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Pacquiao Fans Nip Hattonites But Klitschkos, Mexicans, Kessler Bands Get Mention!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
On Oscar Night, which is always in April and will certainly never be Dec. 6, the winners always tick off the names of those who helped make the capture of the nifty statuette possible.
Producers, directors, financiers, mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, mistresses?they all get a quick mention.
Read Full Story >>>Vic Darchinyan - Jorge Arce - 2009's First Great Fight?
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
There are a number of potentially thrilling fights already well on the way to being made for 2009. With Ricky Hatton-Manny Pacquiao all but a done deal and Vitali Klitschko-David Haye also scheduled, along with other mouth-watering bouts such as Antonio Margarito-Miguel Cotto II and Juan Manuel Marq Read Full Story >>> There Are A Number Of Candidates For 2008's F.O.T.Y - But Picking The Year's #1 Master Class Is Easy!
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
Right about now, fans will be reading various people's choices for 2008's best of the year, boxing-wise. You know the stuff - this or that writer, or this or that publication, gives his or her, or its opinion of what made the boxing world tick, and what its loudest and brightest moments were over th Read Full Story >>> Vote: Who makes the All-SportsNation Team?
ESPN.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
Which five athletes, who demonstrated athletic excellence in 2008, should make up the All-SportsNation Team?
Sure, All-Pro or All-America selections are nice, but those are mere appetizers when compared to the honor of the All-SportsNation Team. Unlike a simple acknowledgment that an athlete is m Read Full Story >>> Top 10 stories of the year
By Rey C. Lachica, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
Manny Pacquiao ended 2008 on a high note, pounding boxing legend Oscar De la Hoya to submission in what turned out to be the upset of the century.
Pacquiao, arguably the greatest Filipino athlete, won two other high-profile bouts before taking on the Golden Boy in Las Vegas.
His three victorie Read Full Story >>> ESPN CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
When we first learned about the ESPN Star Sports ?Champion of Champions? internet online poll and voted, it became obvious to us that in the end with the huge advantage in population the great Indian cricketer Sach Read Full Story >>> Manny Is The New Floyd
By Dan Horgan, The Sweet Science, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
As former pound-for-pound kingpin and four-division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. leisurely spends the tens of millions of dollars he made in his 11-year fight career that ended when he retire Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE PICKS PENALOSA TO TRAIN HIM
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
IBF/IBO flyweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire has picked reigning WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Penalosa to train him for his planned March title fight against WBO super flyweight champion Fernando Montie Read Full Story >>> Why Manny Pacquiao is adored in the Philippines
By Robert Cassidy, NewsDay.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
Manny Pacquiao returned to the Philippines a conquering hero. If at all possible, his popularity has risen higher since providing Oscar De La Hoya with a painfull boxing lesson.
They say that Manila grinds to a halt whenever Manny Pacquiao fights. It's hard for us to comprehend such an idea. The Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao Vs Ricky Hatton: What can the British Superstar do to overcome the Filipino Sensation?
By Andrew Seidman, RingsideReport.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
After a stunning victory Manny Pacquiao recently had over Oscar De La Hoya, he has become the number one guy in boxing. Manny Pacquiao was able to make an obvious size mismatch look like a daily sparring session at the local boxing gym. Many enthusiasts and fans will talk about weight issues, traine Read Full Story >>> JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ VS. JUAN DIAZ SET FOR FEBRUARY 28TH EDITION OF HBO'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
 
LOS ANGELES, December 22 - In 2008, Mexican icon Juan Manuel Marquez solidified his place among boxing's elite and became Mexico's number one fighter by knocking Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Hosts Post-Christmas/Post-Birthday Victory Celebration
PRWeb.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
Boxer Manny Pacquiao is hosting a Post-Christmas/Post Birthday Victory Celebration at J Lounge in downtown Los Angeles, on Friday, December 26th starting at 9pm. The proceeds from the event will go to benefit the Blue Diamond Foundation, which was founded to assist people who need access to medical Read Full Story >>> Nation's rejuvenation
SkySports.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
There's been one theme running throughout the year our boxing over the last 12 months... rejuvenation.
There we all were - or at least I was - 12 months ago fretting that it might be a bad year for the British fight game. Ricky Hatton appeared to be coming to the end of the road, ditto Joe Calzag Read Full Story >>> Don't Laugh, But If George Foreman Came Back Now, Could He Beat Valuev!?
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
There's absolutely no chance of it happening, but for last Saturday's awful fight that was only surpassed in the awful stakes by its decision, this writer would never bring it up - but could "Big" George Foreman, all 59 years of him, come back now and be able to beat Russian behemoth Nikolay Valuev? Read Full Story >>> ?Marvelous Pacquiao? makes pro debut
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines?He looks every inch a young college student, which he is.
Quiet and clear-eyed, he gleams in a gold-hued basketball jacket at the head table, beside RP featherweight sensation Mike Fare?as, who?s fighting in the main event on Saturday.
The boy appears more like a big victim Read Full Story >>> MAN OF THE YEAR
By Ding T. Marcelo, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
You must wonder what Philippine sports would be like for 2008 if there were no Manny Pacquiao.
In a performance defying the direst prognosis, the guy has not only shamed pessimists and so-called experts, he has done so with panache.
We are talking, of course, of our fighter?s last great fight. Read Full Story >>> The 2008 K9's - Part I
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
Another year has come and gone in the sport of boxing. As always, it was an eventful stretch. And in what was an election year, all the precincts have reported and the votes are tabulated, so it's time to shine a light on the best (and Read Full Story >>> Sergeant Pacquiao gets Legion of Honor
By James Mananghaya, The Philippine Star, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
Sgt. Pacquiao (C).
For bringing honor to the country in the field of sports, Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao was among yesterday?s top awardees during the 73rd anniversary celebration of the Armed Forces of the Philippi Read Full Story >>> LAPUT WINS WBO INTERCON TITLE
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
Mindanao fighter Ramie Laput outboxed a game Donriel Marcos to win the vacant WBO Intercontinental superbantam title Sunday night in Digos City.
Laput moved well all throughout, and a pricking left jab and righ Read Full Story >>> THE PRICE OF PAIN
By Jim Amato, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 23 Dec 2008
In many sports a participant is subject to pain. It goes with the territory. The nature of the beast so to speak. To me there can be no greater obvious damage to a participant than in boxing.
If you are a boxer and happen to be Read Full Story >>>
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