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 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…)