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Five Reasons Why This Has Been a Bad Year for Boxing

September 6, 2014 by Phil Rivera Leave a Comment

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5. Manny Pacquiao signs an extension with Top Rank

Back in May, Pacquiao agreed to a two year extension with long time promoter Bob Arum’s Top Rank. At a point in his career where his name sells itself, he chose to play it safe and not venture out into the shark infested waters of free agency. Unfortunately for fans, Top Rank’s welterweight and junior welterweight divisions aren’t very strong. This leaves Pacman to hope for a fifth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez, or a resolution between Top Rank and the talent-rich Golden Boy Promotions. Now, instead of watching him fight the likes of Amir Khan, Keith Thurman, Danny Garcia or Lucas Matthysse, we have to settle for Pacquiao-Chris Algieri in November. Joy.

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Filed Under: Opinion, Slide Show Tagged With: Adonis Stevenson, Andre Ward, Danny Garcia, Floyd Mayweather, HBO, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Manny Pacquiao, Mikey Garcia, Showtime, top

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