Pacquiao honored as the best boxer of decade
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February 3, 2010, Wednesday
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MANNY Pacquiao was honored as the fighter of the decade by the Boxing Writer's Association of America on Monday, along with matching Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield by winning his third fighter of the year award.
Pacquiao (50-3 with 2 draws and 38 KOs) capped off a remarkable decade by stopping welterweight Miguel Cotto in the final round in November to win a title in a record-setting seventh weight division. Pacquiao will return to the ring in March when he defends his WBO belt against Joshua Clottey at the US$1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.
Pacquiao says he will accept his awards haul in person at the 85th boxing writers awards dinner on June 11 in New York City.
The reigning pound-for-pound king was chosen fighter of the decade over Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez and Marco Antonio Barrera.
Juan Manuel Marquez's ninth-round knockout of Juan Diaz was picked as fight of the year, an award that was renamed this year for Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.
Also, 17 years after their first fight, Bernard Hopkins will meet Roy Jones Jr in a rematch on April 3 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
The 45-year-old Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KOs) is a former middleweight and light heavyweight champion. He defeated Enrique Ornelas by unanimous decision in a light heavyweight bout in Philadelphia in December.
"A rematch with Roy has been in the back of my mind for a long time and it's finally going to happen," Hopkins said. "I have accomplished a lot in my career since that night in Washington DC in 1993, and I am going to end this thing between me and Roy once and for all."
The 41-year-old Jones (54-6, 40 KOs) is coming off a loss to Australian Danny Green in the first round, also in December. On May 22, 1993, in Washington DC, Hopkins lost a unanimous decision to Jones for the vacant IBF middleweight crown.
Pacquiao (50-3 with 2 draws and 38 KOs) capped off a remarkable decade by stopping welterweight Miguel Cotto in the final round in November to win a title in a record-setting seventh weight division. Pacquiao will return to the ring in March when he defends his WBO belt against Joshua Clottey at the US$1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.
Pacquiao says he will accept his awards haul in person at the 85th boxing writers awards dinner on June 11 in New York City.
The reigning pound-for-pound king was chosen fighter of the decade over Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez and Marco Antonio Barrera.
Juan Manuel Marquez's ninth-round knockout of Juan Diaz was picked as fight of the year, an award that was renamed this year for Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.
Also, 17 years after their first fight, Bernard Hopkins will meet Roy Jones Jr in a rematch on April 3 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
The 45-year-old Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KOs) is a former middleweight and light heavyweight champion. He defeated Enrique Ornelas by unanimous decision in a light heavyweight bout in Philadelphia in December.
"A rematch with Roy has been in the back of my mind for a long time and it's finally going to happen," Hopkins said. "I have accomplished a lot in my career since that night in Washington DC in 1993, and I am going to end this thing between me and Roy once and for all."
The 41-year-old Jones (54-6, 40 KOs) is coming off a loss to Australian Danny Green in the first round, also in December. On May 22, 1993, in Washington DC, Hopkins lost a unanimous decision to Jones for the vacant IBF middleweight crown.
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