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Hurtman Hatton: Floored by flood of commercial offers
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Tue, 05 May 2009
If he?s like Yogi Bear, if he is indeed smarter than the average bear, Ricky Hatton will have fought his final pro boxing round.
The massively popular Englishman?s battle plan for Manny Pacquiao reminded me of the true stories and accounts of the ragtag Polish Army trying to fight off Russian tan Read Full Story >>>BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR; THE PRETTY BOY RETUNS
By Sean Malone, FightHype.com, Tue, 05 May 2009
You knew it wouldn't last, but Saturday afternoon, he made it official. At a press conference in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced he was coming out of retirement and will face lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez on July 18 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
"When I made Read Full Story >>> Palace prepares National Day of Celebration for Pacman
PIA Information Service, Tue, 05 May 2009
Manila (5 May) -- A victory parade awaits Pacman when he comes home on Friday.
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Lorelei Fajardo announced that the Office of the President's Appointments Office is arranging the details of the festive homecoming and the courtesy call of Manny Pacquiao to the Presid Read Full Story >>> Probe on singing of national anthem sought
By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 05 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines -- How should singers in boxing champion Manny Pacquiao?s next fight or anybody singing the national anthem in public belt it out? A lawmaker wants to know.
Following criticisms that balladeer Martin Nievera did not make a correct rendition of ?Lupang Hinirang? during Pacquiao Read Full Story >>> Edwin Valero Rules Out A Fight With Breidis Prescott
By Ricardo Lois, The Boxing Truth, Tue, 05 May 2009
In a Spanish language report today Venezuelan lightweight Edwin Valero stated that while he will begin training soon for his next fight, a fight with Breidis Prescott is out of the question.
According to Leonardo Duque Rivera, Spanish language boxing scribe, Valero will train in his homeland of V Read Full Story >>> A balm on our wounded pride
By Butch del Castillo, Business Mirror, Tue, 05 May 2009
The sensational victory of ?Pacman? Pacquiao over ?Hitman? Hatton on Sunday was exactly what Filipinos everywhere in the globe needed to prop up their sagging national pride and self-esteem.
It came at a time when we were feeling generally ?low? for being nationals of a country listed high on the Read Full Story >>> The Power behind the Pacman
By Jasper Hernandez, EastSideBoxing.com, Tue, 05 May 2009
Dubai, UAE --- On Sunday morning, the Philippines? Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2) delivered yet again an emphatic victory to take the IBO & Ring Magazine light welterweight crown from Britain?s Ricky Hatton (45-2). Although a 2-1 favorite, Pacman still shocked the boxing pundits by producing a scintillatin Read Full Story >>> Team Pacquiao deserves praise, says sports scribe
ABS-CBN News, Tue, 05 May 2009
Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao may be the world's top pound-for-pound fighter today but he didn't get there without help.
According to veteran sports analyst Ronnie Nathanielsz, Pacquiao's continued improvement inside the ring is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the Pinoy Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao should stick to boxing, business leaders say
GMA News Online, Tue, 05 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao, the world?s top boxer, will best serve the Philippines ?by staying on his pedestal," business leaders told GMANews.TV.
This was the general sentiment expressed by leaders belonging to the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).
If it is going Read Full Story >>> Join peace panel, not Congress, Pacquiao told
By Maila Ager, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 05 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines ? Instead of running for Congress, boxing champion Manny Pacquiao can better serve the country as an adviser to government peace negotiators with Moro rebels, Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said.
?I suggest that the goodwill that Manny Pacquiao has struck in our people hearts a Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao party likely to get Comelec nod, poll exec says
GMA News Online, Tue, 05 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines - The People's Champ Movement (PCM), the political party of boxing icon Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao, will likely be recognized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
"Kumpleto naman 'yong mga dokumento, mga ebidensiya kaya wala naman kaming nakikitang mali [The documents and Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao wont take on Amir Khan
This is London, Tue, 05 May 2009
Manny Pacquiao will be ringside when Amir Khan bids for a world title next month but the world's best boxer is unlikely to ever fight Britain's former Olympic star, writes David Smith.
Freddie Roach, who trains both men, today revealed Khan went into Pacquiao's dressing room to wish the Filipino Read Full Story >>> Wolverine vs. Pacman
By James Soriano, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 05 May 2009
Unlike everyone else, ?The Battle of the East? and West was not the big thing that I was looking forward to this weekend. In fact, I was never truly excited for this fight ? I was simply not caught up in the hype surrounding the latest and biggest fight in Pacquiao?s already-storied life and career. Read Full Story >>> Hatton says devastated by knock-out
By Reuters, Google News, Tue, 05 May 2009
LONDON (AFP) ? Ricky Hatton said in an interview Monday that he was "devastated" by his knock-out defeat to Manny Pacquiao at the weekend, but had yet to decide whether to make that fight his last.
Hatton told Sky Sports News that he had not anticipated the Filipino's knock-out punch, which left Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather: The Empire Strikes Back
By Dave "Large" Larzelere, SportingNews.com, Tue, 05 May 2009
Sports needs bad guys. What are ?sports? anyway other than grand entertainment, and what is entertainment (in the U.S. anyway) besides a multi-media comic book documenting the ongoing cosmic struggle between good and evil? Who was the French film director who said that, ?once a Hollywood budget gets Read Full Story >>> And Now, Pacquiao vs. Mayweather?
By Gordon Marino, The Wall Street Journal, Tue, 05 May 2009
Ordinarily fans moan about a big buildup to a fight followed by a quick knockout. Yet no one was complaining on Saturday night about Manny "Pac Man" Pacquiao's second-round stoppage of Ricky "The Hit Man" Hatton.
Boxing enthusiasts appreciate the fact that, in Manny Pacquiao, a fistic supernova h Read Full Story >>> MPD starts preparations for hero's welcome for Pacquiao
GMA News Online, Tue, 05 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines - This early, the Manila Police District (MPD) has started preparations for a hero's welcome for Filipino boxing champ Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao.
Radio dzBB's Carlo Mateo reported Tuesday the MPD is coordinating with "Team Pacquiao" handlers to make sure no untoward incident w Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather: He IS A Great Manager
By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science, Tue, 05 May 2009
Well he did it, that's right Floyd "I Won't Fight In My Division" Mayweather Jr. provided his own version of "Shock and Awe" before the Pacquiao-Hatton fight. In a press-conference the afternoon of the fight, Mayweather Jr. 39-0 (25 KOs) announced that he's coming out of retirement and will be fight Read Full Story >>> There's still only one Ricky Hatton
Bad Left Hook, Tue, 05 May 2009
Ricky Hatton was dropped on a right hook. Moments later, a left hand put him back on the canvas. The worst was still to come when in the second round, his raging opponent, Manny Pacquiao, hit him with one of the greatest knockout shots in big fight history, a perfectly timed, thrown and placed left Read Full Story >>> RICKY BATTERED... ON GUINESS!
By Richard Sandomir, Daily Star (UK), Tue, 05 May 2009
RICKY Hatton got battered for the second time in two days after going on a monster booze bender in Las Vegas.
The Hitman necked pint after pint of Guinness to drown his sorrows after being knocked out by Manny Pacquiao in Saturday?s world title fight.
He also had something else to ease the pai Read Full Story >>>
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