Manny Pacquiao sat down with his chief promoter Bob Ar­um yesterday in General Santos City but they left everything on the table regarding the Filipino boxing icon’s next fight. “We had a very good discus­sion,” said Pacquiao’s chief ad­viser, Mike Koncz, who was at the meeting that took place at around noon and lasted more than two hours. “But we haven’t made any de­cision,” he added. Koncz did not reveal the details of the meeting, and said they all  agreed to keep things from the media.

Nonito Donaire will be short of visiting the lion’s den when he re­turns to the ring in Oc­tober. Hall of Fame pro­moter Bob Arum said Donaire will meet Mexi­can four-divison cham­pion Jorce Arce in a 12- round title fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The choice of the Staples Cen­ter as venue is a no-brainer con­sidering Southern California is heavily populated by Mexicans. While the Los Angeles area has a large concentration of Filipinos, it is considered as the second home of Mexicans and Arum is banking on the Hispanics’ strong nationalistic fervor to make the fight a huge success.

TOP Rank promoter Bob Arum is not giving up on the possibility of providing fight fans around the world the showdown they have longed to see between Fighter of the Decade Manny Pacquiao and undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. Arum told that Pacquiao is scheduled to have dinner with him at his residence in Los Ange­les on Tuesday.

Promoter Bob Arum on Monday requested Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto for a full and complete investigation of the scoring of Saturday night’s World Boxing. Welterweight championship fight that led to a dominant Manny Pac­quiao bizarrely losing to American challenger Timothy Bradley by split decision. In a fight most ringside media and the fans thought Pacquiao won by a wide margin, Bradley was picked the winner by judges Duane Ford and C.J. Ross submitted identical scores of 115-113 for Bradley. The third judge, Jerry Roth, saw it 115-113 for Pacquiao.

LOS ANGELES – For Manny Pacquiao, last Saturday’s shock loss to Tim Bradley in Las Vegas is a thing of the past. As fight fans from around the world continue to express their disgust and sadness over the 12-round split decision that took Pacquiao’s crown away and put a snap to the Filipino’s 15-fight win­ning streak spanning seven years, the fighter refused to be swayed by the emotions.
“Kalimutan na lang at tanggapin ang desisyon,” Pacquiao told Filipino scribes who checked him out on Monday night at his apartment unit at The Palazzo.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (PNA) – It wasn’t a fight. It was a heist. Manny Pacquiao out boxed Timo­thy Bradley for 10 of their 12-round encounter but lost a split decision, thanks to two of the three judges that worked the fight here Saturday (Sun­day in Manila) ast the MGM Grand Arena. If it wasn’t robbery, the majority of the 14,000 crowd that witnessed the high-caliber showdown didn’t know what is.

Nonito ‘The Filipino Flash’ Donaire Jr. is set to fight Inter­national Boxing Federation super bantamweight Jeffrey Mathebula in a title unification bout on July 7 at the Home Depot Center in Carson City California. Donaire (28-1 win-loss card with 18 knockouts) will put on the line his World Boxing Orga­nization super bantamweight belt against the South African Mathe­bula (26-3-2 with 14 KOs) in a fight titled AfterDark organized by Bob Arum’s Top Rank Promotion.

LAS VEGAS — Freddie Roach knew something was amiss when ring announcer Michael Buffer de­clared that judge Jerry Roth saw it 115-113 for Manny Pacquiao. “I think Manny had his best per­formance since the Miguel Cotto fight (in 2009) and he clearly won the fight,” said Roach late Satur­day night during the post-fight chat. “When I heard that (Roth’s score of 115-113), I knew some-thing wasn’t right.”
True enough, the next two scores were, for him, even more appalling and outrageous as CJ Ross and Duane Ford had it 115- 113 for Tim Bradley, who was awarded a split decision victory over the heavily-favored Filipino.