Tagged: Manny Pacquiao

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

The Post Game

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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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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Manny Pacquiao to face Brandon Rios in Macau in November

BBC Sport

Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring after an 11-month absence when he faces Brandon Rios in Macau on 24 November.

Former seven-weight world champion Pacquiao, once rated as the best pound for pound boxer in the world, was knocked out in the sixth round by Juan Manuel Marquez in December .

In his previous fight the Philippines boxer lost his WBO welterweight title to Tim Bradley in June 2012.

Pacquiao is not fighting in the United States for tax reasons.

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Manny Pacquiao prefers to fight Juan Manuel Marquez in China because of high U.S. taxes

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Manny Pacquiao’s chief adviser insisted Monday that the Filipino superstar’s preference is for his next bout – a fifth fight against Juan Manuel Marquez – to take place away from Las Vegas, with the off-shore Chinese gambling resort of Macau emerging as the “favorite.”

Michael Koncz told Yahoo! Sports that the 39.6 percent tax rate Pacquiao would face if he were to fight again in the U.S. makes a fall bout in Las Vegas “a no go.”

Promoter Bob Arum is hopeful of arranging a fifth match between Pacquiao and Marquez in the fall, potentially on Sept. 14. Arum’s preference is for the fight to be at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, which is his company’s home base.

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Manny Pacquiao aides allegedly attacked photographer after brutal knockout

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Seconds after Manny Pacquiao was knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden, two key members of his team allegedly assaulted Getty Images photographer Al Bello because they were angry that Bello was shooting pictures of the fallen fighter.

Bello said Pacquiao adviser Michael Koncz and assistant trainer Buboy Fernandez were punching and kicking at Bello as he was trying to photograph Pacquiao, who was face first down on the mat.

Bello jumped off the apron in an effort to avoid confrontation with the men.

“Had I not gotten off the ring, I have no doubt the two of them would have beaten the [expletive] out of me and I might have been seriously hurt,” Bello told Yahoo! Sports.

Even after Bello jumped off the apron, an enraged Fernandez went through the ropes after him in an effort to get at him. Fernandez had been on the ground crying when he became aware that Bello was shooting photos of the knocked out Pacquiao.

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