CHICAGO (jGLi) – A week before he enters prison, American boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. settled Friday (Dec. 30) a misdemeanor battery charge filed against him by a security guard he poked in the face in  2010 by paying a $1,000 fine.

Mary Ann Price, spokesperson of the Clark County Court in Las Vegas, Nevada, told this reporter over the phone it was Mayweather’s private defense lawyer, Karen Winckler, who paid the $1,000 fine on behalf of Mayweather, who was not present before Department 3 Judge Janice Marshall, as Mayweather pleaded no contest to the complaint filed by Shane Smiths.

CHICAGO (jGLi) – American boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. was sentenced Wednesday (Dec. 21) to three months (90 days) in jail as part of the plea bargaining in the felony allegations that he beat up his ex-girlfriend more than a year ago that were reduced to one count of battery with domestic violence plea and two counts of harassment.

Mayweather will also be serving a suspended three months (90 days)  sentence.

Mayweather has been ordered by Clark County Court Department 4 Judge Melissa Saragosa of Las Vegas, Nevada to report to the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas on Jan. 6, 2012 at 10:45 a.m.

CHICAGO (jGLi) – After four months of making himself scarce, newly-minted pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather, Jr. finally relented to be placed under questioning by lawyers of eight-division champion Filipino Manny Pacquiao two days prior to Mr. Pacquiao’s controversial majority decision win over Mexican champion Juan Manuel Marquez.

Word of Mayweather’s long-awaited deposition last Nov. 10 was enclosed in a motion filed Nov. 16 by his lawyer, Mark G. Tratos, where he also requested the United States District Court of Las Vegas, Nevada to order “an itemization of Pacquiao’s attorney’s fees and suspend ruling until Defendant (Mayweather) has had an opportunity to respond to the itemized fees, or in the alternative that this Court drastically reduce the claimed rates and hours, as they are patently unreasonable.”

LAS VEGAS (NV) -- For the third time in his boxing career, pound-for-pound king Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao faces his Mexican opponent Juan Manuel Marquez tonight at the MGA Grand Arena in this town.

Pacquiao and Marquez have met twice, once in 2004 and again in 2008. Pacquiao dropped Marquez three times in the first round of the 2004 fight, but it ended as a draw.  Many believed that Pacquaio should have won at that time had not one judge scorecard left one point off of Pacquaio's total.  In 2008, Pacquiao again put Marquez on the canvas and eventually won a controversial split-decision.

At a pre-fight weigh-in, Pacquaio tipped the scales at 143 pounds while Marquez weigh in at 142.  The WBO welterweight Championship bout is at a catchweight of 144 pounds.

CHICAGO (jGLi) – Filipino pound-for-pound boxing champion Manny Pacquiao asked United States District Court Judge Larry R. Hicks of Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday (Oct. 28) to order his rival Floyd Mayweather, Jr. to pay his lawyers $93,734.50 in attorney’s fees for refusing to comply with the court order to attend his deposition.

In a 12-page motion for attorney’s fees, the eight-division Filipino champion asked Judge Hicks to order Mayweather to pay renowned trial lawyers Daniel Petrocelli and David Marroso, partners of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, a 125-year old Los Angeles, California-based national firm known for handling entertainment and First Amendment rights cases.

NEW YORK -- In a match reminiscent of [Manny] Pacquiao-[Joshua] Clottey fight, bantamweight champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire retained his WBC and WBO belts after pounding a convincing 12-round unanimous decision win over previously unbeaten super flyweight champion Argentinean Omar Narvaez at the Madison Square Garden.

But he wasn't overjoyed. This was not the star-performance bout he wanted to see.

CHICAGO (jGLi) – United States District Court Judge Larry R. Hicks of Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday (Oct. 18) imposed on Floyd Mayweather, Jr. “monetary sanctions related to the cost of deposition, as well as attorney’s fees relating to that deposition” for not complying “with a court order and attend his deposition.”

But Hicks denied Manny Pacquiao’s requested sanctions against “Mayweather, Jr.’s counterclaims and entering default judgment” pending conclusion of discovery in early 2012.

Hicks gave Pacquiao’s lawyers led by David Marroso “ten days to file a motion for attorney’s fees that comply with” Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37.

NEW YORK -- At a workout held at the renowned Gleason's gym in Brooklyn, Filipino American world bantamweight boxing champion Nonito Donaire Jr. announced the winners of his Internet search of anthem singers for his title defense on October 22.

Tiffany Ashley Viray, 14, and Lianah Sta. Ana, 11, were chosen from the many who submitted their rendition of both or either the Philippine or the American national anthem via YouTube.  The two young Filipino Americans from Freehold, New Jersey will lead the singing of the national anthems in front of thousands expected to attend the match at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden and to millions that will be watching the fight via HBO and the web via TopRank.com.

MANILA -- Responding to promoter Bob Arum's remarks that "there is zero chance" that Pacquiao would hold any fight in his home country, Congressman Arnel Ty (LPG-MA), a member of the House Committee on Sports and Youth Development, has urged boxing icon Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao to consider a 'patriotic' bout in Manila before he retires from boxing.

According to Arum, this may not be possible due to the inability of Filipinos to pay for high-priced gate tickets. He also said that moneyed foreign fans who might want to watch the fight would also be discouraged by the extended trip to Manila.

NEW YORK -- World bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire will make his first title defense against undefeated world junior bantamweight titleholder Omar Narvaez of Cordoba, Argentina on Saturday, Oct. 22 at the world famous Madison Square Garden.

Known as the "Filipino Flash" in the boxing world, the 28-year-old boxer from San Leandro, California, is the first reigning Filipino world champion to fight at the Garden since Gabriel "Flash" Elorde, then super featherweight champion, who also made it at the "The Mecca of Boxing".

Top Rank promoter Todd duBoef said that the Garden is where "stars are born.  If you can play New York, you can play anywhere.  It doesn't matter what sphere of entertainment you are in -- music, theater, athletics -- to play that city is a big steppingstone for anybody."

LAS VEGAS (Nev.) -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. took the WBC welterweight title from Victor Ortiz with a controversial fourth-round knockout on Saturday, Sept. 17.  Watched by a crowd estimated at 15,000 in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Mayweather's win prompted boos from the crowd.  They called his 1-2 punch combination that knocked Ortiz down, a "cheap shot".

Ortiz recalled that referee Joe Cortez broke them up after he unintentionally gave Mayweather a head-butt. He apologised to him in the centre of the ring by touching gloves. Mayweather suddenly responded with a left hook and crunching right that dropped Ortiz to the canvas at 2:59.

Ortiz said he obeyed exactly as he was told. "And then, boom, he blindsided me.  It happens."

Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Jr. has suggested that Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao badly wants his deposition before he faces Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17 so as to “disrupt” his training “regimen” because Pacman’s Top Rank promoter “has financial interest” on Ortiz.

In a 22-page opposition to Pacman’s motion for default and dismissal filed Aug. 22 before the U.S. District Court of Nevada in Las Vegas, Mayweather’s lawyer Mark G. Tratos offered to pay the costs of Mayweather’s non-appearance to deposition “to include reasonable attorneys’ fees” and “future deposition” but wants the Court to deny Pacman’s “motion for default and dismissal.”

Passaic, NJ - Junior-middleweight prospect Glen Tapia of Passaic, NJ has been enlisted by boxing's pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao to serve as chief sparring partner for his November 13 clash with Antonio Margarito at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX.

The 20-year-old Tapia, with a professional boxing record of 7-0 (5 KO), has been a high-profile sparring partner for world champions Joshua Clottey and Yuri Foreman as they prepared for Miguel Cotto. The Dominican-American power-puncher acknowledges that this will be a vital learning experience for him as he attempts to start his own legacy.

DALLAS, TEXAS -- World famous Filipino boxing hero, politician and party singer Manny Pacquiao did not disappoint 51,000 spectators who trooped to the spectacular new Texas Cowboys stadium on March 12. Now regarded as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world owning seven different weight class championship belts, Pacquiao gave a virtual clinic to millions who were watching the fight live via satellite by clobbering Ghanaian Joshua Clottey in a 12-round “decisive” decision.

DALLAS, TEXAS --  Unbeknownst to the thousands of Filipinos who came to Dallas to watch the Pacquiao-Clottey event is a beautiful and unassuming young Filipino-American teenager in their midst who is famous in her own right. Her name is Vanessa Sansano Washington, a 17-year-old senior high student at Mansfield H.S. and lives in Arlington, Texas with her parents Carleton and Norma Washington.

NEW YORK (June 18) -- In an event considered as "The Academy Awards of Boxing", Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao received another feat from the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) on Friday June 12 during BWAA's 84th Annual Award Dinner.

For the second time in his boxing career, he was honored with the BWAA's Edward J. Neil "Fighter of the Year Award for 2008" at the Capitale at 130 Bowery in Manhattan. Pacquiao was also bestowed with the Neil award in 2006.

CHICAGO (May 3) – In his second straight fight, it appeared Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao was in complete control of his game plan.  And in this latest title event held in the same venue as the last but called "Battle of the East and the West", it appeared he has an eye to have his fight downloaded for a YouTube highlight video.

The abbreviated win -- in less than six minutes -- can easily fit in popular video sharing Website, which users can upload, view and share video clips for everybody to see and appreciate.

VANCOUVER (May 1) -- Idolised by millions of Filipinos around the world and hailed as the new face of boxing by the pundits of pugilism, Manny Pacquiao will take to the ring in Las Vegas on May 2 at 3:30 P.M.

His opponent is the the Hitman from Manchester, Ricky Hatton.

But the championship belt and cash from the C$90milllion super fight at the MGM Grand is secondary for the Asian golden boy dubbed the "Pacman."

MANILA (Apr. 19) -- Before a roaring crowd at the Araneta Center billed as a double header: "The Flash and The Furious," two young Filipino boxers won separate impressive victories and emerged as world champions in their respective divisions.

Junior flyweight Filipino American Brian "The Hawaiian Punch" Viloria knocked out Ulissis Solis of Mexico in the 11th round in their championship match.  Viloria, the former World Boxing Council light flyweight champion, was regarded as the underdog before the match. Solis spoiled earlier attempts of three Filipinos -- Rodel Mayol, Bert Batwang and Glenn Donaire, elder brother of Nonito -- to strip him of his title in the past.

LOS ANGELES (March 31) — Ricky Hatton thinks Manny Pacquiao's big win over Oscar De La Hoya in December was a fluke. Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) is counting on beating the Filipino star on May 2 in Las Vegas.

"Any win against Oscar is a magnificent one. Is that the Oscar De La Hoya we have come to love? I don't think so," Hatton said. "And only Oscar can say what happened on the scales. He looked a shell of the Oscar we know. I don't think it was hard to beat Oscar that night."