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Pacquiao at ESPN's Champion of Champions 2008
ESPN.com, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
Choose Your favourite Sports performer from 2008. From November 28th, www.ESPNSTAR.com, alongside SportsCenter India, Asia & Malaysia, and Score Tonight will be conducting a joint initiative Online and On Air to decide the Sports Personality to have made the biggest impact on sport in the calendar y Read Full Story >>>Pacquiao lands in ESPN?s illustrious list
Business Mirror, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
Manny Pacquiao has another opportunity to earn a rare distinction as ESPN Star Sports invites sports fans across Asia to single out 2008?s Champion of Champions?the sports personality of the year who made the biggest impact in the world of sport.
The initiative, led by ESPN STAR Sports? web site Read Full Story >>> Fight with Pacquiao is personal for De La Hoya
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS -- Isn't it funny how things work out sometimes?
After all, it was only a little more than two years ago, in September 2006, that a fight with Manny Pacquiao was the furthest thing from Oscar De La Hoya's mind.
De La Hoya was in the midst of a year-long break from boxing following his Read Full Story >>> Oscar banks on low-key 'Nacho'
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
When Floyd Mayweather Sr. decided not to train Oscar De La Hoya for his 147-pound fight with Manny Pacquiao, the ''Golden Boy'' needed someone who didn't necessarily know him but knew something about Pacquiao and how to defeat him.
Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain might not be flamboyant like Mayweather Read Full Story >>> As ?Dream Match? approaches, Manny Pacquiao remains focused
Los Angeles Wave, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
Surrounded by the framed pictures of the greatest boxers of yesteryear that hang on the walls at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, Manny Pacquiao trained on one of th Read Full Story >>> mitty Previews De La Hoya Vs Pacquiao
By James Smith, SecondsOut.com, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
So here we go again, a mega week here in Las Vegas that will culminate on Saturday night at a beyond sold out, beyond raucous crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena as ?The Golden Boy? Oscar De La Hoya takes on Filipino sensation ?The Pac Man? Manny Pacquiao scheduled for 12 rounds or less! Now will th Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao's Got Man(n)y Ways To Victory, Oscar Only Wins If Pinoy Idol Craps Out!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS--It started right after 9/11 in New York. It?s being said now in the wake of the Mumbai disaster.
You know, if you don?t travel to Mumbai, then the terrorists win. If you stay in your house and do not freely move about in public, then the terrorists win. If you don?t go to the shopping Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, dela Hoya encounter in UNLV track oval
ABS-CBN News, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
Manny Pacquiao and Oscar de la Hoya accidentally ?met? during separate morning jogs at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) track oval.
However in this accidental meeting, both fighters did not talk to each other.
Pacquiao had just completed more than ten rounds of jogging around the tra Read Full Story >>> Boxing's Golden age behind us?
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press, The Calgary Sun, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS -- Richard Schaefer is a Swiss banker by trade and an optimist by nature.
While he certainly understands the world financial system is in serious trouble, he doesn't feel the same about Oscar (The Golden Boy) De La Hoya's fight Saturday night against Manny Pacquiao.
"I'm starting to Read Full Story >>> Pacman demands Golden Boy in top shape
By Francis Ochoa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
LOS ANGELES -- There?s one reason Oscar De La Hoya has been working so hard in training to get in shape at a weight he has not fought in for so many years.
It?s because Manny Pacquiao demands it from him.
In a ?Dream Match? that is on its way to producing the second highest-grossing gate in La Read Full Story >>> Historic night on tap for Mexican/American MMA fighters
By Andy Samuelson, Las Vegas Sun, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
Mexican/American fight fans in Las Vegas will get to watch their beloved son Saturday night when Oscar De La Hoya goes up against Manny Pacquiao in a mega fight at the MGM Grand.
But if they want an early appetizer, they can swing over to another casino tonight to see a pair of Mexican/American f Read Full Story >>> The Roach We Didn?t Know
Business Mirror, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
FIVE members of the family of the late Paul Roach will be at ringside Saturday night in Las Vegas for the big fight.
Everybody else will be there to see Manny Pacquiao versus Oscar de la Hoya. The Roach family will be there to see their brother Freddie, who will be in the trainer?s spot in Pacqui Read Full Story >>> Famed boxing analyst says first 4 rounds of Pacquiao-de la Hoya critical
GMA News Online, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines ? One legend says Oscar de la Hoya has all the answers. Another one puts that assertion in question.
Larry Merchant said on Monday that if there's any "small" boxer who can pull off a Biblical David effort, it would be Manny Pacquiao.
"If you know the history of boxing, gre Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao: Oscar Predicts, 'There Will Be a Knockout'
By Michael David Smith, AOL Sports, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
Oscar De La Hoya has only been knocked out once in his 44 career fights. Manny Pacquiao has been knocked out twice in his 52 fights.
So when De La Hoya and Pacquiao meet on Saturday night, the odds seem stacked against a knockout.
But De La Hoya says a knockout is precisely what's going to hap Read Full Story >>> OSCAR GOES FOR A KO, PACMAN VOWS VICTORY
By Hermie Rivera, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada--It was a fight nobody took seriously when first broached by sports chronicler Larry Merchant.
Fight nuts derided it as a mismatch but others were supportive of Oscar de la Hoya when he picked Manny Pacqui Read Full Story >>> Arum hits out at critics
SkySports.com, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
Promoter Bob Arum has blasted back at the "haters" and "know-nothings" criticising Saturday's huge showdown between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao.
Boxing's biggest box-office draw and the current P4P king meet in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas what the promoters are calling 'The Dream Match'.
Read Full Story >>> The Handicappers Thread: De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao
By Erik Schaffer, EastSideBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
Time for another installment of The Handicappers Thread as we take a look at the mega fight this Saturday night December 6 between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao from MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. As always I will discuss the betting line, analyze the fight and give a prediction.
Right now Read Full Story >>> OSCAR 'TICKED OFF' WITH MANNY
Sportinglife.com (UK), Wed, 03 Dec 2008
Oscar De La Hoya is "ticked off" with Manny Pacquiao, and wants to make him pay on Saturday night.
The 'Golden Boy' is still fuming about his failed bid to sign Pacquaio for his promotional company.
That bid resulted in a lawsuit before a settlement finally brought closure to the feud with Bob Read Full Story >>> ?The fight people want to see?--trainer
By Francis Ochoa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
LOS ANGELES -- Angelo Dundee has trained some of boxing?s biggest names for some of their biggest fights.
And he still can?t help but get excited about this one.
?This is the fight people want to see,? the 87-year-old great told journalists Tuesday during the formal welcoming of Oscar De La Ho Read Full Story >>> MEPRANIUM IS LONE PINOY BOXER IN UNDERCARD OF 'DREAM MATCH'
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Unlike in the previous mega fights of Manny Pacquiao here and in some parts of the United States where at least two Filipino boxers were included in the undercard, Richie Mepranium will be the lone Filipino in the undercard of the "Dream Match" rumble between the Filipino ring i Read Full Story >>>
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