OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Andre Ward feels he's been an underdog from the moment he was born. Even with his prodigious boxing gifts, his undefeated ring record and that Olympic gold medal, he still firmly believes that nobody gives him a chance.

Ward knows that's the Oakland in him - and on Saturday night, he'll try to get some of it out. (MORE)

LAS VEGAS (AP) Manny Pacquiao's big win over Miguel Cotto on Saturday was the biggest boxing show of the year, selling 1.25 million pay-per-view buys to best the 1.05 million sold by Floyd Mayweather Jr. for his fight with Juan Manuel Marquez in September.

The television gross was $70 million, meaning both fighters will pocket millions of dollars more than their guaranteed purses. (MORE)

LAS VEGAS (AP) Manny Pacquiao is a box office hit, selling 1.25 million pay-per-views for his fight with Miguel Cotto in a performance that could set up the richest fight ever against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The fight not only made the top 10 of best-selling pay-per-view boxing events, but beat the 1.05 million figure notched by Mayweather for his September comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez. (MORE)

NEW YORK (AP) Floyd Mayweather Jr. against Manny Pacquiao.

A fight too big not to happen. (MORE)

MANILA, Philippines (AP) The city's notorious traffic came to a halt and thousands lined streets and bridges Friday to cheer their hero Manny Pacquiao, who returned home pondering his next moves - facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. and seeking a congressional seat.

Fresh from stopping welterweight champion Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas on Saturday, Pacquiao stepped from the plane still nursing an injured right ear and said he saw no problem facing Mayweather in the next megafight. (MORE)

LOS ANGELES (AP) The California State Athletic Commission assigned a Swedish judge to Mikkel Kessler's fight against Andre Ward, clearing up a dispute over the neutrality of the officiating crew at Saturday's WBA super middleweight title bout.

Kessler's camp was unhappy this week about the assignment of two judges and a referee from California to the Super Six tournament bout in Oakland, Ward's hometown. The WBA might not have sanctioned the bout for Kessler's title if the California commission hadn't addressed the fight's contract stipulations for neutral judges. (MORE)

(AP) -- The California State Athletic Commission has assigned a Swedish judge to Andre Ward's fight against Mikkel Kessler, clearing up a dispute over the neutrality of the officiating crew at Saturday's WBA super middleweight title bout.

Kessler's camp was unhappy this week about the assignment of two judges and a referee from California to the Super Six tournament bout in Oakland, Ward's hometown. The WBA might not have sanctioned the bout for Kessler's 168-pound title if the California commission hadn't addressed the fight's contract stipulations regarding the nationalities of its officials. (MORE)

LOS ANGELES (AP) WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler's camp is unhappy about the assignment of local judges and a California referee to his Super Six tournament bout against Andre Ward in Oakland on Saturday.

The WBA might refuse to sanction the bout as a title fight unless the California State Athletic Commission finds judges and a referee who aren't from Ward's home state, Kessler's representatives told the Associated Press on Wednesday. (MORE)

LOS ANGELES (AP) Prosecutors have begun investigating whether to charge ex-heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and a photographer for a scuffle at Los Angeles International Airport.

City attorney's spokesman Frank Mateljan (muh-TEL'-jan) says police on Tuesday handed his office a preliminary report of the Nov. 11 confrontation. (MORE)