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Amateur boxing starts 2009 season with a bang
By Lily O. Ramos, PIA Information Service, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
MANILA, Jan. 5 (PNA) -- The new officials of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) has promised to kick off the 2009 season with a bang by conducting championships and participating in international tournaments to hone up the skills and natural talent of Filipino boxers.
They h Read Full Story >>>?Fighting Words? ? Dropping the (Crystal) Ball on 2009
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
Carnac was a hack.
Miss Cleo? A zero.
Forget those seers. I?ll make you a believer.
Like Mark McGwire, I?m not here to talk about the past. There?s no more need to ponder 2008 now that 2009 is under way. Why reminisce when one can predict?
The ball has dropped on the new year. Let us pee Read Full Story >>> Is Manny Pacquiao the Fighter of the Decade?
By Robert Cassidy, NewsDay.com, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
Yes, I know the decade is not over yet. But it's getting close. And has anyone accomplished as much in this decade as the Filipino Fury? After defeating Juan Manuel Marquez, David Diaz and Oscar De La Hoya, Read Full Story >>> CONDITIONING GURU SAYS PACQUIAO FACES A MORE PHYSICAL FIGHT WITH HATTON
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao?s conditioning guru Alex Ariza predicts Pacquiao will face a more physical fight with Ricky ?The Hitman? Hatton than he did with Oscar De La Hoya at the MGM Grand last December 6.
Ariza tol Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Hatton Boxing Match: Two Fights for the Price of One
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
The Pacquiao-Hatton boxing match-up has started getting media attention as the two popular boxers have virtually agreed to fight on May 2, 2009, with their respective boxing trainers throwing jabs at each other to defend their wards.
The Pacquiao-Hatton match-up has been set for May 2, 2009 most Read Full Story >>> Davaoe?a rapper teams up with Pacquiao for anti-drug campaign
Mindanao Times, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
DAVAOE?A rapper Angel Josol, a.k.a. Angel01, is teaming up with boxing champ Manny Pacquaio for an anti-illegal drug drive.
Angel01 , the People?s Choice for Best Hip-Hop Artist in Muzika del Sur?s Mindanao Music Awards (MDS-MMA) 2008, is flying to Manila today to meet with officials of the Phil Read Full Story >>> Fan Talk Pacquiao- Hatton
By Albert Alvarez, Diamond Boxing, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
With the Pacquiao ? Hatton mega fight about to become official, fans off both sides have started predicting the bout and voicing their opinions. One after another the feedback comes in many for Pacquiao some for Hatton one thing they all have in common is they want Mayweather next. Here are some of Read Full Story >>> WHY PACQUIAO VS HATTON WILL NOT SUCK
By Brad Cooney, 8countnews, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
I don't know about you, but I for one am getting tired of boxing's so called ?Dream Matches.? Let's take a look at the so called mega fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. This fight was hyped up like no other, the big press tours, the big press releases, the big smack talking, the Read Full Story >>> Transforming power of Pacmania
By Granville Ampong, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Through the pages of the news prints and through the lips of self-glorified prophets of boxing, praise-building phrases swarm like bees around a cider mill.
All these happen just since cur Read Full Story >>> Boxing a boon for state in '08
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
Boxing again provided a financial bonanza for Nevada in 2008, starting with three big bouts in the first four months and ending with the highly anticipated Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao megafight.
The sport generated $4.1 million for state coffers in 2008. That was down slightly from $4.2 milli Read Full Story >>> Concepcion ready for WBC Int?l title bid
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
MANILA, Philippines?Torrid, toe-to-toe action which Filipino fight fans missed in last month?s Dream Match in Las Vegas could be enjoyed when hard-hitting Filipino Bernabe Concepcion fights for the vacant WBC International featherweight crown at the Araneta Coliseum on Sunday.
Aljoe Jaro, Concepc Read Full Story >>> Boxing body shopping for sponsors for national team
By Joel Orellana, Business Mirror, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
THE Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (Abap) is hoping to tap potential sponsors for its national team when it holds a boxing conference on January 22 in Bacolod City.
Abap secretary-general Patrick Gregorio said the association has invited potential sponsors and stakeholders in the c Read Full Story >>> Juan Manuel Marquez-Juan Diaz - Who Wins And How?
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
A potentially sensational lightweight bout takes place on February 28th in Houston, Texas - the hometown of one of the fighters involved in the match-up. Local man Juan Diaz will face Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez and much will be on the line for both men. For the younger man in Diaz - a mere 25 Read Full Story >>> Hatton can stop Pacquiao, says Mayweather Sr.
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
If every top Mexican fighter can?t stop Manny Pacquiao, somebody from England will teach them how.
"I believe that Ricky Hatton can stop Manny Pacquiao," Hatton?s trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. told the Bulletin yesterday from Las Vegas in relation to the May 2 battle between the Filipino pound-for Read Full Story >>> Hatton?s corner throws first verbal jab
By Cedelf Tupas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
MANILA, Philippines?Floyd Mayweather Sr. fired the first warning shot at Filipino hero Manny Pacquiao, who is set to take on his ward, Ricky Hatton, in a mega-buck light welterweight showdown on May 2 in Las Vegas.
The smooth-talking veteran trainer expressed confidence that Hatton will beat Pacq Read Full Story >>> Pac-Man- Manny Pacquiao, Freddie Roach to get their due
By George Kimball, Boston Herald, Sun, 04 Jan 2009
The ballots haven?t even gone out yet, but two of the year?s major boxing awards appear to be foregone conclusions. Manny Pacquiao, who capped a year in which he won three significant fights at three different weights with a one-sided evisceration of Oscar De La Hoya four weeks ago, looms the hands- Read Full Story >>> GANOY WANTS TO FIGHT DIAZ IN BIG ARANETA CARD
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 04 Jan 2009
Ranee Ganoy.
Hard-hitting Sydney-based Filipino lightweight Ranee Ganoy wants to fight former WBC champion David Diaz in the big card being put together by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum at the Araneta Coliseum on March 15.
Read Full Story >>> DIB CAN?T ACCEPT FARENAS FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 04 Jan 2009
Billy Dib.
WBO featherweight title challenger Billy Dib, who dropped a unanimous decision to champion Steven Luevano in Atlantic City last October 18, can?t accept an offer to fight the Philippines No. 1 featherweight Read Full Story >>> NISHIOKA RETAINS WBC TITLE, KOBORI LOSES WBA CROWN
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 04 Jan 2009
WBC super bantamweight champion Yoshiaki Nishioka has retained his title with a 12th round stoppage of Mexico?s Genaro Garcia in a world title double-header at Pacifico in Yokohama.
The Japan Times reported that Nishioka ?landed his left with precision? dropping the Mexican challenger in the four Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao v. Hatton - The Trainers Will Start The Fight Early
By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 04 Jan 2009
The May 2 mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton is nearly finalized, but the verbal battle will not play out between the fighters. The trainers, Floyd Mayweather Sr. and Freddie Roach, have been feuding verbally for nearly two years. The Pacquiao-Hatton clash will provide some serious b Read Full Story >>>
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