Read Full Story >>>OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: MANNY PACQUIAO MAKES CHANGES TO HIS TEAM
MP8.ph, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
CONTACT: Michael L. Lodge
E-Mail: mlodge@vqrginc.com
Glendale, CA ? July 19, 2011: Manny Pacquiao and MP Promotions USA Inc had signed an extension contract to retain the firm of VisionQwest Resource Group, Inc. and VisionQwest Accountancy Group out of Los Angeles, California to handle all acc Read Full Story >>>
The BraveHeart Manny Pinol Strikes Again
By Timothy James, MP8.ph, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
This article I am about to post is a MUST READ. I take my hat off to Mr Manny Pinol (Braveheart) Who has been around the game for a lot longer than I have. Who knows more about journalism in is little finger than I do in my whole body. He has paved the way for the truth to be revealed time and time Read Full Story >>>
All quiet in Pacland?before the storm?
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
(FLASH: Brig. Gen. Joseph Sevilla, former Tourism Director Dion Diaz, and veteran newsman Jun Velasco of Pangasinan are forming the group Advocates of Reform for Native and Indigenous Sports (ARNIS) to promote local sports like sipa, arnis, etc. More on this later.)
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A few days back, boxing Read Full Story >>>
Brandon Rios: I'll Tear Mercito Gesta a New Assh*le!
By Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
During the premier edition of BoxingScene.com's new audio show, The Boxing Lab, WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios talked about numerous topics, including his return to the ring. Rios confirmed rumors that Michael Katsidis and Kevin Mitchell are the leading candidates to be his fall opponent on t Read Full Story >>>
Roach: 100%, Pacquiao Has to Beat Marquez With a KO
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
Trainer Freddie Roach has yet to watch last Saturday's junior welterweight bout between Juan Manuel Marquez and Likar Ramos - but he's heard a lot about it - and none of feedback has been positive. Marquez stopped Ramos in the first round with a single punch, which didn't appear to land that flush. Read Full Story >>>
Weekend Preview: Khan-Judah and a lot more
By Michael Rosenthal, RingTV.com, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
WEDNESDAY
DANNY GREEN vs. ANTONIO TARVER
Rounds / weight class: 12 rounds, cruiserweights
Location: Sydney, Australia
Television: None in U.S.
The backdrop: Tarver (28-6, 19 KOs) has carved out a nice niche as an analyst on Showtime boxing cards but believes he has more to give as a fig Read Full Story >>>
Chavez wants to fight Sept. 24; would be without Roach, Ariza
RingTV.com, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. wants to make the first defense of his WBC middleweight title against one of four fighters ? Ronald Hearns, Nobuhiro Ishida, David Medina or Brian Vera ? on Sept. 24 in Mexico City, according to sources in Mexico.
If he does, then it will likely be without five-time Traine Read Full Story >>>
It?s Official Michael Koncz Has Been Replaced
By Timothy James, MP8.ph, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
I came across an article aptly titled ?Greed: The Mother of All Sins?. Ironic it may seem I thought of Michael Koncz, his name befitting the association to this nasty five letter word, greed.
Koncz who has always called himself the ?Advisor? to Manny Pacquiao has been removed from his full time Read Full Story >>>
Greenburg's HBO resignation sure to have impact on boxing
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
There had been speculation for several months that Ross Greenburg was going to leave HBO as president of the cable network's sports division. But his announcement on Monday that he was not going to renew his contract and resign, shook the boxing world.
Top Rank president Todd duBoef, whose compan Read Full Story >>>
TEDDY ATLAS UNPLUGGED: "I CAN TELL YOU FOR A FACT...I KNOW THERE IS CORRUPTION THAT HAS SHOWN IT'S HEAD"
By Percy Crawford, FightHype.com, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
"I can tell you for a fact that the promoters and the associates of the promoters and the agents and the managers have relationships with these different organizations and these judges. They have familiarity at the very least. They have dinner together; they take them out to dinner. There is all kin Read Full Story >>>
Team Marquez discusses sparring partners for Pacquiao fight
By Ricardo Lois, Examiner.com, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
Four months away from their third fight with Manny Pacquiao, and Team Juan Manuel Marquez is looking to put together their sparring partners for the lightweight champion.
From his Romanza Gym in Mexico City, Hall Read Full Story >>>
'According to a reliable source': Of Koncz, Atlas and amazing stories
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
There's a popular saying in the Philippines that goes, "Bato bato sa langit, and tamaan, wag magalit." It has something to do with putting out blind items or expose', without really revealing who it is directed to, and how f Read Full Story >>>
Is Marquez ready for Pacquiao?
By Vitali Shaposhnikov, Diamond Boxing, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
This past Saturday, July 16, 2011, Juan Manuel Marquez (53-5-1) knocked out Likar Ramos (24-4-0) in the first round of their bout in Cancun, Mexico. After Marquez?s victory, many articles and forums were buzzing about his victory, proposing that Marquez is ready for Pacquiao.
While many fans may Read Full Story >>>
Studying the effects of fighting
By Lance Pugmire, gloucestertimes.com, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
LAS VEGAS ? A prestigious neurology clinic has launched an unprecedented brain study of professional fighters with the goal of advancing research to improve various treatments for brain damage.
"We know what permanent brain damage looks like in its final stages, but we know so little about what c Read Full Story >>>
Manny Pacquiao's membership application blackballed by elite Manila club
By Abby Mendoza, pep.ph, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
"To preserve a lifestyle."
This is most likely one of the reasons behind Manila Polo Club's "snobbery" of Pound-for-Pound King Manny Pacquiao's membership application.
Michael Marley's July 13 article on BoxingPlanet.net stated, "The Pinoy Idol just got snubbed for membership by the Read Full Story >>>
From the pages of THE RING magazine: Jorge Arce
By Don Stradley, RingTV.com, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
When Jorge Arce and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. appeared at their prefight press conference, they seemed like part of a Telemundo comedy roast, playfully insulting each other in machine-gun Spanish. Arce seemed amused, content to let Vazquez talk and talk.
No one could blame Vazquez if he seemed keyed Read Full Story >>>
Khan denies steroid allegations
ABS-CBN News, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
MANILA, Philippines ? British lightweight champion Amir Khan has denied Roger Mayweather's allegations that he has been using steroids.
Khan, who is a sparring mate of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and is also trained by Freddie Roach, insisted that he has consistently proven that he is a c Read Full Story >>>
MGC official sheds light on alleged rejection of Pacman's application
By Julien Merced C. Matabuena, mb.com, Wed, 20 Jul 2011
MANILA, Philippines ? An unnamed board member of the exclusive Manila Golf Club (MGC) refuted reports that it rejected the membership application of eight division world boxing champ and Sarangani Rep. Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao.
In a PEP report published on July 20, the board member clarified tha Read Full Story >>>
