Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao pictured with championship belts and boxing gloves, reflecting on his legendary career and decision to continue fighting.

Manny Pacquiao: Why Is He Still Fighting When He Has Nothing Left to Prove?

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Manny Pacquiao is an eight-division world champion with nothing left to prove. Yet, at 47, the Filipino boxing legend still wants to compete. Is he chasing another championship, or does he simply love fighting too much to walk away? CMBoxing explores the psychology of retirement, the risks of ageing and why some sporting legends struggle to say goodbye.

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Famous boxing rivalries featuring intense face-offs and fighters in the ring, questioning why great rivalries do not always produce great fights.

Why Do Some Great Boxing Rivalries Never Produce a Great Fight?

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Some boxing rivalries create years of anticipation, personal insults and enormous hype, only for the fight itself to disappoint. From Mayweather-Pacquiao and Khan-Brook to the long-awaited Fury-Joshua showdown, why doesn’t a great rivalry always produce a great fight?

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Boxers who moved through boxing weight classes alongside scales representing the difference between making weight and finding a fighter’s best weight.

Why Is a Boxer’s Best Weight Not Always Their Lightest Weight?

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Boxers often chase the lowest weight possible to gain a size advantage, but that doesn’t always produce their best performances. From Oleksandr Usyk and Manny Pacquiao to Canelo Alvarez, Vinny Pazienza, Tony Bellew and David Haye, we explore why moving up can sometimes make a fighter better.

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Manny Pacquiao vs Terence Crawford feature image showing both boxing legends facing off and asking whether business stopped the superfight.

Manny Pacquiao vs Terence Crawford: When Business Stopped a Superfight

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Manny Pacquiao vs Terence Crawford remains one of boxing’s great what-ifs. Both fighters may have wanted the contest, but did protecting two valuable careers make too much business sense for the superfight to happen?

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Vintage and modern boxing champions representing different boxing weight divisions, highlighting the debate between dominating one weight class and chasing world titles across multiple divisions.

When Did Boxing Stop Creating Specialists?

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Modern boxing celebrates multi-weight champions, but has it forgotten the value of long-term dominance in a single division? We examine whether boxing weight divisions have changed how greatness is measured.

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