Boxing
MANILA, Philippines — Manny Pacquiao is still open to fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr., but is waiting for the challenge to come from the other side and for promoters to iron out a spat over drug testing.
LOS ANGELES — The frantic ferocity of Manny Pacquiao’s training camps at the stuffy Wild Card Gym clearly indicate he believes every fight could be his last. This time around, the 31-year-old Pacquiao knows he truly might be done with boxing — for a while at least. Pacquiao is training in Hollywood for his March 13 welterweight fight against Joshua Clottey while simultaneously running for a congressional seat in his native Philippines.
NEW YORK — Music blared, smoke billowed across the stage, and the curtain dropped to reveal Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley dressed to the nines as a crowd of several thousand inside the Nokia Theater let out a roar.
Jayme Martinez could see clearly where surgeons had reattached part of boxer Z “The Dream” Gorres’ skull.
Fernando Montiel knew he needed to perform better than his previous fight if he wanted to remain the WBO bantamweight champion.