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Ring announcer ready to rumble
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Michael Buffer is ?ready to rumble.?
After presiding over Friday?s official weigh-in, the flamboyant ring announcer who has worked some of the biggest fights over the last 25 years talked about his next assignment: P Read Full Story >>>ASEAN countries gather together to watch Pacquiao vs Dela Hoya fight
By PNA, balita-dot-ph, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
MANILA, Dec. 6 ? An event happening for the first time and only in the Philippines, nine ASEAN countries will gather together to watch the most awaited and said to be the ?Dream Match? or ?Fight of the Millennium? of the country?s pride WBC super featherweight champion and Filipino boxing icon Manny Read Full Story >>> Military suspends offensives for Pacquiao-Dela Hoya fight
ABS-CBN News, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
The military will stop its offensives on Sunday to allow soldiers watch the year?s biggest boxing match between their idol Manny Pacquiao and Oscar dela Hoya, an Army spokesman said Saturday.
?Tigil muna siguro ang military offensive pero habang nanonood, mga armalite nasa tabi. Mahirap na, baka Read Full Story >>> World awaits 'The Dream Match'
ABS-CBN News, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
Expect boxing fans from both sides of the Pacific, and even the Atlantic, to keep focus as two of the biggest prizefighters of today slug it out for "The Dream Match" Saturday in Las Vegas (Sunday in Manila).
And if the silence between them during weigh-in Friday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena was Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao: Preview and pick
By Jerry King, Covers.com, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
Question: What do legendary fighters Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales all have in common?
Answer: They all suffered beatings at the hands of Manny "Pac Man" Pacquiao.
A bigger question is, will Manny get the respect beat out of him by an older, future Hall-of-Famer l Read Full Story >>> Former heavyweight contender drops in on Manny Pacquiao
By Robert Cassidy, NewsDay.com, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
Seamus McDonagh, who once went toe-to-toe with Evander Holyfield, dropped in on Manny Pacquiao, Freddie Roach and the Wild Card Gym before team Pacquiao left for Vegas.
McDonagh, who took up acting after his career, was in Hollywood to vote on the annual SAG Awards. Between screenings, he and New Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya ? Manny Pacquiao, 24/7: Episode IV
By Russ Greenspan, RingsideReport.com, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
Fight week begins in Hollywood, California?s Wild Card Gym, and Manny Pacquiao is making final preparations for his impending showdown with Oscar De La Hoya. ?We?re in the top [shape] right now, and in 100% condition Read Full Story >>> Padilla says Oscar to win but Manny could upset
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Retired international referee Carlos (Sonny) Padilla, who made a name for himself as the third man in the ring when Muhammad Ali halted Joe Frazier in the ?Thrilla In Manila? in 1975, said yesterday Oscar de la Hoya will likely stop Manny Pacquiao in their duel (this morning, Manila) bec Read Full Story >>> Degonzaque's Boxing Prediction for Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao
By Matthew Degonzaque, DogHouseBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
This is supposedly "The Dream Match", but even if it is that, it's come much too late. Oscar De La Hoya hasn't been a top fighter in years and at least point is only a part time performer, showing up for cameo's when the money is right. He has only won 3 of his last 6 fights with his wins only comin Read Full Story >>> 'Flag Guy' finds second career on night of fights
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
ike most boxing fans, Tomas Mendoza wanted to get a little closer to the action than in front of his television.
He got a lot closer than he ever imagined.
Mendoza, a 51-year-old from Chicago who owns a construction business, no longer watches from the outside. On fight night, he becomes "The Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya fight a joke
SFGate.com, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
Fantasy Man here. I put down the football stats for a while so I could vent on the "Dream" fight tonight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao. Can I vent?
All you need to know about this spectacle is that when they posed for pictures at Friday's weigh-in, De La Hoya was in his socks and th Read Full Story >>> Jinkee to watch in lockerroom
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao?s wife Jinkee said yesterday she?ll watch the fight against Oscar de la Hoya in the lMGM/Grand Garden lockerroom where a TV is hooked up to the live action.
?No predictions,? said Jinkee who is eight months pregnant and expects to give birth to her fourth child, a girl, Read Full Story >>> I'm backing Oscar De La Hoya to beat Manny Pacquiao
By Derek McGovern, mirror.co.uk, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
THERE are more fights on telly tonight than in an entire episode of Jerry Springer.
With a nod to Amir Khan v Oisin Fagan, the biggest is Oscar De La Hoya v Manny Pacquiao, two men with countless titles between them and even more vowels.
Boxing is dictated by the dollar, just like most things Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya could sue to KO "Sugar" Shane Mosley's '03 victory
New York Daily News, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
Oscar De La Hoya's managers will sit down with him after his fight Saturday night in Las Vegas and discuss whether he should appeal Sugar Shane Mosley's unanimous decision over him in 2003.
De La Hoya lost the decision to Mosley in September 2003, but that was before Mosley told a grand jury in the Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO IN THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
Filipino ring idol and national treasure Manny Pacquiao knows he is in the fight of his life against the bigger, taller ?Golden Boy? Oscar De La Hoya. But the young man who broke away from the bondage of his childhood pove Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO WATCH: Which Oscar will turn up?
By Edwin G. Espejo, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
This corner promised not to do a piece on the December 6 Oscar de la Hoya-Manny Pacquiao Dream Match until the fight is over.
Well, there are promises that are made to be broken. And for all the hypes and hyperboles tha Read Full Story >>> Time to try De La Hoya-Pacquiao on for size
By Robert Morales, Daily News, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS - Manny Pacquiao might be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, but he achieved that status by fighting guys his own size.
However, Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's trainer, seems to have an idea as to how Pacquiao will be able to overcome Oscar De La Hoya's height and reach advantage Read Full Story >>> Yahoo already going Bonkers for Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao!
By Johnny Benz, DogHouseBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
Tonight's fight with Oscar De La Hoya against Manny Pacquiao is Super hot. So hot in fact that the fight has already made the feature story on Yahoo.com. Last night, early this morning, the feature on Yahoo.com was the big fig Read Full Story >>> AT THE WEIGH-IN, OSCAR IS TOO SERIOUS, MANNY IN GOOD MOOD
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
Las Vegas, NV:- They did the weigh-in today and the two main combatants came in different mood. Even the body language was different.
De la Hoya appeared in a very serious mood and sat on a stool surrounded by his boys, Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya's legend on the line
By Associated Press, Seattle Post-Intellegencer, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS -- Oscar De La Hoya might have beaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. had he stayed with his jab and found a way to land a left hook or two. He would have beaten Felix Trinidad if he hadn't decided to run instead of fight in the last few rounds, and he might have gotten the best of Shane Mosley if he Read Full Story >>>
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