WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12KOs) has officially signed his contract to face Manny Pacquiao, the WBO’s champion at 147-pounds, on June 9 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Bradley is going to make around $5 million dollars for the fight, according to Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who promotes both fighters read more ...

Manny Pacquiao doesn’t expect Timothy Bradley to engage and go toe-to-toe when they meet on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Truth is Pacquiao thinks Bradley will use the size of the ring to the hilt. «Tatakbo ‘yan (He will run),» said Pacquiao yesterday at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club where he played a round with Filipino golf star Frankie Miñoza read more ...

Manny Pacquiao has agreed to terms to defend his welterweight title against junior welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley Jr. on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Michael Koncz, Pacquiao’s adviser, told ESPN.com on Monday read more ...

WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is counting the numbers on the check. Puerto Rico’s biggest star told Raul Alzaga that his final decision, regarding his next opponent, will be determined by money. Cotto and members of his team are evaluating two possible scenarios — a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, or a rematch with Manny Pacquiao on June 9th — also in Las Vegas read more ...

WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is taking the battle to Twitter. The boxer has started attacking Manny Pacquiao by daring the Filipino superstar to accept his challenge for a May 5th battle at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mayweather is already set to fight on the May date, while Pacquiao has a scheduled meeting with his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank read more ...

Top Rank chief Bob Arum told fightnews and Manila Bulletin that Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring on June 9 or June 16 against a soon-to-be-named opponent. Together with Pacquiao’s Canadian adviser Mike Koncz, Arum is traveling to Manila Sunday and he will be arriving Tuesday morning read more ...

Coming a few days before Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum visits Manila to discuss Pacquiao’s next fight, Mayweather was permitted to defer his prison sentence so he can fulfill his obligations to fight on May 5 in Las Vegas. Arum will have four proposals that he will present to Pacquiao next week and among those being eyed for his much-awaited return to the ring are Juan Manuel Marquez, Tim Bradley, Lamont Peterson and Miguel Cotto read more ...

Undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Friday avoided jail time until June 1 in a Las Vegas domestic violence case involving an attack on his ex-girlfriend while two of their children watched in September 2010. Mayweather, 34, had been scheduled to turn himself in Friday to begin serving a 90-day sentence imposed last month read more ...

"Marquez will make more money for Pacquiao. Lamont Peterson, they’re really not going to go for. Timothy Bradley, not really, but I think that will be their second option and Marquez will be the first because it’s going to make more money. Since a lot of people said Marquez won the last fight, there’s controversy, so they’ll just make some more money...I thought Pacquiao still won read more ...

According to a report in The Philippine Star, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao wants guarantee of $28 million for a fourth fight with Juan Manuel Maruqez. Pacquiao advised the media in General Santos City that a lot of money would have to be on the table for a fourth Marquez meeting. Pacquiao won a twelve round majority decision over Marquez on November 16th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas read more ...