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Boxing still has a fighting chance
Los Angeles Times, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Reporting from Las Vegas -- Billy Baxter has won -- and lost -- millions wagering on everything from boxing and billiards to football and poker.
Yet there is one thing the 68-year-old Baxter, a membe Read Full Story >>>Oscar De La Hoya?s legacy now at stake
By Ron Borges, Boston Herald, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS - These days it is difficult to be sure what Oscar De La Hoya is, but one thing is certain, he?s a multi-tasker.
Tomorrow night, De La Hoya will be a fighter, at least for 90 minutes or so. Wednesday, he was a salesman. In between, he?s a promoter, real estate executive, magazine publis Read Full Story >>> 411's Prizefight Preview: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao
By Matt Knowles, 411mania.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Welcome back to the Prizefight Preview! This week, we look ahead to a mega-fight that has the sports world buzzing, as two of the most popular and accomplished fighters in recent history look to add another credential to their respective Hall of Fame applications. In the main event, we have what is Read Full Story >>> Oscar in a verbal bout, too
By Robert Morales, Press Telegram, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
It was Sept.13 and Vernon Forrest had just beaten Sergio Mora to win back his junior middleweight world title at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Juan Manuel Marquez knocked out Joel Casamayor in a lightweight fight on the same card, setting up this comment from Forrest in the post-fight news conference:
Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya Needs a Knockout Win To Sustain Career
By Dave Sholler, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
?There are only two options regarding commitment; you're either in or you're out. There's no such thing as life in-between.? ? Legendary NBA coach Pat Riley
For much of the past few years, Oscar De La Hoya has been living life in-between. Some days, he?s a professional fighter who has built a fru Read Full Story >>> Oscar: Hungry to Win or Just Hungry?
By Laura de la Torre, 411mania.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Oscar's view on how fighters make weight and more specifically on how he's made weight for his upcoming match with number one pound for pound fighter, Manny Pacquiao.
In the final week of the much anticipated match between Oscar de la Hoya and Manny Pacquiao, the "Dream Match" is set for Decembe Read Full Story >>> Oscar seeks revenge for Mexican boxers
By Francis Ochoa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS?Five years after they first caught a significant glimpse of each other, Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya find themselves in the center of a whirlwind; caught in a moment none of them ever dreamed then would happen.
In 2003, boxing?s Golden Boy was promoting a match between Mexican gl Read Full Story >>> 'Dream Match' mania grips Vegas
ABS-CBN News, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
It's the talk of the town in Las Vegas -- the dream fight between superstar boxers Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines and Mexican American Oscar de la Hoya.
Everywhere you turn, there are pictures of the "Golden Boy" and the "Pacman", posters, video walls, a special ring at the lobby of the MGM Gr Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, De La Hoya prep for fight
By Sharief Ali, The Rebel Yell, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
As future boxing hall-of-famers Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao (current pound-for-pound king) get set for their super fight, one thing is undeniable - this is by far the most anticipated and most intriguing fight o Read Full Story >>> Dundee Says Oscar De La Hoya and Ali Are Much Alike
By TK Stewart, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Legendary hall of fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee, who once trained Muhammad Ali, and is helping to advise Oscar De La Hoya for Saturday night's fight against Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, says that he sees many similarities between De La Hoya and Ali.
"Oscar is like Muhammad in the fact that he Read Full Story >>> From the Vault 12.05.08: Pacquiao vs. Morales II
By Jonathan Yaghoubi, 411mania.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
With Manny Pacquiao scheduled for his huge Super PPV battle against Oscar De La Hoya on Saturday, I have decided to take a look back at one of Manny's greatest victories to date. It was on January 21, 2006 in Las Vegas as it was a rematch to their classic first encounter which saw Eric Morales take Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya not taking this fight lightly
By Doug Krikorian, Press Telegram, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS - On Saturday evening at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Oscar De La Hoya is set to exploit his gate attraction aura once again, as he has matched himself against a fellow, Manny Pacquiao, who started his professional boxing career in 1995 weighing 106 pounds.
There are those skeptics - and Read Full Story >>> Mom to Pacquiao: ?Pray doubly hard?
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The mother of world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao asked that he "pray doubly hard" as his bout with Oscar de la Hoya draws near.
Dionisia Pacquiao admitted that she was increasingly becoming anxious with two more days left before the actual fight between her son and De la Ho Read Full Story >>> Marquez to follow Pacman even in hell
By Francis Ochoa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Las Vegas?Juan Manuel Marquez doesn?t care if Manny Pacquiao goes to hell and back. The former super featherweight champion of the world will follow the Filipino boxing sensation anywhere?and through any weight level?to get the one thing he has always been chasing after: A third fight against Pacqui Read Full Story >>> The Calm Before The Storm
By Greg R. Penilla, M.D., PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Relax! Of all people, the only one who seems to be so unruffled and serene is the person who will be in the center of an explosive fight come Saturday night. Oscar DeLa Hoya is nervous; you can see it in his eyes. His handler Read Full Story >>> WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Las Vegas, NV:- While hanging out late last night at the Mandalay Bay Casino with the rest of the PhilBoxing crew, we saw Franklin Gacal, Pacquiao's lawyer, walked by with two gentlemen. When we were introduced to them, Read Full Story >>> WAS PACMAN'S BROD DELIBERATELY LEFT OUT?
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Was there a deliberate effort to replace Rogel Pacquiao at the dais at yesterday's final press conference, to allow a "very popular personage from the Philippines" to be seated in lieu of the president of MP Promotions?
The younger Pacquiao, whose name was part of the group that was supposed to Read Full Story >>> ARUM ON CHAVIT: "HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE!"
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS--There was some few tense moments here yesterday at the final press conference of the De la Hoya-Pacquiao fight after co-promoter Bob Arum mispronounced the name of Ilocos Sur ex-governor Chavit Singson.
Arum, apparen Read Full Story >>> Philippines, Are you ready to Rumble?
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, 8countnews, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
We?ve waited for this for so long. The days, weeks, months, years, perhaps even lifetimes we all have waited for as a nation have finally wound down into mere hours. Yes, it?s been that long. Some people may perceive it to be just another big boxing event. Others may even say it?s a scam. Not to us. Read Full Story >>> CAN DE LA HOYA'S EGO SURVIVE A LOSS TO MANNY PACQUIAO?
By Elisa Harrison, braggingrightscorner.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
If publicists, high profile trainers/advisors, cheerleading relatives and sponsors decided this fight, Manny Pacquiao wouldn't even have to climb into the squared circle; the victory would go to part-time fighter, full-time capitalist Oscar de la Hoya hands down. However, boxing doesn't work that wa Read Full Story >>>
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