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Learning from Pacquiao-Rios
By Bill Velasco, The Philippine Star, Mon, 25 Nov 2013
There were many learning we as an audience gleaned from the WBO International Welterweight title clash between Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios yesterday. A lot of it helps redefine how professional boxing can be done, and some of it has to do with how we are maturing as an audience. On the whole, it Read Full Story >>>Manny Pacquiao Is Back, But Will Manny Pacquiao Ever Be Back?
By Kyle Wagner, Deadspin.com, Mon, 25 Nov 2013
Manny Pacquiao worked Brandon Rios over for 12 rounds early this morning in a fight that more resembled sound check at a reunion tour than a match in contest. Whether or not that's enough to launch Pacquiao back into the realm of "men who might actually be able to knock Floyd the hell out" remains t Read Full Story >>> Age stealing Pacquiao?s old power?Merchant
By Ted S. Melendres, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 25 Nov 2013
MACAU?The ?Pacific Storm? the legendary boxing analyst Larry Merchant liked to call has eased up, his brute power of old slowly being diminished by the termite of age.
For Merchant, nothing, not even a knockout win in the latter rounds, could have swept the age factor under the rug for Manny P Read Full Story >>> Quijano: Manny had more difficulty peeing than fighting
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 25 Nov 2013
MACAU?Manny is back, Freddie Roach trumpeted at the post-fight press conference.
I asked Freddie if he was surprised at how easy it was for Manny to dominate Brandon Rios and the avuncular boxing wizard replied that he knew Manny would win the fight easily as long as he would stick to their game Read Full Story >>> Pac-Man's Back
By Chuck Culpepper, Sports on Earth, Mon, 25 Nov 2013
MACAU -- The celestial boxing career of Manny Pacquiao rumbled out of a lull Sunday morning.
Some 350 days after going face-down in a shocking knockout to Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Pacquiao returned to the ring to render a foe overmatched.
From the get-go inside the Read Full Story >>> Arum: The best thing that happened to Pacquiao
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 25 Nov 2013
MACAU?Bob Arum yesterday beat his breast and claimed it was Manny Pacquiao at his greatest, although there were experts and plain fans who readily refuted the premier promoter.
There was particular mention about Pacquiao?s failure to at least deck Rios.
?It?s not the same old explosive Pacqu Read Full Story >>> It?s back to Vegas on April 12
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 25 Nov 2013
MACAU?After giving Asia a dose of Manny Pacquiao, it?s time to bring him back to Las Vegas.
Right after Pacquiao?s conquest of Brandon Rios on Sunday at the Cotai Arena here, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum announced that the Fighter of the Decade will next fight on April 12 and it will be in La Read Full Story >>> Here?s what helped Rios survive
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 25 Nov 2013
MACAU?Manny Pacquiao said his opponent proved an unusually easy target yesterday but readily denied Brandon Rios managed to survive because he (Pacquiao) intentionally pulled his punches.
?Thank God, He heard our prayers that we will rise again,? Pacquiao, in green T-shirt and matching light ja Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao makes Rios trainer eat his words
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 25 Nov 2013
MACAU?After watching Manny Pacquiao?s demolition of Brandon Rios on Sunday, trainer Robert Garcia readily took back his words that the Filipino ring icon is now past his prime.
?Pacquiao still has a lot of fight in him,? Garcia said during the post-fight conference of Pacquiao-Rios. ?He can figh Read Full Story >>> No surprises this time
By Sev Sarmenta, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 25 Nov 2013
THE MANNY Pacquiao-Brandon Rios fight was not a Philippines-Korea basketball game where Filipinos would storm ahead and then the Koreans would find some miracle to beat us in the end.
If you felt tense at the start and all the way to the end despite the phenomenal performance and unanimous decis Read Full Story >>> Quickness Pacquiao?s best punch, says foe
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 25 Nov 2013
MACAU?Brandon Rios knows Manny Pacquiao is fast. But he didn?t expect Pacquiao to be too fast to make him look like a punching bag.
?His quickness was his best punch,? Rios said during the postfight press conference at the main ballroom of Venetian Macao Sunday.
Putting up a brave front, Rio Read Full Story >>> Zou: Pacquiao great champ, inspiration
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 25 Nov 2013
MACAU?Even an amateur great like Zou Shiming can learn many things from training with Manny Pacquiao.
Zou, the poster boy of China boxing as a two-time Olympic and three-time World Amateur champion, beat Mexican Juan Toscano by unanimous decision in their highly applauded six-round flyweight bat Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs Rios ? Bigger Than Boxing
Sportige, Mon, 25 Nov 2013
National symbols carry huge expectations, especially in times of crisis. Manny Pacquiao was fighting for his relevance among Boxing?s elite against Brandon Rios, but also for the spirit of his country after the Philippines was devastated Haiyan, leaving many looking for some sort of uplifting moment Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao wins for himself, his people
By Kieran Mulvaney, ESPN.com, Sun, 24 Nov 2013
MACAU -- There was no shortage of storylines during the build up to, and passage of, fight week in Macau:
? The first pay-per-view boxing card from China.
? Manny Pacquiao's understandable concern for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in his native Philippines.
? The tension between the camps Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao outclasses Brandon Rios in Macau to ignite new interest in Floyd Mayweather superfight
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Sun, 24 Nov 2013
A vintage performance by Manny Pacquiao over Brandon Rios by unanimous points decision has seen him secure the WBO international welterweight title, return to winning ways after successive defeats and set up the prospect of a superfight in Las Vegas against Floyd Mayweather Jnr in 2014.
Followi Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao cruises to victory over Rios
By Martin Gallegos, 3MoreRounds.com, Sun, 24 Nov 2013
Almost a year after being knocked out unconscious, there were questions about whether Manny Pacquiao would ever be the same again.
Well, Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KO) appears to still have it as he dominated Brandon Rios (31-2-1, 23 KO) en route to a unanimous decision victory.
Speed was the bigges Read Full Story >>> Typhoon Survivors Cheer Pacquiao Win, Even Amid Devastation
The Wall Street Journal, Sun, 24 Nov 2013
TACLOBAN, Philippines?The Tacloban City Convention Center, locally known as the Astrodome, is surrounded by reminders of the devastation wrought by Typhoon Haiyan. But on Sunday morning it overflowed with survivors, who put aside the task of cleaning up for a few hours and came out to watch Filipino Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao pummels a punching bag in Rios
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Sun, 24 Nov 2013
On Saturday, a past-his-prime Manny Pacquiao beat down a punching bag in Brandon Rios. While the ?Pacman? got to showcase his old glory inside the ring in Macau, the 34-year-old Filipino is clearly not the same fighter that pummeled Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto back in 2009.
Yet, millions of Fil Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao keen to fight on after commanding win over Brandon Rios
By Unus Alladin, South China Morning Post, Sun, 24 Nov 2013
Manny Pacquiao is back. And it looks as if he might still be around for a while after he delivered a command performance that will have helped lifted the spirits of his struggling nation.
On one of the biggest days of his career on Sunday and in front of a galaxy of stars at Macau?s Cotai Arena t Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao good enough to dominate Rios but not the same ?PacMan?
By Doug Fischer, RingTV.com, Sun, 24 Nov 2013
Everyone knew that Manny Pacquiao was the superior fighter coming into his welterweight fight with Brandon Rios.
The version of the Filipino icon that retired Oscar De La Hoya, annihilated Ricky Hatton and wore down Miguel Cotto would run right through Rios, despite how rugged the 27-year-old sl Read Full Story >>>
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