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Manny Pacquiao: Compelled to be a public servant
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
Manny Pacquiao now takes on an altogether different fight. For a seat in the lower house of congress in The Philippines. The election is on May 10. It is a noble act for boxing’s leading purveyor of the noble art. To many in the West, it is unthinkable that a sportsman can or could perform su Read Full Story >>>Joshua Clottey Blames Lack-Luster Performance on Diarrhea... Unbelievable!
By John Chavez, The Boxing Truth, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
This is crazy.
Taking a page from Oscar De la Hoya's "bad oysters" excuse... Joshua Clottey has blamed his lack-luster performance against Manny Pacquiao on none other than... diarrhea from a stew concoction he consumed after the weigh-in and prior to his bout on Saturday night.
Unbelievable.. Read Full Story >>> Top 8 reasons Clottey fought that way
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
THE guy who thought up the title “The Event” for the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight must have been some kind of a seer. Apparently, he possessed the prescience to anticipate that there wasn’t going to be a fight at all—just an event.
For indeed it was a spectacle of s Read Full Story >>> The Amazing Manny Pacquiao Delivers Again
By Lee Payton, The Boxing Bulletin, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
Fifty thousand fight fans showed up to see the #1 fighter in the world do his thing, and while the fight card did not live up to expectations Manny Pacquiao gave the people everything he had, as always.
The fact that the under-card was dull meant little to a crowd that started the celebration ear Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao to grace Dubai boxing
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
MANNY Pacquiao will be lending his star power to the Dubai boxing card on April 9 when some of the Philippines’ best will be competing.
The event is a joint venture between Cebu-based promotional outfit ALA Promotions and the Dubai-based KO Promotions.
Pacquiao, who recently won his firs Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao Focusing on 'More Serious' Congressional Fight
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
Having surpassed the 50-victories milestone with Saturday night's one-sided, unanimous, 12-round decision over Joshua Clottey in defense of his WBO welterweight (147 pounds) title at The Dallas Cowboys' Stadium in Arlington, Tex., seven-division champion, Manny Pacquiao (pictured above, at right, ag Read Full Story >>> HBO pay per view boss: "MMA and boxing overlap is only 5%"
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
According to statements from the HBO pay per view chief Mark Taffett, the overlap between MMA and Boxing is only 5%. Previously it was thought that the overlap was much bigger, and that the sales of one would directly affect the other.
This will come as welcome news to fans of either sport, man Read Full Story >>> Give it up, Ricky! Manny Pacquiao's master Freddie Roach refuses to help Hitman Hatton return
By Jeff Powell, Daily Mail (UK), Tue, 16 Mar 2010
As Ricky Hatton agonises over retiring permanently from the ring, his mind may be made up for him by the refusal of Manny Pacquiao's esteemed trainer to help him come b Read Full Story >>> Welterweight Rankings Updated After Pacquiao Shuts Out Clottey
ProBoxing-fans.com, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
What do the rankings look like in the welterweight division look like following Pacquiao vs. Clottey?
This weekend Manny Pacquiao put on another dominating display of his boxing ability, further cementing his status as the best pound for pound fighter in the sport, and a tried and true welterweig Read Full Story >>> Tomas to Manny: retire
By Rene Martel, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osme?a, too, wants Manny Pacquiao, whom he considers a personal friend, to retire, but for a different reason.
He said Pacquiao’s succeeding opponents will likely run away and wait for him to tire before coming at him in the later rounds and that would make his fights Read Full Story >>> Paulie: I'll take Khan's title
The Sun, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
PAULIE MALIGNAGGI has warned Amir Khan: I'm going to crush your American dream.
Khan's WBA light-welterweight title will be on the line when he fights on US soil for the first time against Malignaggi in New York on May 15.
And the Magic Man believes he will send the Bolton ace back across th Read Full Story >>> How Pacquiao Won
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
Joshua Clottey, whom Manny Pacquiao dominated in 12 rounds to retain his World Boxing Organization welterweight crown, was no Oscar De La Hoya, who the Filipino ring idol?s critics said was a far cry from his old devastating form when t Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao's High Standards
By Avi "Shoefly" Korine, SportingNews.com, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
Near the end of the documentary "Wild Man Blues," filmmaker Woody Allen returns home from a European trip during which he has been given many awards of merit. He visits his elderly parents and shows them the trophies and various praises that he has received. They are impressed, of course, but seem m Read Full Story >>> PACMAN CHECKMATES THE GRANDMASTER
By Granville Ampong, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
Ringside Report from Dallas Cowboy Stadium, Arlington, Texas, March 13, 2010 - Pound-for-Pound King Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao retains his WBO Welterweight title after unanimously gaining a decision victory over the to Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Dismantles Clottey in Ruthless Style
By Ben Cohen, True/Slant, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
Manny Pacquiao’s dominant 12 round performance over Joshua Clottey at the Cowboys Stadium, Texas on Saturday night solidifies the Filipino’s position as the best fighter on the planet today. On my scorecard Pacquiao Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao lone highlight in long night
By Chris Iorfida, CBCNews, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
The Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey card on Saturday brought out over 50,000 to Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.
That made it the third largest attendance for a fight in the U.S. in the last half-century.
Miguel Cotto and Yuri Foreman - not ex Read Full Story >>> Promoters trying to tempt Pacquiao to Dubai
By Steve Luckings, The National, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
ABU DHABI // Fans of Manny Pacquiao, arguably the best pound-for-pound boxer on the planet, could be set for a glimpse of their hero next month with the Dubai-based KO Promotions saying they are in talks with the WBO welterweight champion to bring him to Dubai next month.
Zack Taumafai, the owner Read Full Story >>> Mayweather bout looms for Pacquiao
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press, Japan Times, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
ARLINGTON, Texas — The fight was long over and most of the biggest crowd to see a fight in the U.S. in 17 years had found their way out of massive Cowboys Stadium. Manny Pacquiao was in the shower, where one member of his entourage surely was in charge of selecting his shampoo while another ha Read Full Story >>> How, why Pacquiao failed fans
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
Manny Pacquiao on Sunday made a classic demonstration of why he’s the greatest boxer in the world, but there’s the danger of his unanimous decision victory over Ghanaian Joshua Clottey in Texas being junked from a collection of his finest fights.
Majority of sulking Filipino fans did Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao: The Fight of His Life
By Gendy Alimurung, LA Weekly, Tue, 16 Mar 2010
Everybody wants a piece of boxer Manny Pacquiao. They want tickets to his fights. They want his autograph, his money, his time. They want him to clobber the second best fighter in the world, Floyd Mayweather Jr., whose recent accusation that Pacquiao must be using steroids caused their could-have-be Read Full Story >>>
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