Following on from the news that Manny Pacquiao is the new WBC lightweight champion after beating David Diaz by KO in the 9th round, this is the full round by round review of the pacquiao vs diaz fight (read more…)

Manny Pacquiao has beaten David Diaz by a KO in the 9th round to win the WBC lightweight crown. As the current pound for pound boxing king, Manny Pacquiao was the favourite to win this fight from and he certainly impressed the crowd straight from the start showing off fast hard punches and excellent boxing skills (read more…)

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…)

Knock down after knock down. In the first round of this fight the former British super featherweight champion was knocked to the canvas. As he was celebrating his birthday, Gomez did not give in and got up again to come back (read more…)

The pound for pound new world champion is Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao. He thanks his fans for all their support. The world pound for pound king is a phrase that describes a fighter at the top of his weight and with the best skill against other fighters (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…)

Pacquiao paused ,as though it was news to him, when he was told of the betting odds for his David Diaz fight on the 28 June. Pacquiao was given -365 favourite to beat the world boxing council lightweight champion at Mandalay Bay.

On the other side, Diaz was given a +285, meaning that a £100 would pay out £285, whereas you would have to pay up (read more…)

After turning down the fight with De La Hoya, one of Hatton’s nest opponents could be the superstar Manny Paciquiao. Pacquiao has stated before that he wants to challenge Hatton if he moves up and beats (read more…)

For the third time, Floyd “Money” Mayweather has decided to call it quits, and ended his career. The welterweight weight champion and pound-for-pound king has made retirement vows before. But is apparently now genuine about it. The big money fight with De La Hoya is no longer on (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…)