Tonight in Las Vegas we see the clashing of the two lightweights, Manny Pacquiao and David Diaz. For this fight Manny Pacquiao has had to move up 5 pounds from junior lightweight. The legendary Pacquiao has 46 wins, with 35 of them knock outs, to 3 losses and 2 draws, is up against the 32 year old David Diaz, who has had a lesser 34 wins, with half of them knock outs, but only 1 loss and one draw.

The heavily favoured Pacquiao has not predicted a knock out, “This is one of my hardest fights. He trained just as hard and is determined to keep his title”, said Manny Pacquiao on the prospects of this fight. Pacquiao has (read more…)

The trainer Freddie Roach has added an interesting new twist to the story of the Filipino Manny Pacquiao by saying that Golden Boy Promotions might want to put up Oscar De La Hoya in stead of Ricky Hatton, also handled by the Golden Boy promotions. “To be honest with you I think Manny can beat Oscar”. Also that Pacquiao’s speed would be too much for “an old man”, like De La Hoya (read more…)

David Diaz may be the underdog by a fairly large margin for his upcoming fight with Manny Pacquiao, but that didn’t stop the boxing champion charming 500 Pacquiao boxing fans in California!

The boxing fans were obviously their to watch Pacquiao train later in the day, but they were nonetheless impressed by Diaz (read more…)

Over his career, and indeed over most boxing careers, Manny Pacquiao has mainly had to face right handed opponents.

However Pacman will need to make some changes when he faces Diaz, another left hander.

But Manny Pacquiao’s boxing coach, Freddie Roach, is (read more…)

By beating Kazakhstan’s Yersin Jailauov in three rounds, Bernard Dunne defends his European title and maintains his unbeaten record.

Dunne dominated the fight all the way and it was a big left hook that finally dropped the challenger in round 3. After this Dunne was all over him and the ref wisely stopped the fight afte 1 min and 53 seconds into the round (read more…)

The challenger Rafael Marquez managed to break Israel Vazquez’s nose with a very strong right in the first round, and he then took the WBC super bantamweight crown as Vazquez couldn’t continue the fight after the seventh round (read more…)

Floyd Mayweather Jr. was standing with his arm around his father, effectively showing him off to Oscar De La Hoya and making it clear that Mayweather Sr. would be playing a role in preparing him for the mega fight on May 5th (read more…)

Manny Pacquiao has been voted as the fighter of the year by the Boxing Writers Association of America and his trainer, Freddie Roach, was named trainer of the year (read more…)

Oscar De La Hoya, the WBC super welterweight champion, has finally decided who will train him for his much anticipated fight against Floyd Mayweather.

Freddie Roach will be the one to lead him into the MGM Grand Arena on May 5th (read more…)