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Pacquiao-Clottey tiff headed for sellout
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—For billionaire Jerry Jones, Manny Pacquiao is the money man of boxing.
This is the reason why the owner of the Dallas Cowboys and the $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium is co-promoting The Event between Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey on March 13.
The 67-year-old Jones, who struc Read Full Story >>>Dallas Cowboys great Michael Irvin: Mayweather afraid to tackle Pacquiao
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
MICHAEL MARLEY'S BIG MANNY PACQUIAO FIGHT NOTEBOOK CONTINUES:
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—Mark pro football superstar turned broadcaster Michael Irvin down as a guy who thinks Floyd Mayweather should be arrested...
Arrested on suspicion of ducking Manny Pacquiao, that is.
I will concede that the Read Full Story >>> BARCELONA LOSES TO OBA IN JAPAN
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
Former Philippine super flyweight champion and Philippine Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion Eric “The Maverick” Barcelona has lost in a ten round bout against undefeated former Japanese bantamweight champion Kohei Oba in a fight card at the International Conference Hall in Na Read Full Story >>> Clottey will send Pacman to hospital, says cook
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—Joshua Clottey trusts fellow Ghanaian Kwaku Gyamfi with his life.
Nearly six feet tall and around 300 pounds, Gyamfi swoons over Clottey’s boxing skills and swears his countryman will run away with Manny Pacquiao’s World Boxing Organization welterweight crown wh Read Full Story >>> Fighter balances boxing, books, family
By Calvin Watkins, ESPN.com, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
Twenty-year-old Roberto Marroquin of Oak Cliff shares a bed with his younger brother, drives his three younger sisters to school every morning and is studying to be an accountant.
Such is life for a boxer who will be fighting in front of a crowd estimated to be near 45,000 on Saturday night at Co Read Full Story >>> Roach perseveres, beats the odds
Fox Sports, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
Though Freddie Roach has worked with 25 champions, the case for the world's best trainer is usually made by the world's best fighter, Manny Pacquia Read Full Story >>> Can Joshua Clottey Find a Way to Beat Manny Pacquiao?
By Ben Cohen, True/Slant, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
The upcoming fight between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey promises to be exciting. Why?
Because Manny Pacquiao is fighting.
The dynamic Filipino could be in the ring with a miniature version of John Ruiz (the most bori Read Full Story >>> Spotlight on Cowboys Stadium Boxing
By Jaime Aron, Associated Press, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
DALLAS -- Take the best fighter going and put him in the fanciest new stadium.
There's no telling what kind of bout it will produce.
But having Manny Pacquiao as the headliner for the first fight at the $1.2-billion Cowboys Stadium sure offers the kind of mystique promoters love.
"I have ne Read Full Story >>> Clottey savors arduous journey to title fight
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
GRAPEVINE, Texas – Manny Pacquiao arrived in Dallas on a charter plane on Monday with an entourage of about 130 people in tow.
A crowd of about half that many on Tuesday encircled Joshua Clottey – his opponent on Saturday in their HBO Pay-Per-View bout for the World Boxing Organizatio Read Full Story >>> Underdog Clottey not losing sleep over fight with Pacquiao
By Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
GRAPEVINE – The story goes that Manny Pacquiao's entourage is so big, so all-encompassing, the lunatic fringe competes to determine who gets to sleep at the foot of his bed each night.
Meanwhile, four days before the biggest fight of his life, Joshua Clottey is supported by a manager, a tr Read Full Story >>> UFC’S DANA WHITE GIVING AWAY 10 PAIRS OF TICKETS TO PACQUIAO-CLOTTEY
By Felix Strunk, FightHype.com, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
UFC President Dana White just informed his followers on Twitter that he’s attending Manny Pacquiao’s welterweight title defense against Joshua Clottey this weekend. Not only that, but White is also giving away 10 tickets to fans to join him at the event. Moments ago, White updated his Tw Read Full Story >>> UFC PRESIDENT DANA WHITE TO ATTEND PACQUIAO VS. CLOTTEY; GIVING AWAY 10 TICKETS TO FANS
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
"Going to the pac man vs clottey fight in dallas this weekend," stated UFC President Dana White in his latest Twitter update. The always busy White recently informed fans that he plans on taking time out of h Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather to jail rumors out of control, unfounded
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
Michael Marley's Manny Pacquiao Big Fight Quotebook
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—We live in a world, like it or not, of uncontrollable rumors. So when there was some Floyd Mayweather related news out of Las Vegas Tuesday, it spread around here like wildfire.
“Mayweather is going to jail.” Read Full Story >>> Joshua Clottey 5-1 Underdog Play Looks Big to Many
By John Chavez, Examiner.com, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
When the initial line opened up for "The Event" this coming Saturday, line-makers opened Manny Pacquiao as a 4-1 favorite over the highly overlooked Joshua Clottey.
These odds were in line with the expectations of most that the Ghanaian would offer some solid resistance to the future hall-of-fame Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao packing 'em in
By Associated Press, Statesman.com, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
DALLAS — Take the best fighter going and put him in the fanciest new stadium.
There's no telling what kind of bout it will produce.
But having Manny Pacquiao as the headliner for the first fight at the $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium sure offers the kind of mystique promoters love.
"I ha Read Full Story >>> Clottey's lethal weapons - uppercut, headbutt
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
DALLAS – Freddie Roach said there are only two things to avoid when you’re up against Joshua Clottey.
One, the uppercut, and two, the headbutt.
“If you fall into the pocket with him, his best punch is an uppercut and his second best punch is a headbutt,” said Roach Tues Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao Is Everything Floyd Mayweather Jr. Is Not
By Kevin Riley, BleacherReport.com, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
On Saturday night, a 72-foot-tall Filipino spitfire is going to appear out of a tunnel in front of 45,000 fans at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Tex.
Though it will only be on a high-definition video board—which is also 160-feet wide—people, for the first time, will understand how Floy Read Full Story >>> Champ Pacquiao remains cautious on foe Clottey
GMA News Online, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
Be it Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto or even Juan Manuel Marquez, it’s never the practice of Manny Pacquiao to take his opponents lightly.
More so now against the bigger and stronger Joshua Clottey.
"I never underestimated Joshua Clottey," Pacquiao said before a throng of media men that Read Full Story >>> 'Pacquiao will end up in hospital'
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
DALLAS – He must have had a drink too many for him to say some nasty things about Manny Pacquiao.
“Manny’s going straight to the hospital after the fight,” Kwaku Gyamfi, a member of Team Clottey, told Pinoy scribes, who chanced upon him at the cozy Silver Bar of the Gaylor Read Full Story >>> Jones wants another Manny bout
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Thu, 11 Mar 2010
DALLAS – Jerry Jones, the Texas billionaire, is hoping that this won’t be the first and last time he’d see Manny Pacquiao fight at the Cowboys Stadium.
In fact, word leaked out a few days ago that the 67-year-old owner of the NFL team and its $1.2 billion stadium had sealed a de Read Full Story >>>
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