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Keidel: Pacquiao-Horn Decision Another Black Eye For Boxing
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Most sports fans who aren’t hardwired into boxing think that the sport knocked itself out years ago, because of corruption and poor ringside decisions. The answer is more...
View ArticleManny Pacquiao Fights Back At Mayweather’s ‘Reckless’ Jabs
LOS ANGELES (CBSNewYork/AP) — Manny Pacquiao intends to put on a show when he faces Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2 1/2 weeks. The 36-year-old really hopes Mayweather is also coming to fight, for the fans’...
View ArticleKeidel: Countdown To Mayweather-Pacquiao Bout
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Three weeks. 21 days. 504 hours. 30,240 minutes. 1,814,400 seconds. That’s how long it is until Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. finally bump gloves in Las Vegas....
View ArticleBoxing Insider Talk: Jimmy Lennon Jr, Boxing Ring Announcer
By Jason Keidel Twitter: @JasonKeidel In boxing, we so rarely see the periphery — the refs, cornermen and timekeeper. After watching the fighters and ogling at the ring card girls, everything else is...
View ArticleKeidel: Mayweather-Pacquiao Bout A Boon To Las Vegas Wagers
By Jason Keidel » More Columns So far, I’ve spoken to Thomas Hearns, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Deontay Wilder, Mark Breland, Bob Arum, Virgil Hunter, Leonard Ellerbe, and Freddy Roach, and I have yet to...
View ArticlePricey! Up To $99.95 To Watch Mayweather-Pacquiao On Pay-Per-View
LAS VEGAS (CBSNewYork/AP) — It’s going to cost you. Don’t expect much change back from a $100 bill to watch the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight at home. The suggested retail price for the May...
View ArticleBoxing Insider Talk: Virgil Hunter, Boxing Trainer And Analyst
By Jason Keidel Twitter: @JasonKeidel Virgil Hunter, renowned boxing trainer out of the Oakland area, has worked with a roll call of current luminaries, like Andre Berto, Andre Ward and Amir Khan. For...
View ArticleKeidel: Mind Games Have Begun For Mayweather-Pacquiao Bout
By Jason Keidel » More Columns The mind games have begun, the semantic subterfuge and machismo that has become a boxing tableau. First it was Floyd Mayweather, Jr. poaching all potential sparring...
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Payout For Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight Soars To Staggering Amount
LAS VEGAS (CBSNewYork/AP) — The first ticket has yet to be sold, but the richest fight in boxing history is getting richer by the day. New estimates show Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s payoff for fighting...
View ArticleBoxing Insider Talk: Stephen Espinoza, Showtime Sports
By Jason Keidel Twitter: @JasonKeidel We’re used to a montage of athletes splashed against these online walls, though we give no regard to the people behind the lights, camera, and action. The public...
View ArticleSilverman: Floyd’s Head Games Simply Won’t Work Against Savvy, Skilled Pacquiao
By Steve Silverman » More Columns If you don’t think the battle between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao has already started, you haven’t been paying attention. Floyd started fighting as the...
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Pacquiao Confirms Comeback Fight Against Vargas On Nov. 5 In Vegas
MANILA, Philippines (CBSNewYork/AP) — Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao confirmed Wednesday that he will come out of retirement to fight WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas on Nov. 5 in Las...
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Nike Drops Pacquiao After Boxer Says Gay People ‘Are Worse Than Animals’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Manny Pacquiao’s latest disparaging comments about gays have cost him a contract with Nike. It may not be the only endorsement Pacquiao loses, even as he and promoter Bob...
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Mayweather Changes Mind On Rematch, Rips ‘Sore Loser’ Pacquiao
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Floyd Mayweather says in an upcoming interview with Showtime that at this moment he’s not interested in a rematch with Manny Pacquiao “because he’s a sore loser and he’s a...
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Suit Filed Against Manny Pacquiao For Not Disclosing Injury
LAS VEGAS (CBSNewYork/AP) — The fallout from the fight continues. Manny Pacquiao and his handlers have been hit with a lawsuit asking for damages for anyone who paid to watch his fight with Floyd...
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Report: Mayweather Wants To Fight Pacquiao Again Next Year
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Hey, why not? Fresh off his decisive victory in Las Vegas on Saturday night, Floyd Mayweather Jr. told ESPN that he’d be willing to fight Manny Pacquiao again, perhaps in...
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Pacquiao Could Face Discipline For Not Disclosing Shoulder Injury
LAS VEGAS (CBSNewYork/AP) — Manny Pacquiao could face disciplinary action from Nevada boxing officials for failing to disclose a shoulder injury before his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Nevada...
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Keidel: Pacquiao Was Simply Awful In Ugly Loss To Mayweather
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Though it’s my job to sprinkle faerie dust on the sweet science, to assure you that boxing is still indeed the sport that drains the adrenal gland like no other endeavor,...
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Keidel: Pacquiao Should Pack It In
By Jason Keidel » More Columns With all the boxing bromides and bouquets hurled his way today, Floyd Mayweather Jr doesn’t need another gratuitous tribute. Between the champ, his camp and his phalanx...
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Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: A Twitter Recap Of The Fight Of The Century
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports Well, the Fight of the Century is over and Floyd Mayweather is 48-0. Manny Pacquiao threw everything he had at the undefeated champion but hit mostly air while...
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