BEST FIGHTER: Manny PacquiaoPacquiao opened the decade as a 21-year-old, ex-WBC flyweight champion who owned a 27-2 record and had fought just three times outside his native Philippines. His final pre ...
It was a healthy year for boxing in 2009, with two fights -- Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto -- attracting more than 1 million pay-per-view buys for the ...
Sometimes the big awards are the easiest. 2009 was such a case. The Fighter of the Year - Manny Pacquiao - and the Fight of the Year - Juan Manuel Marquez-Juan Diaz - were the sort of things one was ...