Both Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley made weight for Saturday’s WBO welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden as Pacquiao, the reigning champion, weighed in right at the 147-pound limit with Bradley coming in at 146 this afternoon. Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 knockouts) remains a 4-1 betting favorite over Bradley, the current WBO junior welterweight champ, who is undefeated at 28-0 with one no contest and 12 KOs.
Boxing
Somewhere along the line, perhaps at the bottom of a bottle, Kelly Pavlik lost his love for boxing.
Manny Pacquiao never stopped being religious. But his connection with God was in need of an adjustment. The WBO welterweight champion and congressman from the Philippines has altered his lifestyle in the wake of his relationship with Pastor Jeric Soriano, whom Pacquiao met last December in Manila. And as he prepares to face Timothy Bradley on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden, Pacquiao does so with a newfound inner peace.
Al Bernstein never forgot his journalistic roots or his lifelong love for boxing. Together, those traits helped him build a remarkable announcing career and landed the 60-year-old Henderson resident a cherished spot in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. began serving an 87-day jail sentence Friday for beating his ex-girlfriend in front of their children in September 2010.
