Manny Pacquiao seems to really benefit from being the only boxer signed with the Swoosh, as the undivided attention he gets has resulted in yet another Pacquiao-specific product, the Nike Trainer SC 2010 Manny Pacquiao PE. The shoe features his usual colorway, a white/metallic gold-varsity red-royal blue combination inspired by the national flag of the [...]

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Add one more thing to your list of what to be thankful for this year: Negotiations for a megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, widely considered the top two pound-for-pound boxers in the world, are officially underway. Pacquiao is coming off a 12th-round technical knockout of Miguel Cotto, a fight which sold 1.25 million [...]

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Check out the “Wapakman” trailer, “Wapakman” of coursing being a Filipino movie starring none other than Manny Pacquiao and apparently co-starring Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls. The movie appears to combine several superhero/sci-fi conventions including Manny fighting a Lava-Man and a giant crab. And I think [...]

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Coming off a masterful late-round dismantling of Miguel Cotto this past Saturday night, I figured I’d write something about Manny Pacquiao, Nike’s only non-Jordan Brand boxer. So after my search for Manny-related Nike products I’ve never written about, here’s what I found: now available on NikeStore.com, a different “Pac Man Knows” shirt than what we’ve [...]

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Former boxer Arturo “Thunder” Gatti, 40-9 with 31 KO’s, was found dead in a hotel room in Brazil, according to reports out of Sao Paulo today. Gatti, best known for his brutal, come-forward style, was in Brazil for a second honeymoon with his wife and one year-old son; He was found dead early Saturday morning, [...]

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The much-anticipated showdown between David Haye and Wladimir Klitschko scheduled for June 20th is off according to an ESPN report, with David Haye withdrawing from the bout due to a hand injury. This is a disastrous turn of events for a division desperately needing it’s biggest fight since Lennox Lewis retired. David Haye of England [...]

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Nintendo has some new Punch Out commercials wherein Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi plays the protagonist of the “Punch Out” series, Little Mac. His trainer, Doc, is played by Isiah Whitlock Jr of “The Wire” fame. Apparently Little Mac lost his belt to King Hippo 15 years ago and he’s hard at work trying to get [...]

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