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Two years ago, boxing promoter Bob Arum ripped MMA during an interview with Ariel Helwani. “MMA is garbage. It is not a sport that shows great talent,” Arum said. “Guys rolling around like homosexuals on the ground. UFC are a bunch …
We’ve said it for a while: Manny Pacquiao is an icon and rock star. In case you didn’t believe it, maybe this story will help. One woman told an LA Times reporter that her son delayed his appendectomy so she could see Manny Pacquiao …
David Diaz fought Manny Pacquiao and lost to him by TKO in 2008. He did not win any rounds according to the judges’ scorecards, and he was beaten thoroughly. Diaz told HBO Insider about his experience facing Manny Pacquiao. He says he felt like …
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has more money than he knows what to do with — literally. We love to make fun of the fact that he is constantly spending his millions of dollars on unnecessary luxuries and gambling millions at a time on football games and …
Manny Pacquiao has turned appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live into a pre-fight routine. He hasn’t lost a fight after appearing on Kimmel, and it’s turned into a nice promotional experience. Pac Man has talked about his new cologne line on …
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been accused of ducking Manny Pacquiao over the past few years. Floyd has denied the accusations, but the facts tell a different story. In 2009, Floyd said he had nothing to gain from fighting Manny. Then in September, Floyd …
Lakers star Kobe Bryant visited Manny Pacquiao at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card gym in Hollywood Thursday to see the boxer train for his November 12th fight with Juan Manuel Marquez. Both athletes are sponsored by Nike, and Kobe has traveled to …
Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced Wednesday that he will fight on May 5th and he wants to face Manny Pacquiao. Floyd’s adviser told Dan Rafael that Mayweather’s team is “looking to make the biggest fight possible and everyone knows …
If I asked you to name the two biggest former MLB All-Stars turned disaster in retirement, your answer would inevitably be Jose Canseco and Lenny Dykstra. Jose wrote a book and exposed the steroids problem in MLB. He tried to get into reality …
Manny Pacquiao works hard and trains harder. He’s one of the best boxers in the world, and he’s one of the fastest fighters in the ring. Now he’s also one of the fastest drivers on the road. Pacquiao recently purchased a Ferrari 458 …
Former boxer Chuck Wepner was featured in an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary that aired Tuesday called The Real Rocky. The New Jersey native went 35-14 in his career, and he’s known for his 1975 fight against Muhammad Ali. Though Wepner lost that …
Manny Pacquiao is an international sports icon for more reasons than his boxing talent. His generosity, friendliness, and outgoing personality endears him to fans. Most people can tell that he has a good heart. They can see that when he gives away …
One of the two men pictured above is an impersonator. The other is boxer, congressman, and international icon, Manny Pacquiao. I bet you can’t guess which one is the real Pac Man. It’s actually the guy on the right. The dude on the left …
Manny Pacquiao was profiled in the November edition of Playboy. Most of the information in the article was old news if you’re a hardcore Pac Man fan. It talks about his background as a poor boy growing up in the Philippines, and how he turned …
Promoter Oscar de la Hoya was so inspired by 52-year-old Dewey Bozella’s win Saturday night that he joked about making a comeback. “Bozella wins and has inspired me to make a comeback!!!!!” he tweeted Saturday night. De la Hoya was …
Even if Kimbo Slice is on the same path with boxing that he was with MMA, he is providing us with some entertaining knockouts along the way. Through his first two fights, it would appear Kimbo’s promoter was right about his freakish knockout …
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