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International Bank of Pacquiao: IBOP Slams Doors On Edwin Valero, Four Others!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Mon, 13 Apr 2009
IBOP will not be shutting its gold-plated doors anytime soon.
Trust me on this because this is not my first rodeo if I may mix metaphors.
Sure, IBOP may take a respite, a hitatus. OK, call it a vacation or a temporary retirement. That could happen especially for political reasons.
But the I Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao signs glove for charity
8countnews, Mon, 13 Apr 2009
8countnews.com?s water charity offers autographed Manny Pacquiao boxing glove.
Project Hydr8 is now offering a very limited edition Everlast boxing glove autographed by pound 4 pound champion Manny Pacquiao.
The gloved was signed by Pacquiao during 8CN?s recent visit to the Wild Card Gym in Ho Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO SPONSORS L.A. DARTS TOURNAMENT
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 13 Apr 2009
LOS ANGELES -- Watch out Ricky, Manny has not forgotten his loss to you in a dart game in Manchester, and now he honing his skills in the steel tip game to prepare for a rematch.
Pacquiao, a consummate sporstman who plays b Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton pays tribute to man who got career back on track
By Ron Lewis, Times Online, Mon, 13 Apr 2009
Three weeks from the latest big night of his career, Ricky Hatton believes that he is entering his greatest period. Few outside Hatton?s team are tipping him to beat Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on May 2, but belief inside the Hatton camp is strong. A year ago, many were writing off the world No 1 li Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao: KO not my game plan
By Romina Austria, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 13 Apr 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Don't expect Manny Pacquiao to win by knockout over Ricky Hatton in their May 2 showdown in Las Vegas for the Briton?s WBO light welterweight title.
No, the pound-for-pound king has not lost his killer instinct. He just wants to concentrate on the fight and exploit Hatton?s Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao's Rating On TIME's Most Influential People Online Poll
By Edwin Ladaga, Digital Journal, Mon, 13 Apr 2009
Manny Pacquiao's rating and rank continues to go down on Time's 2009 Most Influential People Online Poll. The Filipino boxing superstar, who ranked 6th last week, is now 24th on the list.
The pound for pound boxing king has garnered the second highest vote of 9.9 million. He had more votes than any Read Full Story >>> New things in Pacquiao?s fight: Mom on hand, male artist to sing anthem
GMA News Online, Mon, 13 Apr 2009
MANILA, Philippines ? A couple of new things ? some say a break in tradition ? will happen when Manny Pacquiao steps into the ring to tangle with Ricky Hatton on May 2.
First, Pacquiao mother, Dionisia is coming to Las Vegas for the very first time since the pound for pound superstar first fought Read Full Story >>> Gym off-limits as Pacman revs up training
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Mon, 13 Apr 2009
MANILA, Philippines - The Wild Card Gym is now off-limits to those with no business being around as Manny Pacquiao trains.
?If you don?t belong here, it?s time to go,? ex-heavyweight champ Michael Moorer, Pacquiao?s new assistant trainer, barks inside the gym these days.
The new rule is strict Read Full Story >>> Elorde rising
By Rick Olivares, Business Mirror, Mon, 13 Apr 2009
THE signs were there. The champ?s grandson, barely a year old, would tap his small hand that seemed like it was balled into a fist onto the palm of the old fighter. The champ?s eyes lit up. It sent a wave of excitement throughout his body that was in its early stages of cancer that would go on to cl Read Full Story >>> Cheeky Ricky Hatton drops trousers to reveal frilly thong
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Mon, 13 Apr 2009
He may not be the man who can beat Pinoy Idol Manny Pacquiao but Ricky Hatton is a man who is certainly secure in his masculinity.
No one needs to ask Hatton if he chooses boxers or briefs because the world now knows he prefers lacy thongs.
Doubts about the popular Brit beating the heavily fav Read Full Story >>> TYSON UP FOR OSCAR
By Rick Lyons, Daily Star (UK), Mon, 13 Apr 2009
IRON Mike Tyson will return to the UK for a pilgrimage in honour of his hero...gay icon Oscar Wilde.
The former world heavyweight champ has lived largely as a recluse since retiring.
But he is now Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao knocks down sparmate with body shot
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sun, 12 Apr 2009
Alex Ariza raved so much about the current condition of Manny Pacquiao that the conditioning coach could not come up with anything bad about the progress of the Filipino fighter?s training for the May 2 showdown with Ricky Hatton.
?He?s a juggernaut,? Ariza told the Bulletin yesterday from Lo Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs. Marquez Negotiations Stalled on Weight
By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 12 Apr 2009
According to Nacho Beristain, trainer and manager of WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez, a potential September meeting between Marquez and a returning Floyd Mayweather Jr. is in trouble due to weight. Mayweather's team has been negotiating with Golden Boy Promotions to make the fight, Read Full Story >>> Hatton's so at home in Vegas
By Steve Bunce, mirror.co.uk, Sun, 12 Apr 2009
Ricky Hatton now feels like a local in Las Vegas and has stopped wearing a hat and glasses in an attempt to remain anonymous.
Hatton fights Manny Pacquiao for the right to be called the world's No.1 pound-for-pound boxer at the MGM on May 2 in a city he has grown to love.
"Everybody seems Read Full Story >>> Worth its weight in gold
By George Kimball, Boston Herald, Sun, 12 Apr 2009
Given the state of the global economy, there are no sure things, but a man looking to maximize the return on his investment today could do worse than buying himself a piece of a 140-pound professional boxer, or a company involved in promoting a junior welterweight.
Three weeks hence, Manny Pacqui Read Full Story >>> Williams batters Winky for unanimous decision
By Associated Press, Google News, Sun, 12 Apr 2009
LAS VEGAS (AP) ? If Paul Williams thought the world's top boxers were scared of him before, just wait until they see the holes he punched in Winky Wright's once-impenetrable defense.
Williams worked Wright like a heavy bag with dozens of relentless blows on the way to an emphatic victory by unani Read Full Story >>> CARLOS PADILLA, JR. -- THE GREATEST FILIPINO INTERNATIONAL REFEREE
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 12 Apr 2009
"Thrilla in Manila" is worth remembering not only because of the clash of the two boxing titans Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in Manila, but because it was the stepping stone to greatness of the third man in the ring of the Read Full Story >>> Countdown To Hatton ? Pacquiao
By Matthew Hurley, SecondsOut.com, Sun, 12 Apr 2009
When Manny Pacquiao forced Oscar De La Hoya to retire on his stool after eight ridiculously one-sided rounds the vast majority of people who had picked against the ?Pac Man? that night sat up, blinked and began comparing the Filipino whirlwind to all time greats like Henry Armstrong. So definitive w Read Full Story >>> Martin can't wait for fight night
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sun, 12 Apr 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Concert king Martin Nievera said yesterday he?s looking forward to singing the ?Pambansang Awit? before the Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight in Las Vegas on May 2 and predicted in his typical ?madcap? style, the onl Read Full Story >>> Hatton ?5 percent better now?
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sun, 12 Apr 2009
HOW VALUABLE is Floyd Mayweather Sr. to Ricky Hatton?s corner? According to the British ?Hitman,? Mayweather has given him a five percent boost in performance.
?Floyd Sr. has put that extra five percent to my game at the highest level,? Hatton told Fightnews.com.
According to Hatton, who?ll be Read Full Story >>>
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