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Reevaluating my Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya Prediction
By Geoffrey Ciani, EastSideBoxing.com, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
When it comes to making boxing predictions, I have been wrong in the past, and surely I will be wrong again in the future. However, I am not sure it?s possible for me to be as wrong as I was in predicting a Read Full Story >>>Hoya a beaten man before opening bell
By Philip Ella Juico, The Philippine Star, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
There?s a saying in boxing, ?Train hard, and you?ll have an easy fight.? I guess this goes for other endeavors: ?Study hard, so you?ll have an easy exam.?
I heard Manny Pacquiao utter these words which could have very well come from written reminders in walls of boxing gyms to fighters to train h Read Full Story >>> HBO to Re-Air End of a Sports Era
By Steven D. Levitt, Broadcasting & Cable, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
If you didn?t catch the probable end of the career of one of the most bankable athletes of all time Saturday night on pay per view, you will have another chance on December 13 without coughing up anything on top of your HBO monthly charge.
On Saturday night HBO is re-airing Manny Pacquiao?s utter Read Full Story >>> Roach, Schaefer nearly came to blows
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Freddie Roach said the other day he almost scuffled with Oscar de la Hoya?s representative Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, at the height of a bitter four-hour argument on hand wraps during the rules meeting presided by Nevada State Athletic Commission officials right afte Read Full Story >>> "The Pinoy Golden Boy"
By Pj Magno De Best, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
When I first heard about the fight between our very own Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya, I must admit I was very cynical about the possibility of a victory over the Goldenboy. I am a Filipino that would quietly back a fellow Filipino boxer in any bout they took but I seriously thought this was a Read Full Story >>> A little nod and it's over for DL Hoya
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS - They were the longest 30 seconds of Oscar dela Hoya?s life.
And they came during the break following the eighth round of his lopsided loss to Manny Pacquiao in their Las Vegas showdown. In that very short span the de Read Full Story >>> After destroying Oscar, who is next for Manny Pacquiao?
By Robert Cassidy, NewsDay.com, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
Manny Pacquiao's domination of Oscar De La Hoya was so thorough, so complete, it is hard to imagine who will be able to give Pac Man a good fight. Well, of course, we have some ideas.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: A few weeks ago we suggested that a Pac Man-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight would rank among the Read Full Story >>> SANTILLAN KO?D IN OPBF TITLE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
Former Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation welterweight champion Rev Santillan has lost by a 7th round TKO to reigning champion Motoki Sasaki of Japan in Tokyo.
Sasaki who is ranked No.1 5 by both the WBC and the WBA improved his record to 31-7-1 with 20 knockouts while Santillan dropped to 2 Read Full Story >>> Editorial: Pinoy international superstar
Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
FOR sometime now, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, a.k.a. Pacman, had skimmed the surface of international superstardom, recognized in the Philippines and by hardcore boxing fans in the world but never beyond that.
Boxing analysts and writers consider him as the consensus pound-for-pound bes Read Full Story >>> ?PacMan? hits clueless critics
By Francis Earl A. Cueto, The Manila Times, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
Off the ring, a day after he clobbered Oscar de la Hoya, Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao seemed to be still in a fighting mood.
This time, though, Pacquiao was taking jabs at critics who had warned him that he risked serious harm to himself if he fought de la Hoya.
Apparently, he was referring to Read Full Story >>> Freddie Roach?s prophetic comments ring true in aftermath!
By Ace Freeman, FightFan.com, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
The following are comments Freddie Roach shared with FightFan.com prior to and in the build up to Manny Pacquiao's Dec. 6 victory over Oscar De La Hoya.
Ace Freeman: (May 16, 2008) Freddie in the past you?ve made a few Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Feel Good Factor Evident In Skies Between Vegas-Newark!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
JUST LANDED, NEWARK AIRPORT?There is a feel good factor in the wake of Manny The Magnificent?s virtuoso performance in battering Oscar De La Hoya into retirement.
It reminds me, on a lesser scale, of the public mood when Barack Obama?s message of change was accepted by American voters.
It do Read Full Story >>> Golden Boy matchmaker in shock
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS ? The Uruguay matchmaker who has arranged fights for Manny Pacquiao and Oscar de la Hoya, admitted he was shocked, if not disappointed, by the Golden Boy?s loss to the Filipino icon by an eighth round technical knockout h Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs. Bratton
By Steve Springer, The New York Times, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
I?m pretty sure Manny Pacquiao is a better fighter than Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton. But who is the better crime fighter? At least for one day, it appears that Pacquiao wins that title as well.
Pacquiao squared off against Oscar De La Hoya in a highly anticipated boxing match last Sa Read Full Story >>> The Legacy Of Oscar De La Hoya
By Alan Thomson, BleacherReport.com, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
I have a friend whom I recently found out had somehow never managed to see the movie Office Space. As a cult classic with a huge and loyal following among his demographic, I took it upon myself to enlighten and educate the lad by giving him a copy of the DVD.
The next time I saw him, I asked how Read Full Story >>> A fight too far for Oscar
By Daniel Mole, BritishBoxing.net, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
I was upset with ?Judgement Night'. And it wasn't because I paid ?14.95 to watch a very lopsided undercard from the ExCel Arena.
Amir Khan was always going to be pitted against a man who would enable him to make a swift return to winning ways and, with the greatest respect to Oisin Fagan, we all Read Full Story >>> Next fight: Pacman vs Mayweather?
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
LOS ANGELES ? So who?s next for Manny Pacquiao?
Well, at least for now, he?s got Ricky Hatton to his left, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to his right.
And all Pacquiao has to do is choose.
Pacquiao, fresh from his eight-round destruction of Oscar de la Hoya at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, said Su Read Full Story >>> Freddie Roach is a seer
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
NOTED fight doctor Dr. Margaret Goodman once opined that a mismatch was like pornography. You don?t know how to describe it, but you know it when you see one.
Last Sunday?s experiment was indeed a mismatch but not in the way most fight scribes (including this writer), boxers, and trainers though Read Full Story >>> Hatton: Manny's next foe?
Sun.Star Davao, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
AFTER Oscar De La Hoya of Mexico, Ricky Hatton of England could be Manny Pacquiao's next opponent.
A dream match with Floyd Mayweather Jr. is also possible.
The name of Hatton cropped up after Pacquiao annihilated De La Hoya in a lopsided eight-round TKO decision Sunday at the MGM Grand in L Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao ma no longer a nervous wreck
By Aquiles Z. Zonio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 09 Dec 2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines?Dionisia Pacquiao, mother of boxing champ Manny Pacquiao, said she has learned one good thing about her son's victory over Oscar Dela Hoya during the "Dream Match" Sunday.
Dionisia said her son's win over an experienced and bigger foe made her totally confident ab Read Full Story >>>
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