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SANTILLAN KO?D IN OPBF TITLE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
Former Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation welterweight champion Rev Santillan has lost by a 7th round TKO to reigning champion Motoki Sasaki of Japan in Tokyo.
Sasaki who is ranked No.1 5 by both the WBC and the WBA improved his record to 31-7-1 with 20 knockouts while Santillan dropped to 2 Read Full Story >>>Editorial: Pinoy international superstar
Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
FOR sometime now, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, a.k.a. Pacman, had skimmed the surface of international superstardom, recognized in the Philippines and by hardcore boxing fans in the world but never beyond that.
Boxing analysts and writers consider him as the consensus pound-for-pound bes Read Full Story >>> ?PacMan? hits clueless critics
By Francis Earl A. Cueto, The Manila Times, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
Off the ring, a day after he clobbered Oscar de la Hoya, Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao seemed to be still in a fighting mood.
This time, though, Pacquiao was taking jabs at critics who had warned him that he risked serious harm to himself if he fought de la Hoya.
Apparently, he was referring to Read Full Story >>> Freddie Roach?s prophetic comments ring true in aftermath!
By Ace Freeman, FightFan.com, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
The following are comments Freddie Roach shared with FightFan.com prior to and in the build up to Manny Pacquiao's Dec. 6 victory over Oscar De La Hoya.
Ace Freeman: (May 16, 2008) Freddie in the past you?ve made a few Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Feel Good Factor Evident In Skies Between Vegas-Newark!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
JUST LANDED, NEWARK AIRPORT?There is a feel good factor in the wake of Manny The Magnificent?s virtuoso performance in battering Oscar De La Hoya into retirement.
It reminds me, on a lesser scale, of the public mood when Barack Obama?s message of change was accepted by American voters.
It do Read Full Story >>> Golden Boy matchmaker in shock
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS ? The Uruguay matchmaker who has arranged fights for Manny Pacquiao and Oscar de la Hoya, admitted he was shocked, if not disappointed, by the Golden Boy?s loss to the Filipino icon by an eighth round technical knockout h Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs. Bratton
By Steve Springer, The New York Times, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
I?m pretty sure Manny Pacquiao is a better fighter than Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton. But who is the better crime fighter? At least for one day, it appears that Pacquiao wins that title as well.
Pacquiao squared off against Oscar De La Hoya in a highly anticipated boxing match last Sa Read Full Story >>> The Legacy Of Oscar De La Hoya
By Alan Thomson, BleacherReport.com, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
I have a friend whom I recently found out had somehow never managed to see the movie Office Space. As a cult classic with a huge and loyal following among his demographic, I took it upon myself to enlighten and educate the lad by giving him a copy of the DVD.
The next time I saw him, I asked how Read Full Story >>> A fight too far for Oscar
By Daniel Mole, BritishBoxing.net, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
I was upset with ?Judgement Night'. And it wasn't because I paid ?14.95 to watch a very lopsided undercard from the ExCel Arena.
Amir Khan was always going to be pitted against a man who would enable him to make a swift return to winning ways and, with the greatest respect to Oisin Fagan, we all Read Full Story >>> Next fight: Pacman vs Mayweather?
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
LOS ANGELES ? So who?s next for Manny Pacquiao?
Well, at least for now, he?s got Ricky Hatton to his left, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to his right.
And all Pacquiao has to do is choose.
Pacquiao, fresh from his eight-round destruction of Oscar de la Hoya at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, said Su Read Full Story >>> Freddie Roach is a seer
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
NOTED fight doctor Dr. Margaret Goodman once opined that a mismatch was like pornography. You don?t know how to describe it, but you know it when you see one.
Last Sunday?s experiment was indeed a mismatch but not in the way most fight scribes (including this writer), boxers, and trainers though Read Full Story >>> Hatton: Manny's next foe?
Sun.Star Davao, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
AFTER Oscar De La Hoya of Mexico, Ricky Hatton of England could be Manny Pacquiao's next opponent.
A dream match with Floyd Mayweather Jr. is also possible.
The name of Hatton cropped up after Pacquiao annihilated De La Hoya in a lopsided eight-round TKO decision Sunday at the MGM Grand in L Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao ma no longer a nervous wreck
By Aquiles Z. Zonio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines?Dionisia Pacquiao, mother of boxing champ Manny Pacquiao, said she has learned one good thing about her son's victory over Oscar Dela Hoya during the "Dream Match" Sunday.
Dionisia said her son's win over an experienced and bigger foe made her totally confident ab Read Full Story >>> Oscar out of the hospital, likely to retire
Bad Left Hook, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
Oscar de la Hoya headed to the hospital after his loss to Manny Pacquiao mostly as a precautionary measure, and is now out with no broken bones and ready heading home to Puerto Rico. He's also likely to retire:
"No one can make that decision for him," said Richard Schaefer, the chief executive of Read Full Story >>> Senator wants to honor Pacquiao as 'Greatest Pinoy Boxer'
ABS-CBN News, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri filed a proposed Senate resolution Monday commending the victorious Manny Pacquiao by declaring the fighter as the ?Greatest Filipino Boxer of Our Time?.
Zubiri said he hopes that proposed Senate Resolution No. 792 would be approved by Tuesday in time for Pacquiao?s expect Read Full Story >>> Boxing fan in Sultan Kudarat dies watching ?Dream Match?
ABS-CBN News, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
ISULAN, SULTAN KUDARAT - An avid fan of People?s Champ Manny Pacquiao died of heart attack here at the height of the ?Dream Match?, Sunday noon (local time).
Leopoldo Flores said that as the ?Dream Match? commenced his neighbor, Ronie Rivas, was one of those cheering for Pacquiao.
As the bout Read Full Story >>> De la Hoya called Pacquiao 'the best fighter in the world'
GMA News Online, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines - There was no question about who Oscar de la Hoya thought deserved to take his throne as boxing's best.
It was the same guy who virtually sent him to retirement.
Manny Pacquiao revealed to Filipino sportswriters on Monday (Sunday, US time) in Las Vegas a compliment de la H Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya lets the fans down
By Daniel Mole, BritishBoxing.net, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
I was upset with ?Judgement Night'. And it wasn't because I paid ?14.95 to watch a very lopsided undercard from the ExCel Arena.
Amir Khan was always going to be pitted against a man who would enable him to make a swift return to winning ways and, with the greatest respect to Oisin Fagan, we all Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya Leaves Hospital, Heads Home to Puerto Rico
By Lance Pugmire, Business Mirror, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
THE man who calls Oscar de la Hoya his best friend said Sunday morning that the fighter is out of the hospital, with no broken bones, and will return to his Puerto Rico home before finalizing his probable decision to retire.
?No one can make that decision for him,? said Richard Schaefer, the chie Read Full Story >>> ?Let Manny enjoy first?
By Dennis Principe, Business Mirror, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
FOR most boxing observers, Manny Pacquiao?s manhandling of Oscar de la Hoya last weekend at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas looked so easy, thus providing the impression the Filipino sensation can still fight one more time before the end of the year.
But Pacquiao?s American trainer Freddie Roach and c Read Full Story >>>
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