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Obama to cheer for Pacquiao in Mosley fight: Koncz
By Rodney Jaleco, ABS-CBN News, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
MANILA, Philippines -- Not only did Manny Pacquiao get the chance to meet Barack Obama, he also got the US president rooting for him.
Pacquiao?s Canadian adviser Michael Koncz said the Filipino champion was very pleased to the meet the most powerful man in the world.
?They talked about basketb Read Full Story >>>Major Bay Area newspapers feature Donaire; Julaton on key TV show
By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
Just eight days after Nonito Donaire?s breakthrough appearance on one of the most important sports television shows in the Bay Area, South San Francisco?s Ana Julaton appeared on the same program Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Donaire, who is in Las Vegas for his bantamweight showdown Saturday with Fernando Read Full Story >>> Obama-Pacquiao meet highlights Pinoy talent: Aquino
ABS-CBN News, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
MANILA, Philippines - President Benigno S. Aquino III on Wednesday hailed the meeting between United States President Barack Obama and Filipino boxing sensation and Saranggani Representative Emmanuel ?Manny? Pacquiao in Washington, saying it highlighted Filipino talent and worth.
?It (meeting) hi Read Full Story >>> Never Discount The Impossible!
By Derek Guzman, The Boxing Oracle, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
The great Muhammad Ali once quoted, "Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossib Read Full Story >>> ?Filipino Flash? gets shot at the spotlight
By Keith Idec, NorthJersey.com, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
As Manny Pacquiao wrapped up his well-documented tour of the East Coast on Tuesday in Washington, another formidable Filipino fighter prepared in comparative anonymity for the biggest fight of his career.
Nonito Donaire stands approximately 5 feet 6, about the same height as Pacquiao, but he is a Read Full Story >>> Brandon Rios sends message to Mercito Gesta: dSource Exclusive Interview
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
Oxnard, CA - Undefeated lightweight title contender Brandon 'Bam Bam' Rios (26-0-1,19KOs) was hard at work in his camp at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy for his title fight against Miguel Acosta (28-3-2, 22KOs) at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on November 26 when I caught up with him on a g Read Full Story >>> Marcos Maidana now in Mexico, set to begin training with Nacho Beristain soon
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
I saw Argentinean brute Marcos Maidana up close and personal for the first time last year in early October. Maidana had landed in Las Vegas the night before and kicked off his Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao stops traffic en route to White House
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
President Barack Obama told Manny Pacquiao during an Oval Office meeting on Tuesday that he plans to watch the Filipino congressman?s welterweight title fight against Shane Mosley on May 7 in Las Vegas on pay-per-view. But, don?t expect any freebies for the chief White House resident. If the Preside Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao a knockout in visit to Washington DC
By Rodney Jaleco, ABS-CBN News, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
WASHINGTON DC - If politics is the art of crafting and wielding influence, Manny Pacquiao has grown to be an astute politician.
Senate majority leader Harry Reid extolled the Filipino boxing champion and later toured him on the Senate floor ? a rarely-bestowed honor.
At a press briefing in the Read Full Story >>> Danger, Danger: Nonito Donaire Vs. Fernando Montiel Preview And Prediction
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
Top Rank Promotions unecessarily teased us and tormented us so long with the idea of an ultra-savory Nonito Donaire-Fernando Montiel that more than a few of us came to believe it was an illus Read Full Story >>> San Leandro's Nonito Donaire Jr. has many battles in and out of boxing ring
By Monte Poole, Mercury News, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
In his homeland, where his idol is a champion and a congressman and the people's king, he is the heir apparent.
In his family's San Leandro home, he is ostracized.
The father says his son, upon meeting money and fame, abandoned his family.
The son implies now that he has become the champion Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao gives Julaton advice for next fight
By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN News, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
SAN BRUNO, California - ?Don?t get hit.? This was the best piece of advice 8th time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao gave to Ana ?The Hurricane? Julaton as she continues to battle one fighter after another in the world of women?s boxing.
This is also the advice that Julaton intends to keep as Read Full Story >>> Tomasz Adamek: Preparing for the Klitschkos by Facing Kevin McBride?
By Damien Norman, RingsideReport.com, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
34 year old Pole Tomasz Adamek aims to prepare for the potential Wladimir Klitschko bout by taking on the Irish ?Colossus? Kevin McBride on the 23rd of April in Newark, New Jersey.
Adamek, who has only been defeated once in his long 43 fight career has been assured by the younger of the two Klits Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, the Ringmaster, and His Traveling Circus
By Greg Bishop, The New York Times, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
WASHINGTON ? Late Monday afternoon, Manny Pacquiao and company, lots and lots of company, boarded Acela Express No. 2165 in the belly of Pennsylvania Station. Pacquiao e Read Full Story >>> While Pacquiao does Capitol Hill, Mosley has a ball with the Knicks in New York
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
The boxing headlines today were flooded with the news of Manny Pacquiao visiting his friend, Senator Harry Reid, on Capitol Hill and later exchanging pleasantries with Preside Read Full Story >>> Shane Mosley storms NY
FightNews.com, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
While Manny Pacquiao was making the rounds in Washington DC, Sugar Shane Mosley worked the New York City scene. Mosley appeared as guest on Boomer and Carton radio show, then hit the Opie and Anthony show, and Read Full Story >>> Montiel has patched holes since sharing 2010 Vegas card with Donaire
By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
Fernando Montiel and Nonito Donaire were in Las Vegas together last year at this time in what already seemed to be a buildup for the bout that is indeed taking place Saturday at Mandalay Bay in Vegas on HBO.
Both of Saturday?s principals slaughtered unworthy opponents last Feb. 13, with Donaire Read Full Story >>> UFC fans confined to white males, boxing's Arum says
By Sergio Non, USA Today, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
MCLEAN, Va. -- Boxing promoter Bob Arum still sees mixed martial arts as the province of young caucasian guys.
"It's the same audience over and over," Arum said Tuesday. "It's white males, and they have never been able to expand their demographic."
Arum and boxer Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday visi Read Full Story >>> Filipino boxing hero Pacquiao meets Obama
By Agence France Press, Google News, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
WASHINGTON ? Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao met with American President Barack Obama and US Senator Harry Reid during a White House visit Tuesday.
Pacquiao, who won an election in his native Philippines and now represents Sarangani province, posed for pictures and exchanged gifts with Obama. P Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao's a knockout during visit to Capitol Hill
By Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, Wed, 16 Feb 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Manny Pacquiao stopped traffic outside the White House on Tuesday, during a whirlwind tour of the nation's capital that included meetings with President Barack Obama and Sen. Harry Reid.
The Filipino boxing sensation was crossing the street near the White House when several driv Read Full Story >>>
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