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Who will be Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent?

With Floyd Mayweather Jr. successfully finding his way out of the fight, the door is now open to all boxers who would like to take a shot at the pound-for-pound king.

Reports have that Pacquiao’s camp is eyeing Yuri Foreman and his WBA super-welterweight crown in his next fight.

In fact, Pacquiao already expressed his willingness to face Yuri on the ring, but it was swept aside because of the Mayweather fight which seemed to be a sure thing then.

Foreman, a former New York Golden Gloves champion, is unbeaten in 29 fights, and is also under the Top Rank promotions. A Pacquiao-Foreman match would be great, and Pacquiao could get a chance to win his eight world title from as many weight classes.
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He was known as “Umaga,” the Samoan Bulldozer. He is Edward Fatu in real life. He was one mean, demolition machine in the world of professional wrestling.

The sad news was that Umaga died Friday of a heart attack, at the age of 36, in a Houston, Texas hospital.

I remember him best with his rivalry against Bobby Lashley, and their match wherein WWE president Vince Mcmahon put his hair on the line against that billionaire Donald Trump. Lashley won and Vince got his head shaven clean.
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I wasn’t able to watch the fight because of a broken TV, and I can’t find a decent live streaming video. But I really don’t need to watch it to feel the jubilations that every one who watched it feels as I see continued streams of tweets and Facebook status, all declaring that Pacquiao defeated Cotto.

Manny Pacquiao’s victory earned him the welterweight title that Miguel Cotto currently used to have.

This removes all doubt that Pacquiao is indeed the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, winning seven world titles in as many weight division. No other boxer in history has won seven titles in seven weight division.

Congratulations Manny Pacquiao! The best pound-for-pound fighter in the world!

Thank you for making us all proud to be Filipino!

Philippine’s boxing hero, Manny Pacquiao has added another achievement in his already illustrious career. Pacquiao is Time Magazine’s cover in its lates Asian Edition which will be out on the market this weekend.

The pound-for-pound king will be featured in a five-page story tracing his humble beginnings, and his rise from rags to riches… and eventually to world fame. Pacquiao is the first Filipino personality to land on the cover of the weekly news magazine after the former President and icon of democracy, Corazon Aquino.
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Coach Freddie Roach can now breathe a sigh of relief as the Pound-for-Pound King Manny Pacquiao is getting back in shape in his training. Earlier, Roach was worried about Pacman because he was spending too much time in showbiz.

Pacquiao assured Roach, and everyone else, that he is slowly getting back in shape. He is confident that he will be 100 percent ready by the time he gets to face World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Miguel Cotto.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. will have to pay Juan Marquez $600,000.

Mayweather exceeds the agreed weight of 144 pounds, he tipped the scales at 146 pounds. There were pre-negotiated weight penalties built in on the fight which was contracted as a welterweight fight.

Marquez, whose usual weight is around 13 pounds, was weighed at 142 as he stepped up from lightweight for the fight. He was said to get a guaranteed $3.2 million for the fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. As it turned out, he’ll get additional $600,000 on top of the $3.2 million.

Mayweather was reported a minimum guarantee of $10 million before pay-per-view TV revenues are added. Looks like he has enough to pay the $600,000 fine, and better chances to win the bout as well.

He has an undefeated career record of 39-0, while Marquez, who holds the WBA and WBO world lightweight belts, has 50 victories from 55 fights, 37 by knockout.

UPDATE
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Dunta Robinson, Houston Texans cornerback wore customized shoes for the Sunday’s season opener NFL. The shoes caused Robinson to be fined $25,000.

Robinson wore the shoes bearing a message designed to get him more money. Instead, they ended up having the exact opposite effect. The $25,000 fine slapped on Robinson was because of the words written on his shoes - “Pay Me Rick”
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The match between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto has met at earlier obstacle: Cotto said he won’t be putting his WBO title on line, unless Pacquiao meets him at 147 lbs. Pacquiao’s camp blames Arum for this no-title fiasco, he (Arum) even announced that there is no WBO title at stake in the match.

Freddie Roach said that meeting Cotto in a non-title match is almost without value.

The World Boxing Organization finally stepped in and declared that the Pacquiao-Cotto bout is a title match. Cotto will be puting his WBO Title on the line against Pacquiao in a catch weight of 145 lbs.
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NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers by his team, the Phoenix Suns. In exchange for Shaq, Suns will get Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic and the 46th pick in Thursday’s draft.

With the Cavs led by its own superstar LeBron James, USA Today asks, can Shaq and LeBron co-exist?
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From the looks of it, Manny Pacquiao will be facing Miguel Cotto in his next bout on November 14. The Pacquia-Cotto fight has an even higher possibility because both fighters are being promoted by Top Rank chair Bob Arum.

The Puerto Rican fighter, Cotto, will be facing our Pambansang Kamao on November 14 at the MGM Grand, the same place where Pacman defeated his two greatest opponent - Oscar De La Hoya last December and Ricky Hatton just last May.
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