Jason Gay
13 articles · Wall Street Journal
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A Great Fight Without the Mega Hype
By Jason Gay
Can we talk about boxing again? I know: there are serious baseball playoffs happening. The Cubs?the Cubs!?are in the National League Championship Series, which begins Saturday. It?s basically illegal right now in…
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Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.: The Absurdity Is at Hand
By Jason Gay
Behold: It is here, hours away, the Fight of Fights, proposed as a SuperFight (these days everything even mildly stimulating must be prefixed with a super or perhaps even a super-duper), or…
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Who Isn?t Sold on Pacquiao and Mayweather?
By Jason Gay
They didn?t need a news conference. They really didn?t. Yes: The press isn?t supposed to admit stuff like that?it?s treasonous! I?m going to put myself out of a job!?but Manny Pacquiao and…
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Pacquiao vs. Mayweather: It?s Real, Not Talk
By Jason Gay
Here it is?the big fight!?at long last, after years of skepticism, haggling, goading, taunting, self-inflicted snafus and exasperating near-misses. Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will pull on the gloves and box?it feels…
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Will Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Happen?
By Jason Gay
You have to be (at least partly) a lunatic to believe it, you really do?to believe that this time, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are finally going to fight, ending the years…
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Trying to Keep Up With Manny Pacquiao
By Jason Gay
Los Angeles I want to know which idiot thought it was a good idea for me to go running at 6 a.m. Wednesday with Manny Pacquiao. OK: I am that idiot. Here…
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Amid Crisis, Pacquiao Prepares
By Jason Gay
It was 9:44 a.m. in New York, 10:44 p.m. in the Philippines, and Freddie Roach was on the phone in a hotel room on the other side of the world, talking up…
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Manny Pacquiao vs. the Vegan
By Jason Gay
Pretty soon the boxer will pass on the burger. He will deny the cheese. He will skip the sushi that he adores, and he will not?as Sylvester Stallone did so memorably and…
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On the Periphery of Boxing Madness
By Jason Gay
On Tuesday the undefeated champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. took to Twitter to challenge his most formidable potential opponent, Manny Pacquiao, to a May boxing match. This was not shocking?Mayweather, who saw his…
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The Days and Nights of Manny
By Jason Gay
This is how boxing's most irresistible champion relaxes before a fight. Many athletes who reach fame and status flee to leafy suburbs and lives of decadent isolation. Pacquiao has earned tens of…
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Manny Returns?Sporting a Bieber
By Jason Gay
Manny Pacquiao arrived at Chelsea Piers Monday dressed in suburban dad earth tones: a brown jacket, an olive sweater and a crisp white shirt over jeans. He looked less like a champion…
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If Only Tiger Were More Like Pac-Man
By Jason Gay
He's back? humbly, weirdly. This week, nearly one year after the Fender Bender that Freaked the Planet, the rehabilitating Tiger Woods emerged again as a media citizen, offering a conciliatory essay in…
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Cowboys Ride In On a Rented Mule
By Jason Gay
They are a Hot Kitchen of Dysfunction, a Deep-Fried Cupcake of Catastrophe, the Lamest Show on Turf. They should be showcased on a boardwalk, under tacky bright lights, right next to the…