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Pacquiao Looking Good as Countdown Nears
By Winchell Campos, mannypacquiao.ph, 27 Feb 2005
LOS ANGELES—With his blazing red boxing trunks and cape already tucked neatly three weeks before fight night, Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said he is ready and eager to face Mexican superstar Erik Morales on March 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pacquiao sparred for 12 rounds agai Read Full Story >>>Philippine round-up
By Salven L. Lagumbay, SecondsOut.com, 27 Feb 2005
Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation welterweight king and World Boxing Council no. 6 Rev "Gentle Giant" Santillan of Jaro, Iloilo City, fighting out of Cebu's Wakee Salud Stable, is all poised to make the second defence of his newly-regained crown when he takes on challenger Kazuhiko Hidaka in a Read Full Story >>> FLIPPIN’ OUT ONTHE PHILIPPINE BOXING SCENE
By Jason Aniel, RingTalk.com, 27 Feb 2005
ESPINOSA SUFFERS HIS WORST DEFEAT EVER!
Last Friday in Stockton, California in the Civic Auditorium, former two-time world champion and Filipino hero, Luisito Espinosa was knocked out in just 3 rounds by fringe contender Crisobal Cruz. From the opening round, spectators in the Auditorium knew it Read Full Story >>> Finkel confident Manny will win
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, 27 Feb 2005
LOS ANGELES — The man in whose hands Manny Pacquiao has entrusted his career—at least for the next two years — is confident the two-time world boxing champion will beat Erik Morales in their scheduled 12-round bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on March 19.
In a phone interview from Read Full Story >>> Under the weather
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, 27 Feb 2005
An eight-hour brownout hit a portion of Los Angeles last Monday and the Vagabond Inn, where we stayed, was not spared from the power outage.
Luckily, we’re used to this situation.
Solar vice president for operations Ralph Roy and I shared Room 228 at the Inn which is a stone’s throw away fro Read Full Story >>> Shut up, angry Morales fires back at Pacquiao
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 26 Feb 2005
ERIK Morales yesterday lost his cool after US media, awed at Manny Pacquiao's blinding speed in the gym, wondered how the Mexican icon would be able to handle the Filipino firebrand who has vowed to "come out like a gun."
Miffed, Morales advised Pacquiao to keep his mouth in check and let their f Read Full Story >>> Manny stays loose for Morales fight
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, 26 Feb 2005
LOS ANGELES–Two-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao said yesterday he’s got a few surprises for Erik Morales when they face off in a scheduled 12-round bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on March 19.
Pacquiao wouldn’t reveal what he has in store for "El Terrible" but hinted th Read Full Story >>> Roach puts up ‘wanted’ sign again
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, 26 Feb 2005
Manny Pacquiao is running out sparring partners again and American trainer Freddie Roach is in frantic search of a quality practice boxer to fully prepare the Filipino ring icon for the March 19 encounter with Mexican hero Erik Morales at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pacquiao Read Full Story >>> The Senseless Abuse of Luisito Espinosa
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene.com, 26 Feb 2005
Somebody must pay for the senseless need for former world bantamweight and featherweight champion Luisito Espinosa to keep on fighting at the age of 37 in order to provide for his family. The fact that Louie has to continue taking a battering in the ring, each one worse than the previous one, is a c Read Full Story >>> Manny running out of sparmates
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, 25 Feb 2005
LOS ANGELES–Trainer Freddie Roach isn’t finding it easy to sign up sparmates willing to slug it out with two-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao who’s ticketed for at least 70 more rounds in the gym before facing Erik Morales in Las Vegas on March 19.
Roach said the other day Pacquiao has Read Full Story >>> Round Eleven: Manny Pacquiao vs Erik Morales Mailbag!
By Kimo Morrison, Hard Core Boxing, 25 Feb 2005
Leonardo Davinci: Hi! Hope you can publish my question as well as your answer.. I hope this is not true. How influential is Don King? Can he determine the fight? Is it true that He is offering $$$$$$$ to PACQUIAO just to lose this fight with Morales? If not The Mafia of Don King will kill PACMAN's F Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao: I'll fire away like a gun
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 25 Feb 2005
THERE'S a new phenomenon in the Los Angeles area these days, and it has nothing to do with a new hip-hop single.
It's everything about the preparation of Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao, who is getting in shape at the Wild Card Gym for his March 19 confrontation with Mexican star Erik "El Terrible" Read Full Story >>> Nazario wary of Erik’s staying power
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, 25 Feb 2005
LOS ANGELES–Two-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao’s business manager Rod Nazario said the other day Erik Morales is no pushover and he expects a tough fight in Las Vegas on March 19.
But Nazario, who flew in Sunday night and will stay in the US until the much-awaited bout, described Mora Read Full Story >>> Bidoy not keen on deal with US handler
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, 25 Feb 2005
CEBU’S top boxing patron Antonio Aldeguer is not yet ready to bind the youthful WBO Asia-Pacific Bantamweight champion and world title hopeful Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista to any legal commitment.
Aldeguer, who handles Bautista’s career, refused visiting American lawyer Michael Koncz’s offer to be B Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao's Business Partner Starts Rigid Scouting
By Salven L. Lagumbay, TalkingBoxing.com, 25 Feb 2005
A close friend and business partner of reigning Ring Magazine featherweight king Manny Pacquiao has already started the ground work for what will be an ambitious plan to give Filipino fighters the chance to be known worldwide and the opportunity to reach their goals of becoming world boxing champion Read Full Story >>> Sportinglife.com World's Top 10 P4P
By Derek Bilton, Sportinglife.com (UK), 25 Feb 2005
Bernard Hopkins once again proved that brains and not brawn win prize fights after making a nonchalant 20th middleweight title defence against Britain's Howard Eastman in Los Angeles.
Hopkins was a pure boxing mechanic in LA, as he absorbed Eastman's early onslaught before taking over the fight a Read Full Story >>> Marco Antonio Barrera Is Down With De La Hoya
By Matthew Aguilar, The Sweet Science, 24 Feb 2005
A year ago most figured Marco Antonio Barrera had gone the way of the eight-track tape: the elite of an industry until a newer, sleeker version became the talk of the town.
That sleeker version was Manny Pacquiao, who treated Barrera like a sparring partner in handing him a vicious knockout loss Read Full Story >>> Boxing: Only 'Throwbacks' Roll the Dice
By Jerry Nisperos, RingsideReport.com, 24 Feb 2005
All roads lead to Vegas on the third week of March for the staging of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Erik Morales superbout. You might think,"Here we go again." So you ask "Did you say superbout?" And I say, "Yes, you blockhead, it is indeed a superbout." I know that there have been a lot of fights before t Read Full Story >>> Morales uses herbs, acupuncture to get ready for Pacquiao
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 24 Feb 2005
WHILE Manny Pacquiao is using Thai sticks in his training, former three-division world champion Erik Morales has resorted to alternative medicine in his bid to attain the best shape possible for the March 19 showdown against the Filipino lefty at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Morales and hi Read Full Story >>> Barrera rooting for Erik
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, 24 Feb 2005
MEXICAN CHAMPION Marco Antonio Barrera said yesterday that he wants Erik Morales to prevail against Filipino warrior Manny Pacquiao on March 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
"I am rooting for Morales (against Pacquiao) because as Mexicans, we have to root for one another," Barrera told fightne Read Full Story >>>
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