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

I caught up with Jim Lampley of HBO Boxing to talk about the Mayweather-Marquez fight and what’s next for Money May. Along the way we mixed in Chris Arreola, Vitali Klitschko, and Lamps gave his thoughts on Michael Jordan’s Hall of Fame speech. Read the full story

Minny Pacquiao claims to be Manny Pacquiao’s shortest, biggest fan. The pint-sized pugilism follower landed Floyd Mayweather Jr. as a guest on his show, and Money entertains.. With his comments, and a new song at the end of the video. 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

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has to take care of Juan Manuel Marquez on July 18 before he can think about scrapping with Manny Pacquiao but the Super Fight is already in jeopardy.

Mayweather wants to fight Pacquiao. Unless Bob Arum makes money. Read the full story