mayweather vs. pacquiao

Pacquiao whining, villain winning ruin Fight of the Century

LAS VEGAS — An injured right shoulder and a bruised ego was the collateral damage of the Fight of the Century, which proved to be just another boxing match dominated...

Beyonce, Tom Brady are real winners of Mayweather-Pacquiao

As Floyd Mayweather won by unanimous decision, so too did Tom Brady, grabbing the title of best sports day ever. The Patriots quarterback and just about the most enviable person...

How Vegas denied Manny Pacquiao help for 'Kobe' injury

LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao said a right shoulder injury prevented him from fighting at his best in his loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. Nevada officials also denied Pacquiao's request...

'Let's have a rematch': Shocked Philippines won't accept Manny loss

MANILA, Philippines — Sadness and disappointment gripped Filipinos after Manny Pacquiao's defeat in his much-anticipated fight against American Floyd Mayweather Jr. but they still considered the boxing icon a national...

Unanimous! Mayweather pounds Pacquiao in richest fight ever

LAS VEGAS — Before the decision was read in the latest Fight of the Century, Floyd Mayweather stood atop a rope in the corner and screamed, “I know I won!”...

Michelle Beadle, Rachel Nichols -- Mayweather critics -- banned from fight

LAS VEGAS — For some reporters, getting credentials was as hard as getting tickets for Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao bout. Early reports surfaced on Twitter that the “Mayweather team”...

Chris Algieri: Pacquiao beat me, but he can't defeat Mayweather

Chris Algieri fought Manny Pacquiao in November 2014, suffering a loss after lasting 12 rounds. The Long Island native offers his thoughts on Saturday’s big fight. As told to The...

Pacquiao's best quality will be his undoing vs. Mayweather

LAS VEGAS — The first time Floyd Mayweather ventured to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, he was 17 years old and had traveled from Grand Rapids, Mich., to watch...

This is it, the day sports fans have waited for ... Sportsmageddon!!

Days such as this usually only exist deep in the subconscious of every sports fan — a wild fantasy, if you will. But Saturday, May 2, is a day that...

Power-fretful Philippines begs to unplug fridges, ACs to see Pacquiao

MANILA, Philippines — An officer at a Philippine electric company has urged customers to turn off major appliances to help prevent outages that have recently plagued his province so people...

Greatest sports day ever? Fight will decide it

Steve Levy lost his ringside seats. Chris Russo is calling restaurants in Rhode Island to ask if they will be showing the fight. Eddie Olczyk couldn’t be happier being trackside...

19 places to get punch drunk during Saturday's big fight

Saturday night is shaping up to be a knockout party in the Big Apple. As Filipino fighter Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao readies to take on American Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. for...

Pardon me for not caring about the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight

Saturday night: The fight of the century. The millennium. So big that spokesmen for the next millennium have already admitted they won’t be able to top it. It’s not just...

How a loss would ruin Floyd Mayweather's boxing legacy

LAS VEGAS — Jim Gray, the long-time Showtime broadcaster, recalled a conversation he had with Larry Holmes before the Easton Assassin fought Michael Spinks in a 1986 rematch to regain...

Meet the third man in the ring for Mayweather-Pacquiao

LAS VEGAS — Kenny Bayless once said, “It’s every referee’s dream to work a big fight.” Let’s hope come Saturday night he hasn’t regretted those words, after being named the...

Mayweather's toughest foe reveals how Pacquiao can win

WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto defends his title against Daniel Geale of Australia on June 6 at Barclays Center. The Puerto Rican star took time from training to sit down...

This secret soup is why Manny Pacquiao kicks so much ass

Manny Pacquiao is set to make upwards of $100 million from Saturday night's fight extravaganza against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Las Vegas. But what fuels the Filipino star's training regimen...

Mike Tyson calls Floyd Mayweather a 'little, scared man'

Serial woman abuser Floyd Mayweather claims he’s better than Muhammad Ali, greater than the greatest. But Manny Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, claims Mayweather doesn’t want any part of his fighter,...

Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach has formula to beat Mayweather

LAS VEGAS — Freddie Roach has won the Boxing Writers Trainer of the Year award seven times. But you get the feeling he would trade all of them for Manny...

Foreman: Why Pacquiao will win biggest fight I've ever seen

Former two-time world heavyweight champion George Foreman took some time from promoting his new “online butcher’s store” to talk with The Post’s John DeMarzo about Saturday night’s Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny...