Manny Pacquiao Boxing News

 Former WBO featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson believes IBF/WBC welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr will easily defeat Manny Pacquiao in their  Fox Sports PPV  fight on August 31st. Stevenson believes Spence (27-0, 21 KOs) will win if he does not become careless in the ring against Pacquiao, which is easy for him to do. If you watched Spence's last two fights against Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter, you'd notice that both of those fighters found it relatively easy to nail him with their best shots. Pacquiao, at 147 pounds, isn't a big puncher, so he'll have to land a lot of shots on Spence's chin to knock him out. He's unlikely to be able to pull it off. Pacquiao's last KO came in 2009, against Miguel Cotto, and it was an uncalled for stoppage. Cotto was still fighting back when the referee stepped in from nowhere and called a halt to the fight. Pacquiao's last true knockout came against Ricky Hatton in 2009, but he doesn't count because he was ...

When it comes to the best battling the best, the last week has been a mixed blessing. We are only a few days away from Josh Taylor's outstanding win against José Ramirez , a match between one guy who had two of the major world championships at junior welterweight and another who had the other two. Taylor won all four titles and was crowned the undisputed 140-pound champion. We're also coming off the dizzying news that Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua had finally reached an agreement for a massive bout that would establish an undisputed heavyweight champion — only for that match to fall through. An arbitrator concluded that Fury must uphold his previous deal to face Deontay Wilder a third time. So, right before Taylor-match Ramirez's on ESPN on Saturday, Fury inked a deal to meet Wilder again in front of the TV cameras. Then there's the welterweight class. Errol Spence has two world championships and is regarded as the finest fighter at 147 pounds and one of the top fighter...