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Roach: Switch in style won't be good for Hatton ABS-CBN News, Wed, 04 Mar 2009 American trainer Freddie Roach thinks Ricky Hatton?s upcoming effort to change his fighting style will not do him anything good.
The boxing hall-of-famer said that once Hatton mixes it up with Pacquiao, ?The Hitman? would likely revert to what he does best: brawling.
"They'll have a gameplan c Read Full Story >>>Juan Manuel Marquez Ready To Return in The Summer By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 04 Mar 2009 Juan Manuel Marquez received a hero's welcome once he arrived in Mexico, crowded by friends and family, who celebrated last Saturday's knockout win of Juan Diaz in Houston, Texas. Marquez received three stitches on his right eyelid from a cut that he sustained in the fight. He says the fight with Di Read Full Story >>> TSS' Top 9 Unjustly Unloved By Tim Starks, The Sweet Science, Wed, 04 Mar 2009

Some fighters get all the love. Most of them deserve it. Some fighters, though, don?t get the zealous affection they should.
Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton definitely get love. Both have devote Read Full Story >>> GOLDEN GLOVES BOXING AT GLEASON'S GYM MARCH 10 PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 04 Mar 2009 Free Tutoring and Homework Help
Starting March 3, 2009, Gleason's Gym along with 826NYC will offer free drop-in homework help at Gleason's Gym. Tutors will be available and ready to assist with homework, writing assignments, creative writing, and publishing projects. No registration is necessary- Read Full Story >>> PACMAN WINS U.K. By Nick Giongco, Tempo, Wed, 04 Mar 2009 Manny Pacquiao?s rags-to-riches story, the time he reportedly earned P50 ($ 1) for his first fight and his penchant for anything British, gave the Filipino boxing star precious space in virtually every newspaper sold there the past three days.
The English media were so passionate about his three- Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao backing Amir SkySports.com, Wed, 04 Mar 2009 Manny Pacquiao is backing stablemate Amir Khan to beat Marco Antonio Barrera.
The Filipino phenomenon, in England to promote his May 2 showdown with Ricky Hatton, has been sparring with Khan at Freddie Roach's Wildcard Gym in Hollywood.
Pacquiao has of course beaten Barrera twice under Roach's Read Full Story >>> WHY CAN'T MEXICAN FIGHTERS JUST GET ALONG? By Michael Herron, BoxingTalk.com, Wed, 04 Mar 2009 This article is my interpretation of several recent high-profile fights involving Mexican fighters, such as last week's lightweight fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz. I must disclose that I am not Mexican, so maybe my point of view is completely wrong, but from the outside looking in, Read Full Story >>> WWE wrestler Batista predicts Pacquiao win By Francis Santiago, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 04 Mar 2009 Fil-American Dave Batista, the great heavyweight champion of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), believes Manny Pacquiao is now in the league of his own and can easily stop Ricky Hatton in their megabuck fight on May 2.
In a roundtable talk with sportswriters Monday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Read Full Story >>> Boxing hero Hatton fights beer tax By Ewan Turney, Morning Advertiser, Wed, 04 Mar 2009 Boxing hero Ricky "the hitman" Hatton has vowed to fight the crippling beer tax rises killing Britain's pubs.
The light welterweight champion, who meets undefeated Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas in May, grew up in a pub and believes the severe duty rises of 17% last year and the promise of a further Read Full Story >>> Hatton willing to adjust against Pacquiao By Associated Press, NorthJersey.com, Wed, 04 Mar 2009 LONDON ? Ricky Hatton knows his bulldozing style of fighting won?t be good enough to beat Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on May 2. Instead, he will rely on hand speed and punching power.
A former world light-welterweight champion who has never lost at 140 pounds, Hatton is taking on a fighter who mo Read Full Story >>> The Queen is a Pac fan By Pat Sheenan, The Sun, Tue, 03 Mar 2009 MANNY PACQUIAO takes on Ricky Hatton in May ? with Queen Elizabeth supporting him.
The Filipino fights the Hitman in Las Vegas on May 2 and such is his affection for the Royal Family he named his daughter Queen Elizabeth.
Pacquiao even tried to get an audience with Her Majesty when he was in L Read Full Story >>> Hatton: Pacman will pay for aggression By Ciaran Baynes, Setanta Sports, Tue, 03 Mar 2009 Ricky Hatton told setanta.com that his superior size and newly-improved tactical nous will help him beat Manny Pacquiao.
The two boxing mega-stars meet in Las Vegas on May 2 and were speaking at London's Imperial War Museum to promote their bout.
Although fully respectful of Pacquiao, Hatton b Read Full Story >>> Sleeping rough, selling fags & naming his daughter Queen Elizabeth.. welcome to the crazy world of the Pacman By Mike Walters, mirror.co.uk, Tue, 03 Mar 2009 HITMAN SET FOR DEFINING FIGHT
Ricky Hatton's defining fight will be against a former tenbob boxer who named his daughter Queen Elizabeth after our sovereign monarch.
Manny Pacquiao used to sell cigarettes and sleep on the streets of Manila's urban sprawl, and the purse for his first fight was Read Full Story >>> MANNY MAKES A PAC-KET By Brian Woolnough, Daily Star (UK), Tue, 03 Mar 2009 Ricky Hatton?s opponent for the richest fight in boxing history earned just 50p the first time he stepped into the ring.
Manny Pacquiao was 12 then, eating one meal a day and sleeping in the back streets of the Philippines. He gave the money to his mum for food.
On May 2 in Las Vegas, he will Read Full Story >>> Pinoys make Pacquiao at home in faraway Manchester GMA News Online, Tue, 03 Mar 2009 MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao hardly felt like a visitor from a faraway land when he came face-to-face with his next foe, Ricky Hatton during their promotional tour in the latter?s hometown.
This as around 5,000 Filipinos living all around the UK flocked to the Trafford Square on the outs Read Full Story >>> MANNY "Pacman" PACQUIAO and RICKY "Hitman" HATTON OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE... "THE BATTLE OF EAST AND WEST" PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 03 Mar 2009

LAS VEGAS (March 2, 2009) - The anticipation is growing and the stage is now set for two of boxing's biggest stars, Ring Magazine's number one ranked pound for pound fighter MANNY "Pacman" PACQUIAO and IBO and Ring Read Full Story >>> ABAP APPOINTS GUARDO AS REGIONAL PROJECT DIRECTOR PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 03 Mar 2009

Renowned multi-awarded Cebuano sportsman Jonathan Guardo has been appointed by the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) as its Regional Project Director with the task of furthering the advancement of amateur boxing Read Full Story >>> Have the Hitman's fans met their match? By Ben Dirs, BBC Sport, Tue, 03 Mar 2009

While news conferences at Lord's and Twickenham usually have all the razzmatazz of a Requiem Mass, you can be sure that when there's a big fight that needs promoting, the nation's boxing writers will get a lit Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao's trainer predicts ninth-round knockout for Ricky Hatton By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Tue, 03 Mar 2009 Boxing's great debate of 2009 began yesterday at the Imperial War Museum, London, where Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao met face to face in front of the national media with the Filipino's celebrated trainer firing the opening shots.
"Hatton will be knocked out in the ninth round," said Freddie R Read Full Story >>> I'm bigger and stronger than Pacquiao, claims boxer Hatton By Agence France Press, Google News, Tue, 03 Mar 2009 LONDON (AFP) ? England's world light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton believes he will emerge victorious over Filipino pugilist Manny Pacquiao in their world title bout in Las Vegas on May 2.
The 30-year-old Englishman met up with Pacquiao, who confirmed his status as the world's leading fighte Read Full Story >>>
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