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Talks of megafight heat up, with Floyd Sr. taking first jabs
By Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
Hanging from a building directly across the street from Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland is a Nike billboard 10 stories high bearing a huge image of Cavaliers star LeBron James with the words we are all witnesses at the top. The message: Go on in, and watch a legend in the making. Well, the apparel Read Full Story >>>For once Floyd got it right: "The world will go "wow" when they see me get beat by Pacquiao"
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
After seeing how Manny Pacquiao demolished Miguel Cotto, a tough and rugged welterweight he himself has strafed, Floyd Mayweather Jr. went back on the offensive using his fists- except that with Floyd, his fists are located in his mouth.
Immediately after Pacquiao's sensational performance, Maywe Read Full Story >>> Why Boxing Still Brings the Punch
By Mike 'Mykers' Boehm, RingsideReport.com, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
Boxing: The act, technique, profession of fighting with the fists, with or without boxing gloves.
While this is one of the many definitions of boxing, there is a lot to be said regarding the sport today. Simply because the sport of boxing has evolved over many centuries. The first account was de Read Full Story >>> CONSTITUTION WON’T STOP A ‘CONGRESSMAN PACQUIAO’ FROM STAYING IN BOXING
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – If Manny Pacquiao wins as congressman in Saranggani Province in Mindanao next year, he can still continue with his boxing career as the Philippine constitution would not prohibit him from engaging in any sports activity as paid athlete and member of the Lower Hous Read Full Story >>> Telltale Signs: THE PACMAN COMETH
By Rodel Rodis, Maharlikan Times, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
In his prize-winning play, The Iceman Cometh, Eugene O’Neill presents a drama about the human need for hope and illusion as a response to the conditions of despair. If ever the Filipino people needed a distraction from the wearying conditions of despair that surround them, now is the time and Read Full Story >>> ANA JULATON INTERVIEW
Fight Night at the Tank, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
Q) Where are you right now in your training and how are you feeling physically and emotionally?
I've been training for three weeks now. My typical training camps last 8 weeks. Emotionally I j Read Full Story >>> In Floyd’s Fantasy World: Pacman is Running Scared
By Ariel A. Avenasa, Sportales, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
Filipino boxing superstar and now certified pop culture icon Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao asserted his claim as the greatest fighter of his era when he collected his 7th world title in as many weight divisions with his virtuoso performance over valiant but outclassed Puerto Rican slugger Miguel Cotto in Read Full Story >>> Buzz begins for Mayweather-Pacquiao
By Chris Iorfida, CBCNews, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
In the wake of Manny Pacquiao's destruction of Miguel Cotto, the drums are beating for Pacquiao to face Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a meeting of the fighters all boxing observers agree are at the top of the pound-for-pound list (though the order is up for debate).
Bets are already being taken in Vega Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Cotto proves Boxing is still the number one fight sport- HANDS DOWN!
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
I was in Las Vegas to witness the biggest boxing and MMA events first hand this year and from an objective standpoint, it's clear that boxing is still indeed the premiere fight sport in the US. The two events I'm talking about are UFC 100 last June held at the Mandalay Bay which coincided with the U Read Full Story >>> VICENTE ESCOBEDO TO COMPETE IN THE "RUN TO FEED THE HUNGRY"
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
CHARITY RACE TO AID THE SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES
LOS ANGELES, November 18 - For years, 2004 United States Olympian and current lightweight contender Vicente Escobedo has been fighting his way to the top of the boxing ranks, but on Thanksgiving morning, November 26, he begins a fight Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao: The fighter to bring attention to the lower weight classes
By Javier Reyes, Liverpuncher.com, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
It was 1997, I was a teenager, and I can remember just how exciting it was to hear about a young left handed featherweight that was going to bring attention to small weight divisions. Even as a teenager, I could tell it was the lower divisions where the actions was at. This fighter, had a star like Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Mayweather will set new fight standard
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
When (and that's when, not if), Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. eventually fight, it's going to be gargantuan business. It really is the fight the world wants to see. In my time on the boxing beat, I can't think of another fight for which there was as much worldwide public demand -- not even Read Full Story >>> Who's the greatest of all time?
Sports Illustrated, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
If you closed your eyes last Saturday night in Las Vegas, it felt like another era. Throughout the MGM Grand Garden Arena, iconic athletes (Derek Jeter and Magic Johnson) mixed easily with A-List Read Full Story >>> Is Pacquiao-Mayweather Next?
By Steve Kim, SecondsOut.com, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
All the precincts have not reported, but it looks like this past weekends bout between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto was a box-office and financial home run for all the parties invo Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao is one of the best of all time
By Julian Turner, Bangkok Post, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
Manny Pacquiao proved beyond doubt that he is the best fighter of this generation last weekend and a case can now be made for him being one of the greatest of all time.
The Filipino's victory over welterweight Miguel Cotto was brutal, technically brilliant and exciting.
Manny took a big risk i Read Full Story >>> DECONSTRUCTING MANNY
By Springs Toledo, The Sweet Science, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
Manny Pacquiao: I’m just [an] ordinary fighter...
Freddie Roach (interrupting): –You’re not ordinary.
Manny Pacquiao: Sorry about that, master.
“He finds gaps,& Read Full Story >>> Why the Mayweather - Pacquiao fight must happen for the sake of boxing
By David Anderson, mirror.co.uk, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
Imagine Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal not playing each other.
Or Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton refusing to race against each other.
Sounds crazy, but in boxing it can happen Read Full Story >>> MANNY PACQUIAO: "FOR THE RECORD, YEAH!"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
Los Angeles TV station KTLA was on hand yesterday at Manny Pacquiao's official victory party at The Highlands in Hollywood, California. With the boxing world buzzing about a potential showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr., Pacquiao was asked whether or not he wanted to face the undefeated multi-divisio Read Full Story >>> Roach mulls other options for Pacman
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
HOLLYWOOD – There are still fights to be made, big fights, just in case Floyd Mayweather Jr. plays hard to get with Manny Pacquiao.
Freddie Roach said while a fight with Mayweather is the one people are talking about, there’s always a Plan B or a Plan C for the Filipino pound-for-poun Read Full Story >>> Hero’s welcome awaits Pacman
By Francis Ochoa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 19 Nov 2009
LOS ANGELES— Manny Pacquiao heads home Wednesday to a country waiting to clog the streets in celebration of its favorite hero’s latest conquest.
The pound-for-pound king is expected to arrive early Friday in Manila, where he will make the usual rounds of courtesy calls, including one Read Full Story >>>
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