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By Walden Sadiri, The Monitor, 27 Nov 2006
HIDALGO — It’s no secret that boxing legends Oscar De La Hoya and Bob Arum didn’t share a table together during the Thanksgiving holiday.
But thanks to a comical blunder by the event staff during the HBO Boxing After Dark series on Saturday night at Dodge Arena, De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotio Read Full Story >>>Fans just can’t have enough of Pacman
By Beth Celis, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 Nov 2006
THE Sports Vigilantes, a group of rabid sports aficionados, were still talking about Pacman over Radio dzME’s “Usapang Sports” when I arrived at the station yesterday morning.
Even before I got settled in my seat, a question was immediately hurled at me. It set the tone of the entire one-and-half Read Full Story >>> Geno’s Boxing Mailbag, Nov. 25, 2006
By Geno McGahee, RingsideReport.com, 27 Nov 2006
Poor Michael Richards. Can you believe his racial slurs at that comedy club against some minorities in the audience? I got to see the footage and hear the verbal barrage and have even heard of his defense that he was angry and flew into a rage…not really knowing what he was saying. Now, I’m not sayi Read Full Story >>> Drug enforcers want Pacquiao
By Joseph Jubelag, Manila Standard Today, 27 Nov 2006
GENERAL SANTOS CITY—The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency is eyeing the possibility of tapping Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao as celebrity endorser of the government’s anti-drug campaign.
“Manny could be a role model among the youth in our campaign against illegal drugs in the country,” sa Read Full Story >>> DE LA HOYA SAYS JACA A SHOO-IN FOR MAY 5 EVENT
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 26 Nov 2006
HIDALGO, TEXAS--Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De la Hoya has informed that he has been impressed by the performance of Jimrex Jaca, and even went further by saying that the Filipino is a shoo-in as an undercard fighter for his May 5 showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
"Jaca gave a tremendous per Read Full Story >>> BLOODIED MARQUEZ STOPS JACA!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 26 Nov 2006
HIDALGO, TEXAS--WBO interim featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez bucked a tough and spirited challenge by Filipino Jimrex Jaca, stopping the latter in the ninth round following a big left in their scheduled 12-rounder.
Read Full Story >>> JACA READY TO RUMBLE!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 26 Nov 2006
McAllen, Texas--With only five hours before the big fight, Filipino Jimrex Jaca, who weighed just 138 lbs today, looked relaxed and in high spirit when the media visited him in his suite at the Wyndham Hotel here.
Jaca, who was with Team De la Hoya trainer Robert 'Jun' Bubuli in the room, gamely Read Full Story >>> SULTAN WINS WBF WELTER CROWN!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 26 Nov 2006
Filipino Dondon Sultan has just become the country's only world title holder after he beat Australian Eddie Delic via unanimous decision moments ago at the Suntec Int. Convention Center in Singapore.
Sultan bucked Delic's dirty tactics, and outpointed the latter en route to a 117-113, 115-112, 11 Read Full Story >>> GBP Signs Up Two Promising Thai Fighters
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 26 Nov 2006
McAllen, Texas--Oscar De la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions has once again proved that indeed it has the best scouting talents in the business, after GBP signed two top and promising fighters from Thailand.
WBA no. 1 lightweight Prawet Singwancha (30-2-1, 18 KO's) and undefeated WBC no. 3 Saenghiran Read Full Story >>> Nietes KO’s amol ni two
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, 26 Nov 2006
DONNIE “Ahas” Nietes now has two things to brag about, the WBO Asia-Pacific minimum-weight title and a powerful finish that could line him up among the brightest prospects in international arena.
Nietes needed just 3:46 to score a sensational knockout of Indonesian minimum weight champion Heri A Read Full Story >>> MaxBoxing's Head to Head – Juan Manuel Marquez vs Jimrex Jaca
By Jason Probst and Angel Rodriguez, MaxBoxing.com, 26 Nov 2006
ANGEL RODRIGUEZ: The fight that might eclipse the drama and bloodlust of Juan Manuel Marquez's WBO featherweight title bout versus Jimrex Jaca tonight will be the one between Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank. The boxing promoter's version of Spy vs. Spy will feature the arch rivals icing the intri Read Full Story >>> Zamboanga to host RP boxing federation title fight
By Bong Garcia, Sun.Star Zamboanga, 26 Nov 2006
PREPARATIONS are underway for the Philippine Boxing Federation (PBF) flyweight championship to be held on December 8, 2006, at the government-owned coliseum in this city.
Games and Amusement Board (GAB) regional head Rogelio San Juan said reigning PBF champion Jojo Bardon of the Cebu-based Wakee Read Full Story >>> Fight with Barrera to reward Pacman $ 5 M
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, 26 Nov 2006
LOS ANGELES — If Manny Pacquiao and Golden Boy Promotions wiggle their way out of the legal battle with Top Rank, the Filipino icon stands to receive $ 5 million should a rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera happens in March, 2007.
This was disclosed by Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach, who tol Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao wants Barrera next
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 26 Nov 2006
GIVEN a choice, Manny Pacquiao would rather battle Marco Antonio Barrera next.
Not because he has already beaten the World Boxing Council super featherweight champion, but because he wants to shut up the Mexican legend for good.
Though thoroughly dominated by Pacquiao in their Nov. 15, 2003 tu Read Full Story >>> Three’s a charm
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, 26 Nov 2006
It’s almost as if Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales were made for each other. In three fights, they slugged it out like there was no tomorrow, like their lives depended on winning — which is why fans described the series one of the most exciting boxing trilogies ever.
Pacquiao is destined to join Read Full Story >>> Not heavy, but they put on super show
By Michael Hirsley, Chicago Tribune, 26 Nov 2006
Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales, whose combined weight would add up to one heavyweight by today's standards, just fought the kind of fight fans would salivate to see from heavyweights.
Highly respected 129-pound super featherweights who had split two previous face-to-face encounters, Pacquiao and Read Full Story >>> Let's give Pacman peace and privacy this X'mas: lawmaker
By "Bad" Brad Berkwitt, Sun.Star Bacolod, 26 Nov 2006
"IF WE WANT to help (Filipino boxing icon Manny) Pacquiao at this moment, I think we need to give him peace and privacy this Christmas."
So said Bacolod Lone District Representative Monico Puentevella, who also said that he pitied Pacquiao who now becomes a "victim" with the left and right invit Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao attends victory party despite flu
By "Bad" Brad Berkwitt, ABS-CBN News, 26 Nov 2006
Fans and supporters of Filipino boxing sensation Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao were thrilled to see their idol attend his victory party despite suffering from a bout of the flu and tonsillitis, ABS-CBN's Bandila reporte Read Full Story >>> TRADING MEMENTOS INSTEAD OF BLOWS
By Jeff Haney, Las Vegas Sun, 26 Nov 2006
After battering Erik Morales on the way to a third-round knockout Saturday night, Manny Pacquiao showed there were no hard feelings or personal enmity when the two crossed paths in the casino at Wynn Las Vegas less than 24 hours later.
The super featherweights made an impromptu exchange of the j Read Full Story >>> Death Cheats Us Once More; Willie Pep dead at 84
By Ryan Songalia, PhilBoxing.com, 26 Nov 2006
They called him "The Will O' The Wisp" for his elusiveness, but at the 84, mortality has caught up to one of the greatest fighters to ever grace the ring. I use the word grace because it is appropriate, because seldom was a fighter more Read Full Story >>>
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