Manny Pacquiao

At this point we’re going to have to stop calling it ‘retirement’. The highest paid athlete of all time claims that he is coming back one last time, for one last fat pay-cheque. Money Mayweather’s last fight was against Ireland’s own Conor McGregor (UFC fighter from Dublin, ever heard of him?), and he won with […]

8 years ago

Here we go again. Conor McGregor’s first foray into the world of professional boxing didn’t exactly turn out great as he was schooled by Floyd Mayweather in their much-maligned meeting in August. Purists slammed the bout, which ended with Mayweather’s first stoppage in six years, and it was suggested that ‘The Notorious’ would return to […]

8 years ago

#realboxingmatch

8 years ago

It’s not the most convincing apology you’ll ever see, mind. Boxer and politician Manny Pacquiao has apologised for comments he made in a TV interview in which he suggested that homosexual people were worse than animals. Pacquiao made the comments in an interview with TV5 as part of his Senate campaign, saying: “It’s common sense. […]

10 years ago

This is like something from five centuries ago. Tyson Fury has provoked a fierce backlash last year after making comments comparing paedophiles to homosexuals, and his fellow boxer Manny Pacquiao hasn’t done himself any favours with his latest comments about gay people. In an interview with TV5 as part of his senate campaign, the boxer-turned-politician […]

10 years ago

“It KILLED in the arena,” mind you.

11 years ago