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Dallas Cowboys Stadium fitting stage for ‘megastar’ Manny Pacquiao
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
If money's the measure, Manny Pacquiao is clearly a megastar having generated $290 million in pay-per-view revenue in the last four years.
But the fighting Filipino’s grip on his own people, and his mystique for those outside his own culture, grows exponentially.
Pacquiao now has an ent Read Full Story >>>Biggest name in boxing in biggest US stadium
By Dyan Castillejo, ABS-CBN News, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The brand new and extremely modern Dallas Cowboys Stadium easily stands out here in Arlington.
The $1.2 billion-stadium is the home of the popular Dallas football t Read Full Story >>> Boxing’s road to revival
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
ARLINGTON, Texas – Promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank desperately wanted to bring Manny Pacquiao, the pound-for-pound finest boxer in the world, to Cowboys Stadium as soon as he completed a deal in January for the Filipino superstar to defend his World Boxing Organization welterweight title on Marc Read Full Story >>> '[Expletive] Golden Boy' says Arum
By Steve Cofield, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Boxing press conferences are always a hoot. It's never enough to promote the current fight with a little trash talk between the combatants and maybe even a little pushing. Too often they revert back to previous spats. So it wasn't a shocker when the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey presser at Cowboy St Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao A Good Guy Without a Bad Guy In front of Him
By Peter Czymbor, Examiner.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
When Filipino Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KO's) defends his welterweight title against Ghana's Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO's) this Saturday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, he'll be the crowd favorite and the overwhelming reason why most viewers tune into PPV. However, the traditional good guy Read Full Story >>> Big Josh won't go away easily
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao is tipped to have his hands full going up against Joshua Clottey and even as the Filipino icon has been installed a 5-1 favorite, the consensus is it won’t be easy disposing of the Ghanaian challenger in their WBO welterweight title fight at the Cowboys Sta Read Full Story >>> Clottey, trainer find resolve as subs
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Joshua Clottey was in his native Ghana in January not even thinking about boxing when he got the call from manager Vinny Scolpino. The Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. negotiations had imploded, and Pacquiao needed an opponent to face.
Top Rank, which promotes Pacquiao and Clottey, was offerin Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao's speed fails to faze Joshua Clottey
BBC Sport, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Joshua Clottey is confident he will be able to deal with Manny Pacquiao's furious punch output when they meet at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas on Saturday.
Ghana's Clottey, 35, is challenging for the Philippine superstar's WBO welterweight crown.
Clottey said: "It doesn't matter if he throws 1,00 Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao's Secret Weapon for Joshua Clottey: Abdullai Amidu
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
ARLINGTON, TEX. -- For Manny Pacquiao, the secret to beating Joshua Clottey is no longer that.
The Filipino superstar's trainer, Freddie Roach, revealed a source of his supreme confidence that has resulted in what what they consider to be a perfect strategy during a press conference at The Dalla Read Full Story >>> THE POWER OF PACQUIAO PROMPTS UFC PRESIDENT TO PROMOTE BOXING
By Andre Zurbrug, FightHype.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that UFC President Dana White would help promote boxing, but that's exactly what he did today when he informed his followers on Twitter that he was attending Manny Pacquiao's WBO welterweight title defense against Joshua Clottey. Blasting out a message to Read Full Story >>> Arum discusses fights in the works
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- When Top Rank's Bob Arum promotes a big fight, like he's doing in advance of Saturday night's Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey welterweight title bout at Cowboys Stadium, he loves to hang around the media center and gab with the boss scribes.
Although Pacquiao-Clottey (HBO PPV, Read Full Story >>> Texas Two Step: Manny Pacquiao to fight Fall Guy Antonio Margarito next
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—Manny Pacquiao, whose once klutzy footwork is now so nimble he moves about the ring like a boxing Baryshnikov, might be doing the Texas Two Step.
Promoter Bob Arum just revealed to me that his public bleating about “bleep Floyd Mayweather” and “bleep Golde Read Full Story >>> How big will Pacquiao-Clottey be on pay-per-view?
Bad Left Hook, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
We've done these "Guess the PPV Buys" posts before for a few fights, namely last year's three major PPVs, but this one strikes me as the most interesting we've done to date.
We are now living in a boxing world dominated by Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., whether we like it or not. And wh Read Full Story >>> Business Heavyweights Bob Arum And Jerry Jones Band Together
By Rick Folstad, The Sweet Science, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
They’re saying this fight is good for Las Vegas.
It’s good for the fight game, the state of Texas, Manny Pacquiao, the NFL, beer vendors, parking lot attendant Read Full Story >>> Clottey belittles Pacquiao’s punching power
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—Joshua Clottey holds little fear of Manny Pacquiao’s punching power.
The Ghanaian is even willing to take a few Pacquiao hits to find out what’s in store for him when they collide on March 13.
And if Pacquiao’s punches don’t hurt, Clottey swore th Read Full Story >>> Clottey confident
By Kieran Mulvaney, ESPN.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Joshua Clottey is quietly confident ahead of his Saturday fight with Manny Pacquiao.
Clottey clearly believes his size will prove a huge advantage.
"I am a very big welterweight," he s Read Full Story >>> Clottey to take fight to Pacquiao
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
DALLAS – Manny Pacquiao won’t need to run after Joshua Clottey.
In fact, it’s the challenger from Ghana who might end up chasing the Filipino inside the ring on Saturday before an expected sellout, star-studded c Read Full Story >>> Fumble: Manny Pacquiao unaware of Parcells, Jones tale
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS--It's a rare moment when the actuely aware of his surroundings Manny Pacquiao gets hit with a question that he is totally unprepared for.
Manny told me on Tuesday he wants "to close the issue" insofar as discussing the random blood testing controversy and Floyd Mayweather but he Read Full Story >>> Filipinos Nervous as Pacquiao Fight Draws Near
By Michael David Smith, Fanhouse, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
In the United States, Saturday night's Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight is viewed by many as a mismatch, with Clottey playing a role of part sacrificial lamb, part placeholder for Floyd Mayweather Jr. The betting odds list Pacquiao as an enormous -800 favorite. Pacquiao winning, it seems, is a su Read Full Story >>> Classy fighters made for a classy press conference at Cowboys Stadium Wednesday
By Matt Stolow, Examiner.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - Promoter Bob Arum was very pleased with the tone of the final press conference Wednesday of the Pacquiao vs. Clottey fight promotion held at Cowboys Stadium.
"These (Pacquiao and Clottey) are two classy young adult men," said Arum. "None of the trash-talking, yelling, or postur Read Full Story >>>
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