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Dave Bautista isn’t tolerant of people who are homophobic. The Glass Onion actor told GQ that he had to cover up a tattoo after a former friend made derogatory remarks about the LGBTQIA+ community. The 53-year-old described how the tattoo was a logo for Manny Pacquiao’s team, though Bautista didn’t mention him by name. “It […]
Manny Pacquiao announced Wednesday that he’s retiring from boxing at the age of 42. The now-former boxer will be focusing his time on politics. Pacquiao also announced last week that he will be running for president in the 2022 Philippine elections. “I am a fighter and I will always be a fighter inside and outside the ring. In […]
While the ring is where Manny Pacquiao became a legend, the court deserves a little bit of credit for helping boxing’s only eight-division champion creep into the GOAT conversation. If the second half of the above sentence sounds preposterous, you haven’t been paying attention. But with Pacquiao returning to action for the first time following […]
Boxing’s early days looked nothing like the sport does today, including its confusing and hard to remember division designations that incrementally increase from 105 pounds to 201 pounds and up. Back in the day, weights didn’t really matter when making a fight. Guys just slugged it out without any mind paid to size differentials. That changed starting […]
Floyd Mayweather is still willing to put his undefeated record on the line. TMZ reports that Money Mayweather is looking to set up two fights in 2020. One of the bouts will be against another professional boxer while the other will be a crossover fight against a UFC superstar. Mayweather is known for prolonging fights and there […]
Floyd Mayweather is nothing if not a showman who knows how to rile up an audience. And Thursday’s announcement on Instagram that he’s coming out of retirement in 2020 was yet another example of how the legendary boxer—who last fought professionally in 2017 against former MMA champion Conor McGregor—captures the attention and imagination of the […]
Ask any boxer or trainer about the mythical pound-for-pound rankings and you’ll usually get one of two responses: a smirk or a massive eye-roll. Because nothing elicits more laughs or scorn from those actively participating in the sport than talk about pound-for-pound rankings. They’re an arbitrary and subjective creation with no set criteria. They have absolutely […]
Manny Pacquiao has teamed up with English soccer icon Michael Owen Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Jason Derulo, and the GCOX Group to back a new global cryptocurrency, according to Engadget. The boxer made the announcement during a free concert in Malaysia, which served as the launch party for his new business venture. Pacquiao’s new currency […]
A clip has been making its way around the internet that shows Floyd Mayweather describing how he’s going to Saudi Arabia to review terms for a looming Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch. The part where he says he’s going to the Middle East to “talk about the Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch” seems like something that would be kind of hard […]
Filipino boxer and senator Manny Pacquiao has a few ideas in mind for when he retires, and buying an NBA team is one of them. At age 40, Pacquiao has managed to stay in great shape, but in an interview with TMZ, he’s indicated that he’s got about five years left until he calls it quits. “I […]
