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Irreplaceable?: With De La Hoya gone, who's got next?
By Vivek Wallace, 8countnews, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Fans around the world of sports have seen some of the best ever come and go. The legendary Michael Jordan, the fierce Dan Marino, the unbelievable Tony Gwinn, and a host of others have all stepped away from their respective sports, only to learn shortly after leaving that some up and comer with amaz Read Full Story >>>The Most Significant Fighter of His Time
By Kevin B. Blackstone, Fanhouse, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
It was siesta, or lunch time, in Badalona, Spain, a suburb of Barcelona, when I wandered out of the Olympic boxing venue in the summer of 1992 with a couple of scribe friends and a legend of the corner, Lou Duva, for lunch at a nearby Chinese restaurant. (Hey, you couldn't eat paella every day!) Lou Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao Video: Too Nice a Guy to Look Tough?
By Michael David Smith, Fanhouse, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
I've interviewed Manny Pacquiao a few times and found him to be an unfailingly nice guy. But when promoters are hyping a fight, they usually want their boxers to look like tough guys, not nice guys. So it's no surprise that when Pacquiao filmed a commercial for his upcoming fight with Ricky Hatton, Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao the prankster
By Andy Samuelson, Las Vegas Sun, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Most of the world knows Manny Pacquiao as boxing?s pound-for-pound king, but what even prize-fighting purists might not know is Pacquiao is also a world-class prankster.
Read Full Story >>> Forget P4P -- These guys are TME
By Thomas Hauser, ESPN.com, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Earlier this year, Eduardo Perez (an ESPN.com reader) sent me an e-mail that made an interesting point.
Many boxing Web sites have "pound-for-pound" lists.
"Guys like Bernard Hopkins and Joe Calzaghe are pound-for-pound," Perez wrote. "But you can't make a case for them being top boxers to wat Read Full Story >>> DE LA HOYA TO MEET RING ADVERSARIES IN A REUNION ON SEP. 19
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
LOS ANGELES -- Boxing great Oscar de la Hoya who announced his retirement Tuesday at the Nokia Plaza, a stone's throw away from his bronze statue at the Staples Center in downtown LA, will have a reunion of the past cham Read Full Story >>> BYE BYE GOLDEN BOY
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
It was the end of the road for the number one boxing personality in the whole world. But at least this time, only as a fighter. Oscar ?Golden Boy? de la Hoya has announced his retirement. He declared this before hundr Read Full Story >>> Global supremacy
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
In the Philippines, Solar Sports and Top Rank are calling Sunday?s double championship blockbuster card ?The Flash and the Furious,? referring to IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. ? dubbed the ?Filipino Flash? ? and IBF lightflyweight challenger Brian Viloria, known for his ring fury.
But Read Full Story >>> ALA nixes Mexican?s offer for Nietes vs. Vargas
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
DONNIE ?Ahas? Nietes? handlers, ALA Promotions, turned down the initial offer of Mexican promoter Fernando Beltran for the World Boxing Organization mini flyweight king to fight interim WBO titleholder Manuel Vargas on May 16 in Mexico.
ALA Promotions president Michael Aldeguer refused the offer, Read Full Story >>> Roach sure of KO win, bets house on Pacman
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Freddie Roach is betting his house that Manny Pacquiao will knock out Ricky Hatton on May 2 in Las Vegas.
?Ricky?s a tough guy, but we?ll knock him out. I?ll bet my house on it,? Roach told Lance Pugmire of the LA Times Wednesday.
Pacquiao staged a media workout at the Wi Read Full Story >>> INTERNATIONAL MEDIA DESCENDS TO HOLLYWOOD FOR PACQUIAO'S MEDIA DAY
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
LOS ANGELES -- Representatives from the mainstream and obscure media squeezed shoulder to shoulder around a small boxing ring inside the Wildcard Gym in Hollywood Wednesday afternoon to get a good position to interview Read Full Story >>> TIDBITS FROM THE MEDIA DAY
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Los Angeles, CA:- Yesterday, the promoters of the Pacquiao-Hatton rumble on May 2nd held the lone media conference for Manny Pacquiao at the Wildcard Gym. They had to have one as the new rules at the gym kept everyone Read Full Story >>> Next big thing
Business World Online, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
This weekend a virtual "audition" to become local boxing?s next big thing will be staged. This, as Pinoy pugs Nonito "The Flash" Donaire and Brian "Hawaiian Punch" Viloria take on separate foes not only to bring pride to the country but fortify their claims as well as the fighters to watch out for t Read Full Story >>> Boxing Poetics: Hail The King
By Edwin Ladaga, GroundReport, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Boxing Poetics aims to bring boxing and poetry together. It is boxing news in verse and rhyme. If you have a boxing poem, you can email it to edwinladaga@aol.com.
I have been looking into comments and blogs of several boxing fans in different websites. I find this entertaining poem written by the Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao pays tribute to ring legend Oscar De Lay Hoya after Golden Boy calls it quits
Mail Online (UK), Thu, 16 Apr 2009
Manny Pacquiao has paid tribute to recently retired boxer Oscar De La Hoya, revealing the 'Golden Boy' is still his idol despite forcing him into retirement after he d Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao taking Ricky Hatton threat seriously
guardian.co.uk, Thu, 16 Apr 2009
Manny Pacquiao, currently the world's best pound-for-pound fighter, is refusing to take his forthcoming bout with Ricky Hatton lightly, admitting the British boxer could represent one of his toughest opponents.
Currently training in Los Angeles before the fight in Las Vegas on 2 May, Pacquiao sai Read Full Story >>> It will be a quick fight ? Roach
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 16 Apr 2009
Manny Pacquiao believes he has Ricky Hatton all figured out.
Amid the non-stop clicking of the cameras and a torrent of questions, Pacquiao exuded confidence on Wednesday when asked about his fast-approaching clash with British ba Read Full Story >>> See Manny Pacquiao before the big fight
By Marge Veloso, Examiner.com, Thu, 16 Apr 2009
The upcoming Pacquiao's fight at the MGM Grand Las Vegas on May 2 is like Superbowl for many Filipinos. This is the time we get together with our family and friends to watch the pound-for-pound king. We hold an all-day "Pacman" party, we take a day off from work (for those who work on fight day) or Read Full Story >>> HBO begins to understand the power of the Web
By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 16 Apr 2009
For months colleague John Chavez and myself have made Boxing Confidential our own personal soapboxes to tell anyone reading how poorly boxing is marketed to the masses.
One particular point which I have repeated over and over is how HBO and promoters limit their population of potential pay per vi Read Full Story >>> ?Golden Boy? a champion through and through - Pacquiao
GMA News Online, Thu, 16 Apr 2009
MANILA, Philippines ? A champion both inside and outside the ring.
This was how reigning pound for pound Manny Pacquiao described his one-time foe Oscar De La Hoya, who called it quits after an 16 years of carrying the torch for the sport.
?Bilib ako sa mga nakamit ni Dela Hoya na mga parangal Read Full Story >>>
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