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'Fighter of the Year': Pacquiao, Calzaghe, or is there a 'dark horse'?
By Vivek Wallace, Examiner.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
As this 2008 calendar year comes to a close there will be many questions presented despite the many already answered in the world of boxing.
Among them comes the arduous task of defining which man did enough to claim the most prestigious honor after a tough 365 day span.
The two men believed t Read Full Story >>>The 2008 K9's - Part II
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
After a short intermission - shorter than any of the undercard bouts on the Pacquiao-De La Hoya pay-per-view telecast - we return to honor the best of the rest that 2008 had to offer.
FIGHT OF THE YEAR
1- Israel Vazquez W12 Rafael Marquez: They did the impossible as they actually raised the Read Full Story >>> The Sage Of The Sweet Science
By Raymond Markarian, The Sweet Science, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
A true master of his craft, Angelo Dundee views his expertise from a unique angle. Like any expert, Dundee has built a resume on experience. The Socrates of boxing holds over s Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO IS WBC BOXER OF THE YEAR
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
WBC BOXER OF THE YEAR - Manny Pacquiao, Philippines: Manny won the World Boxing Council super featherweight world title by decision against defending champion Juan Manuel Marquez in March, then won the WBC lightweight world titl Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao off to LA with upcoming Hatton fight on mind
GMA News Online, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines - Although he plans to spend spend the holidays with his family in Los Angeles, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao?s has also set his sights on his much-awaited match against reigning junior welterweight champion Ricky Hatton.
Earlier reports indicate that Pacquiao?s promote Read Full Story >>> ?Ang Pambansang Kamao?
By Mercedes B. Suleik, Business World Online, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
He did it again! Manny Pacquiao, poor boy from General Santos, who started his boxing career at age 16, and had prior to that worked in construction and even sold flowers in front of the church, was destined to be a living hero and model for many young men aspiring to rise from poverty to fame and f Read Full Story >>> Avila's Final 2008 Pound For Pound List
By David A. Avila, The Sweet Science, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
It?s been a while since the last Pound for Pound listing. These past two months saw a number of the top prizefighters in the world engage in interesting if not provocative fights that shook up the previous listing.
Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao remains at the top of the list and Israel Vasquez remains Read Full Story >>> HOPKINS, MARQUEZ AND ORTIZ WIN BIG IN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S 2008 BOXING AWARDS
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
LOS ANGELES, December 22 - As a spectacular 2008 boxing campaign comes to an end, Golden Boy Promotions is pleased to congratulate three of its top fighters on the awards they received from the world-renowned and respected Sports Illustrated.
Named on SI.com's 2008 Boxing Awards list were future Read Full Story >>> The greats of 2008
By Adam Smith, SkySports.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
Well we've had another action-packed year, and the good news for fight fans is that there's plenty of potential for a really high-octane 2009.
The dormant heavyweight division still needs to wake up, but I'm reliev Read Full Story >>> 2008 year to forget in American boxing
By Jim Bailey, NWAnews.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
The prizefighting industry (American version) might have suffered more dismal years than 2008, but offhand, I can't remember when.
This is the year middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, 26, a two-time winner over Jermain Taylor, was supposed to assert himself as the game's foremost gate attraction. Read Full Story >>> Of Christmas, crisis and Pacquiao
By Lito U. Gagni, Business Mirror, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
Competing with the spirit of the Christmas season is the financial crisis that continues to roil the global financial system, each day unraveling unheard-of debacles and shenanigans. Now, there is the Bernard Madoff investment scam hogging the limelight and, before that, there were Lehman, Bear Stea Read Full Story >>> Trigger Finger Freddie Roach Blazing: Pacquiao's Coach Earned Promoter Of Year Honors!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
His trigger finger has never been sharper or more accurate. That?s why I am choosing Boston homeboy Freddie Roach as Promoter of the Year for 2008.
Roach wasn?t shooting any blanks as his verbal ripostes continually got under the thin skin of Oscar De La Hoya.
I say Roach?s one-man effort outd Read Full Story >>> How Greedy Will Richard Schaefer Be for Hatton-Pacquiao?
By John Chavez, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
It seems like forever and a day since that fateful trilogy bout took place.
The fight was Erik ?El Terrible? Morales vs. Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao III at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The date was November 18, 2006 and I attended the bout as nothing more than a blue collar fight fa Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao reunites with his first foe
By Romel Ferriol Bernardo, 8countnews, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
At the victory party staged and hosted by former governor Chavit Singson for Manny Pacquiao at the former?s house in an exclusive subdivision in Quezon City yesterday, the world?s pound for pound best fighter received special gifts from guests who include ambassadors, influential businessmen and hig Read Full Story >>> Pe?alosa?s mandatory fight called
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
IF World Boxing Organization bantamweight king Gerry ?Fearless? Pe?a-losa will not collaborate with former World Boxing Association flyweight titleholder Eric ?Little Hands of Steel? Morel for a mandatory title defense, Morel?s camp will appeal to WBO to have him give up his crown.
Morel?s handle Read Full Story >>> Mayweather versus Pacman a dull fight
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Wed, 24 Dec 2008
Even if he comes out of retirement soon, Floyd Mayweather Jr. should tow the line before he gets a crack at Manny Pacquiao.
Matchmaker Wakee Salud of Cebu has the reasons why.
?With Mayweather?s style, we may be in for a boring fight,? said Salud yesterday, saying that Ricky Hatton is the more Read Full Story >>> 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 >>>
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