Weighing in on the fight
By Ed Picson, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 10 Dec 2008
Like everyone else, I was shocked at Oscar de la Hoya?s performance against Manny Pacquiao the other day. Actually, it was more like a non-performance. Freddie Roach was so on the money when he said ODLH could no longer pull the trigger. Heck, Oscar came in unarmed last Sunday. He tried a lame  Read Full Story >>>

Erik Morales: "Ricky Hatton Will Beat Manny Pacquiao"
By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 10 Dec 2008
Former three division champion Erik Morales thought Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao was a farce before the event, and now he thinks it's an even bigger farce. He says the performance of De La Hoya made the fight a farce because Oscar looked like a fighter who "didn't want to win." Pacquiao pi  Read Full Story >>>

And now, Pacquiao for Congress
By Greg B. Macabenta, Business World Online, Wed, 10 Dec 2008
A few months ago, upon learning of the upcoming match between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar de la Hoya, I wrote a piece entitled, "The Pacquiao Principle." Like the Peter Principle, it was about moving up to one?s level of incompetence. I held out Pacquiao as a prime example. Sounding like an oracle,   Read Full Story >>>

Hero's welcome for Pacman
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Wed, 10 Dec 2008
If there was once any doubt that Manny Pacquiao is the greatest Filipino fighter ever, there is none now. No Asian fighter has won more world titles in different divisions. No Asian fighter has earned more from his profession. No Asian fighter has captured the imagination of a global audience as   Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao to join green warriors
By Maila Ager, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 10 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines?And now Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao has another battle to wage. Pacquiao, who crushed boxing superstar Oscar de la Hoya during their bout Saturday in Las Vegas, will join the green warriors in the battle against global warming, Senator Edgardo Angara said on Tuesday.   Read Full Story >>>

Famous cutman says Manny's speed a killer
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Wed, 10 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Motorists are often warned to keep their cars in cruise control because ?speed kills.? Last Saturday, veteran cutman Miguel Diaz of Argentina said it was Manny Pacquiao?s speed that ?killed? Oscar de la Hoya not on the road but in the ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena here. Diaz,   Read Full Story >>>

Atienza hit for watching Pacquiao fight
ABS-CBN News, Wed, 10 Dec 2008
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Joselito Atienza was criticized by some senators for failing to attend the Senate budget deliberations last week because he left for the Pacquiao-De la Hoya match in Las Vegas. ?Marami sa amin ang napikon kay DENR Secretary Lito Ati  Read Full Story >>>

Cops raid shops selling 'Dream Match' DVDs
ABS-CBN News, Wed, 10 Dec 2008
Manila policemen on Tuesday raided DVD shops in Divisoria and along Claro M. Recto where illegal copies of the Pacquiao-de la Hoya Dream Match were being sold. Vendors scampered at the sight of policemen as they secured their DVDs from possible confiscation. They, however, calmed down a while   Read Full Story >>>

Report: Kin says retired champ Mayweather wants Pacquiao
GMA News Online, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines - A retired, undefeated fighter has reportedly expressed interest to fight Manny Pacquiao. The name of Floyd Mayweather Jr., one of two high-profile fighters being groomed to take on Manny Pacquiao, has cropped up after a Michigan-based web site reported Mayweather Jr. informi  Read Full Story >>>

Bobby Pacquiao Is a Shadow Compared to His Brother Manny Pacquiao
By Jake Shaw, BleacherReport.com, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
Over the years, we have seen brothers enter the sport together. It has happened for years and will continue to happen. Today, the Klitschko?s are the top two heavyweights in the world and the Marquez family have been given a lot to celebrate over the years by Rafael and Juan Manuel. But, after wa  Read Full Story >>>

Dream Match tops Pacman?s 5 fave fights
By Francis Ochoa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
LOS ANGELES -- Manny Pacquiao?s five most memorable fights could very well be the most sensational knockouts in boxing. And there?s no debate in his mind which one tops that list. Pacquiao defeated Oscar De La Hoya on Saturday in their welterweight ?Dream Match? at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas v  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya and more hit by National Lampoon Sports Minute (Or So)
By Steve Hofstetter, DogHouseBoxing.com, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
The New York Giants won the NFC East division. They celebrated by dumping Gatorade on Plaxico Burress' smoldering leg. Manny Pacquiao's domination of his former hero Oscar de la Hoya bore a striking resemblance to de la Hoya's domination of his own hero Julio Cesar Chavez. It's so similar, Pacqui  Read Full Story >>>

Bernard Fernandez: Is Pacquiao the next Golden Boy?
By Bernard Fernandez, Philadelphia Daily News, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
IT'S A GOOD thing Manny Pacquiao was able to easily handle those additional pounds he put on for Saturday night's bravura performance against Oscar De La Hoya, because by winning so convincingly the Filipino superstar assumed the "Golden Boy's" burden of carrying boxing on his back. Pacquiao, a 1  Read Full Story >>>

Atienza urges Pacquiao: Keep on boxing
By Joel Guinto, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines -- A long-time supporter of boxing icon Manny Pacquiao advised the champion, on the eve of his homecoming, to concentrate on his sports career amid talk he would give politics a second try. "We have not discussed politics before the fight [or] after the fight. My advice to him  Read Full Story >>>

News: Pacquiao Returns Home; Blue Horizon Recap; Cestus Boxing Results
DogHouseBoxing.com, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS, NEV (December 9, 2008) ? Even as boxing?s pound-for-pound superstar MANNY PACQUIAO and his wife Jinkee jet back to the Philippines to await the birth of their baby, media and fans alike are still applauding his eigh  Read Full Story >>>

Ricky Hatton told to quit booze if he fights Manny Pacquiao
By David Anderson, mirror.co.uk, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
Ricky Hatton has been warned his boozy lifestyle will cost him if he fights Manny Pacquiao. The Hitman is being lined up to face the Pac Man after the Filipino destroyed Oscar De La Hoya to end his hopes of a ?40million showdown with the Mancunian at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium in May. And Pa  Read Full Story >>>

Opinion: What Makes Manny Pacquiao so Popular?
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
This is about the popular boxer Manny Paquiao and his admirable qualities as a person and as a professional boxer and the reasons for his worldwide popularity Buy an ad on DigitalJournal.com In the course of my work as a Citizen Journalist of Digital Journal, I came across a good number of comment  Read Full Story >>>

Victory motorcade set day after - not upon - Pacquiao's arrival
GMA News Online, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao's metro-wide motorcade is set on December 11, a day after he returns to the country. The victory tour on Thursday, a tribute to Pacquiao's win versus Oscar de la Hoya in the weekend, will kick off at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources headquar  Read Full Story >>>

Golden Boy No More
By Tom Donelson, blackathlete.net, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
IOWA CITY -- Oscar De La Hoya's days as a fighter are over. Oscar De La Hoya as a boxing promoter is in its infancy. Saturday night, the Golden Boy showed that once again, father time waits for no one and there is no room for a part time boxer, even for an e  Read Full Story >>>

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