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The P1,000,000,000.00 man
By John Pages, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 24 Nov 2009
NO FILIPINO athlete, female or male, has ever earned one billion pesos in total prize money in her or his entire career. And here comes a former construction worker who could barely feed himself two meals a day, who finished only his elementary education, who started boxing to lift himself from pove Read Full Story >>>The Final Score: Pacquiao is both Hero and Human
GMA News Online, Tue, 24 Nov 2009
"The world makes you a god and hates you for being human, and if you plead for understanding it hates you all the more. Heroes are never forgiven their success, still less their failures."
- Eric Rolfe Greenberg
The greats transcend the pitfalls of humanity through time. Babe Ruth and Muhammad A Read Full Story >>> Six Thoughts on the Super Six World Boxing Classic: Group Stage 1
By Corey T. Willinger, Inside Fights, Tue, 24 Nov 2009
Group Stage 1 of the Super Six World Boxing Classic has come and gone, and it has grabbed the attention of the boxing world even while competing with megafights like Cotto-Pacquiao and potential superfights like Mayweather-Pacquiao.
Heralded by many as the tournament to revolutionize the sport, t Read Full Story >>> The Pacquiao-Jinky kiss
By Pachico A. Seares, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 24 Nov 2009
THERE has been intermittent debate on merits of kissing with open or closed eyes. With published photos showing boxing champ Manny Pacquiao locking lips with wife Jinky, arguments are likely to fly again.
Her eyes were open. Manny’s must’ve been open too but cameras focused on the fac Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Krista deny affair
By Paolo Romero, The Philippine Star, Tue, 24 Nov 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao denied yesterday a rumored affair with actress Krista Ranillo, which had stirred up so much interest in media and cyberspace during and after the boxer’s fight with Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Breaking his silence on the Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao denies Krista affair, offers apology
By Bayani San Diego Jr., Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 24 Nov 2009
MANILA, Philippines—Finally, a denial from the pound-for-pound king.
After weeks of speculation, boxing icon Manny Pacquiao categorically denied his alleged illicit affair with actress Krista Ranillo. He also apologized to Krista’s family for the intrigues caused by their purported no Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO SAVORS MOMENT WITH FAMILY
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2009
Pacquiao savors moments with family
By EDDIE G. ALINEA
Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao continued savoring his recent 12th round techical knockout victory over Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto exactly a week ago last Sunday (Manila) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
That win, his 50th in a 14-year career a Read Full Story >>> MAYOL NEW CHAMP,SONSONA STRIPPED OF TITLE
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2009
Exactly a week after Filipino sensation Manny Pacquiao scored a stunning 15th round stoppage of Miguel Cotto, Philippine boxing suffered one of the most embarassing experience in the international boxing scene over the weekend.
The country?s celebration on Pacquiao?s latest capers that cemented hi Read Full Story >>> THE EGO IS ALWAYS AT THE WHEEL: Why Floyd Mayweather Jr. Seems So Hesitant to Fight Manny Pacquiao
By Carlos Acevedo, Most Valuable Network, Mon, 23 Nov 2009
For the majority of the public, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the boxing anti-hero they love to hate. He has been demonized from Manchester, England, to Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, to Quezon City in the Philippines. In the last twenty years or so, only Mike Tyson has had a comparable boo-to-dollar ratio. Read Full Story >>> AMIR IS WORTH THE WEIGHT - ROACH
Sportinglife.com (UK), Mon, 23 Nov 2009
Freddie Roach says Amir Khan can do a Manny Pacquiao by moving up boxing's weight divisions.
Pacquiao has won world titles in seven different divisions in an astonishing rise to the top of the P4P tree.
And while Khan may not be able to quite match that level of brilliance, trainer Roach says Read Full Story >>> CHAMPION MAYOL NOW MERITS BETTER SUPPORT AND RESPECT
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2009
Rodel Mayol was just one of the boys that toiled in the background. In fact if you are not specifically looking for him at the gym where he trains, he could simply get lost in the background.
But not any more.
Mayol r Read Full Story >>> HAROLD LEDERMAN: "FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN OF MANNY PACQUIAO...IT SHOULD BE SENSATIONAL"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2009
"Once they have some sort of an agreement on how the money is going to be split up, then they can start working on how many pay-per-view homes they're going to sell, which really is the indicator of how much money he [Mayweather] is going to wind up making. It's not what his guarantee is, it's how m Read Full Story >>> Big Apple Boxing Thoughts 11.23.09: Manny Is a Beast But What of Cotto?
By Jonathan Yaghoubi, 411mania.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2009
Manny Pacquiao has proven for the last year and a half that the more you doubt him, the better he continues to get. Pacquiao delivered the best boxing performance of the year and quite possibly of his career as he totally outclassed and punished Miguel Cotto with a 12th round TKO.
The win gave Ma Read Full Story >>> Conclusive Combos on Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Andre Ward, Bernard Hopkins, Shane Mosley, Cotto, Hatton, Kessler and More!
By JD Camacho, DogHouseBoxing.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2009
Much has been going on in the boxing world over the past two weeks or so. With a lot to talk about, here are more of my conclusive blows in combination:
-Andre Ward showed real flashes of brilliance in there against Mikkel Kessler. Not quite the same shine you’d expect from an Olympian, tho Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton must let it go and give life outside the ring a fighting chance
By Kevin Garside, Telegraph.co.uk, Mon, 23 Nov 2009
Filipino fighter Z Gorres lies in a Las Vegas hospital in a stable condition. He is one of the lucky ones. The boxer was floored three times last week before leaving the ring in a coma. His career is over. We can only hope that he gets his life back.
Gorres fell in the same ring that claimed Ric Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao in concert — PHOTOS from Hollywood!
By Bruce Heinsius, FightFan.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2009
Don’t miss this exclusive photo gallery by Los Angeles based photographer Bruce Heinsius of Manny Pacquiao’s Hollywood After-Fight Party that took place last week at the Highlands of Hollywood club.
The ‘Pacman’ was joined by Lito Camo and his very own Calsada Band. Spec Read Full Story >>> PORTER STOPS ELLIS IN TUNICA!
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2009
Tunica, MS - Supported by a large crowd at Fitzgeralds Casino in Tunica, MS, junior middleweight sensation Shawn “Showtime” Porter kept his perfect intact after scoring a fourth round TKO over upset specialist Jerome Ellis.
Headlining “Boxing’s Future Champions III” Read Full Story >>> FROM MANDAUE TO MEXICO: RODEL MAYOL?S TITLE QUEST FINALLY ENDS IN TRIUMPH
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2009
News of Rodel Mayol?s fifth title challenge became an afterthought here in the Philippines. Manny Pacquiao?s seventh world title win, Z Gorres undergoing emergency neurosurgery and Marvin Sonsona?s first title defense in Canada were the topics that dominated the local sports headlines.
?But the ne Read Full Story >>> Unlike Mayweather, Pacquiao Has Stepped Up & Carried the Sport
By Brent Matteo Alderson, FightFanNation.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2009
Thanks to Manny Pacquiao boxing is on the up and up and finally for the first time since Oscar De La Hoya was in the middle of his 147 pound championship reign in the late 1990’s boxing matters again and the sport owes it all to Manny Pacquiao.
Ever since he retired Oscar De La Hoya with an Read Full Story >>> Porter Heads West to Pac-Land and Beyond
By Steve Kim, SecondsOut.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2009
When you ask trainer Freddie Roach who gave Manny Pacquiao his best work in sparring leading up to their showdown with Miguel Cotto, his answer came quickly: Shawn Porter. Porter, a jr. middle Read Full Story >>>
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