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POUND-FOR-POUND POUNDING: Pacquiao dominates
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
Score one for the little guy. A big one.
As impressive as Manny Pacquiao has been throughout his career, Saturday might have been his finest hour.
The man considered boxing's best pound-for-pound fighter dominat Read Full Story >>>Pacquiao-Mayweather Countdown Begins: Report Card
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
The pre-fight build was clear?if a 35-year old Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KO) was shot, if he couldn?t pull the trigger, then 29-year old current Lightweight and former Flyweight champion Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KO) had a shot.
It turned out to be one of the great understatements of all time. Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao: ?It ain?t over yet, folks, more fights to come?
GMA News Online, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines - Fresh from his historic win over legendary Oscar de la Hoya, the world's pound-for-pound king Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao made this assurance Sunday: ?It ain?t over yet, folks, I?m still up for a few more bouts."
GMA-7's Showbiz Central asked Pacquiao if his fight against De la Read Full Story >>> Manny ready for the Hitman
The Sun, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
MANNY PACQUIAO has set his sights on Ricky Hatton after destroying Oscar De La Hoya.
The Filipino ace was superb in Las Vegas to stop the once-mighty Golden Boy in eight rounds.
And Pacquiao now wants to take on British star Hatton at light-welterweight.
He said: "My job is to fight in the Read Full Story >>> Magnificent Manny Simply Awesome: Ricky Hatton Couldn't Hit This Pacquiao In Arse With Bag Of Rice!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS--My instant impressions after Magnificent Manny?s awesome performance on the biggest stage he?s ever had?
I guess Coach Freddie Roach?s ?Oscar can?t pull the trigger? theory was a helluva lot more than a publicity gimmick, huh? The washed up, washed out part-time fighter could not put a Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao shows big heart in one-sided upset of De La Hoya
By Robert Morales, DailyBreeze.com, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS - Dustin Hoffman starred in the 1970 film, "Little Big Man." Manny Pacquiao starred in "Little Big Man II" on Saturday night at MGM Grand.
With Oscar De La Hoya looking 45 instead of 35, Pacquiao beat the daylights out of De La Hoya, winning via eighth-round technical knockout before 15 Read Full Story >>> King of the world
By Associated Press, Business Mirror, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
De la Hoya: I just don?t have it anymore...
LAS VEGAS?Manny Pacquiao dominated his bigger and more famous opponent from the opening bell Saturday night, giving Oscar de la Hoya such a beating he declined to come out of his corner after the eighth round.
The fight was so lopsided and De la Hoya Read Full Story >>> AMIR KHAN GIVES ROACH A DOUBLE CELEBRATION
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
Britain?s promising Amir Khan who won a silver medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and sparred with Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao at the Wild Card Gym of celebrated two-time ?Trainer of the Year? Freddie Roach clearly ben Read Full Story >>> Yes He Can! Pacquiao Stuns and Stops De La Hoya In Eight
By Thomas Gerbasi, MaxBoxing.com, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
Size didn?t matter at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Saturday night, but speed certainly did, as pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao ? who won his first world title at 112 pounds ? made his welterweight debut in spectacular Read Full Story >>> Morning After: Time for Floyd Mayweather to Un-Retire, Fight Manny Pacquiao
By Michael David Smith, AOL Sports, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
Manny Pacquiao firmly established last night that he's the best active boxer in the world, with an incredible, dominant win over Oscar De La Hoya.
But while Pacquiao's name belongs atop the list of the best pound-for-pound boxers, there's an asterisk next to it. Because as long as Floyd Mayweathe Read Full Story >>> Arum tells press: You're right, it's a mismatch
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Boxing promoter Bob Arum opened up the post-fight conference by saying that the press called it right.
?The press was never wrong. They said it was (going to be) a mismatch, and it was a mismatch,? he said.
In the Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao overpowers Golden Boy
By Matthew Aguilar, El Paso Times, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS -- Going into Saturday, most experts believed the "Dream Match" between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao would be a mismatch -- a mismatch favoring the much bigger De La Hoya's power.
It indeed ended up being a mismatch. A mismatch that favored Pacquiao's power.
And his speed and his Read Full Story >>> Filipino boxer Pacquiao wins welterweight super-fight
By Agence France Press, Google News, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) ? Manny Pacquiao punished Oscar de la Hoya for eight rounds, his technical knockout triumph over the US superstar underscoring the Filipino icon's status as best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
Pacquiao's speed and precision were too much for De la Hoya, whose left eye Read Full Story >>> MONSTER MANNY
News of the World, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
Hatton next for Pacquiao
Ricky Hatton could take on Manny Pacquiao in an outdoor summer super fight at an English stadium after the Filipino superstar scored a clinica Read Full Story >>> Hatton says he's the next big ticket seller
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS ? IBO lightwelterweight champion Ricky Hatton of Manchester is lining up for an appointment with Manny Pacquiao.
Shortly after Pacquiao demolished Oscar de la Hoya here Saturday night (yesterday morning, Manila), Hatton said now that the Golden Boy is out of the way, he?s the next big t Read Full Story >>> The Pacman packs a punch
By Alastair McIndoe, The Straits Times, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
FILIPINOS are swelling with joyous pride after local boxing hero Manny Pacquiao demolished Mexican-American opponent Oscar De La Hoya in Las Vagas.
It was another stunning victory for the 29-year-old Pacquiao, further cementing his reputation as the world's best pound-for-pound boxer.
Manil Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya is Golden Boy no more
By Tim Smith, Daily News, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS -- Oscar de la Hoya picked on the wrong little man when he chose Manny Pacquiao, a lightweight champion, as his opponent to make a return to the welterweight division after a seven-year absence.
Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) administered the worst beating that the Golden Boy has ever suffered Read Full Story >>> Roach gives champ Xmas, b-day break
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Freddie Roach is giving Manny Pacquiao a couple of months to enjoy the moment.
?You know Christmas is coming up, his birthday party and he?s having a baby soon,? said Roach when asked how soon Pacquiao should start considering going back to the gym for his next fight.
?Six months. Read Full Story >>> Pacman would fight Hatton in England
Yahoo! Sports, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
Manny Pacquiao says he'd be happy to fight Ricky Hatton in England after destroying Oscar De La Hoya in their superfight in Las Vegas.
The Filipino icon defied ring logic by stepping up three weight divisions in eight months to stop the faded 'Golden Boy' after eight rounds of their fight in the Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao TKOs De La Hoya
The Philippine Star, Sun, 07 Dec 2008
Oscar "Golden Boy" De La Hoya stopped his "Dream Match" with Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao at the end of the eighth round of their scheduled 12-round fight.
Pacquiao scored a one-sided TKO over De La Hoya.
A crowd, estimated at 16,000 or less, filled the venue at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Ve Read Full Story >>>
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