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Another superfight candidate
By Blair Wood, WalesOnline.co.uk, Sun, 31 Aug 2008
THE battle for fight of the year has now moved into a three-horse race after Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao put pen to paper on a December superfight.
The duo will meet in a 12-round, non-title match-up contested at the 147-pound welterweight limit. And, while Pacquiao has claimed it will be Read Full Story >>>?Real Boxing Writers? Prove To Have Pathetic Line Of Questioning For Oscar De La Hoya
By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Sun, 31 Aug 2008
Lies, lies, and more lies.
The announcement of my exit from Boxing Confidential was incorrect by the one and only White Gorilla. You could say his news was premature like... you could imagine how that sentence was supposed to end.
I did consider walking away from my gig here at Boxing Confide Read Full Story >>> For The Love of Money: De La Hoya Vs. Pacquiao
By Eric Gomez, BleacherReport.com, Sun, 31 Aug 2008
It will sell out the MGM Grand arena in Las Vegas. It will be watched by millions of boxing fans around the world and generate an incredible amount of money. It will cement Oscar de la Hoya's reputation as equal part marketing genius and equal part boxing legend.
It will be a messy, sluggish flop Read Full Story >>> The Lord Of the Ring
By JB R. Deveza, Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro, Sun, 31 Aug 2008
I CAN not begrudge Manny Pacquiao for wanting to fight Oscar de la Hoya, the Golden Boy of boxing. But for the life of me, I cannot understand why a great fighter like de la Hoya would choose to take the easy way out and fight Manny for his swan song.
For Manny, well as they say the man?s got t Read Full Story >>> 'BOOM-BOOM', NIETES STOP FOES!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
CEBU CITY--Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista proved he still belongs to the elite group after he anihilated Mexican warrior Eden "Anestecista" Marquez in the second round of a scheduled 12-rounder last night at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel to retain his WBO Intercontinental superbantam title.
In the co Read Full Story >>> BAUTISTA, NIETES, PAGARA IN IMPRESSIVE KNOCKOUT WINS
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
Cebu City -- Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista is back on track after he impressively demoslished his Mexican rival KO artist Eden Marquez in the 2nd round before a delighted packed audience at the Grand Ballroom of the Waterfront Read Full Story >>> 'NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS' TO BE SHOWN ON ABS-CBN
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
Cebu City -- The two main events of 'Night of Champions' boxing show featuring WBO Intercontinental champion Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista versus Eden 'Anecitesta' Marquez of Mexico and WBO minifly champion Donnie Nietes versus Eddy Castro of Nicaragua which is now in progress at the Waterfront Hotel & Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO WATCH: Manny got what he wished
By Edwin G. Espejo, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
THERE must be something sweeter in the candy bowl that prompted World Boxing Council lightweight king Manny Pacquiao to dip his hands into it.
Everybody in Team Pacquiao, including Manny himself, is zipping their mouth shut.
But und Read Full Story >>> This little and large freak show makes me feel queasy
By Barry McGuigan, mirror.co.uk, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
There is something about the December showdown between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao that sits uneasily with me.
I'm all for novelty, but it is a bit rich for De La Hoya to line up against an opponent who is essentially three weight divisions below him.
Antonio Margarito, Paul Williams Read Full Story >>> From Olympic fatigue to Pacquiao mania
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
No contest and no need to dig into prizefight records, either.
Manny Pacquiao on Friday scored his biggest, quickest off-ring knockout when he formally agreed to fight the fight of the decade against a bigger, richer, glossier Oscar de la Hoya.
So what if it has the makings of a mismatch, in f Read Full Story >>> DE LA HOYA-PACQUIAO: FIGHT OF THE AGES?
By Hermie Rivera, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
The heading is apt I guess owing to the disparity in their ages.
Before I bare what I know of the Oscar de la Hoya--Manny Pacquiao brawl, allow me to extend kudos to those who made the December 6 ring date an intrigu Read Full Story >>> BALUARTE RETAINS TITLE IN CDO (PHOTOS)
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
Left to right: Mis-Or governor Oscar Moreno, Smart Sports' Patrick Gregorio, WBO Youth Junior Welter champ Eusebio Baluarte, Jr. Referee Reynaldo Galarpe, promoter Leonil Lazarito and Indonesian Heri Andriyanto. Partly h Read Full Story >>> STATUE OF LIBERTY - SITE FOR PACQUIAO-DE LA HOYA LAUNCH
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, his flair for promotional hype almost legendary, says the historic battle between Filipino ring idol and national treasure Manny Pacquiao and "The Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya will be launched at the Statute Read Full Story >>> TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT: CHAMPIONS AHEAD IN ONLINE POLL
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
At exactly six in the afternoon today, the boxing ring at the Cebu City Waterfront Hotel & Casino will come alive as mitts hit flesh with the opening round of this month's biggest Cebu City boxing promotion, ?WBO Night of Ch Read Full Story >>> Bautista, Nietes defend crowns tonight
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
TWO of ALA Gym?s champions, World Boxing Organization Intercontinental super bantamweight champion Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista and WBO mini flyweight king Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes will step in the ring and defend their coveted crowns tonight, in the ?Night of Champions? boxing extravaganza at the Waterfron Read Full Story >>> DE LA HOYA VS. PACQUIAO ANNOUNCEMENT CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
 
August 28, 2008, 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 p.m. PT
Kelly Swanson: Thank you, everybody, for joining us today with what is a great, major announcement for boxing and at th Read Full Story >>> BILLION-PESO MAN
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
When Manny Pacquiao fights the legendary Oscar De La Hoya on December 6 in Las Vegas, the boxing icon will have surpassed a threshold that lives only in the dreams of nearly every Filipino: He becomes the first Filipino athlete to earn more than a billion pesos from his sport.
Other than perhaps Read Full Story >>> Boom Boom?s redemption job isn?t finished
By Bill Velasco, The Philippine Star, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
It?s been a year since Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista started on the long road to recovery of his pride since being flattened in one round by the dangerous Daniel Ponce de Leon in the World Cup of Boxing. On that card, Filipinos had swept the previous five fights, until Bautista was stunned by Ponce de Le Read Full Story >>> Staying true to the script
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
I RECKON the script for Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista?s much awaited ascension to the pinnacle of Philippine pro boxing may not allow for any further revisions.
The stunning loss to Daniel Ponce de Leon actually added a intriguing twist to this unfolding saga, but whether or not Bautista can transce Read Full Story >>> Longest training for Pacquiao?s ?greatest fight?
By Marc Anthony Reyes, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
MANILA, Philippines?Manny Pacquiao calls it the ?biggest fight of my life.? And because it is such, it will entail the longest preparation by the Filipino ring icon.
Pacquiao will fly to his trainer Freddie Roach?s Wild Card gym in Los Angeles on Sept. 12 to kick off a 10-week training program fo Read Full Story >>>
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