Las Vegas Sun

May 5, 2024

Manny Pacquiao

Slide image
photo_camera

By Steve Marcus · May 7, 2011 · 9:36 p.m.

Manny Pacquiao has won nine consecutive boxing matches, including three career-defining victories last year against Juan Manuel Marquez, David Diaz and Oscar De La Hoya. He fights Ricky Hatton on May 2.
Manny Pacquiao: A good guy and a bad man
Boxing: Pacquiao’s popularity outside the ring goes beyond his skill inside it. For his fans, it’s personal
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
By Jeff Haney
To watch Manny Pacquiao interact with his fans is to witness something special. Sure, some want an autograph or a conventional handshake. Others, though, prefer to touch Pacquiao’s arm or rub their fingers against his sleeve, as if he were a religious figure or a living, breathing statue of a saint. “It’s because that’s exactly the way they look at him,” said Top Rank Chairman Bob Arum, who promotes Pacquiao.
Ricky Hatton, a boxer from England, is shown in 2007 preparing for a bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Hatton will return to Las Vegas for a May 2 junior welterweight match against Manny Pacquiao in an eagerly awaited fight. Hatton, who has been training with Floyd Mayweather Sr., says he's been working on his hand speed.
Hatton’s got confidence cornered
BOXING:
Saturday, March 7, 2009
By Jeff Haney
Ricky Hatton makes a convincing case for his prospects against Manny Pacquiao in their May 2 junior welterweight showdown at the MGM Grand.
Ricky Hatton (left) of England poses with his trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. during a post fight press conference after defeating Paulie Malignaggi in a junior welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Fun has begun for Hatton-Pacquiao bout
Boxing: Boxers will square off May 2 at the MGM Grand
Thursday, March 5, 2009
By Andy Samuelson
While Manny Pacquiao fans line the streets by the thousands in his native Philippines to watch the universally regarded pound-for-pound champ box, another prize fighter thinks he’s got just the type of style to stop Pacquiao’s legendary status from growing.
WBC lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao celebrates his victory over Oscar De La Hoya shortly after their welterweight boxing match in Las Vegas on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. Pacquiao won by TKO after the end of the eighth round.
Hatton-Paqcuiao set for May 2 at MGM
Boxing: Pound-for-pound king could hold three titles at the same time
Thursday, January 29, 2009
By Andy Samuelson
The month-long drama surrounding the potential boxing megabout between junior welterweight champ Ricky Hatton and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquaio is over. Promoters for the two boxers announced their official agreement Wednesday, setting the match for May 2 at the MGM Grand.
Pacquiao-Hatton back on for May 2 in Vegas
Friday, January 23, 2009
Associated Press
Pacquiao-Hatton back on for May 2 in Vegas
Oscar De La Hoya sits in his corner between rounds of Saturday night's welterweight fight against Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
After great career, De La Hoya sent packing
BOXING:
Monday, December 8, 2008
By Jeff Haney
From the moment the two men agreed to fight, Manny Pacquiao’s handlers had been trying to psyche Oscar De La Hoya out of his game.
Manny Pacquiao connects with Oscar De La Hoya their 'Dream Match' at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night. Pacquiao won with an eighth-round TKO.
Pound-for-pound champ proves it
BOXING: Weight wasn't an issue as Pacquiao easily defeats De La Hoya
Saturday, December 6, 2008
By Jeff Haney, Andy Samuelson
This was no dream. Manny Pacquiao, boxing's pound-for-pound champ, proved it once again as he did everything but put the sport's "Golden Boy" to sleep in front of 15,001 adrenaline-filled fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Oscar De La Hoya, left, and Manny Pacquiao face off Friday during the weigh-in at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for their 12-round welterweight fight today. Bernard Hopkins, the former middleweight champion, looks on at center.
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao
TAKE FIVE:
Saturday, December 6, 2008
By Jeff Haney
Much has been made of Manny Pacquiao’s decision to jump to the welterweight division after winning a world championship in his lone fight at lightweight (135 pounds) to go with his earlier titles at 112, 122 and 130 pounds.
Boxers Oscar De La Hoya, left, and Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines face each other during an official weigh-in at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Friday, December 5, 2008. De La Hoya and Pacquiao will meet for a 12-round welterweight fight at the arena on Saturday.
Lopez weighs in with comedy
De La Hoya-Pacquiao: Comedian steals show as 'Dream Match' duo tips scales
Friday, December 5, 2008
By Andy Samuelson
Comedian George Lopez offers up final words during Friday's weigh-in for Saturday night's mega-fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao.
Boxers Oscar De La Hoya, left, and Manny Pacquiao pose during a news conference at the MGM Grand Wednesday, December 3, 2008. De La Hoya and Pacquiao will meet for a 12-round welterweight fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday.
Nothing quite like buildup to a fight
De La Hoya-Pacquiao: Hype before a slugfest spurs an emotional excitement unmatched by other spectacles
Friday, December 5, 2008
By Ron Kantowski
In the pantheon of sporting events that come with a buildup, nothing quite matches a boxing megafight. True, it’s not often the fight itself lives up to the weeks and months of hype that precede it.
Oscar De La Hoya (above) and Manny Pacquiao will clash Saturday in a much-anticipated welterweight fight. Pay-per-view sales numbers are ahead of the record pace set for De La Hoya's 2007 fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
A recession-proof fight? Promoter thinks so
De La Hoya-Pacquiao:
Thursday, December 4, 2008
By Jeff Haney
Those who track such arcane segments of the business are reporting that preliminary sales of the pay-per-view broadcast of Saturday night’s Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao fight have been encouraging. The figures are so strong, in fact, they’re outpacing the numbers put up by De La Hoya’s bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May 2007.
Boxers Oscar De La Hoya, left, and Manny Pacquiao pose during a news conference at the MGM Grand Wednesday, December 3, 2008. De La Hoya and Pacquiao will meet for a 12-round welterweight fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday.
Weighty issues solved: De La Hoya, Pacquiao ready
De La Hoya-Pacquiao:
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Associated Press
Oscar De La Hoya says he's been down to 147 pounds for weeks, and one look at him in a track suit Wednesday seemed to back that up. The same can't be said about Manny Pacquiao, but his job in the weeks preparing for his fight with De La Hoya wasn't to diet but to eat as much as he possibly could.
Boxer Oscar De La Hoya greets fans as he makes his official "arrival" at the MGM Grand on Tuesday, December 2, 2008. De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao will meet for a 12-round welterweight fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday.
Boxers arrive in grand fashion
De La Hoya-Pacquiao: De La Hoya, Pacquiao prepared for 'Dream Match'
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
By Andy Samuelson
Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya made their official arrivals Tuesday with much fanfare at the Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand casinos. The two boxers will face off Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in a 12-round welterweight fight.
Historic feat provides target for Pacquiao
Boxing: He can come close to Henry Armstrong by winning in a third weight class this year
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
By Jeff Haney
Boxing historians refer to it as the sport’s most extraordinary achievement.
Trainers Buboy Fernandez, left, and Freddie Roach unwrap Manny Pacquiao's hands after a workout at Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, Calif., where Pacquiao is preparing for his Dec. 6 welterweight fight against Oscar De La Hoya.
Trainer aims jabs at new, if familiar, foe
Boxing: De La Hoya too slow to stop Pacquiao, says man who once worked in opposite corner
Thursday, November 27, 2008
By Jeff Haney
In the gym last week at his Wild Card Boxing Club, where he is training Manny Pacquiao for his Dec. 6 welterweight fight against Oscar De La Hoya, Freddie Roach laid out his analysis of the match.
WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez, left, of Mexico and Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines flex during their weigh-in Friday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Pacquiao says their bout will be his last in this division.
Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, 'Unfinished Business'
Take Five:
Saturday, March 15, 2008
By Jeff Haney
If any fight demanded a rematch, it was the first meeting between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, on May 8, 2004.
Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico, left, and Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines face off after a news conference Wednesday in Las Vegas. They fought to a draw in 2004.
Jeff Haney shops around for betting lines on the title bout Saturday night between super featherweights
Odds 'N' Ends :
Friday, March 14, 2008
By Jeff Haney
In an avowed effort to become pure in mind, body and spirit, Manny Pacquiao gave up gambling during his preparation for Saturday night’s world title fight against Juan Manuel Marquez.
Morales open to fourth fight with Barrera
Monday, March 21, 2005
Time and again, Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao elicited deafening roars from the crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena with furious exchanges of cleanly landed punches.
Pride on the line
Thursday, March 17, 2005
By Jeff Haney
Supporters of Manny Pacquiao in Saturday's 130-pound showdown against Erik Morales point to their man's electrifying performance in the early going of his most recent fight in Las Vegas.