Fire Quinito rounds up the best commentary about the fallout of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather’s failure to come to terms for a mega-fight, so you can go back to reading why Jinkee Pacquiao said "I hate Krista."

Ron Borges, Boston Herald: “Boxing’s ability to destroy its image rivals that of Tiger Woods. The only difference is boxing has more practice at it. For the past decade or so, the men who run the sport have been on a constant campaign of self-immolation, finally doing to boxing what the Mafia could not when they controlled it. They made it irrelevant in the eyes of many sports fans and even more sports editors. Yet as Bernard Hopkins once said, ‘As long as you got ghettos, you’ll have boxing,’ and so boxing has survived relentless efforts to ruin itself.”

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The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported earlier today that the planned mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather is off, despite last minute mediation. According to the report, Pacquiao agreed to the revised proposal, which Mayweather rejected.

Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum confirmed the news to Dan Rafael of ESPN and Steve Kim of Max Boxing. Instead, Pacquiao will reportedly be facing junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman in March. Meanwhile, various Internet sources have reported that Mayweather is looking to fight either Matthew Hatton or Paulie Malignaggi.

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I had a kick out of reading Ronnie Nathanielsz’ commentary in the Manila Standard last Tuesday, “Of truths and lies,” which was about the myths surrounding the drug-testing brouhaha that’s holding up the megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather. In it, Nathanielsz basically rips into the camp of Golden Boy Promotions, Mayweather’s promoters.

It’s a curious tack from Nathanielsz to lecture about the truth, especially since he was once singled out by Manny Pacquiao himself for spreading lies and making up quotes that put the boxer in a bad light. But I suppose everything’s alright now that Nathanielsz has slinked and ensconced his way into the good graces of Top Rank Boxing’s Bob Arum. In fact, Arum alleges that Nathanielsz heard Golden Boy’s CEO Richard Schaefer suspecting Pacquiao of doping back in September. Golden Boy has since denied Arum’s allegation, and it’s unfortunate that Nathanielsz did not bother to clarify the matter in his column.

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Just some stuff to cap the sports week. Happy weekend everyone!

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It's a really busy day at my real workplace, but here are some things I wanted to pass along:

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The Miguel Cotto-Joshua Clottey fight last Sunday was a barnburner, with Cotto surviving a nasty cut on his left eyebrow to eke out a split decision victory over his Ghanaian challenger.

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New York City is abuzz on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day Parade, as Puerto Rican welterweight champion Miguel Cotto headlines a card at the World's Most Famous Arena against Ghanaian challenger Joshua Clottey. The undercard features junior flyweight champion Ivan Calderon against Filipino bomber Rodel Mayol.

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