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The greats of 2008
By Adam Smith, SkySports.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
Well we've had another action-packed year, and the good news for fight fans is that there's plenty of potential for a really high-octane 2009.
The dormant heavyweight division still needs to wake up, but I'm reliev Read Full Story >>>2008 year to forget in American boxing
By Jim Bailey, NWAnews.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
The prizefighting industry (American version) might have suffered more dismal years than 2008, but offhand, I can't remember when.
This is the year middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, 26, a two-time winner over Jermain Taylor, was supposed to assert himself as the game's foremost gate attraction. Read Full Story >>> Of Christmas, crisis and Pacquiao
By Lito U. Gagni, Business Mirror, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
Competing with the spirit of the Christmas season is the financial crisis that continues to roil the global financial system, each day unraveling unheard-of debacles and shenanigans. Now, there is the Bernard Madoff investment scam hogging the limelight and, before that, there were Lehman, Bear Stea Read Full Story >>> Trigger Finger Freddie Roach Blazing: Pacquiao's Coach Earned Promoter Of Year Honors!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
His trigger finger has never been sharper or more accurate. That?s why I am choosing Boston homeboy Freddie Roach as Promoter of the Year for 2008.
Roach wasn?t shooting any blanks as his verbal ripostes continually got under the thin skin of Oscar De La Hoya.
I say Roach?s one-man effort outd Read Full Story >>> How Greedy Will Richard Schaefer Be for Hatton-Pacquiao?
By John Chavez, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
It seems like forever and a day since that fateful trilogy bout took place.
The fight was Erik ?El Terrible? Morales vs. Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao III at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The date was November 18, 2006 and I attended the bout as nothing more than a blue collar fight fa Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao reunites with his first foe
By Romel Ferriol Bernardo, 8countnews, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
At the victory party staged and hosted by former governor Chavit Singson for Manny Pacquiao at the former?s house in an exclusive subdivision in Quezon City yesterday, the world?s pound for pound best fighter received special gifts from guests who include ambassadors, influential businessmen and hig Read Full Story >>> Pe?alosa?s mandatory fight called
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
IF World Boxing Organization bantamweight king Gerry ?Fearless? Pe?a-losa will not collaborate with former World Boxing Association flyweight titleholder Eric ?Little Hands of Steel? Morel for a mandatory title defense, Morel?s camp will appeal to WBO to have him give up his crown.
Morel?s handle Read Full Story >>> Mayweather versus Pacman a dull fight
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
Even if he comes out of retirement soon, Floyd Mayweather Jr. should tow the line before he gets a crack at Manny Pacquiao.
Matchmaker Wakee Salud of Cebu has the reasons why.
?With Mayweather?s style, we may be in for a boring fight,? said Salud yesterday, saying that Ricky Hatton is the more Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Fans Nip Hattonites But Klitschkos, Mexicans, Kessler Bands Get Mention!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
On Oscar Night, which is always in April and will certainly never be Dec. 6, the winners always tick off the names of those who helped make the capture of the nifty statuette possible.
Producers, directors, financiers, mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, mistresses?they all get a quick mention.
Read Full Story >>> Vic Darchinyan - Jorge Arce - 2009's First Great Fight?
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
There are a number of potentially thrilling fights already well on the way to being made for 2009. With Ricky Hatton-Manny Pacquiao all but a done deal and Vitali Klitschko-David Haye also scheduled, along with other mouth-watering bouts such as Antonio Margarito-Miguel Cotto II and Juan Manuel Marq Read Full Story >>> There Are A Number Of Candidates For 2008's F.O.T.Y - But Picking The Year's #1 Master Class Is Easy!
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
Right about now, fans will be reading various people's choices for 2008's best of the year, boxing-wise. You know the stuff - this or that writer, or this or that publication, gives his or her, or its opinion of what made the boxing world tick, and what its loudest and brightest moments were over th Read Full Story >>> Vote: Who makes the All-SportsNation Team?
ESPN.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
Which five athletes, who demonstrated athletic excellence in 2008, should make up the All-SportsNation Team?
Sure, All-Pro or All-America selections are nice, but those are mere appetizers when compared to the honor of the All-SportsNation Team. Unlike a simple acknowledgment that an athlete is m Read Full Story >>> Top 10 stories of the year
By Rey C. Lachica, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
Manny Pacquiao ended 2008 on a high note, pounding boxing legend Oscar De la Hoya to submission in what turned out to be the upset of the century.
Pacquiao, arguably the greatest Filipino athlete, won two other high-profile bouts before taking on the Golden Boy in Las Vegas.
His three victorie Read Full Story >>> ESPN CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
When we first learned about the ESPN Star Sports ?Champion of Champions? internet online poll and voted, it became obvious to us that in the end with the huge advantage in population the great Indian cricketer Sach Read Full Story >>> Manny Is The New Floyd
By Dan Horgan, The Sweet Science, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
As former pound-for-pound kingpin and four-division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. leisurely spends the tens of millions of dollars he made in his 11-year fight career that ended when he retire Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE PICKS PENALOSA TO TRAIN HIM
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
IBF/IBO flyweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire has picked reigning WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Penalosa to train him for his planned March title fight against WBO super flyweight champion Fernando Montie Read Full Story >>> Why Manny Pacquiao is adored in the Philippines
By Robert Cassidy, NewsDay.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
Manny Pacquiao returned to the Philippines a conquering hero. If at all possible, his popularity has risen higher since providing Oscar De La Hoya with a painfull boxing lesson.
They say that Manila grinds to a halt whenever Manny Pacquiao fights. It's hard for us to comprehend such an idea. The Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao Vs Ricky Hatton: What can the British Superstar do to overcome the Filipino Sensation?
By Andrew Seidman, RingsideReport.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
After a stunning victory Manny Pacquiao recently had over Oscar De La Hoya, he has become the number one guy in boxing. Manny Pacquiao was able to make an obvious size mismatch look like a daily sparring session at the local boxing gym. Many enthusiasts and fans will talk about weight issues, traine Read Full Story >>> JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ VS. JUAN DIAZ SET FOR FEBRUARY 28TH EDITION OF HBO'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
 
LOS ANGELES, December 22 - In 2008, Mexican icon Juan Manuel Marquez solidified his place among boxing's elite and became Mexico's number one fighter by knocking Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Hosts Post-Christmas/Post-Birthday Victory Celebration
PRWeb.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
Boxer Manny Pacquiao is hosting a Post-Christmas/Post Birthday Victory Celebration at J Lounge in downtown Los Angeles, on Friday, December 26th starting at 9pm. The proceeds from the event will go to benefit the Blue Diamond Foundation, which was founded to assist people who need access to medical Read Full Story >>>
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