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Freddie Roach: Manny Pacquiao's Fight With Oscar De La Hoya Will Be Decided by Speed

Manny Pacquiao is widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, but he's an underdog in his December 6 fight against Oscar De La Hoya because De La Hoya is bigger than Pacquiao.But Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, told me today that he thinks the size difference between the fighters has been...

Bernard Hopkins Still Going Strong, but He Won't Be the Next George Foreman

Bernard Hopkins got a late start in the fight game, thanks to spending his late teens and early 20s in prison. Hopkins has made up for lost time with a professional boxing career that has spanned two decades (the 20th anniversary of his first pro fight comes up on Saturday), but while Hopkins is still, at age 43, one of...

Kelly Pavlik Ready to Fight Bernard Hopkins at 170 Pounds, Says Training Hasn't Changed

Kelly Pavlik is the undisputed middleweight champion of the world, but when he fights Bernard Hopkins next weekend, he'll be fighting at 10 pounds heavier than his ideal weight, moving up to 170 to meet the light heavyweight Hopkins in the middle.But Pavlik told me today that he weighs 171 or 172 pounds right now, that he...

UFC President Dana White on MMA in the Olympics: 'I Hope I'm Alive to See It'

I spoke to UFC President Dana White today at an event to promote UFC 90, and with the Olympics going on, I asked him what he thinks of the possibility that mixed martial arts will one day be an Olympic sport. He thinks it can happen."I hope I'm alive to see it," White said. "I don't think it's going to happen soon, but...

Josh Elliott Calls Morning SportsCenter ESPN's Acknowledgment of the Blogosphere

For as long as I can remember, mornings on ESPN have been one long loop of SportsCenter reruns. That all changes on Monday, when ESPN will launch a new six-hour block of live SportsCenters from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.But is there really enough going on in the world of sports at that time to fill the six hours of live TV that ESPN...