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Pacquiao ahead of training sked

Manny Pacquiao is surprisingly ahead of his training schedule, which is four days old, that he is now ready for sparring, the boxer’s …

Fri, 25 Sep 2009

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Pacquiao mourns mentor’s death

With a heavy heart, Manny Pacquiao showed up for training on Thursday in Baguio despite learning about the passing of the man widely credite…

Fri, 25 Sep 2009

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Rod Nazario passes

Rod Nazario, the former business manager of Manny Pacquiao, and widely recognized as the man who gave the current pound-for-pound king his b…

Thu, 24 Sep 2009

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Cotto a smart boxer – Roach

BAGUIO CITY – Freddie Roach admits Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto has lots in common with Briton Ricky Hatton. Roach said both boasts of ja…

Wed, 23 Sep 2009

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Pacquiao in fiery start

BAGUIO CITY — Manny Pacquiao’s training moved a notch on Tuesday with the arrival of Freddie Roach, who could not help but heap …

Wed, 23 Sep 2009

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Roach belittles Floyd

There was one guy out there who was hardly moved by Floyd Mayweather’s masterful beating of Juan Manuel Marquez over the weekend at th…

Mon, 21 Sep 2009

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Cotto in final push

Miguel Cotto is now in Tampa, Florida, for the final and most crucial stretch of his training for the November 14 battle with Manny Pacquiao…

Sat, 19 Sep 2009

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Pacman trains in Manila!

Manny Pacquiao showed up at a local gym in the Philippines on Friday afternoon in preparation for his Nov. 14 fight with Miguel Cotto. Pacqu…

Fri, 18 Sep 2009

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Cotto, Pacquiao are friends – for now

LOS ANGELES — They smiled at each other, shook each other’s hands, and hardly spoke ill of the other during the media blitz that…

Thu, 17 Sep 2009

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Pacquiao to fight again in March

SAN DIEGO, California – A fight in mid-March 2010 is already being lined up for Manny Pacquiao by Top Rank chief Bob Arum assuming of …

Wed, 16 Sep 2009

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P1-billion prize eyed in next Pacquiao fight

LOS ANGELES — Assuming Manny Pacquiao topples Miguel Cotto from his throne in November, his next bout will certainly earn him a billio…

Tue, 15 Sep 2009

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Puerto Ricans mob Manny Pacquiao

CAROLINA, Puerto Rico – Even in a supposedly hostile territory, Manny Pacquiao never fails to attract attention. Arriving at the El Sa…

Sun, 13 Sep 2009

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I am not De La Hoya, Cotto says

BRONX, New York — Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto hardly spoke ill at each other Thursday afternoon that one would have thought they w…

Fri, 11 Sep 2009

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‘No hanky-panky’ during Baguio grind

NEW YORK – Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao will open training camp on Sept. 21 in Baguio City in the Philippines. The top trainer sai…

Fri, 11 Sep 2009

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Pacquiao admits he’s far from fighting form

NEW YORK — On the way to the gate at Hong Kong airport for the connecting flight to JFK International on Wednesday, Manny Pacquiao mad…

Fri, 11 Sep 2009

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Viloria sets eyes on unifying title belts

Hawaii-born puncher Brian Viloria has one thing in mind in so far as the most feasible task at hand. The reigning International Boxing Feder…

Wed, 09 Sep 2009

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Pacquiao defends Koncz

Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao shielded his Canadian adviser Michael Koncz from criticisms from various sectors of the fight game over …

Mon, 07 Sep 2009

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Baguio ready for Pacquiao’s training

Reporting from Baguio City, trainer Buboy Fernandez said the City of Pines and the facilities available up there is suited for Manny Pacquia…

Sun, 06 Sep 2009

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Another Pinoy boxer is world champion

The search for the new Manny Pacquiao could be over. Thousands of miles away in Canada, Filipino Marvin Sonsona, a heavyhanded southpaw like…

Sat, 05 Sep 2009

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Pacman slates tour

Manny Pacquiao is embarking on a whirlwind cross-country tour of five cities in the US and Puerto Rico starting with a press conference for …

Sat, 05 Sep 2009