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Film review: Wapakman By Phillip Cu-Unjieng, The Philippine Star, Tue, 29 Dec 2009
Solar Films’ Wapakman is Manny Pacquiao’s foray into true-value family entertainment, with the world-renowned boxer playing a down and out sewerage-disposal Everyman who turns superhero, and only wants to do good, provide f Read Full Story >>>Mayweather, Pacquiao make sport relevant By Santos A. Perez, The Miami Herald, Mon, 28 Dec 2009 The further emergence of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao into mainstream consciousness and their possible fight next year made boxing relevant in 2009.
Mayweather's comeback from a 21-month ``retirement'' with a convincing decision against Juan Manuel Marquez and Pacquiao's knockout victo Read Full Story >>> How Pac Man tarnished Oscar Dela Hoya's golden legacy By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
He was the pretty face of boxing. To this date, nobody has outsold him in terms of Pay-per-View sales. He was beloved by America and embraced him as The Golden Boy. He was so successful and mark Read Full Story >>> Top Rank, Golden Boy: Legal Battle For Pacquiao Coming By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009 We all knew the negotiations to finalize Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Manny Pacquiao would be a very difficult process. Nobody could have ever predicted the scenario of events that played out in the last few days. Earlier in the year, when Mayweather announced his return to the sport, it didn't take a ge Read Full Story >>> The Manny Pacquiao v Floyd Mayweather fight will happen By Kevin Mitchell, guardian.co.uk, Mon, 28 Dec 2009 Rather like some of Naseem Hamed's ring entrances the lead-up to Pacquiao-Mayweather is turning into a prologue disproportionate to the event itself, grand as that potentially is.
Even the Greatest Show On Earth, as it will no doubt eventually be billed, could do without the posturing that the fi Read Full Story >>> World-class ambition By Ian De Cotta, Today Online (SG), Mon, 28 Dec 2009
SINGAPORE - Professional boxing will return to Singapore after three years when Indonesia's Marangin Marbun and Leon Moore of Guyana square off in a Pan Asian Boxing Association (Paba) bout on Jan 16 at the Suntec Singapore Intern Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao: 'I Would Never Cheat' By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Mon, 28 Dec 2009 WBO welterweight champion, Manny Pacquiao, would agree to unlimited urinalysis and blood-testing for the proposed, March 13, 147-pound megabout with Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grade in Las Vegas, but only if the procedures are executed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Pacquiao's promoter, B Read Full Story >>> Ten indelible images from 2009 By Eric Raskin, The Ring, Mon, 28 Dec 2009 Boxing is one sport I never experienced on the radio. I listened to countless baseball games on the radio as a kid. I’ve taken in plenty of football games on the radio when stuck in my car, unable to watch on television. But boxing on the radio is a form of entertainment that belongs exclusive Read Full Story >>> MALIGNAGGI: IF PACQUIAO TAKES THE TEST, I'LL BECOME HIS #1 FAN By G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009 GL: Lots of talk about you fighting Pacquiao if the Mayweather fight collapses. Can you give us your thoughts on this and how it came about? "I just got some phone calls and I started hearing some things and it's an exciting prospect."
GL: It's no secret that you've said some things about Pacquia Read Full Story >>> Role Reversal: Manny Passing on “Money” By Corey T. Willinger, Inside Fights, Mon, 28 Dec 2009 Mayweather Not to Blame for Pacquiao Fight Falling Apart
After more than a month of negotiation troubles and bickering between the camps, the superfight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao finally appears to be dead – at least as far as March 13 goes.
According to his promote Read Full Story >>> Inside the Ropes 12.28.09: Mayweather-Pacquiao and Some of My Favorite Moments of 2009 By Ramon Aranda, 411mania.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009 I'm getting real fed up with this Mayweather-Pacquiao stuff and I bet you are too. I take a few minutes to vent. Plus, a top-10 list of some of my favorite happenings in 2009 and 10 things I look forward to in the next year.
Hello everyone, I'm back from a short column-writing sabbatical now that Read Full Story >>> “Fighting Words” – Freewheeling Fighting Awards 09, P2 By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009 Part one ( Click Here ) of this year’s Fighting Awards took a look at the controversial and the sensational, moments that made us drop our heads in shame and moments that dropped our jaws in amazement.
In part one, Manny Pacquiao’s perfect left hand against Ricky Hatton, followed by R Read Full Story >>> WHERE DID ALL FLOYD MAYWEATHER'S MONEY GO? BoxingTalk.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009 Did Money Mayweather Gets Madoffed?
Why did Floyd Mayweather Jr retire from boxing? Because he no longer needed boxing for anything. A position he cemented by walking away from a rematch of the most lucrative fight in the history of the sport. Many, including myself, feel Mayweather made a terri Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Mayweather: STALEMATE or ZUGZWANG? By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
Zugzwang ? a situation in a chess game in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous or undesirable move. It nearly always leads to the loss of the game.
Stalemate ? a situation in which the king cannot move without putting himself Read Full Story >>> BOB ARUM: BLAMES SCHAEFER AND "THAT CREEP OSCAR" FOR POISONING MAYWEATHER-PACQUIAO By G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
"Our position is really straight forward and there's no way in hell they're not going to accept our position. This has never before happened in boxing, let alone Nevada. Let's leave it to the Nevada Commission and let them take ov Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Mosley Would Be A Great Alternate In 2010 By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
After "Smokin" Joe Frazier conclusively defeated Muhammad Ali in the "Fight Of The Century" in March of 1971, talk of a rematch began immediately afterward. By early 1972 the only stumbling b Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather's adviser stands firm on Olympic-style blood testing for Pacquiao fight By David Mayo, The Grand Rapids Press, Mon, 28 Dec 2009 Floyd Mayweather’s adviser said the Grand Rapids native still is intent on making a fight with Manny Pacquiao in light of a Monday deadline set by the Filipino boxer’s promoter.
If the fight doesn’t materialize, it will be because of Manny Pacquiao’s “unwillingness t Read Full Story >>> Fighters, trainers, and fellow writers weigh in on the Pacquiao-Mayweather drug testing debate By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009
Everybody has an opinion, that’s something that simply goes without saying. News, rumors, and speculation of any kind are sure to elicit a reaction from onlookers and the recent bu Read Full Story >>> ZAB JUDAH WANTS MANNY PACQUIAO By G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2009 GL: Always a pleasure to hear from you Superman. What's the latest and greatest? "The latest and greatest with Super Judah is I'm just training and staying focused. Right now I'm spending time with my family for Christmas. This is my son's first Christmas actually, I didn't talk about the Mayweather Read Full Story >>> Boxing In 2010; The Year In Preview By Bryan Trafford, Inside Fights, Mon, 28 Dec 2009 2009 was a great year in boxing. We saw Shane Mosley rid the boxing world of the welterweight boogie man, Antonio Margarito. We saw Manny Pacquiao’s ascension from star to megastar. We saw the complete first round of the Super Six tournament, and Floyd Mayweather Jr’s return to stake hi Read Full Story >>>
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