WAPAKMAN! In the above trailer for Manny Pacuqiao’s movie, you see a hilarious costume and a comical fight between a boxer and a crustacean. Your eyes don’t deceive you, but I see something deeper: The hero of a nation defeating the symbolic embodiment of the “crab mentality,” that troublesome mindset people in the Philippines […]

Overlooked, I think, in our collective amazement at what Manny Pacquiao accomplished Saturday night in knocking out Miguel Cotto was a subtle shift at the macro level that portends well for the perception of the sport of boxing as a whole. Two of the biggest newspapers in America — The New York Times and The […]

There should be no controversy about this, and no question: Manny Pacquiao fought the best version of Miguel Cotto Saturday night, as Cotto showed by fighting on equal terms with Pacquiao for five rounds, even with a pair of knockdowns. But Pacquiao, as I expected, was the truly transcendent fighter to Cotto’s ultra-elite, and that, […]

I’m a skeptical person, by nature. It’s in my day gig’s job description: We journalists must be balanced, questioning. But it is getting to where even the most hyperbolic statements about the amazing boxing career of Manny Pacquiao are at least in the ballpark of reasonable. And after Saturday night, anyone who doubts Pacquiao is, […]

There’s Ricky Hatton, Fattoning it up as he’s prone to do and being pretty amusing as he’s prone to do, this time as a participant in a WWE event this week. He’ll become important again later, per the headline. There’s more going on in the world than Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto. Here’s some of it, in […]

We’ll get started at 9 p.m. with the liveblogging and cover all the undercard fights and the main event, but if you want to check out the untelevised undercard, it starts at 7 p.m  

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2009, Manny Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto, culminating in a live blog of the bout Saturday. Previously – the importance of Pacquiao-Cotto; the two top questions for each man; keys to the fight, parts I and II; and a look at the undercard. Tomorrow — […]

So concludes our marathon pre-fight coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2009, Manny Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto. Don’t forget to join us for a live blog of the bout Saturday! We’ll do round-by-round coverage of all the evening’s fights, and the more people join in with their thoughts, the better it gets. Here […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2009, Manny Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto, culminating in a live blog of the bout Saturday. Previously – the importance of Pacquiao-Cotto, the two top questions for each man and keys to the fight, parts I and II. Later today – the final preview […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2009, Manny Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto, culminating in a live blog of the bout Saturday. Previously – the importance of Pacquiao-Cotto, the two top questions for each man and keys to the fight, part I. Tomorrow — a review of the undercard, and […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2009, Manny Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto, culminating in a live blog of the bout Saturday. Earlier today — the importance of Pacquiao-Cotto. Tomorrow — keys to the fight, parts I and II. Soon, I’ll break down how Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto compare […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2009, Manny Pacquiao against Miguel Cotto, culminating in a live blog of the bout Saturday. Yesterday – the importance of Pacquiao-Cotto, and the two key questions for each man. Later today – keys to the fight, part II. Boxing is part mental and […]

My vacation pushed back my posting schedule a little, but Indianapolis is in my rear view mirror and I’ve now caught up with a few of the other weekend developments — some mentioned above, some not — so we’re about to begin our marathon coverage of Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto. First, though, a bit more weekend […]

cross over. Pacquiao-Cotto is the kind of bout that has a chance to give non-boxing fans religion. So there’s plenty at stake. Amongst those things, obviously, is whether the fight will be as good as it can be. Cotto, as both a junior welterweight and welterweight, has been in no fewer than four fights over […]