The official announcement was made hours before the Pacquiao-Hatton showdown which Mayweather Jr said “tonight any man c an win. Its  agamble. But when you are betting on Floyd that’s for sure money.”

Marquez who fought Pacquiao twice in what were considered controversial decisions has been chasing Pacquiao for a third fight after Pacquiao dropped him three times in the first round of their initial encounter where Marquez counter-punched his way to salvage a draw and a rematch in which Pacquiao dropped Marquez in round four to win a close split decision to grab Marquez’s WBC super featherweight title.

Marquez said if he wanted to be the best fighter in the world he had to be the best claiming that Mayweather Jr was the best fighter in the world. Marquez said their July 18 fight was to decide who is the No.1 fighter in the world.

Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De La Hoya didn’t endear himself to Filipinos for sure when he said “I don’t care what they say, Juan (Manuel Marquez) beat him (Manny Pacquiao.) So I believe Juan can beat Mayweather. Marquez can never be counted out.”

The statements were made before Pacquiao, in a spectacular performance, dropped Hatton twice in the opening round and knocked him out with one second to go in the second proving beyond doubt his stature as the pound-for-pound king no matter what Mayweather, Marquez and De La Hoya.

De La Hoya who was seen on the Solar Sports satellite coverage of the Pacquiao-Hatton fight on pay-per-view at the Araneta Coliseum on Sunday wearing a Hatton mask was roundly booed by thousands of fans not merely at the coliseum but in other venues around the country.

Golden Boy Promotions vice president and international matchmaker Eric Gomez informed www.insidesports.ph, Standard Today and Viva Sports about the Mayweather Jr – Marquez battle and said “people think its easy” for the bigger Mayweather Jr who  has to come down to the agreed upon weight of 143 pounds, indicating that Marquez could offset the size with his technical skills.

6th yr anniversary

The bike washer of  Handlebar Bar & Grill 6th yr Anniversary!!!

Saturday is just as fast paced, with the ten’s on you’ll need some cooling down so here’s the sports menu..
The Super 14’s kick off as a lunch treat with the Highlanders and Crusaders in kiwi local derby at midday.
The chiefs play the hungry blues at 2.
The Waratahs brow beaten after last week take on the defending champions, the Crusaders at 4.35.
and the Western Force are at the home to the sharks at 6.40.
After that the six nations boots off..
Italy meet a rampaging France at 9pm.
England after thrashing the French meet Scotland at 11.15.
and Premier League fans won’t die of thirst.. Fullham face Manchester united at 10.55.

Sunday..the cricket day 3 Aust vs. South Africa at 4, and the Windies meet England in another big one day shootout.
plus a huge six nations match sunday morning, Wales play Ireland at 1.30am.
in football, newcastle play arsenal at 1.25am.
and Liverpool and Aston Villa are head to head at 11.55.
Cricket fans get day 2 of Australia vs. South Africa from 4pm.
League fans can see the knights and sharks in action at 4.30.

It’s another huge weekend of sports and partying at Manila’s hottest spot for entertaintment..Handle bar we’ve got you covered  and next week watch for the Hong Kong 7’s live here at HB!!!