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It’s fight week!

LAS VEGAS — Barring unforeseen circumstances like a massive outbreak of Covid cases in the next few days or an alien invasion, Manny Pacquia…

Wed, 18 Aug 2021

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Pacman back at old hunting ground

LAS VEGAS — More than 20 years ago at the same hotel property where his legend was born, Manny Pacquiao spoke about his extraordinary longev…

Wed, 18 Aug 2021

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Bobby: Experience is key vs Ugas

LOS ANGELES — Manny Pacquiao won’t find himself groping for form or struggling to unleash the right combinations amid the last-minute withdr…

Mon, 16 Aug 2021

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Pacquiao goes on the attack

LOS ANGELES — Manny Pacquiao resembled a cyclone on Saturday and he left a trail of destruction at the Wild Card Boxing Club exactly a week …

Mon, 16 Aug 2021

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Pacman scouts foe

LOS ANGELES — A part of Manny Pacquiao’s free time in the final days leading up to his duel with Yordenis Ugas would be to size up the Cuban…

Sat, 14 Aug 2021

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Manny’s old Hollywood haunts

LOS ANGELES — The seedy motel where a young Manny Pacquiao spent his early years in America is gone. The two-story Vagabond Inn, where Holly…

Wed, 11 Aug 2021

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Fast, furious Pacquiao

LOS ANGELES — Manny Pacquiao has come a long way from the time the scrawny kid from the Philippines walked inside the hallowed confines of F…

Tue, 10 Aug 2021

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Battle of Wild Card fighters

Filipino southpaw Eumir Marcial and Armenian rival Arman Darchinyan, who square off today in the quarterfinal round of the Tokyo Olympics, h…

Sun, 01 Aug 2021

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Pacquiao rallies behind Marcial

It was just right after dinner Wednesday in Los Angeles when one of his staffers placed a videophone in front of Manny Pacquiao so he could …

Fri, 30 Jul 2021

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Pacquiao gets heavy beating

Conditioning coach Justin Fortune yesterday recalled the Thai stick to active duty years after it was last utilized. The recipient was no ot…

Fri, 23 Jul 2021

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Memo molds a monster

Strength and conditioning coach Memo Heredia is about halfway through the creation of a new beast that he will unleash in the ring on 14 Aug…

Wed, 21 Jul 2021

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Pacquiao to Marcial: Win the Tokyo gold

Filipino middleweight Eumir Marcial has received marching orders from Manny Pacquiao. The Tokyo Olympics-bound fighter heard it loud and cle…

Fri, 16 Jul 2021

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Marcial boosts Olympic drive

Gold-seeking middleweight Eumir Marcial flies out of Colorado Springs en route to Tokyo on Thursday (Friday in Manila) oozing with confidenc…

Wed, 14 Jul 2021

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Spence like a second-hand car

There is no doubt that automotively speaking, undefeated American Errol Spence is like a Ferrari. But a banged-up one at that. “Spence is li…

Mon, 12 Jul 2021

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Pacquiao plea denied

Manny Pacquiao will be climbing the ring against Errol Spence as challenger and not as the newly-reinstalled World Boxing Association (WBA) …

Sun, 11 Jul 2021

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Pacquiao tests negative for Covid-19

People from the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA) showed up at the Wild Card Boxing Club yesterday and took Manny Pacquiao’s blood and uri…

Sat, 10 Jul 2021

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Pacquiao raves about mouthguards

Manny Pacquiao gave two thumbs-up signs to the two mouthguards orthodontist Dr. Ed de la Vega presented yesterday just before the Filipino b…

Fri, 09 Jul 2021

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Lost opportunity

There was no way the planned Nonito Donaire vs John Riel Casimero would have bombed at the box office. It had all the trappings of a Fight o…

Thu, 08 Jul 2021

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Pacquiao saves Thai joint from knockout

For two years after its No. 1 patron’s last fight, the glass door to Nat’s Thai Restaurant in Hollywood didn’t swing back and forth like it …

Wed, 07 Jul 2021

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Pacquiao-Spence: Four belts on the line

Manny Pacquiao stands to become a four-belt welterweight holder by the time the mushroom cloud dissipates on 21 August in Las Vegas. That is…

Tue, 06 Jul 2021