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Manny Pacquiao Beats Miguel Cotto in EA Sports' Fight Night Round 4 Simulation

Manny Pacquiao will dethrone WBO welterweight champion, Miguel Cotto, by unanimous decision on Saturday night to become the first fighter to earn a seventh title belt in as many different weight divisions, according to an EA Sports Fight Night Round 4 simulation.In their matchup, scheduled to take place at the MGM Grand...

HBO Sports VP Dishes on Mayweather, Pacquiao-Cotto, PPV Fights

Mark Taffet, Senior Vice President of HBO Sports Pay Per View, said Floyd Mayweather "clearly has proven his star status by generating the kinds of pay per view numbers that very few men in the history of the sport have ever generated."FanHouse spoke to Taffet, the man in charge of HBO's Pay Per View, as he addressed...

Undercards Key to Boxing's Future

By ramping up their promotional efforts for the Sept. 19 Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez pay-per-view fight, some might say that HBO and Golden Boy Promotions are going old school. The fight will be shown at 170 movie theaters across the country and available in over 350,000 hotel rooms. Couple that with what...