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Win over De La Hoya puts Pacquiao in elite company
By J. Michael Falgoust, USA Today, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao did more than win a fight. He carved out a special place for himself in boxing history.
Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs), who began his career at 106 pounds and fought at less than 130 for most of his career, solidified his spot as the sport's No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter at Read Full Story >>>Pacquiao couldn?t stop other fights
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines?Protagonists in the wide-ranging conflict in Mindanao must have thought they?d get in a few licks of their own before Manny Pacquiao licked Oscar De La Hoya.
1st Lt. Esteffani Cacho, Western Mindanao Command spokesperson, said clashes erupted in Basilan and Sulu hours Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao wants a breather; no fights until June
GMA News Online, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines - Three fights. Three wins. Two championships. One legend downed.
Nobody can blame Manny Pacquiao if he decides to rest on his laurels.
After his eight-round demolition of Oscar de la Hoya on Sunday, Pacquiao looks to have an extended break and doesn't see himself getting b Read Full Story >>> Shutting the critics: Roach grades Pacquiao 'A-plus' for work vs de la Hoya
GMA News Online, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines - If this was school, Manny Pacquiao would be consistently on the dean's list.
Because after his brutal schooling of Oscar de la Hoya on Sunday, Pacquiao's long-time teacher is giving him another high grade.
Coach Freddie Roach was clearly satisfied with the way Pacquiao ex Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya bettor didn?t mind losing
By Nancy Carvajal, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines?Jessie Ungos, an engineer, said losing a portion of his Christmas bonus betting on Oscar De La Hoya was nothing compared with Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao being defeated in Sunday?s fight.
?It was all right that I lost as long as Pacquiao won,? Ungos, 27, said.
He wa Read Full Story >>> Is This the End of the Golden Boy Era?
By Igor Frank, 411mania.com, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
A friend said that boxing is just like a stock market: one really never knows what to expect. None of the financial analysts with their multiple degrees in economics and international business could have ever predicted the price of oil plummeting this year.
Not many boxing pundits gave the Filipi Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao's win over De La Hoya is redemption for Roach
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
Reporting from Las Vegas -- Freddie Roach basked in a celebration that was sweet for so many reasons.
His prize student had just won the most important fight of his career, he had orchestrated a master strategy that dominated a clearly shot but proud former champion, and he had stuck it to his ol Read Full Story >>> From north to south, Filipinos exult
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ?Manny Pacquiao must have followed his 3-year-old daughter Princess? advice when he called her shortly before he stepped into the ring against Oscar De La Hoya yesterday.
Princess? nanny, Nedy Ambit, said Pacquiao called at around 8:30 a.m., a few hours before the fight, and t Read Full Story >>> RP sports analyst: Pacquiao win showed heart of Pinoys
GMA News Online, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines ? A Filipino veteran sports analyst on Monday said the historic win of boxing champion and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao against Oscar De La Hoya showed the heart of a Filipino.
In an interview on dzBB radio, Quinito Henson said that amid tall odds, Pacquiao showed that Read Full Story >>> Filipinos united in victory
Gulf Daily News, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
BAHRAIN'S Filipino community was yesterday united in praise of their boxing hero Manny Pacquiao, who laid a dominant pummeling of Oscar De la Hoya on the way to an eight-round technical knockout win.
Fans of the 29-year-old warrior, nicknamed 'Pacman', who is widely considered as the world's bes Read Full Story >>> Even if Oscar De La Hoya retires, don't count boxing out
By Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
Manny Pacquiao, the new name on top of boxing's marquee, will take a little vacation now. So will his sport.
Pacquiao has a birthday, his 30th, on Dec. 17. He also will enjoy the Christmas and New Year's holidays with family and friends, and, in January, the birth of another child Read Full Story >>> Hatton in Pac attack
By Pat Sheenan, The Sun, Mon, 08 Dec 2008
RICKY HATTON roared ?Bring on the Pac-man? after Oscar De La Hoya was brutally stopped after seven savage rounds by Manny Pacquaio.
De La Hoya?s bid to fight Hatton in a ?14million showdown in London next May was stopped in its tracks when Pacquaio upset the overwhelming odds in Las Vegas.
Hit Read Full Story >>> PERFECT
By Edwin G. Espejo, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
MANNY Pacquiao fought a perfect and splendid fight en route to a lopsided ninth round stoppage of boxing's ageing Oscar de la Hoya, showing the world that the sports of sweet science has found a new superstar.
The General San Read Full Story >>> Sugar Ray Robinson, Meet Manny Pacquiao
By Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
Going into the fight, the assessment of Manny Pacquiao?s leap-frogging through weight classes conjured up memories of boxing?s most famous triple threat, Henry Armstrong.
It was more than 70 years ago when the legendary human win Read Full Story >>> Philippines crawls to halt to cheer Manny Pacquiao, boxing hero
By Carlos H. Conde, International Herald Tribune, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
MANILA: In cities and towns across the Philippines, traffic was practically nonexistent Sunday. The crime rate was zero in Manila and other major urban centers, the police said. And days before, the military had announced it would not be opening any offensives against enemies of the state for a day, Read Full Story >>> MAGNIFICENT MANNY STOPS "THE GOLDEN BOY"
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
Ninety million Filipinos saw their prayers answered and their dreams come true when ring idol and national treasure Manny Pacquiao put on a magnificent display of remarkable skill, blinding speed and awesome power to punish 'Th Read Full Story >>> Is De La Hoya done?
By Brett Okamoto, Las Vegas Sun, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
After a 16-year career that placed boxer Oscar De La Hoya at the forefront of the sport, the 10-time champ may have seen his final minutes in a ring through a badly swollen left eye Saturday night.
De La Hoya Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao - A True Modern Day Phenomenon!
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
What can one say about the incredible Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao except good things? Last night, in beating up and surely retiring for good fellow all-time great Oscar De La Hoya in what can only be described as a huge upset, the 29-year-old Filipino did something incredible. Now having made his mark Read Full Story >>> BODY PUNCHES 'KILLED' DE LA HOYA, SAYS ROACH
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- It was Manny Pacquiao's well-executed body punches as early in the second round that brought down Oscar De La Hoya and put a grotesque finale of the much-ballyhooed "Dream Match" at the MGM Grand here Decemb Read Full Story >>> Trigger? What trigger? Outgunned De La Hoya leaves firepower at home
By Kieran Mulvaney, ESPN.com, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
So this is how it ends.
It is the way it almost always does, for even the best of them. It is the way it ended for Muhammad Ali. It remains, over a long, drawn-out period, the way it is ending for Roy Jones.
And Read Full Story >>>
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