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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 >>> Pacquiao Diet Contest winners yield few clues you can use to lose weight By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Sun, 04 Jan 2009 As you contemplate that perfectly reasonable New Year?s resolution to lose 30 pounds in 2009, you would be crazy to ask boxing people how to do it. Even Manny Pacquiao, who upset the larger Oscar De La Hoya last month, has only confused issues of weight management in boxing.
First, that fight was Read Full Story >>> Fighter of the Year for 2008? Manny Pacquiao or Joe Calzaghe? By Chris Strait, DogHouseBoxing.com, Sun, 04 Jan 2009 I pointed out earlier how Joe Calzaghe was the clear pound for pound king over Manny Pacquiao. However, after his dominance over De La Hoya, a man who had never been dominated, I think Manny has just case to topple Calzaghe in the p4p rankings. But fighter of the year? That may be another matter. Le Read Full Story >>> A three-for-all for Pacquiao Press Telegram, Sun, 04 Jan 2009 Boxing, with all its nuances, is such a subjective sport that it is often difficult to come up with a feasible list of year-end accolades.
But 2008 was a special year, and there are several individuals out there whose praises we feel the need to sing:
Fighter of the Year: Many years there are Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao?s demolition of Hoya startled Hatton By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sun, 04 Jan 2009 Ricky Hatton was among the many in attendance at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas who was shocked with the way Manny Pacquiao easily took the sting out of Oscar De La Hoya.
The Guardian, the widely-read British newspaper, sent somebody to cover the fight and the first thing that apparently came out of Read Full Story >>> An Open Letter to Oscar De La Hoya & Genaro Hernandez By Antonio Santiago, RingsideReport.com, Sun, 04 Jan 2009 On September 9, 1995, the world of boxing stopped as it put its collective eyes over a ring erected at the legendary Caesar?s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. That night, the highly awaited fight between fellow Los Angelino boxing stars and Champions, Oscar De La Hoya and Genaro Hernandez, was taking pl Read Full Story >>> Like Many Others, Oscar Was Dead at the Lower-Weight By Brent Matteo Alderson, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 04 Jan 2009

Not to diminish Manny Pacquiao?s accomplishment, he?s a first ballot hall-of-famer and the kind of fighter that would have been great in any era, but Oscar De La Hoya was dead at the weight. Like the vast majority of observers, Osca Read Full Story >>> Pancho Villa, Elorde, Pacquiao - greatest Pinoy boxers of all time (Last of 2 parts) By Rudy Fernandez, The Philippine Star, Sun, 04 Jan 2009 Almost half a century later, another boxing great, Gabriel Elorde, who was later to be exalted as ?Flash Elorde,? dominated his weight division (flyweight) in the boxing world.
Like Pancho Villa, he was a poor boy who left his town (Bago, Cebu) to seek his fortune in Cebu City at age 10.
At th Read Full Story >>> The Savage Science of Streetfighting By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 04 Jan 2009 LET me begin the year by featuring a wonderful book intended as a gift by one of your fellow Last Rounders, Mr. John Pope.
It?s entitled ?The Savage Science of Streetfighting: Applying the Lessons of Championship Boxing to Serious Street Survival? by Ned Beaumont (Paladin Press, 2001).
Off the Read Full Story >>> Hitman Hatton Can't Hurt What He Can't Catch By Rota Em, Diamond Boxing, Sat, 03 Jan 2009 2009 needs to be a year in which boxing is revived. I disagree with Joe Calzaghe, the sport isn't dying but on the other hand it isn't living in luxury either. We'll leave it at hungry, not yet starving. One fight that can help to rejuvenate the sweet science is the "Hitman" going against the "Pacma Read Full Story >>> Forget Margarito, Cotto, Pacquiao Knows Difference Between Fearless And Foolish! By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 03 Jan 2009 Nice try, provocateur Ricardo Lois. You?re trying to find a match to light the flame in a public lamp.
Even Stevie Wonder can see your conduct and we all know your motive.
You want to see your former idol, Miguel Cotto, clock Manny Pacquiao so you seize on Cotto?s offhand comments that he migh Read Full Story >>> Silva, Pacquiao fighters of year By Dave Sholler, Caller.com, Sat, 03 Jan 2009 As we ring in the New Year, it?s time to hand out our Fighter of the Year awards in both MMA and boxing. With 2009 upon us, let?s take a look back at which stars shined brightest in 2008.
n Mixed Martial Artist of the Year ? Anderson Silva
One of the most dominant champions in UFC history, Sil Read Full Story >>> The Big 9 in 2009 By Carlo Pamintuan, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 03 Jan 2009
 
2008 was a great year for Philippine boxing, which was bannered by Manny Pacquiao?s three big wins in three different divisions.
Three Filipino worl Read Full Story >>> Cebu Boxing Year-ender By Rico Navarro, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 03 Jan 2009

Cebu Boxing?s 2008 performance has brought in a few surprises in what has been a learning and growing experience for all.
Although he?s not a product of Cebu Boxing, the year started and ended with Manny Pacquiao. Without t Read Full Story >>>
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