What Pacquiao-Hatton means for Shane Mosley
From Las Vegas — At the moment, boxer Shane Mosley is the odd man out. He has much to offer, but he is like a screenwriter, shopping the studios. “I don’t hear my named being called,” Mosley says.He is in Las Vegas, as is mostread whole article
Hatton camp clash, overeager Pacquiao top trainer woes
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) – When it comes to training camp headaches, Britain’s Ricky Hatton has had to endure bigger woes than Filipino star Manny Pacquiao going into their boxing showdown on Saturday. Floyd Mayweather Snr, Hatton’s trainer, admitted on Thursday there was a personalityread whole article
Ex-Hatton prey sees a triumph for Pacquiao
MANILA, Philippines – Former world champion Paulie Malignaggi, one of the 45 victims of junior welterweight king Ricky Hatton, expressed belief his tormentor will no longer be the boss at 140-lbs after his showdown with pound for pound superstar Manny Pacquiao. Malignaggi, who lost toread whole article
Verbal fireworks heat up Pacquiao-Hatton final presser
Boxing champs Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton may have been the picture of perfect gents before their historic bout in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) but their coaches had no problems dishing the dirt on each other during the final press conferenceread whole article
Hatton’s key fights
A look at several pivotal fights in Ricky Hatton’s career: Pro Fight No. 22 Opponent: Jonathan Thaxton (19-5) Date: Oct. 21, 2000, London Result: Hatton by decision in 12 Why it matters: Hatton had barely been tested in 21 previous bouts, winning all but fourread whole article
Pacquiao a Filipino uniter
They took away the death penalty, then brought it back, before three years ago abolishing it once and for all. But still, two decades removed from the autocratic and brutal regime of Ferdinand Marcos, the Filipino authorities face a serious crime epidemic.Drugs, gangs, murders, vigilanteread whole article
THE HITMAN AND THE PACMAN FACE OFF
LAS VEGAS – If you ask Ricky Hatton what his ultimate dream is in boxing, he’ll tell you candidly. He wants to be considered the best pound-forpound boxer in the world, a mythicalread whole article
Top-5 Pound-for-pound boxers of all time
The term “pound-for-pound” was first coined by Ring magazine editor Nat Fleischer in the early 1950s as a way of comparing and contrasting fighters in different weight divisions. These days, with the plethora of weight classesread whole article