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Arum to announce Pacman fight details
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard Today, 24 Jan 2007
TOP Rank promoter Bob Arum said he will announce the details of Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao’s next fight late this week.
In an overseas telephone conversation with Viva Sports/Standard Today, Arum said: “We have made big progress, but I cannot officially announce the details be Read Full Story >>>ROACH OFFERS PEÑALOSA TITLE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 24 Jan 2007
Celebrated trainer Freddie Roach has offered former world super flyweight champion Gerry Peñalosa a chance to fight for the WBO super bantamweight title against Daniel Ponce De Leon.
Peñalosa said that if he accepted the offer, the fight would be on the undercard of the title defense of WBC supe Read Full Story >>> The Downward Spiral of Mike Tyson
By Ryan Songalia, PhilBoxing.com, 24 Jan 2007
One constant in American society is the tendency of the general public to put celebrities on a pedestal, only to tear down their icons at the first sign of fault. For Michael Gerard Tyson, this process has been the one consistent aspe Read Full Story >>> Oscar de la Hoya Foundation Receives $1 Million Technology Boost From Microsoft and Windows Vista
Yahoo! News, 24 Jan 2007
The Los Angeles-based Oscar de la Hoya & Microsoft Learning Center will be the first fully Windows Vista Powered technology community lab in the world.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To improve technology access to families and youths throughout East Los Angeles, Microsoft Corp. Read Full Story >>> WHO WILL RISE, STAY, AND FALL IN 2007?
By Darnell Williams, BoxingFanatics.com, 24 Jan 2007
Boxing history tells us that every once in a while a special fighter comes along. Well, we have been graced with several this era. And are we so spoiled that we don’t recognize or appreciate greatness until it’s gone? Then a Read Full Story >>> Barrera, hacia la gran pelea
By Ernesto Castellanos, Esto en Linea, 24 Jan 2007
Marco Antonio Barrera, campeón mundial superpluma del CMB, emprenderá mañana el viaje hacia California, en donde efectuará la etapa medular de sus entrenamientos para exponer su corona ante Juan Manuel Márquez, monarca mundial pluma de la FIB, el 17 de marzo en Las Vegas.
Barrera realizará hoy en Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao still undecided
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard Today, 24 Jan 2007
FILIPINO ring idol Manny Pacquiao said yesterday he is still undecided whether he would run for mayor of General Santos City in the May elections against a friend, incumbent Pedro Acharon, who is seeking a third and final term.
In a long distance telephone conversation with Viva Sports/Standard Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao gets 20 gun ban exemptions
By Mayen Jaymalin, The Philippine Star, 24 Jan 2007
An iron fist is not enough.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has granted not just one but 20 gun ban exemptions to boxing champion Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao, who the poll body said needs appropriate protection at th Read Full Story >>> Poll body exempts Pacquiao from gun ban
Sun.Star Manila, 24 Jan 2007
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday has excused Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao from the gun prohibition.
Comelec Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer said it is obvious that Pacquiao needs protection as well as his family because of the winnings he was able to garner during his rec Read Full Story >>> Barcelona, De la Cruz in PBF Championship Bouts
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 23 Jan 2007
Promoter Leonil Lazarito of Leolet Sports Promotion has announced a twinbill for the Philippine Boxing Federation titles on February 16 at the air-conditioned Gusa Sports Complex in Cagayan De Oro City.
Former RP superfly champ Eric Barcelona takes on ex-RP flyweight champ Federico Catubay for th Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Chavit, Iggy Arroyo in cock derby
GMA News Online, 23 Jan 2007
Fililpino champion pugilist Manny Pacquiao is a big name not only in the boxing ring.
He is also one of the considered heavyweights of the SJC 8 — Cock International Derby, which opens Monday, January 22, at the San Juan Coliseum.
Pacquiao is expected to personally handle his entries - Super P Read Full Story >>> Batawang scores 1st round knockout
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, 23 Jan 2007
FORMER World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan-African light-flyweight champion Bert Batawang disposed of Ping Ping Tepura in 2:48 of the first round to fortify his chances to fight for the world title in the World Cup Boxing in mid-2007.
The SGG Stable fighter Batawang released a right uppercut in t Read Full Story >>> Sinulog Boxing Festival: Batawang KOs Tepura in first round
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, The Freeman, 23 Jan 2007
It looked that Father Time hasn't caught up yet with SGG Stable stalwart Bert Batawang.
And the interesting thing is that Batawang gets even better, his skills sharper than ever as he continues his pursuit to win a world title someday.
The 34-year-old Batawang personified all that after he h Read Full Story >>> It’s Pacquiao’s choice, not ours
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard Today, 23 Jan 2007
WE don’t know, who Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao will pick as his opponent for his planned April 28 fight in the gambling enclave of Macau as of this writing. But one thing for sure. Ever since the name of In Jin Chi was mentioned, there’s been some criticism with former manager Shel Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao to root for Arce in US
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 23 Jan 2007
MANNY PACQUIAO will fly to the United States this week to cheer for his pal Jorge Arce in his fight against Argentinian Julio David Ler at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum confirmed this in an interview with Michael Marley of Boxingconfidential.com.
Arum said Read Full Story >>> Ex-Pacman manager says: Pacquiao will still deal with DL Hoya
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, 23 Jan 2007
AT THE end of the day, Manny Pacquiao will have to knock on the door of Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions if he wants to land big-money fights against big-name fighters, the Filipino star’s New York-based manager said yesterday.
"After he (Pacquiao) wins he will still deal w Read Full Story >>> Monsters’ Brawl
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, 23 Jan 2007
THE stage has been set for an epic battle of brutal proportions to take place sometime in mid-2007. No I’m not referring to the local mayoralty elections. I’m referring to no other than the Ricky Hatton-Jose Luis Castillo super fight.
Both protagonists managed to dispose of their res Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao applies for 20 gun ban exemptions
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, 23 Jan 2007
MANNY PACQUIAO further fuelled speculations that he is running for a post this coming election when he applied for 20 gun ban exemptions from the Commission on Elections last week.
Pacquiao cited as reason that he is a high-risk figure and that some of the exemptions will be for the bodyguards Read Full Story >>> Fights That Keep Me Awake at Night
By Chris Acosta, EastSideBoxing.com, 23 Jan 2007
Every once in a while, a bout comes up that seems too good to be true. The circumstances are so impossibly perfect that you expect several sets of strings to be attached. As the days lead up to the fight, you feel a buzz that consumes your internal energy and makes the time slow to an almost unbeara Read Full Story >>> MELLIGEN, AMONSOT IN WBO FIGHTS IN KOREA
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 22 Jan 2007
Undefeated Mark Jason Melligen and Czar Amonsot of Bohol will get a crack at WBO Asia Pacific titles on February 9 in Seoul, Korea against separate opponents.
The Bacolod City-raised Melligen, undefeated in six fights and a former SEA Games gold medalist, will take on a soon-to-be-announced Sou Read Full Story >>>
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