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Manny Pacquiao will get another crack at Timothy Bradley

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Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley will meet on April 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in a rematch of their controversial 2012 welterweight title bout.

The deal was finalized mid-Saturday morning when Top Rank got Bradley to agree to terms. Top Rank president Todd duBoef said the deal will ensure the company “has a long-term relationship with Tim regardless of whether he wins or loses,” on April 12

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Mayweather Trolls Rival With Christmas Card

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Floyd Mayweather’s Christmas card was not meant to bring about holiday cheer.

Instead, like most of what the champion boxer does, it was meant to antagonize.

Mayweather tweeted this image on Monday to his 4.5 million followers.

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Most Notable Sports Retirements Of 2013: Mariano Rivera, Ray Lewis, Beckham And More

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Mariano Rivera and Ray Lewis headlined the sports retirement class of 2013. Rivera had his classy farewell tour around the majors, and the amount of respect he had earned was perhaps best represented when Red Sox fans gave him a standing ovation at Fenway Park. Lewis earned a Hollywood ending by finishing his career with the Ravens’ win against the 49ers in the Super Bowl.

But they had plenty of company in calling it a career, including some teammates, with Andy Pettitte and Hideki Matsui for Rivera, and Matt Birk for Lewis

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Filipino typhoon survivors cheer Pacquiao triumph

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TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of survivors of Typhoon Haiyan erupted into wild cheers Sunday to celebrate the victory of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, bringing back laughter and revelry briefly to a central Philippine region that was turned into a corpse-strewn wasteland by the powerful storm.

Pacquiao’s triumph over American Brandon Rios in Macau served as a rallying point for many still-traumatized survivors, many of whom lost loved ones and their homes to the Nov. 8 typhoon, which killed more than 5,200 people and left 1,600 others missing. Haiyan also damaged or destroyed 1 million homes, displacing more than 3 million people

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Manny Pacquiao fighting to inspire devastated Philippines

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MACAU – Sports somehow have a way of helping to heal a nation that has been devastated by tragedy.

After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the return of Major League Baseball and the National Football League played a role in life getting back to normal for millions of very tense, uncertain Americans.

On Saturday (Sunday local time), that task will fall to Manny Pacquiao.

Earlier this month, Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines. More than 3,600 people died and around 2 million were rendered homeless when the storm hit land.

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s lack of professionalism embodies all that is wrong with boxing

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is going to be overweight, even in a fight in which the weight limit is constantly rising to accommodate his lack of interest in both training and meeting contractual obligations.

Chavez will fight Bryan Vera on Saturday in an HBO-televised match at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.

When the fight was first agreed upon, the contracted weight was 163. Then, Chavez was cut and the bout was postponed. When it was rescheduled, it was set for 168, because Chavez didn’t keep working while his cut healed and he knew that making 163 was a pipe dream.

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