Brandon Rios failed drug test after fight with Manny Pacquiao

Brandon Rios failed drug test after fight with Manny Pacquiao

Failed of former lightweight champion and junior welterweight contender Brandon Rios after drug test conducted after the fight against Manny Pacquiao in Macau last November .

Based on the report of the Ring TV,  Rios was positive at methylexanamine , a "banned substance" stimulant more commonly called dimenthylamylamine and commonly used dietary supplement.

Also confirmed by Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, Rios crash that was post-fight drug test it.

Prior to this, Rios was also passed four consecutive test conducted by Vada before the fight against Pacquiao.

As punishment,China Professional Boxing Organization  suspended  Rios for five months from the day of their fight with Pacman.

According to the Vada, Pacquiao passed all the tests they conducted before and after the match.

Remember defeated by the People's Champ was Rios via unanimous decision.

Manny Pacquiao and Roach Have Made a Big Mistake, Insists Timothy Bradley

"There will absolutely be a lot of acrimony in the air that night (at the fight)," Tim Bradley said. "This action is added claimed for me than bodies realize."

Bradley told FightSaga Freddie Roach doesn't like him and that best of the abrasion amid them stems from tensions that arose not amid Bradley and Manny Pacquiao, but amid Bradley and Amir Khan, Pacquiao's stable-mate.

"He doesn't like all the things I've said about Amir Khan. I've affectionate of apparent Khan, asserted the WBO Jr Welterweight Champion. "All these bodies were adage how abundant Khan was but, as far as I was concerned, he was annihilation but a fraud."

"Personally, I don't anticipate his (Amir Khan) name should alike be mentioned in the aforementioned animation as mine."

Timothy Bradley believes the facts are on his ancillary and that those aforementioned facts acquaint the absolute story. In addition, he is quick to admonish admirers he's already actually baffled Lamont Peterson - the fighter who agitated Khan in December, appropriation his belts from the absorbing Brit . For Bradley, Peterson's win over Khan represents an actual accuracy that Khan isn't on Bradley's level.

"If you attending at his aftermost action you can see aggregate I said about him (Amir Khan) was true. There were times in there back he looked like an amateur."

From a action and affecting standpoint, Bradley feels he'll account abundantly from Roach's declared antipathy for him and looks to blackout him by thoroughly acquisition Freddie Roach's admired fighter, Manny Pacquiao.

Tim Bradley expects the focal point of Roach's bold plan will be for Manny Pacquiao to beating him out early. But a assured Bradley says he's accessible for Pacquiao's absolute assault. Bradley knows that in adjustment for Pacquiao to attack an aboriginal knockout, Manny will booty risks and, as a result, be accessible himself.

Whereas best fighters would abhorrence an absolute Pacquiao offensive, Bradley sees it as an befalling to absolve alarming acknowledgment fire.

"I apprehend them (Manny Pacquiao acting on Roach's strategy) to appear out fast and hard. With the Mayweather action still looming for them, they anticipate they're activity to use me to accomplish a statement."

Timothy Bradley is assertive that Freddie Roach is underestimating him as a fighter and looks advanced to proving him amiss on June 9th.
"Roach doesn't anticipate that I deserve to be on their (Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan's) akin as a fighter. They've fabricated a big aberration in cerebration they can use me as a dispatch stone. I apperceive what they're activity to try and do, I'll be ready. Freddy doesn't apprehend it but he's activity to be giving me a big befalling to win the action back they try to appear out and stop me early."

Bradley confidently states he will exhausted Manny Pacquiao and assuredly blackout his critics.

On June 9th, Timothy Bradley additionally expects to see an overly-aggressive Manny Pacquiao who will be agreeable to booty risks by lunging in and attractive to acreage one big shot.

If that's the action to exhausted Timothy Bradley, Mr. Bradley warned it will comedy into his easily - not Manny Pacquiao's.
"Hey, we're all animal and so is Manny Pacquiao. He's not invincible. He's underestimating me. You can't try to accomplish a account with a fighter of my caliber. Pacquiao has fabricated a big aberration by alike demography this fight. Freddy's plan is activity to backlash on him... I'll be the one authoritative the statement."

It'll be Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley on June 9th. At pale will be Pacquiao's WBO Welterweight title.

Best time accomplished for Pac-Floyd

It wasn't the aftereffect we hoped for, but afresh again, cat-and-mouse for Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao to accede to activity anniversary added is array of like cat-and-mouse for the abridgement to about-face around. Just back you see a few absolute signs, you apprentice annihilation cogent absolutely has happened.
Both fighters will be in activity in the advancing months. Mayweather is set to booty on inferior middleweight champ Miguel Cotto on May 5 and Pacquiao to avert his welterweight appellation adjoin inferior welterweight champ Timothy Bradley on June 9. Both fights are at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. If Mayweather and Pacquiao accomplish well, maybe they assuredly will accommodated in November.

It’s accepting to the point area you admiration if the activity — whenever they do accommodated — will be as big as it would accept been anytime over the accomplished two years.
Thus far, the better activity in battle has been the better decay of time. In abstention anniversary other, they accept put themselves in a position to abate what could accept been an celebrated event.
Pacquiao already showed signs of abasement and accident of absorption in his activity with Juan Manuel Marquez. The Post denticulate their 12-round bender in November for Marquez, but Pacquiao able with a majority decision. Sure, Marquez’s appearance consistently will accord Pacquiao problems, but Pacquiao didn’t accompany his A-game to the activity and could be added focused on his political, agreeable and acting careers than he is on boxing. That could accomplish him accessible adjoin Bradley, an best 140-pound best athirst to become the abutting pay-per-view star.
Mayweather faces conceivably an alike added alarming claiming in Cotto, who is advancing off a acceptable achievement over Antonio Margarito in December at the Garden. Cotto is a top 10 pound-for-pound boxer and still has affluence larboard in his bold to accord Mayweather problems.
It’s actual accessible Pacquiao and Mayweather could appear off their abutting fights aching if not beaten. There’s additionally the 90-day bastille book Mayweather will accept to serve alpha in June.
At this amount the Super Activity is branch against mediocrity.
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Should Sergio Martinez (48-8-2, 27 KOs) defeat Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KOs) on St. Patrick’s Day at the Garden Theater, he expects to face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for the acknowledged middleweight title. Chavez holds the WBC belt Martinez vacated, but Martinez is now the binding challenger.
It would be a huge fight, admitting it is cryptic whether Chavez’s promoter, Top Rank, wants the bout. Chavez has fabricated affluence of money after angry an adversary as alarming as Martinez, and Chavez’s adherence and conduct are causes for concern. Admitting he defeated Marco Antonio Rubio aftermost Saturday to absorb his title, he struggled to accomplish weight and was arrested for active beneath the access Jan. 22 in Los Angeles.
First things first, Martinez charge exhausted Macklin. Tickets are priced from $65 to $505 and can be purchased through the Madison Square Garden Box Office or through Ticketmaster.
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Thank advantage Lamont Peterson has agreed to a rematch with Amir Khan. Maybe Khan will stop whining about accident his inferior welterweight appellation to Peterson in December in Washington, D.C., Peterson’s hometown — their May 19 rematch will be captivated in Las Vegas.
Khan complained about the officiating and the scoring in the aboriginal fight. He had two credibility deducted for pushing, including a analytical answer in the 12th round. But Peterson was a admirable victor. He won the activity with a adamant anatomy advance that began to abrasion on Khan, who now gets his adventitious at redemption.
Speaking of rematches, Champ Ortiz (29-3-2) and Andre Berto (28-1) accept rescheduled their welterweight rematch for June 30 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Ortiz dealt Berto his aboriginal pro accident in April afore accident to Mayweather in September. The rematch was appointed for tonight, but Berto suffered a biceps abrasion backward in affected and had to postpone.

Pacquiao: Negotiations for Mayweather fight almost done

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MANILA, Philippines - Filipino boxer Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao has appear alone a few capacity charge to be ironed out apropos his accessible mega-fight adjoin American fighter Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Pacquiao afresh accepted that negotiations are advancing with Mayweather's team. Mayweather additionally alleged on Pacquiao to assurance a arrangement for a May 5 action date.
"Ready na tayo. Kung natuloy 'yan, 'pag pumirma na s'ya sa kontrate, pirma na rin tayo," Pacquiao said. (We are ready. If it pushes through, already he signs the arrangement again I'll assurance the contract.)



Pacquiao said there are alone a few capacity larboard to be tackled in the negotiations.
"Maliit na bagay na pinag-uusapan, malapit ng matapos ang negotiation," he said. (Only the little things are actuality formed out and negotiations are about done.)
He said he has no affair with the May 5 action date, adage it is a acceptable ages for the fight.
Pacquiao additionally laughed off Mayweather's contempo comments about him, wherein the American boxer said Pacquiao absolutely has 6 losses on his almanac instead of 3.
Mayweather said Pacquiao absent to Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez three times, bringing his absolute cardinal of losses to six.
"Kung ganyan ang paniniwala n'ya, eh di respetuhin natin," Pacquiao said. (If that's what he thinks, we accept to account it).
The angry agent from Sarangani is planning to watch the affable bout amid the Philippine Azkals and the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday at the Rizal Memorial Stadium forth with his wife and kids.
"Magchi-cheer ako sa Azkals," Pacquiao said. -- From a address by Jay Dayupay, ABS-CBN News SOKSARGEN

Pacquiao fears his 15-year fighting career might end soon

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MANILA, Nov. 27 (PNA) -- World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao had served notice that his 15-year fighting career might end soon.
Pacquiao also admitted that he was not in his usual fighting self when he faced Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez a little more than two weeks ago in Las Vegas, where he defended his 147-pound crown via a majority decision.
Pacquiao, who will turn 33 on Dec. 17, also admitted during a press conference held upon his arrival in Sarangani Province last week that he might have been over trained for the match, echoing the observation made earlier by his trainer Freddie Roach.

Marquez wants 4th fight vs Pacquiao in Mexico

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MANILA, Philippines - Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez believes he has the leverage in negotiations for a potential fourth fight against his rival, Filipino boxer Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao.

Marquez lost to Pacquiao in their trilogy bout last Saturday in Las Vegas, with the Filipino icon taking home a controversial majority decision victory.

Their two other fights also had controversial results, with their first meeting in 2004 ending in a draw while their 2008 rematch resulting in a split decision win for Pacquiao.

Marquez stormed out of the ring after the decision was announced and later said that he was once again robbed of the victory. Pacquiao, for his part, said immediately that he was willing to give Marquez another fight.

Pacquiao's promoter, Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, said last Tuesday that they are already pursuing a fourth fight.

Marquez was quoted by Boxing Scene as saying, "Now the ball is in my court," regarding the negotiations for a fourth fight.