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5,000 FANS GREET PACQUIAO, DE LA HOYA IN L.A. By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Oct 2008
There is no question that Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao and ?The Golden Boy? Oscar De La Hoya are the biggest draws in boxing today and have been for some time.
This was evident when the world?s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighte Read Full Story >>>De La Hoya-Pacman Cruise Whittier Boulevard By David A. Avila, The Sweet Science, Wed, 08 Oct 2008 EAST LOS ANGELES-Two words Mexicans want to hear: Free tacos!
After the last of the cross-country press conferences to hype the Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao showdown was held under the somewhat famous Whittier Boulevard East Los Angeles arch on Tuesday, it was the East L.A. fighter?s shout Read Full Story >>> There's bitterness to De La Hoya-Pacquiao By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Wed, 08 Oct 2008 The voice booming above the highlights ticked off the reasons why the Dec. 6 welterweight bout in Las Vegas involving Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao is certain to be, as an HBO executive said, "an event that transcends the sport."
"The best pound-for-pound fighter in the world versus boxing' Read Full Story >>> Put Aside Toy Guns, National Flags, Time For Manny, Oscar To Get Into High Training Gear! By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 08 Oct 2008 The debates are finally over. No, I don?t mean between Obama and that angry white man. I mean the Oscar de la Hoya-Manny Pacquiao cross-country media tour debates.
You know it?s time for the train to pull into the station when they have to drape flags over the fighters shoulders as they did in Os Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya gets hometown boost By Robert Morales, Press Telegram, Wed, 08 Oct 2008 EAST LOS ANGELES - A representative from a tequila company serving as a sponsor for the Dec. 6 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya took a drink of his tequila from a shot glass. Actor/comedian George Lopez stood up and grabbed the half-gallon bottle from which that booze was poured and Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO-DE LA HOYA ?DREAM MATCH' TOUR ENDS AT EAST L.A. (WITH PHOTOS) By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Oct 2008
East LA, CA.:- The six city tour conceived by the promoters of the December 6th ?Dream Match? at the MGM Casino Resort at Las Vegas between Filipino idol Manny Pacquiao and the ex-Olympian and multi-division champion Osc Read Full Story >>> MORALES PLANS COMEBACK NEXT YEAR By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Oct 2008
Erik ?El Terrible? Morales who is best remembered for his epic trilogies with Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao and another Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera, plans a comeback next year.
That?s what well-known boxin Read Full Story >>> MILENDO DEFENDS WBO TITLE AGAINST AFRICAN By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Oct 2008
WBO Asia Pacific miniflyweight champion Milan Milendo will see action in front of his hometown crowd when he defends his title against Tanzanian Juma Fundi on October 30 at the Atrium of Limketkai Mall in Cagayan de Oro City.
Read Full Story >>> 5 REASONS WHY PACQUIAO CAN BEAT DE LA HOYA AND VICE VERSA By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Oct 2008
1. Pacquiao has the speed, power, and heart.
2. Pacquiao has been the most active and busier in the ring in the last two years.
3. Pacquiao is younger.
4. Pacquiao is being trained by the man who has allegedly Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO AND HIS CANCER-STRICKEN FAN IN CHICAGO By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Oct 2008
When Filipino ring idol and national treasure Manny Pacquiao attended a meet-and-greet Pep Rally in Chicago prior to his WBC lightweight title fight against hometown favorite David Diaz, a 78 year old fan who idolized Pacquiao Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao, truly a philanthropic man By Herbert Y. Magtoto, The Philippine Star, Wed, 08 Oct 2008 Newark, New Jersey. The pride of the Filipino, Manny "The Destroyer" Pacquiao visited New Jersey last 01 October to see and ask fellow kababayans in the east coast to help his foundation. He felt a need to raise funds in sustaining the needs of his countrymen and their children. . Even in the midd Read Full Story >>> Marco Antonio Barrera: A Deal With a King By Eileen Teran, RingsideReport.com, Wed, 08 Oct 2008
The thirty-four year old Mexican pugilist, Marco Antonio Barrera, admittedly among the best to ever come out of the boxing rich country of Mexico, has decided to come out of retirement, again, and has put pen to paper with Read Full Story >>> Expect a slam bang bout, says DL Hoya By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 08 Oct 2008 They?ve been seen walking side by side smiling, exchanging pleasantries and even horsing around ever since they kicked off the highly-successful six-city press tour in New York last week to hype their Dec. 6 fight.
But when all is said and done, Oscar De La Hoya believes the MGM Grand Garden in L Read Full Story >>> FUENTES RETAINS RP FLYWEIGHT TITLE By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Oct 2008
Tough Rocky Fuentes retained his Philippine flyweight title with an eighth round TKO victory over Louie Bantigue at the Bantayan Multi Purpose Center in Bantayan Island, Cebu over the weekend.
According to respected b Read Full Story >>> In Our Backyard: Bayless has seen boxing's great By Carl Steward, InsideBayArea.com, Wed, 08 Oct 2008
KENNY BAYLESS has been in the ring for some of boxing's biggest professional fights in recent years, and as his inspiration, Muhammad Ali, once did, he has become one of the very be Read Full Story >>> Surprises in store for Saturday's Showtime doubleheader By Bart Barry, CBS SportsLine.com, Wed, 08 Oct 2008 To consider elements of HBO's fall lineup, in light of American capitalism's coming overhaul, is to wonder if we'll ever again have a broadcast year like 2008. Will we not look back at fights like Pavlik-Hopkins and Pacquiao-De La Hoya and say of them, as we now say of so much, "Did we really think Read Full Story >>> Pacman, Roach may have found key vs Golden Boy's jab By Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News, Wed, 08 Oct 2008 While acknowledging Oscar de la Hoya?s height advantage, Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach believe they can work around the Mexican American?s longer reach.
The hard-hitting Filipino southpaw said he and Roach are scrutinizing the weaknesses in de la Hoya's much-vaunted long stiff jab, Read Full Story >>> Boom goes November By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 08 Oct 2008 BECAUSE of ALA Promotions? ties with the Philippine broadcast giant ABS-CBN, ALA Gym?s gem Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista will be fighting as an undercard for the Hatton-Malignaggi fight card on Nov. 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas instead of the Dec. 6 Pacquiao-De La Hoya mammoth match.
?We had an a Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO WORKS OUT FOR OVER TWO HOURS By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 07 Oct 2008
With the last stop on a highly successful six-city promotional tour winding down in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Manila time, Filipino ring idol and national treasure Manny Pacquiao has begun the far more important task of preparin Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE SPARS 10 ROUNDS, FEELS GREAT By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 07 Oct 2008
IBF/IBO Filipino flyweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire (19-1, 12 KO?s) sparred ten rounds today and said he was feeling great after the workout at the Top Rank Gym in Las Vegas.
In an overseas te Read Full Story >>>
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