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By Daniel Poland, Doghouse Boxing

Manny Pacquiao, the pound for pound king of boxing has given out the orders to promoter Bob Arum to get him a mega fight with WBO Welterweight champion Miguel Cotto.

Pacquiao was ringside for Cotto’s hard fought victory over Joshua Clottey and has immediately told Arum to make the fight happen. Has Pacquiao seen a weakness that he will be able to exploit?

It was thought Pacquiao would hold out to fight the winner of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight on July 18th, but a Mayweather injury has postponed the fight till September and it looks as though The Pac Man doesn’t want to wait that long before making a decision.

Shouts for a fight with “Sugar” Shane Mosley have died

Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s injury has been identified. “Money” has been reported to have damaged cartilage in his ribs and will not be able to train for his comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez until approved by a doctor.

Contrary to previous reports however, Floyd doesn’t have a broken rib, but the injury he sustained is serious just the same.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo injured his rib cartilage during the team’s final game against the Philadelphia Eagles last year, when Romo fumbled and was sacked then benched. His coach Wade Phillips said a flare-up of the pain caused Romo to collapse in the shower afterward.

Richard Schaefer, chief executive of Golden Boy Promotions, told The Associated Press on Monday that Mayweather has been in tremendous pain since suffering

MANILA, Philippines — Impressed by the tremendous amount of fan support Miguel Cotto generated in his welterweight fight yesterday, Manny Pacquiao has given promoter Bob Arum the go signal to arrange a fight between the two stars.

Speaking to Michael Marley of The Examiner, Arum — who promotes both Pacquiao and Cotto — said he already has penciled November 14 as the targeted date for the Pacquiao-Cotto showdown.

Pacquiao sat ringside with Arum as Cotto carved out a hard-fought split decision win over the tough Joshua Clottey to retain his WBO welterweight strap yesterday at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Puerto Rican fought on despite sustaining a deep gash in the left eyebrow.

“Manny told me what to do. Manny

MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao, who received the 2008 Fighter of the Year award Friday evening in New York, will join the ranks of Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard and Evander Holyfield if he continues to shine in 2009.

Ali, Frazier, Leonard and Holyfield are so far the only fighters to have won the award three times since the Boxing Writers Association of America started giving the award in 1938, the year heavyweight Jack Dempsey won it.

Pacquiao was BWAA top fighter in 2006, when he knocked out Erik Morales twice, and was named the best for 2008, the year he defeated Juan Manuel Marquez, David Diaz and Oscar dela Hoya in different weight classes.

No fighter in history has won the BWAA

NEW YORK (AFP) – – Manny Pacquiao will be sitting at ringside to watch Miguel Cotto defend his welterweight crown Saturday against Ghana’s Joshua Clottey, the Filipino superstar sizing up his potential next opponent.

Puerto Rican star Cotto, 33-1 with 27 knockouts, will face Clottey, 35-2 with 20 knockouts, on the eve of the annual Puerto Rican Day parade in New York – a date that has become a fight tradition for Cotto at Madison Square Garden.

Pacquiao is considered boxing’s pound-for-pound champion after knocking out Britain’s Ricky Hatton in the second round last month at Las Vegas.

“It was very good and a very strong moment for Pacquiao in that fight,” Cotto said.

While fight fans hunger for a Pacquiao showdown against unbeaten US star Floyd Mayweather Jnr, who

MANILA, Philippines – After burning the lines with his promoter, his adviser and an emissary from Malacañang, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao agreed to cut short his scheduled family vacation, fly straight to the Big Apple and receive his Fighter of the Year award from the Boxing Writers Association of America on Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

Pacquiao reportedly had second thoughts on personally receiving his second Fighter of the Year award from the BWAA, and in fact flew to Bohol yesterday morning after spending a night in Cebu City with his family, including wife Jinkee and kids Jimuel, Michael, Princess and Queen Elizabeth, and close friends.

Pacquiao said in a TV interview last Tuesday his trip to New York has been postponed, raising speculations that

MANILA, Philippines – “We’ve found the new Manny Pacquiao,” gushed promoter Sammy Gello-ani as teenaged “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona sent Thai veteran Wandee Singwancha to dreamland with a vicious left uppercut at 1:49 of the second round to claim the vacant WBO Oriental flyweight crown before 2,000 believers at the Cebu Coliseum two weeks ago.

“Sonsona has Pacquiao’s power and the moves of (IBF flyweight titlist Nonito) Donaire,” said Gello-ani. “I never expected him to dispose of Wandee so easily. He may be skinny and lanky at 5-7 but he hits like a mule. He’s mature for his age. He’s ready for a world title shot.”

Gello-ani said yesterday he is close to finalizing negotiations for Sonsona to challenge WBO superflyweight champion Jose (Carita) Lopez of Puerto Rico on

MANILA, Philippines – While things are on hold as to who fights Manny Pacquiao next, what looks certain is that MGM, for the third straight time, will host the fight of the Filipino superstar.

“I’m pretty sure it will be MGM,” Bob Arum told The STAR over the telephone.

Pacquiao has fought his last two fights at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, packing the venue as he demolished Oscar dela Hoya last December and Ricky Hatton a month ago.

Arum said it’s always good to keep the fight in Las Vegas, the gambling capital of the world.

“It’s a good place because of all the casinos there,” said Arum.

Pacquiao has fought five times at the MGM, and has gone 3-1-1 with another victory over Lehlo Ledwaba in 2001, a

MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao should avoid falling into the trap being laid out for him by Shane Mosley.

One of Pacquiao’s advisers – Rex “Wakee” Salud – issued the warning after Mosley said he’s ready to stake his WBA welterweight crown if he gets to face the Filipino champion at a catch weight of 144 lb on Oct. 17.

It was also reported that Mosley has agreed to a 60/40 split in favor of the reigning pound-for-pound champion, and on the inclusion of a rematch clause in the fight contract, in case he wins over Pacquiao.

Salud said it’s all too good to be true.

“Manny may be too small for Mosley if he agrees to fight at 144 pounds. Baka naman makawawa tayo (We may end up short-changed),” said the boxing figure from Cebu.

“It’s Mosley who needs Manny

Manny Pacquiao accepts his Fighter of the Year award at the Boxing Writers Association of America dinner in New York. In the photo above, he is joined by trainer Freddie Roach, his wife, promoter Bob Arum and BWAA president Jack Hirsch. Below, he poses with Joe Calzaghe, who won the Manager of the Year award. Photos by Gary D. Morgan.

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