CHICAGO (jGLi) – Filipino Buboy Fernandez and Canadian Michael Koncz, Manny Pacquiao’s assistants, had reportedly apologized to award-winning Getty Image photographer Al Bello who was “punched, kicked, grabbed” and then “chased” away for trying to take still photos of the fallen Filipino champion in the ring.  But Bello’s company lawyer believes that while apologies are "appropriate, (they are) insufficient consequence alone and will certainly not deter similar behavior in the future.”

Lizanne Vaughan (pronounced von), Vice President Corporate Counsel, of Seattle, Washington-based Getty Images, is urging Raymond “Skip” Avansino, Jr. and Keith Kizer, chair and executive director of Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) in Las Vegas, to “take all appropriate actions against Mr. Pacquiao and his entourage, and (we) expect that such include a significant suspension period.”

CHICAGO (jGLi) – The “perfect punch” from Juan Manuel Marquez that blindsided Manny Pacquiao was all natural. It was not aided by performance enhancing drugs (PEDs).

In the run-up of the Pacman-Marquez fight, a bogeyman was raised that Marquez had bulked up courtesy of his conditioning coach, not his four months of grueling training in the high altitude of Mexico while Manny Pacquiao merely trained half the time in the low altitude of Los Angeles, California. It turns out the bogeyman is merely all hype.

CHICAGO (jGLi) – An unexpected wicked right straight from Mexican champion Juan Manuel Marquez was all that was needed to settle the controversies surrounding the three previous fights between Marquez and Filipino champion Manny Pacquiao to win by knockout their epic, non-title welterweight fourth bout at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada Saturday (Dec. 8) night.

The punch that 33-year-old Pacquiao admitted he never saw coming also saw the 39-year-old Marquez receiving the “Champion of the Decade” trophy courtesy of the World Boxing Organization. Marquez now improves his record to 55 (KO 40) wins; 6 losses; 1 draw while Pacquiao drops to 54 wins (38 knockouts, 16 decisions), 5 losses (3 knockouts, 2 decisions), 2 draws.

Pacquiao told HBO commentator Larry Merchant, “I did not see the punch. I was so overconfident that I got him. He is tough boxer. He is not easy to beat. That’s boxing. That’s sports.”

CARSON, Calif. -- Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire emerged victorious Saturday October 13 over Japanese boxer Toshiaki Nishioka at the Home Depot Center following two knockdowns in the sixth and ninth rounds before a crowd of about 7,500.

Donaire threw a straight right-hand jab to Nishoka's chin and followed it up with a left uppercut that sent the Japanese chap to the canvas with 1:54 seconds remaining on the ninth round. Nishioka's corner threw in the towel to stop the fight before Donaire could deliver one more punch.  Donaire retained the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) super bantamweight titles.

CHICAGO (jGLi) –(Update) Juan Manuel Marquez may yet still get his wish after all – have judges from outside Nevada when he faces Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 8 at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Keith Kizer, Executive Director of the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC), clarified that as “false reporting” that the NAC “will not be importing any judge to score the fourth fight between Marquez and Pacquiao,” saying that in the first bouts between Pacquiao and Marquez, there were three non-Nevada judges.

At the height of the controversy following the result of the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley last June 9, 2012, Attorney Francisco Valcarcel, president of the World Boxing Organization, was quoted in news reports as saying, “Before the Pacquiao-Bradley judges were assigned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Valcarcel said he submitted a list of 20 judges from elsewhere who could be assigned to the bout. None were chosen.”

CHICAGO (jGLi) – The $5-million defamation case filed by Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao in 2009 against American boxer Floyd Mayweather who was charged with blabbering that Pacquiao was beating his opponents with the help of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) had the makings of a blockbuster jury trial but it suddenly came into a screeching halt last Tuesday (Sept. 25) when the U.S. District Court of Nevada in Las Vegas approved the dismissal of the case.

It is hard to tell who of the two judges – presiding Judge Larry R. Hicks or referral Judge Robert T. Johnston -- presided over the settlement as “Document 243” (Stipulation of Dismissal) was filed in court under seal.

But Judge Johnston’s order on the motion to compel last Friday, Sept. 21, appeared to have broken Mayweather’s will to move forward with his defense.

CHICAGO (jGLi) – The Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) will not be importing any judge to score the upcoming fourth fight between eight-division Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao and four-division Mexican champion Juan Manuel Marquez at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Dec. 8.

In an email to this reporter, Keith Kizer, Executive Director of NAC, said, “The Nevada (Athletic) Commission will employ the same selection process (of boxing judges) as in the past.”

Kizer’s comment was sought by this reporter following reports from Boxing Scene, which quoted Mr. Marquez as saying that “I will request that the judges for this (Pacquiao-Marquez) fight will be composed of one Mexican judge, one Filipino judge and one neutral judge.”

CHICAGO (jGLi) – On July 10, last year, when Pacquiao’s lawyers asked Floyd Mayweather, Jr. to be deposed, Mayweather, declined the court-ordered deposition, saying he has “begun an intense training regimen” for his bout with Victor Ortiz.

It turned out, Mayweather “hosted a party with rapper Gucci Mane at a different nightclub in Atlanta where he was captured on film burning a $100 bill.”

On July 13 (2011), a date Pacquiao had offered for deposition and Mayweather refused – Mayweather was at a nightclub in Miami, Florida, where he remained and on July 16, he sent a message on Twitter: “2nite I’m at club #Dream … It’s going 2 be crazy.”

CHICAGO (jGLi) – Even with a heavy heart, Filipino American Erik Spoelstra still invoked the name of his idol, Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao, as his inspiration in winning his first NBA Finals last Thursday (June 21) at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida.

Spoelstra, who takes pride in being called by his nickname as “Manny Pacquiao,” felt some goose bumps before the Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals between Miami Heat and Boston Celtics last June 9 when Spoelstra was told that Pacquiao was rooting for the Celtics.

CHICAGO (jGLi) -- While the three judges in the June 9 bout between Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley were evenly split in awarding three rounds apiece to Bradley and Pacquiao, the five judges for the World Boxing Organization awarded five rounds to Pacquiao while they gave one round to Bradley.

The combined judges of the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) for the Bradley-Pacquiao bout and the WBO judges were 100 percent in agreement in at least two rounds to vote for Pacquiao for rounds 3 and 6 while 100 percent voted for one round for Bradley in the 10th round.

All the five WBO judges unanimously voted in favor of Pacquiao with judge 1 voting 115-113, judge 2, 116-112, judges 3 & 5 with identical vote of 117-111 and judge 4, 118-110.

CHICAGO (jGLi) – Unbeaten American boxing great Floyd Mayweather, Jr. cannot invoke the arguments that his dehydration and his physical training areas “may not be consistent with his prior regiment” that he be moved into the general population or be put under house arrest for the balance of his three-month sentence.

Justice of the Peace Melissa A. Saragosa of the Clark County Court in Las Vegas, Nevada found Wednesday (June 13) in a Decision and Order “the alleged dehydration of the Defendant (Mayweather) to be self-induced as water is made available to him 24 hours a day. The Court finds the estimated intake of only 800 calories per day is also self-induced as Defendant chooses not to eat the food provided.

CHICAGO (jGLi) – In his complaint in court against Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Manny Pacquiao said, “reputations are earned in inches and destroyed in miles.”

But in the case of his controversial loss to Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley, the eight-division Filipino champion is in no rush to indict the two of the three judges who snapped his 12 straight victories in 11 world championship bouts, including eight by way of knockout in five years that made him one of the most decorated boxers of all time.

LAS VEGAS - Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao will be defending his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight crown tonight (June 9) against American challenger Tim Bradley, who holds an unbeaten record of 28-0 with 12 knockouts in the 18,300-seat MGM Grand Garden Arena.

During their weigh-in on Friday, Pacquiao came at 147 pounds, the welterweight limit; Bradley weighed 146 pounds.

On behalf of Malacañang, Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte wished the Sarangani congressman well and the best of luck.  "We are confident pagkatapos ng laban si Congressman Pacquiao ang mananaig." (At the end of the fight, Congressman Pacquiao will be the eventual winner.)

CHICAGO (jGLi) – American undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather is not returning in kind Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao’s Christian charity of paying him a visit in jail.

Atty. Karen C. Winckler, lawyer of Mr. Mayweather, said “no” Friday (June 7) when asked by this reporter if she would let Mr. Pacquiao visit her client in the Clack County Detention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

CHICAGO (jGLi) – American boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. had nothing to say on Thursday (May 31), eve of his entry into the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, which will be his temporary quarters for the next 87 days as part of the plea bargaining in the felony allegations that he beat up his ex-girlfriend nearly two years ago. The felony charges  were reduced to misdemeanor one count of battery with domestic violence plea and two counts of harassment.

A staff of Mayweather’s lawyer, Atty. Karen C. Winckler, said there was no statement to make on behalf of the pound-for-pound champion.

His 90-day jail time is apart from the 90-day suspended sentence.

CHICAGO (jGLi) – As a lucky charm for Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao, Jimmy Kimmel Live! On ABC is a must in Manny’s to-do list before a boxing bout. Since appearing in the popular talk show, Manny has not lost a bout.

On Thursday night (May 24), the eight-division Filipino boxing champion was back in the late night comedy show for the sixth time to plug his upcoming bout with undefeated light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 9.

CHICAGO (jGLi) – When reigning WBC Super Lightweight World Champion Erik “El Terrible” Morales stakes his belt in a 12-rounder against undefeated Danny “Swift” Garcia at Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas on Saturday (March 24), they have the social media sphere, “Twitter,” to thank for for promoting their bout.

Perhaps, taking a page from boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who waxed poetry to enjoy the edge in his heavyweight fights, in twits posted on the website of the Golden Boy Promotions, the Mexican champion Morales, wrote, "I'm going to change my name from 'El Terrible' to 'El Profesor' because I'm going to take @DannySwift to school.

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.”