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EARLY BIRDS
Pacquiao, Bradley to share spotlight BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) – Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr. both realize almost every boxing fan wishes Floyd Mayweather Jr. had been standing next to Pacquiao at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Tuesday. But when Pacquiao and Mayweather failed to make a deal for the fight everybody wants to see, Pacquiao moved down the list of contenders to make a fight...
Pacquiao invited
Manila, Philippines – Boxing icon and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao has been invited to grace the “Be Honest Fun Run” which kicks off on March 17 at the Mall of Asia with more than 5,000 runners expected to compete. “We believe that Rep. Pacquiao is a role model for Filipinos, having raised his family and helped his countrymen through honest and truthful efforts,” said race organizer...
Pacquiao-Lin NY meet mulled
By NICK GIONGCO Manila, Philippines – Plans are afoot for Manny Pacquiao and Jeremy Lin to meet up on Wednesday in New York a day before the Filipino’s scheduled press conference there and the New York Knicks guard’s match with the Atlanta Hawks at Madison Square Garden. Pacquiao is now in the US to fulfill a myriad of commitments from having his deposition taken in relation with the defamation...
Floyd to taste Manny’s ‘punches’
Manila, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao gets the chance to ruffle Floyd Mayweather’s feathers on Friday (Saturday in Manila) in Las Vegas when he takes his deposition in connection with the defamation case he filed against the outspoken American boxer. A deposition is a sworn testimony that is taken before a trial and Pacquiao will be joined by his competent American lawyers during the legal...
Pacquiao gets guaranteed $25M purse
By NICK GIONGCO Manila, Philippines – World welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has reportedly been guaranteed a career-high $25 million when he meets undefeated American challenger Tim Bradley on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pacquiao’s Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum had told the Bulletin a few days ago that the Filipino will receive “his biggest guaranteed purse” against Bradley...
Pacquiao to earn over $22M
Manila, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao gets another chance to fatten his bank account when he earns his biggest paycheck against Tim Bradley on June 9 in Las Vegas, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum told the Bulletin on Thursday afternoon. “Manny’s going to get his biggest guaranteed purse in this fight with Bradley,” said Arum from his Las Vegas home. Arum declined to say exactly how much...
It’s Bradley
Pacquiao also set for Marquez Manila, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao rumbles with Tim Bradley on June 9 in Las Vegas with a victory likely setting him up for a fourth fight with Mexican nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez in November in case Floyd Mayweather continues to play hardball. The prospects of a fourth fight becomes even more realistic now that efforts to stage a Pacquiao-Mayweather showdown...
Bradley is Pacquiao’s next foe
By NICK GIONGCO Manila, Philippines – With Miguel Cotto deciding to do the tango with Floyd Mayweather on May 5, Manny Pacquiao should end up dancing with Tim Bradley on June 9 as the two camps are set to dot the Is and cross the Ts when they sit down with top promoter Bob Arum this weekend in San Antonio, Texas. The Bulletin spoke both with Arum, who is in San Antonio, and with Pacquiao adviser...
STILL PUNCHING
Pacquiao adviser Mike Koncz exerts effort to save Floyd fight Manila, Philippines – As a rematch with Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto starts to take shape, Manny Pacquiao’s Canadian adviser Mike Koncz frantically took a Saturday night flight to the United States in an effort to revive the flickering hopes of staging a megabuck match with Floyd Mayweather. Koncz said he will meet up with Hall...
