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Leonard predicts incredible fight
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
LAS VEGAS?When a guy like Sugar Ray Leonard vouches for a fight, then it must be really good.
?It?s going to be an incredible fight,? said Leonard, referring to the fourth battle between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
The 56-year-old Leonard, who earne Read Full Story >>>Bob Arum denies meeting with Roger Mayweather
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
LAS VEGAS -- Did they or didn?t they?
Roger Mayweather, the trainer and uncle of unbeaten boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., told The Times on Thursday that he had casually discussed with promoter Bob Arum the idea of Timothy Bradley being Mayweather Jr.?s next opponent.
Arum denied on Frid Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO LOOKS SHARP DURING FINAL TRAINING SESSION (PHOTOS)
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Sensational superstar Manny Pacquiao looked sharp, strong and in good spirits during his final training session at the Top Rank Gym on Thursday afternoon ahead of his fourth battle with Super Lightweight Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO AND MARQUEZ AIM FOR A FITTING FINALE
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
LAS VEGAS(PNA via PCSO)? The storied Manny Pacquiao-Manuel Marquez boxing feud must end Saturday (Sunday in Manila) when Episode 4 of their nine-year storied rivalry takes place at the MGM Grand Arena . Both the Filipino gladiator and t Read Full Story >>> Michael Farenas is cool and confident with his underdog tag against Yuriorkis Gamboa
By Rich Mazon , PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada ? Michael Farenas sat quietly in one corner of the MGM Grand Media Room as people poured in for the scheduled press conference of his Saturday fight with unbeaten Yuriorkis Gamboa.
He just waited pa Read Full Story >>> Marquez, Pacquiao's legacies require one more battle in the ring
By Steve Almasy, CNN.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
(CNN) -- Ali-Frazier. Leonard-Duran. Gatti-Ward. Zale-Graziano.
Most of boxing's great rivalries produced three memorable fights, trilogies of spectacular action.
They were entertaining fights that demanded sequels, then sequels that demanded sequels.
Rare is the case when it takes a fourth Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao and Marquez look to close the book on their rivalry
By Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
LAS VEGAS -- One by one Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez made appearances in front of the press this week, looking as indifferent to answering questions as the reporters were to asking them. What else was there to say? After three go-rounds with each other since 2004, they have covered almost Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Marquez seek closure
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
LAS VEGAS -- Through three fights spread over nine years, 21 pounds, 36 rounds and 108 minutes of fierce hand-to-hand combat, little has been settled between rivals Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez.
Officially, Pacquiao holds a 2-0-1 edge in the series, but the fights were so good and s Read Full Story >>> FLORANTE CONDES 105 LBS, DONNY MABAO 105 LBS FOR WBC ASIA CONTINENTAL TITLE IN MANILA
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
Former IBF World Champion Florante Condes (25-7-1, 25KO's), from the island Province of Romblon in Central Philippines and compatriot 24 year-old Donny Mabao (on the left) of Bukidnon weighed-in 105 lbs ahead of their WBC Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao and M?rquez part four ? with another full-term war likely
By Kevin Mitchell, guardian.co.uk, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
Whoever wins between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel M?rquez here on Saturday, the crowd will deliver their own judgment, as they have done three times previously, rendering the efforts of the three paid officials irrelevant, in their moist eyes at least.
A clean knockout either way would settle t Read Full Story >>> Counter intuitive: Marquez the master
By Kieran Mulvaney, ESPN.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
As Manny Pacquiao might point out, he has yet to lose to Juan Manuel Marquez. He has won the past two of their three encounters, and he also would have emerged from the first meeting with a win, rather than a draw, had judge Burt Clements scored the opening round, in which Pacquiao dropped Marquez t Read Full Story >>> Izenberg: Manny Pacquiao turns up intensity in preparation for fourth fight against Juan Manuel Marquez
By Jerry Izenberg, The Star- Ledger, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
LAS VEGAS ? He hadn?t seen his fighter since early June, when Manny Pacquiao had lost a ridiculous decision to Tim Bradley. Those score cards read as though each one had been turned in by a severely myopic Cyclops with a massive cataract. Nobody could possibly take them seriously.
But a loss is a Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez insist mouth-watering fourth encounter will end in knock out
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
The rivals, who have met at featherweight, superfeatherweight and welterweight, insist they will knock each other out to prove, conclusively, who the superior fighter is, in a much-anticipated clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Both have had long and decorated careers. Pacquiao is a multiple- Read Full Story >>> Lederman Praises The Pacquiao vs. Marquez Judges
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
Juan Manuel Marquez has every reason to be mistrustful of judges as his fourth fight against Manny Pacquiao approaches.
Marquez is 0-2-1 against Pacquiao, yet makes very valid arguments regarding winning at least two of those fights. Not that knocking judges before facing Pacquiao again would do Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao's legacy as much about not fighting Mayweather than wars with Marquez
By George Willis, New York Post, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez will face each other for the fourth time Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, conjuring memories of Sugar Ray Robinson?s battles with Jack LaMotta and Jersey Joe Walcott?s four fights with Ezzard Charles.
Pacquiao would like to believe h Read Full Story >>> Pacman to earn P1.2 B from fight with Marquez
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao is out to seek vindication in his fourth showdown with arch rival Juan Manuel Marquez and the Saturday (Sunday in Manila) face-off may fetch for the Filipino ring icon one of the richest purses in his career ? P1.2 billion.
Promoter Bob Arum talked about some huge numbe Read Full Story >>> Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind
By Gordon Marino, Boxing.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
Manny Pacquiao (54-4-2, 38 KOS) and Juan Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KOs), two of the best boxers of their generation, have fought three grueling bouts. On Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas they will exchange punches again.
For much of boxing history multiple meetings were common fare. Jake LaMotta Read Full Story >>> Prizefight Preview: Pacquiao-Marquez IV
By Matt Knowles, 3MoreRounds.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
There?s nothing that gets sports fanatics talking like a good old fashioned rivalry. Some are deeply rooted in competitive parity and/or fury (Lakers-Celtics, Michigan-Ohio St) while others may simply be the by-product of local jibber-jabber (49ers-Raiders, Cubs-White Sox). A boxing match is unique, Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao is training to knock out Juan Manuel Marquez
By Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
Manny Pacquiao has been writing a weekly blog for HBO Sports in the weeks leading up to his fight Saturday against Juan Manuel Marquez. HBO has provided excerpts from his final blog, in which Pacquiao discusses why he didn't seek a rematch with Tim Bradley, and why what he learned in his fight with Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Marquez IV: Same ending?
By Bill Velasco, The Philippine Star, Sat, 08 Dec 2012
For the fourth time, Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez face off for pride more than anything else. There really aren?t any other challenges out there for either, and Marquez, at 39, may already be in a lower league than Pacquiao. So this has to happen now. Despite the media?s initial claim that Read Full Story >>>
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