Published 1/23/2009
at L.A. Times - Boxing
The boxer urges rival Ricky Hatton to fight him 'without the middlemen.' Both sides express disgust in their war of words over the collapse of negotiations for a junior welterweight bout in Las Vegas.
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Manny Pacquiao responded early today to the collapse of negotiations for his scheduled junior-welterweight fight against England's Ricky Hatton on May 2 in Las Vegas, casting blame on Hatton's promoter, Richard Schaefer, and urging the British boxer to fight him "without the middlemen."
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