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Manny Pacquiao, who will fight Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday, affects increases in everything from hotel rates to the price of bottle service at nightclubs.

By now the routine is a familiar one for Manny Pacquiao. Twice a year he leaves his native Philippines – where he doubles as a congressman – to train with Freddie Roach in a Los Angeles gym. He goes on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to croon a tune or two, then heads to this gambling city.

Manny Pacquiao caught Shane Mosley early, then chased him the rest of the night. Not much more he could do against an aging fighter who seemed only to want to survive.

Antonio Margarito entered the ring standing five inches taller and weighing 17 pounds more than Manny Pacquiao. By the ninth round, Margarito’s right eye had been nearly closed. His nose was bent. The rest of his face was bloodied and bruised. So pronounced was the destruction that Pacquiao kept turning to the referee and begging him to stop the fight, to end his massacre of this bigger, stronger man.

Manny Pacquiao has surpassed Floyd Mayweather in every area except pay-per-view sales. That appears ready to change, too.

World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao said Wednesday he was finally ready to fight Floyd Mayweather for the last professional bout of his career and potentially the richest in history.

Fighting on the star, Manny Pacquiao showed once again why he is such a star. With the biggest fight crowd in the U.S. in 17 years cheering him on at Cowboys Stadium, Pacquiao dominated a strangely passive Joshua Clottey from the opening bell Saturday night to retain his welterweight title and cement his status as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

The planned March 13 megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is off.

Manny Pacquiao is likely to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. on March 13 after agreeing to a proposal from promoter Bob Arum on Friday.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has said he is ready to make the big-money fight with newly crowned WBO welterweight world champion Manny Pacquiao happen.