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Pacquiao?s victory is cause for celebration
By Patrick Reusse, StarTribune.com, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
The De La Hoya-Pacquiao bout meant an opportunity for food and fellowship for local Filipinos
Boxing still breathes in this country only because of the involvement of the major pay cable networks Read Full Story >>>Not-so-dull heavyweight champ Klitschko displays firepower to stop Rahman
By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
Wladimir Klitschko looked like Lennox Lewis as he overwhelmed former champion Hasim Rahman to stop him in Round 7 of their IBF and WBO heavyweight title bout Saturday in Mannheim, Germany.
No, wait: He looked like Larry Holmes. George Foreman. Sonny Liston.
Of course, Rahman looked like Sonny Read Full Story >>> Promising Gensan pug eyes crown
By Edwin G. Espejo, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
Jether Oliva.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? World title prospect Jether Oliva will again showcase his punching prowess when he goes up against Rodel Tejares for the Mindanao Philippine Boxing Federation light flyweight crown Read Full Story >>> Saddest sight: champions beaten up
By Robert Rubino, pressdemocrat.com, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
Manny Pacquiao beat up Oscar De La Hoya last Saturday night in Las Vegas, and it?s always sad when an all-time great fighter not only loses but gets beaten up. Not knocked out. Getting knocked out would, in a strange but honest way, be nobler than just getting beat up.
Looking at the pictures of Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya may have an out, but he still should retire
By John Whisler, San Antonio Express, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
The image is a powerful one: a once magnificent champion, slumped on his stool, beaten and bewildered, his left eye swollen shut, his expression a perfect picture of a fighter who knows the end has come.
The only question is, will it be the final image we have of Oscar De La Hoya, the fighter?
Read Full Story >>> TANAMOR IN WORLD CUP FINALS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
Veteran Olympian Harry Tanamor has made up for his dissppointing performance in the Beijing Olympic Games by putting on an impressive performance to enter the finals of tnghe highly competitive World Cup of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) in Moscow.
With eight of the top figh Read Full Story >>> RICKY HATTON'S LONDON CHOKER
?20million mega-fight with Pacquiao looks set for Las Vegas
By Steve Lillis, News of the World, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
RICKY HATTON?S dreams of facing the world?s No.1 pound-for-pound fighter Manny Pacquiao at Wembley Stadium next year appear to have been shattered.
The fight now looks certain to be staged next May in Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao is unique, says Christodoulou
By David Isaacson, Times Online, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
De La Hoya?s conqueror makes fools of pundits
Manny Pacquiao versus Oscar De La Hoya was supposed to be a mismatch. It was ? but the other way round.
The Filipino stepped up two weight divisions to smash De La Hoya, the golden boy of boxing, in a one-sided welterweight bout in Las Vegas on Sat Read Full Story >>> Mayweather Has Flaws, Pacquiao Wants Him: Says Roach
By Mark Vester, Boxing Confidential, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
Trainer Freddie Roach sees some serious flaws in the style of Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is rumored to be considering a return to the ring to challenge the current pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Manny Pacquiao. The Filipino fighter is in line to fight Ricky Hatton next May or June at junior we Read Full Story >>> Dream Match unsung hero
By Beth Celis, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines?I must admit I had an ulterior motive when I finally decided to accept my friend Jack Ruby?s invitation to visit his office along Timog Avenue in Quezon City.
Jack, who used to work as marketing director of The Astra Group and before that, the PBA, had extended the invite mont Read Full Story >>> MANNY PACQUIAO: AN AMERICAN IDOL
By Marc Jonathan E. de Jesus, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
Finally, we have our own Kobe Bryant, our own Roger Federer, our own Michael Phelps. Finally, we have a tangible hero, a credible source of inspiration, an idol that actually looks like us. You know, someone not exactly good Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya: Hall of Fame Box Office Draw... Or Hall of Fame Fighter?
By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
Those of use who have loved or hated Oscar De La Hoya over his sixteen year professional career can agree on one thing now - it is time for the Golden Boy to hang up his gloves. The man has made millions up Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao statue going up in GenSan
By Aquiles Z. Zonio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines ? Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao's Canadian friend and adviser has agreed to chip in some money for the immediate completion of his life-size bronze statue, which the city government plans to erect.
Michael Koncz did not say how much he was willing to pitc Read Full Story >>> SOLO BOXEO BIDS FAREWELL TO THE BOXING WORLD
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
Maywood, CA:- Last night at the heavy industrial section of Los Angeles located a few miles southeast of downtown LA, Solo Boxeo on Telefutura held its final fight card in Southern California. The fight card is a promotion of Read Full Story >>> Those of little faith
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
In recalling the pre-fight sentiments of fans fearing a Manny Pacquiao loss to Oscar de la Hoya, I am reminded of two Biblical passages from St. Matthew.
Here?s the message from Matthew 8:26: ?And He said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then He got up and gave orders to Read Full Story >>> Dela Hoya okay despite humbling loss, says PRO
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
Oscar dela Hoya is taking his time licking his wounds and trying to see what lies ahead in the very near future.
Dela Hoya, who took a terrible beating against Manny Pacquiao last week in Las Vegas, is on vacation.
Ramiro Gonzalez, public relations director of Golden Boy Promotions, yesterday Read Full Story >>> Hatton Wants Pacquiao Next, Is Worried Mayweather Junior Will Beat Him To It
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
It seems just about every fighter currently operating anywhere from between the 135 to the 147-pound mark wants a piece of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao. Lightweight rival from a great two fight series, Juan Manuel Marquez wants very much to meet "Pac-Man" in a third and deciding fight, light- Read Full Story >>> Of mismatches and false alarms
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
I RECEIVED a very insightful reaction to my last column (?Freddie Roach is a seer,? Dec. 9, 2008) where I shared my definition of a mismatch.
Last Rounder Germz Caballo e-mailed his thoughts:
?I believe it is not necessary that the other fighter should be ?painfully inept? to have a mismatch. Read Full Story >>> Marquez and Diaz on course for February or March
Bad Left Hook, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
From Dan Rafael's must-read Notebook:
"Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer moved a step closer to putting together a fight between lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez and former titleholder Juan Diaz on HBO for Feb. 28 or in March. "Marquez has accepted the fight and Diaz has accepted the fight, Read Full Story >>> MEPRANUM IS HOME
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Dec 2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? Local boxing hero Richie Mepranum (right), with his coach Jonathan Tinagsa, answers questions from the media in a press conference Friday, December 12, upon their arrival in General Santos City. By unanim Read Full Story >>>
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