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Poll: Should Pacquiao fight De La Hoya? By Ed Picson, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 05 Aug 2008 When the possibility of a Manny Pacquiao-Oscar de la Hoya match was first bruited about some months back, I thought it was a joke and I said so every time somebody asked me about it.
Well, no sooner than the smoke cleared in that devastating win against the Mex-Am David Diaz had celebrated tr Read Full Story >>>Darchinyan moves focus to Mexican By Peter Kogoy, The Australian, Tue, 05 Aug 2008 VIC Darchinyan will fight Mexican Christian Mijares in a bid to become the undisputed world super-flyweight champion after winning the IBF crown with a devastating fifth-round knockout of champion Dimitri Kirilov in Washington.
The bout against Mijares in Las Vegas, set down for October at the 52 Read Full Story >>> IBF move stuns ALA Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 05 Aug 2008 THE International Boxing Federation (IBF) is singing a new tune and it isn?t music to the ears of Cebu?s ALA boxing stable.
After Z Gorres? elimator bout with Vic Darchinyan ended in a draw last Feb. 2 at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino, Michael Aldeguer of ALA stable agreed to let Darchinyan, w Read Full Story >>> Darchinyan wants to KO Gorres, Donaire Sports Nut, Tue, 05 Aug 2008 New two-time world champion Vic Darchinyan says he welcomes return fights with Filipinos Z Gorres and Nonito Donaire ``any time''.
Donaire handed Darchinyan his only defeat in 32 fights, while Gorres gave him his only draw.
Both bouts came in the last 13 months and with Darchinyan's crushinmg Read Full Story >>> Manufacturing Manny By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 05 Aug 2008 CALL mine a lone voice in the wilderness, but I am totally against the proposed Oscar dela Hoya-Manny Pacquiao match-up.
It?s quite amazing how some people will do or say anything to sell this fight.
Unbelievably, no other than Manny?s own promoter Bob Arum and trainer, Freddie Roach are dri Read Full Story >>> Yes, Manny, I'm sure it's "personal" Bad Left Hook, Tue, 05 Aug 2008 Well, I have to be fair. If you haven't heard the latest hot gossip, Manny Pacquiao is rocking the whole "it's personal" schtick now, too.
I won't go into a whole spiel about why I'm finding all of this "it's personal!" stuff more than a smidge cornball, because I did that a few days ago. Yes, Sc Read Full Story >>> FITNESS BOXING COMES TO THE BROOD OF LAPU-LAPU PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 05 Aug 2008 ALA Boxing & Fitness Gym Inc. (ABFGI), authority in fitness boxing programs, apparel and accessories in Cebu, brings the healthy fight against unhealthy lifestyle to the sons of Lapu-lapu on August 8 (Friday). The only effective way to stop overweight and maintain a fit physique is to shed those ext Read Full Story >>> Boxing's black eye By Scoop Jackson, ESPN.com, Tue, 05 Aug 2008 The race-related talk for the last few years has been all about baseball. So many concerns, so little activity, so waiting on results.
The decline of the black ballplayer seems to be the new epidemic: The sport that changed racial relations and acceptance in America has an African-American popula Read Full Story >>> Bobby Pacquiao on the right track to redemption By Don Leopoldo, Boxing Confidential, Tue, 05 Aug 2008 In the main event of a card billed as the ?Road to Redemption? at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City, Philippines, Bobby ?The Sniper? Pacquiao (29-14-3, 14KOs) was able to get back to his winning ways with an impressive knockout of Thailand?s Decho ?The Lazy Boy? Bankluaygym (28-11-2, 19KOs); with t Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum, HBO, and Cotto-Margarito By Mike Houser, SecondsOut.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008 It was called ?La Batalla.?
On July 26th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the eyes of the boxing world focused on the much-anticipated showdown between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito But things in the sweet science are never as simple as they seem. La Batalla unfolded against a ba Read Full Story >>> TIT FOR TAT WITH PAULIE MALIGNAGGI 'A Fight Between the Magic Man and the Pacman the Smarter Fighter Wins' By J.V. Tuazon, DPT aka 'The Fight Doc', PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
One of Pro Boxing?s fastest punchers, and talkers, World Champion, Paulie ?The Magic Man? Malignaggi takes a moment to sit down with Philboxing to discuss his thoughts on the state of the sub 147 pound divisions in boxing.
Read Full Story >>> IBF PLANS GORRES-ARCE ELIMINATOR By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
IBF Championship Committee Chairman Lindsey Tucker says he will send out letters to No.3 ranked super flyweight Z ?The Dream? Gorres and No. 5 ranked Jorge Arce to face each other in an eliminator.
In an email to Viva Spor Read Full Story >>> BRAWL IN MIS-OR AUG. 27 By Carlomagno Calingin, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008 Mindanao will once again host world-class boxing entertainment. On August 27, 2008, at the Atrium, Limketkai Mall, Cagayan de Oro City, World Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia-Pacific Jr. welterweight Youth Champion Eusebio Baluarte Jr. (13-1-0 10KOs) will defend his title against Thailand's Teerachai Read Full Story >>> Brian?s Boxing Mailbag (Manny Pacquiao?s Place in History & More!) By Brian Wilbur, RingsideReport.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008 Welcome to my mailbag ladies and gentlemen. Readers are often writing in asking for my predictions on various fights, plus I give out my predictions for the big fights in the Team RSR Fight Picks posts. My boxing predictions and fight analyses often come to fruition; well, more than half the time an Read Full Story >>> ARUM MEETS WITH SCHAEFER ON WEDNESDAY By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum meets with Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon to move forward negotiations on the much-talked-about fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Filipino boxin Read Full Story >>> OLYMPIC THOUGHTS By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008 Should I watch the Olympics?
I have been asking myself this question for the past few months. We only have one boxer who managed to qualify ? light flyweight Harry Tanamor. A sporting disaster already in a country that fancies itself as a boxing power in Asia. The odds are stacked against him. Hi Read Full Story >>> 'He Should Fight and Beat Him' By Epifanio M. Almeda, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008 Who should fight whom?
Oscar de la Hoya?s dilemma as to who should be facing him from the opposite corner of the ring in his declared last fight has been and still is an intriguing subject of discussions among boxing fans.
Oscar?s stature and contribution to boxing placed him in the position Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya: The hypothetical fight at 130 pounds By Matt Ryan, Boxing Herald, Mon, 04 Aug 2008 Ever since Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach claimed he wanted to see Pacquiao fight superstar Oscar De La Hoya, fans across the boxing world have been clamoring for Bob Arum ? who originally wanted Pacquiao to fight 130 pound contender Humberto Soto ? to make the Pacquiao-De La Hoya fight happe Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao to settle old score with Dela Hoya By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 04 Aug 2008 Squaring off with Oscar De La Hoya has become an obsession for Manny Pacquiao that the Filipino southpaw believes he is capable of shocking the world in the event they meet in the ring on Dec. 6.
"I know that winning against De La Hoya is going to be tough but I have full confidence in what I ca Read Full Story >>> BOBBY PACQUIAO WINS WBO ASIA PACIFIC CROWN By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
CEBU CITY--Bobby "The Sniper" Pacquiao was back in his old deadly form with an 8th-round knockout victory over Thailand's Decho Bankluaygym to win the prestigious WBO Asia Pacific lightweight crown at the Waterfront Cebu C Read Full Story >>>
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