Manny Pacquiao

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?

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

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 and chasing world titles across multiple divisions.

When Did Boxing Stop Creating Specialists?

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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Landscape political illustration of Gennady Golovkin standing at a podium in a suit and red tie, delivering a serious address with Olympic rings behind him and shadowy silhouettes of officials shaking hands, symbolising governance issues, backroom deals, and the uncertain future of Olympic boxing.

Can Gennady Golovkin Really Save Olympic Boxing?

Gennady Golovkin is now World Boxing president — but can even a legend fix Olympic boxing after a decade of chaos? This deep-dive asks whether Golovkin and Pacquiao can deliver real reform, or if the sport is just hiding behind big names while corruption and circus fights drag it further into decline.

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Manny Pacquiao standing in a conference room beside the International Boxing Association (IBA) logo, wearing a navy suit and red tie, symbolising reform, leadership, and transparency in world boxing after years of corruption scandals.”

Can Pacquiao Actually Clean Up Boxing — or Is It Just Optics?

Manny Pacquiao’s appointment as IBA Vice President promises reform — but can he really clean up a sport that’s been riddled with corruption and chaos for years? With his political background and fighter’s mentality, Pacquiao might just be the rare figure who can bridge both worlds — if the IBA truly lets him lead.

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