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?Pacmania? reaches champ?s home province
GMA News Online, Tue, 12 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines ? It was the turn of General Santos City - and his new home town of Kiamba, Sarangani Province - to give their proud son, pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, a warm welcome on Tuesday.
A day after the government-organized ?National Day of Celebration" for the boxing champ, t Read Full Story >>>The Manny-Mayweather Debate
By Trent Pusey, Inside Fights, Tue, 12 May 2009
Up until his retirement last year, Floyd Mayweather Jr?s anointment as the pound-for-pound king of boxing was a no-brainer. It took little time for Manny Pacquiao to emerge as boxing?s new pound-for-pound king in Floyd?s absence. Pacquiao is 4-0 since Mayweather Jr last fought. Two of those wins cam Read Full Story >>> IT'S GOOD TO BE THE KING; MAYWEATHER GETTING $15 MILLION FOR RING RETURN?
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Tue, 12 May 2009
Rumor has it that returning pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. is getting a whopping $15 million when he steps into the ring to face WBA & WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez on July 18. After seventeen months Read Full Story >>> HATTON FACING D-DAY DILEMMA
By Kevin Baxter, Daily Star (UK), Tue, 12 May 2009
RICKY HATTON will use the opening of his new gym in Manchester tonight to give fans an idea of his future plans.
Hatton, who returned to these shores on Saturday following an extended stay in Las Vegas after that X-rated second-round KO by Manny Pacquiao, is still pondering his future ? and has b Read Full Story >>> No salary, no office for DOJ ?agent Pacquiao? - Gonzalez
GMA News Online, Tue, 12 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao will neither receive salary nor get his own office for being a special assistant to the Justice Secretary on intelligence matters, Secretary Raul Gonzalez said Tuesday.
In a radio interview, Gonzalez said Pacquiao volunteered his services Read Full Story >>> Freddie Roach: Mayweather-Marquez 'stinks'
By Brian VanOchten, The Grand Rapids Press, Tue, 12 May 2009
It seems everyone is calling out Floyd Mayweather these days.
Even before he emerged from a 16-month retirement recently, the former six-time world champion boxer and Grand Rapids native had been challenged to ste Read Full Story >>> TRASH ?TALKING MAYWEATHERS ARE AT IT AGAIN, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 12 May 2009
The Mayweather father and son duo are really something to behold. It?s not often that fight fans and pundit alike run into a couple of brazen big mouths like them.
The duo has so many things in common, the most glaring of which i Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Junior Vs. Juan Manuel Marquez - Fan-Friendly Or Forgettable?
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Tue, 12 May 2009
Trainer of the hour (and almost certainly the year; maybe even the decade!) Freddy Roach has gone on record as saying the upcoming July 18th Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez fight "stinks," and that it will pit two counter-punchers against one another, each one waiting for his opponent to make t Read Full Story >>> Nacho Beristain Confident of His Fighter
By Salvador Rodríguez, 411mania.com, Tue, 12 May 2009
There are many factors that can be disadvantages for Juan Manuel Marquez when he faces Floyd Mayweather Jr
. : the weight, their age, and the speed difference between the two; however the boxing community in Mexico, believe Marquez can shock the world when they face off on July 18 at the MGM Grand Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Perfection "Manila Ice"
By Rota Em, Diamond Boxing, Tue, 12 May 2009
It?s been a healthy week since Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao demolished Ricky ?Hitman? Hatton and took the 10-stone crown that?s been sitting on his head for the last couple years. Going into the fight and much like the ?Dream Match? Pacquiao had against Oscar De la Hoya in late 2008, the Pacman wasn?t im Read Full Story >>> Hatton was trapped, says Hermie Rivera
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 12 May 2009
UNLIKE election lawyer Romy Macalintal, boxing scholar Hermie Rivera, who joined Team Pacquiao at the Wild Card gym a couple of weeks before the Hatton fight, didn?t have the extra $5 to bet on Manny Pacquiao.
Hermie didn?t end up gloating, but he was very glad nonetheless.
?Lakay, I could hav Read Full Story >>> ?Pambansang Hinlalaki? role urged for Pacman
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 12 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines?Wait till he knocks out Floyd Mayweather Jr., then he?ll have more titles than the Queen of England.
As it is, with everybody?from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to an unheralded lawmaker?riding on his fame, Manny Pacquiao seems well on his way to outstripping any royal in Read Full Story >>> Systems
By Conrado de Quiros, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 12 May 2009
I was one of those who shouted themselves hoarse the other weekend during the Pacquiao-Hatton fight. Not least at the interminable commercials, especially the campaign ads which left a bad taste in the mouth and truly invited shouting at the top of one?s voice. But for the most part, my vigorous dis Read Full Story >>> Donaire fight at S.F. ballpark Aug. 22 appears likely
By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Tue, 12 May 2009
It appears Nonito Donaire will be fighting at AT&T Park in San Francisco on Aug. 22. Philippines boxing reporter-eminence Ronnie Nathanielsz quotes Donaire?s promoter Bob Arum in his report on the Donaire card. It?s a solid report.
But it isn?t a done deal, an AT&T Park spokesman told me. ?Th Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao: A Fighter for the Ages
By Thomas Hauser, SecondsOut.com, Mon, 11 May 2009
On May 2nd, Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton engaged in battle for the right to be called boxing?s ?pound-for-pound? champion.
Pacquiao and Hatton have aggressive relent Read Full Story >>> WHY MANNY PACQUIAO IS SIMPLY THE BEST BOXER ON EARTH
By David Robson, Daily Express, Mon, 11 May 2009
THIS a picture of sheer pain prompted by sheer pain: Jennifer Dooley, horrified at ringside in Las Vegas, screaming as her fianc? Ricky Hatton hits the canvas, floored by a left hook that left him unconscious for an unconscionable time.
Sadly both Ricky and Jennifer have been here before: Las V Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacqiuao: More than Legend
By Brent Testan, New University, Mon, 11 May 2009
On Saturday May 2, 2009 the legend of Filipino boxing sensation Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao grew again. It is hard to imagine that Pacquiao?s popularity could get any larger following his previous victory over ?The Golden Boy? Oscar De La Hoya, but it did. He cemented his legacy as one of the most excit Read Full Story >>> Why Manny Pacquiao will beat Mayweather Jr.
By Mark Lorenzana, 8countnews, Mon, 11 May 2009
After his two-round demolition of Ricky Hatton, it?s pretty difficult to make Manny Pacquiao an underdog against anyone in the fight game today. Even against someone as skillful as Floyd Mayweather Jr.
In fact, I believe that the immensely-improved Pacquiao of today will beat little Floyd should Read Full Story >>> Roach wants Pacquiao to have interim fight
By Michael Rosenthal, The Ring, Mon, 11 May 2009
Freddie Roach, Manny Pacquiao?s trainer, wants the boxer to have an interim fight this summer before he faces the winner of Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Juan Manuel Marquez or another big-name opponent at year?s end.
Roach believes an interim fight would keep Pacquiao sharp for whatever comes his way. Th Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao returns home to national day of celebration
guardian.co.uk, Mon, 11 May 2009
Huge crowds cheered Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao as he returned home following his victory over Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas last week. A c Read Full Story >>>
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