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Lord, make Manny Pacquiao the perfect storm
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
TO DEAR MANNY PACQUIAO, our country’s hope and pride, please pause for a few seconds before you take on the biggest mission of your life as a warrior.
Please listen to this request from all of us who are all behind you in your most important fight.
Please keep a firm grip of yourself.
Read Full Story >>>Pacquiao-Cotto could be Hagler-Hearns repeat
By Jun Medina, The Manila Times, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
LAS VEGAS: Can boxing superstars Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Angel Cotto duplicate the three rounds of boxing mayhem the way Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns did in 1985?
That classic Hagler-Hearns shoot-out on April 15, 1985 at Caesar’s Palace here is regarded by many as the most thrilling Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao chases record-breaking seventh world title against Miguel Cotto
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
However, Pacquiao is the man with momentum on his side, and the scent in his nostrils of a man who could re-write the history books by becoming the only prize fighter in history to claim seven world titles in seven weight divisions.
The weigh-in at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino was MC-ed by HBO Read Full Story >>> Pacman raring to go like a restless racehorse
By Francis Ochoa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
LAS VEGAS— Alex Ariza has a perfect metaphor for Manny Pacquiao.
“He’s like a horse, you know, the one that’s so restless inside the gates, moving around and can’t keep still,” the Filipino ring icon’s strength coach said on Thursday afternoon at the IBA Read Full Story >>> Hard times are history for Pacquiao
By Ron Borges, The National, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
LAS VEGAS// When Freddie Roach first met Manny Pacquiao eight years ago the Filipino was a little known 112-pound former flyweight champion going nowhere.
In the early hours of Sunday, with Roach in his corner, Pacquiao will be going to the Grand Garden Arena to try to make boxing history.
Read Full Story >>> Manny in fine shape; Cotto still struggling?
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
LAS VEGAS – After a light workout and a hearty meal, Manny Pacquiao tipped the scales at 146 lb, and should have no problem, none at all, for Friday afternoon’s official weigh-in at the Grand Garden Arena of the MGM.
A Read Full Story >>> Roach lays out plan for Pacquiao
By Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
As strategists go, they don't get much better than Freddie Roach. The mastermind behind 24 world champions, Roach devises winning game plans the way Adrian Peterson scores touchdowns or Ray Allen buries jump shots. And no one has benefited more from Roach's skills than Manny Pacquiao. In just the pa Read Full Story >>> How Manny saved the life of his mentor and master
By Francis Ochoa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
LAS VEGAS— Freddie Roach suffers from Parkinson’s disease.
While it isn’t exactly fatal, the degenerative disorder puts its victim through enough hell so that he sees everything in context. Sports, the battle of wins and losses, becomes a trivial pursuit when viewed alongside li Read Full Story >>> Crash Course: Pacquiao-Cotto
By Bryan Armen Graham, Sports Illustrated, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
Filipino southpaw Manny Pacquiao, widely considered the best pound-for-pound fighter today and the current recognized champion at junior welterweight, is making yet another divisional climb to challenge W Read Full Story >>> Quote of the Day: "Of course the Pacman's going to win. I mean, is there any doubt?"
TIME.com, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
"Of course the Pacman's going to win. I mean, is there any doubt?" - HILLARY CLINTON
Secretary of State, telling students at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, that local boxing hero Manny Pacquiao will defeat Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas this weekend. Read Full Story >>> THE PREDICTION PAGE
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
The stats, the resumes, the weakness and strengths have been laid out, and re-laid, and laid out yet again for the past few weeks. You know who they are, their records and what they bring to the table. Now it's time to make your prediction on what goes down on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, when M Read Full Story >>> ‘Firepower’ clash of game plans
By Francis Ochoa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
LAS VEGAS— Bettors are busy trying to figure out exactly what round Manny Pacquiao will finish off Miguel Cotto on Saturday (Sunday morning in the Philippines) at the MGM Grand, where the global ring superstar tries to become the first Filipino to win world titles in seven different weight div Read Full Story >>> Firepower Weigh-In Gets A Gold Star
By Ryan Bates, 411mania.com, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
HBO's Jeremy Piven will emcee the Pacquiao/Cotto weigh in.
Today's weigh in for Firepower will be Gold. Ari Gold.
Jeremy Piven, one of the stars of HBO's hit show Entourage, will emcee the weigh-in today at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Doors open to the arena at 1pm Pacific, with weigh-ins sta Read Full Story >>> Manny Wants To Rock And Roll All Night
By Ryan Bates, 411mania.com, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
No rest for the weary -- Pacquiao intends to hold a concert immediately after the Cotto fight.
How confident is Team Pacquiao that the pound-for-pound champion will rock on Saturday? So confident that on Saturday night, Manny plans to rock... and roll.
Team Pacquiao has announced that immedia Read Full Story >>> Cotto insisting he's not damaged goods
By George Willis, New York Post, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
LAS VEGAS -- The last time Miguel Cotto fought in Las Vegas, he left the MGM Grand Garden Arena in an ambulance headed for a Las Vegas hospital. He had endured a beating from the fists of Antonio Margarito, a fight stopped in the 11th round when a bloodied and battered Cotto couldn't take any more p Read Full Story >>> Hard To Pick One in This Pick 'Em
By John James, The Sweet Science, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
In boxing, everybody has something to say and nobody's wrong.
Pretty Boy's a bully. Taylor's finished. Hopkins should retire. Cotto's lost his power.
The boxing fan knows who's shot and who's not. And perhaps they sympathize - a little more than most – when the networks slice boxing's pi Read Full Story >>> Manny won't ease up on gym workout
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
LAS VEGAS – Even on his last day at the gym, just 48 hours before his anticipated showdown with Miguel Cotto, there’s still no stopping Manny Pacquiao.
The boxer who trains like no other just wouldn’t heed orders for him to call it a day. He refused to take his gloves off when h Read Full Story >>> Odds still favor Pacquiao, Cotto gaining ground
GMA News Online, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao remains a solid 3-1 favorite over Miguel Cotto, although stakes for the reigning welterweight champion is beginning to gain grounds with the title fight just two days away.
The boxing champion from the Philippines is now -320, with a bet of $320 winning only just Read Full Story >>> Proud Filipino Vera looking for two wins on Saturday
By Steve Cofield, Yahoo! Sports, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
It's going to be a long night tomorrow for Brandon Vera in Manchester, England. Vera is hoping to nail one of the biggest wins of career against Randy Couture at UFC 105 and follow it up by watching another W from one his heroes Manny Pacquiao. Pacman battles Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas. Vera is fired Read Full Story >>> "PAULIE'S" PREDICTION: Oscar-Nominated Burt Young Likes Pacman
By Robert Mladinich, The Sweet Science, Sat, 14 Nov 2009
Academy Award-nominated actor Burt Young’s knowledge of boxing goes far beyond the fact that he portrayed Paulie, the anguished brother-in-law of Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky” character in the classic 1976 film and all of its sequels.
The 69-year-old Young, a former U.S. Read Full Story >>>
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