista’s family stayed at the Luxor Hotel where Manny and his entourage also stayed for his fight with Miguel Cotto.

GMA News went into depth about the Pacquiao-Ranillo affair a week before Tiger Woods’ car accident and subsequent fallout. Tiger’s cats got out of the bag just in time to save the pound-for-pound champion and darling of boxing Manny Pacquiao from a mini-scandal.

The latest allegations of Pacquiao’s infidelities come on the heels of a 2008 photo of Manny dancing closely with an unknown woman, a 2007 rumored fling with actress Ara Mina, and his 2006 admission to an affair with Joanna Rose Bascoa, with whom he allegedly has a child.

The Filipino media has been all over the story. This video shows Manny’s wife Jinkee crying at a Thanksgiving weekend mass reportedly because of rumors Manny had visited Krista’s hotel room before his fight with Miguel Cotto.

This next video reports that Pacquiao gave wife Jinkee a five-carat diamond ring to ask for her forgiveness. He’s been studying Kobe Bryant.

Even if Tiger wasn’t hogging the headlines this wouldn’t cause too many problems for Manny Pacquiao. He is boxing’s premiere attraction but he’s not well enough known overall. Tiger Woods’ name rings bells with all walks of life around the world and his well constructed “Good Guy” image helped create his empire.

Jinkee Pacquiao

Krista Ranillo

Ara Mina

Pacquiao victory eclipsed by Krista Ranillo ‘affair’ [GMA News]

MANNY PACQUIAO Gave a 5K Diamond Ring to JINKEE [Pinoy Biscuits]

From the Las Vegas Review-Journal via The Big Lead comes the news of Floyd Mayweather Jr. spending money freely and talking about a fight that we can only assume will be with Manny Pacquiao. Money May used his Visa Black card at a Las Vegas area Chevy dealer to cop a gold-colored Tahoe for a lady friend. He told employees at the dealership he had to hurry because he was preparing for a big fight.

Floyd gave his team permission to start negotiating a fight with Manny Pacquiao a week ago, and nothing official has been announced yet but everybody knows the fight is happening. The number one reason the fight will take place is because each fighter stands to make $45-50 million and Floyd’s nickname is money. And who knows how much cash they’ll rake in if there’s an epic trilogy. Mayweather will be able to pay the IRS and Visa with no problem after all the money he stands to make.

Norm Clarke Sightings [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

Floyd Mayweather Will Be Broke in 10 Years, Count on It [The Big Lead]

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.

The rumored hang-up is Money May’s team wanting a 55-45 split while Pacquiao’s camp is looking for 50-50. The money needs to be divided evenly, if not in favor of Pacquiao, because at this point more people are making PPV buys for Manny than Mayweather. At least the two sides are talking and bringing this fight closer to reality.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. will negotiate Manny Pacquiao fight with Top Rank [Los Angeles Times]

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.