MANNY Pacquiao will return to the ring Nov. 24 to meet Brandon Rios in a welterweight bout in Macau, the eight-division world champion’s promoter said Monday.

Bob Arum told The Associated Press that Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 KOs) has been focused exclusively on his political career in the Philippines since the congressman’s stunning sixth-round knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez last December. Pacquiao has lost two straight fights after a 15-bout winning streak, also dropping a much-disputed decision to Timothy Bradley last summer. (READ MORE)

CEBU CITY – If it were up to Mexican boxing legend Marco Antonio Barrera, Manny Pacquiao should move on and stop chasing another rematch with his rival, Juan Manuel Marquez.

“To me personally, why make a fifth fight?” Barrera said last Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

IT LOOKS as if Manny Pacquiao won’t be able to avenge his devastating knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez because the Mexican superstar isn’t keen on a fifth fight between the two.

Despite the potentially huge payday that he would get in a fifth fight, the 39-year-old Marquez believes that the epic rivalry between him and Pacquiao ended in their last encounter. (READ MORE)

THE camp of Filipino boxing icon and Sarangani representative Manny Pacquiao is considering filing charges against a doctor for raising alarms that the Pacman is having possible signs of “Parkinson’s disease.”

Earlier, neurological expert Dr. Rustico Jimenez said that the boxer is showing signs of Parkinson’s disease like shaky hands and slur in speech. (READ MORE)

THE epic Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel IV got its third “Fight of the Year” honor yesterday.

After being named by ESPN and Yahoo! Sports as “Fight of the Year”, it got its third straight vote and was declared by The Ring Magazine as the best fight of 2012. (READ MORE)