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DIB BATTLES LUEVANO FOR WBO FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 11 Oct 2008
Billy Dib.
Australia?s Billy Dib who is coming off a highly controversial decision over South Africa?s Zolani Marali in which he won the IBO super featherweight title last July 30 at the Entertainment Center in Newcast Read Full Story >>>Roach has big stake in coming fight By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 11 Oct 2008 Freddie Roach has already lost track of the number of times he felt he was on top of the world.
But he hopes to get the big one of his celebrated career on Dec. 6.
That is if his prized pupil, Manny Pacquiao, conquers Oscar De La Hoya in what many billed as the biggest boxing show of the year Read Full Story >>> De la Hoya braces for war against Pacquiao By Ed C. Tolentino, The Manila Times, Sat, 11 Oct 2008 Boxing superstar Oscar de la Hoya is not taking Manny Pacquiao lightly, even if the Filipino is clearly the smaller and lighter fighter.
Tapping the services of noted Mexican trainer Ignacio ?Nacho? Beristain, de la Hoya is willing to go through the grinder as he opens training camp for his high Read Full Story >>> Hoya focuses on Pacquiao timing, angle By Marc Anthony Reyes, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 11 Oct 2008 MANILA, Philippines?Oscar De La Hoya feels he has found the answer to the speed and power Manny Pacquiao brings to a fight: Timing and angle.
And just like that, the Dec. 6 ?Dream Match? between the two stars has stopped being about size.
?Nacho (Beristain) was telling me about the angles the Read Full Story >>> Where's the Roach toy gun? By Nick Giongco, FightNews.com, Sat, 11 Oct 2008 The toy gun that Freddie Roach brought during the San Francisco press stop for the Dec. 6 fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao is already tucked inside a vault. For memorabilia hunters, the plastic toy gun Roach used in mocking De La Hoya over the weekend in the Bay Area, could fetch a Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao now packs added power By Charles Raymond A. Maxey, Sun.Star Davao, Sat, 11 Oct 2008 OSCAR De La Hoya, better watch out.
Manny Pacquiao appeared to be getting more power with his added weight and still got his trademark speed, two main weapons in his armory that put to sleep many of his opponents, including great Mexican fighters.
The fact that Freddie Roach wore a body shie Read Full Story >>> Comparing Hattonites To Pacmaniacs Ricky's Rooters Vs. Manny's Millions, Hell's Angels As Opposed To Cub Scouts! By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 11 Oct 2008 Back in the day, meaning when I was in junior high school, you had to take sides. You could be a Beatles fan or a Rolling Stones fan but not both.
Me, I signed on with ?Street Fighting Man? and ?Jumping Jack Flash? although I did see ?Yellow Submarine? 14 times (perhaps on the same day) in S Read Full Story >>> LOPEZ DEFENDS WBC LATINO CROWN AGAINST MILLER TONIGHT KELLEY VS. RODELA IN CO-FEATURED BOUT ON "SOLO BOXEO" PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 11 Oct 2008 LOS ANGELES, October 10 - Unbeaten for over three years, WBC Latino Middleweight Champion David "The Destroyer" Lopez will defend his crown for the first time on Friday, October 10th, when he takes on hard-hitting prospect Samuel Miller in the 12 round main event of TeleFutura's "Solo Boxeo" at the Read Full Story >>> Talk back: Boxers are gamblers Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 11 Oct 2008 (This letter is addressed to Jingo Quijano)
I READ in your column Last Round your take on the upcoming fight between De La Hoya and Pacquiao which was not clearly expressed. As an avid reader of your column, I would express my view on the matter for you to comment.
Let me premise my opinion Read Full Story >>> 'I owe my greatness to Manny Pacquiao' By Dominic Menor, GMA News Online, Fri, 10 Oct 2008 Freddie Roach answers the calls coming in at the Wild Card Gym. That already says a lot about the most high-profile boxing trainer in the world today. The person can and still wants to be reached even if his stature is nearly out of reach.
This author has never gone to the Hollywood trainng camp Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO BEGINS THE HARD GRIND By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 10 Oct 2008
Filipino ring idol and national treasure Manny Pacquiao knows he has to dig deep down within himself to have a chance to beat ?The Golden Boy? Oscar De La Hoya in their December 6 ?Dream Match? at the MGM Grand in Las V Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya-Pacquiao is a weighty issue By Thomas Hauser, ESPN.com, Fri, 10 Oct 2008
The promotional spots for the Dec. 6 mega fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao proclaim, "Pacquiao is younger and faster. De La Hoya is stronger and more experienced."
T Read Full Story >>> Geno?s Boxing Corner (Manny Pacquiao, Evander Holyfield and Vitali Klitschko are the Discussion) By Geno McGahee, RingsideReport.com, Fri, 10 Oct 2008 Evander Holyfield Wants Another Title Shot
Nikolay Valuev, after his WBA Title winning effort over former 2-Time Champ, John ?The Quietman? Ruiz, is looking for a first defense and the name that comes up far too much has arisen again: Evander Holyfield. This is a man that claims it is his destin Read Full Story >>> All set for 1st Mayor Bing Inter-Cities boxing event By Nida Buenafe, Visayan Daily Star, Fri, 10 Oct 2008 To provide venue for aspiring boxers to improve their skills and develop into world-class athletes, Bacolod City is hosting the 1st Mayor Bing Inter-Cities Invitational Amateur Boxing Tournament on October 15-16, at Robinsons Place Bacolod.
Pugilists from the cities of General Santos, Bago, Cadiz Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO WATCH: Would-be Manny's are coming, where are the promoters? By Edwin G. Espejo, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 10 Oct 2008
Mepranum (L) and Sonsona.
GENERAL SANTOS -- It took more than seven years before the magnitude of Manny Pacquiao's breakthrough performance in boxing's Read Full Story >>> Southern California Notebook By Doug Fischer, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 10 Oct 2008
The many duties of fatherhood prevented me from attending the final stop on Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao?s multi-city ?Dream Match? media tour, a public rally that was held at the Whittier Boulevard Arch in East Los Ange Read Full Story >>> Worldwide Economic Meltdown Will Put Big Time Pinch On Boxing! By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 10 Oct 2008 Sick joke ricocheting around the canyons of bloody, battered Wall Street: "Do you know the difference between 1929 and 2009?"
Sick but possibly accurate answer: "Me, neither."
The worldwide financial mess won?t leave boxing alone. The old view was economic hard times made for more and hardier Read Full Story >>> Quarterly pound for pound: It's all Manny By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 10 Oct 2008 Following Antonio Margarito's devastating knockout win over Miguel Cotto in July, the pound-for-pound ratings were shaken up. Now a Mexican countryman of Margarito's, new World Lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez, has forced yet another fresh look. Heading into the fourth and final quarter of 2 Read Full Story >>> 24/7 DE LA HOYA-PACQUIAO COVERAGE: HBO CREW ARRIVES IN GENSAN By Edwin G. Espejo, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 10 Oct 2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? A crew from Home Box office (HBO) arrived here Wednesday to start filming a television special on Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao.
The special will be aired on HBO's 24/7 and will form Read Full Story >>> MTHALANE A WORTHY CHALLENGER TO DONAIRE By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 10 Oct 2008
South Africa?s Moruti Mthalane who is handled by well-known WBC ?International Promoter of the Year? Branco Milenkovic is bound to prove a worthy challenger to IBF flyweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire when they Read Full Story >>>
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