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The Ten Count 11.27.09: 411 Boxing's Holiday Wish List for 2010 Posted by Ryan Bates on 11.27.2009 Dear Santa: Here's our wish list for the sport of boxing in 2010.

Thanksgiving and Christmas came early for boxing this year. The November 14th mega-match between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto was the biggest and most important fight of 2009.

Now that negotiations for a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight have begun in earnest, it's only natural to briefly stop wondering about whether or not it will get done and start considering where it will take place.

Although many folks are taking it easy this week because of Thanksgiving, that's not the case in boxing as several fights are in the works.

Khan, who defends his WBA light-welterweight title against the Ukrainian Dmitriy Salita in Newcastle on 5 December, said a revitalised Hatton could be a future opponent.

A fist fight may seem an odd way to show respect between Jews and Muslims, but when Dmitriy Salita competes for the WBA light-welterweight title next month, he'll be doing just that.

MANILA "People's Champ" Manny Pacquiao humbly stated that his record of winning seven world titles in seven different weight classes would be hard to equal much less to surpass.

BY Alex P. Vidal / PNS SURREY, British Columbia - " He can't turn his back from the sport that gave him free college education and berth in the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

All week, as anticipation built for Saturday night's welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, those with a vested interest looked beyond.

Numerous reports have emerged this week that Juan Manuel Marquez and Ricky Hatton are in talks over the possibility of a showdown between the two next summer in the UK.

Before Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto met in the boxing ring at MGM Arena in Las Vegas, rumor of the private affair of Manny Pacquiao with sexy actress Krista Ranillo has been buzzing already not only in prints, radio and television but also in the internet.

William Hill took several four-figure wagers on Pacquiao to beat Cotto in Las Vegas.

WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan said yesterday it is unlikely that he will ever fight stable-mate and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.

Ricky Hatton will not be forced into a hasty decision to return to the ring to face Juan Manuel Marquez, Gareth Williams, CEO of Hatton Promotions has insisted.

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Main event is scheduled to begin about 8:15 PT . You can follow Kevin Baxter's live round-by-round updates from the main event by clicking here later today.

Courtesy of the formidable promotion machine for the fight, here's a selection of predictions from sports figures and celebrities for Saturday's welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand: "I think there would have been a good opportunity for Pacquiao to win if he faced Cotto before he fought Clottey, but now ...

It is seldom wise to rush to definitive judgment after any sporting contest, but no sane observer could deny that Manny Pacquiao, after his thrilling conquest of Miguel Cotto for the WBO welterweight title, is among the finest and most ferociously gifted boxers to have laced a pair of gloves.

Sometimes it's easy to tell who the naturally bigger man is in a boxing match. Last Saturday, England's David Haye lifted the WBA heavyweight championship from Russia's Nicolay Valuev on a 12-round, majority decision in Nuremberg, Germany.

He's learning the hard way that the walk to the ring is intense, but not as much so as a walk to the altar! So I'll be overseeing this week's "Fact or Fiction," and I'll be in the blue corner.