Timothy Bradley attends news confrence in wheelchair

Timothy Bradley injured both of his feet during his win over Manny Pacquiao Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden and was forced to attend the post-fight news conference in a wheelchair. He said he heard his left foot snap in the second round. In about the fifth, he injured his right. His right ankle was grotesquely swollen following the fight, which Bradley won by a highly controversial split decision.Bradley had to suck it up and he won most of the last six rounds to take the victory. Judges C.J. Ross and Duane Ford had it 115-113 for Bradley. Jerry Roth had it 115-113 for Pacquiao.
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I went back to the corner after the second and I said, 'Coach, I think I broke my ankle,' " Bradley said.
His trainer, Joel Diaz, quickly responded.
"You have two options," Diaz said he told Bradley. "I said, 'Either I'll stop the fight now or you'll suck it up and fight like a warrior.' "

Paquiao won the FIGHT

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is one of the most powerful politicians in the country, perhaps the most powerful behind President Obama.
But Reid's home state isn't doing so well these days. Nevada leads the nation in unemployment, with 11.7 percent of its residents without a job in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nevada is also among the national leaders in home foreclosure rates. Many Nevadans are underwater on their mortgages.
It would seem there are plenty of issues that could take up Reid's time, but a check of his website reveals a very odd priority: It's led with a video of Reid, a one-time boxing judge, discussing the decision in the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley fight.
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The match featured one of the most controversial results in years, with Bradley winning a split decision in a bout the majority of those who witnessed it feel Pacquiao won handily. Promoter Bob Arum has called for an independent investigation by Catherine Cortez Masto, the Nevada attorney.

Manny Paquiao puts on poker face

Promoter Bob Arum met with former welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in Los Angeles on Monday and said the only news of substance to come out of the meeting is that Pacquiao will fight next on Nov. 10. Whether that's a rematch with either Timothy Bradley, Juan Manuel Marquez or Miguel Cotto, or a bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr. remains anybody's guess. Pacquiao lost the World Boxing Organization welterweight title in a highly controversial split decision to Bradley on June 9 in Las Vegas that prompted an international furor.
Arum said Pacquiao made it clear he wants to fight Mayweather, but Arum said he told Pacquiao it would be "most unlikely" a bout with Mayweather could be arranged for 2012. Mayweather is serving an 87-day sentence at the Clark County, Nev., Detention Center in Las Vegas and isn't expected to be released until Aug. 3 Arum said he laid out the positives and negatives of fights with all three of the other men in a meeting that also included Pacquiao

NBC dramatically expands fight night boxing series

The NBC Sports Network announced that it would broadcast up to 16 boxing shows during the 2013-14 television season and would put one show, on Dec. 22 of this year, onto NBC. In addition, there will be up to two shows a year on NBC.The "Fight Night" series was the brainchild of promoters Kathy Duva and Russell Peltz. Its premise was to pit evenly matched fighters -- particularly heavyweights -- in bouts which could go either way. NBC will take one show, on Dec. 22 from 4-6 p.m. ET, marking a return to boxing. Two other shows will also appear on NBC, though those dates have yet to be announced. Jon Miller, the president of programming for NBC Sports and the NBC Sports Network, was bullish on the show's future.The new contract calls for up to 16 shows, with a minimum of six."Fight Night has been a tremendous success," Miller said. "The unique approach to have multiple promoters competing to put fights on the NBC Sports Network has allowed us to produce compelling match-ups.

Klitschko CNN Do

In a heavyweight title bout deemed significant enough for even HBO to broadcast, IBF/IBO/WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko has been priming the pump in anticipation of his July 2 showdown in Hamburg, Germany, with WBA heavyweight champ David Haye. Klitschko appeared on CNN International yesterday and announced that he’ll flatten Haye when they meet. “I knocked out 49 fighters,” Klitschko said, “and David Haye is going to be the 50th on my list. I am looking forward to it. I will get a great challenge in the ring. “He will try to get through with his strategy, psychological and physical game and I’m ready for it because I’m a true professional athlete and have been doing it for such a long time. I love to be challenged.”
Haye, while the underdog, is no slouch, as his record (25-1, 23 KOs) indicates. The 30-year-old moved up from cruiserweight in 2008 and has made a lot of noise what he’s going to do to the Klitschkos.
Klitschko is having none of it. “[Defeat] is not an option,” he said. “Myself and Vitali are going to unify all the belts. Haye is quick and his record speaks for itself. He won a lot of fights by knockout, so I will not underestimate his speed or his punching power. “It’s all about the way you fight and how you follow through with your plan and tactics.