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Diaz trains, Manny goes scuba diving
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Tue, 29 Apr 2008
From his home in Chicago, David Diaz talked about winning, while Manny Pacquiao, who was in far-away Cebu, took his first crack at scuba diving.
Diaz, who stakes his WBC lightweight crown against Pacquiao on June 28 in Las Vegas, is now in his second week of training for the biggest fight of his Read Full Story >>>MAYOL, BATAWANG 'BACK ON TRACK'
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 29 Apr 2008
 
Following their failed world title attempts, both Rodel Mayol and Bert Batawang have vowed not to let their failures get the better of them as they try to retrace t Read Full Story >>> SULAIMAN SAYS CONCEPCION LOOKED GOOD
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 29 Apr 2008
World Boxing Council president Don Jose Sulaiman says Bernabe Concepcion "really looked very, very good" in his second round TKO over 2004 US Olympic boxing team alternate Torrence Daniels in Quartero, Mexico on Sunday morni Read Full Story >>> Ex-Ilonggo pugs dominate nat?l wushu championship
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 29 Apr 2008
ILOILO CITY ? Inspired by the feats of former boxer-turned-wushu world champion Rene Catalan, Ilonggo boxers who shifted to wushu emerged victorious in the Wushu Federation Philippines National Championship at the Mall of Asi Read Full Story >>> For Diaz, it's weight over matter
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 29 Apr 2008
David Diaz has one advantage over Manny Pacquiao despite claims that the Filipino puncher will walk through him on June 28.
"I am naturally bigger and heavier than him (as I am used to fighting in this weight class)," Diaz told the Bulletin yesterday by phone from his Chicago home.
Pacquiao, Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao fight biggest of my life, says Diaz
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 29 Apr 2008
MANILA, Philippines?David Diaz believes his coming showdown with Manny Pacquiao is the fight of his life.
It's bigger than when he won the World Boxing Council lightweight crown and bigger than when he bested Mexican legend Erik Morales.
"This is the kind of fight people will talk about long a Read Full Story >>> Attack Of The Pacmaniac!
By Sean Malone, Most Valuable Network, Tue, 29 Apr 2008
If you stumbled onto this blog in the past couple of days and read the comments on Tim?s latest posts then you can tell we have another infestation of Pacquiao zealots.
The influx of comments appeared after Tim dared to place Manny Pacquiao at #3 on his Pound-For-Pound list. Such a travesty obv Read Full Story >>> Ask the Champ, April 28, 2008
By Kermit Cintron, RingsideReport.com, Tue, 29 Apr 2008
Hello fans. It?s nice to be back. I hope everyone is doing well. I respectfully will be thinking of a former opponent of mine, Jesse Feliciano, over the next few weeks and hope that boxing will improve to be a better, safer sport and stop the nonsense. Jesse Feliciano just fought Andre Tsurkan on Fr Read Full Story >>> Eyes on the prize fight, but one fight too few
By Eric Raskin, ESPN.com, Tue, 29 Apr 2008
The Oscar De La Hoya farewell tour kicks off this weekend, and it's a time for celebration.
It's a time for fans to pay tribute to his Hall of Fame career, for writers to wax poetic on what he's meant to the game, for everyone to give him the Brett Favre treatment, where we all conveniently igno Read Full Story >>> 'BACK ON TRACK' PRESSCON SET ON MAY 1
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 28 Apr 2008
Promoter Sammy Gello-ani has announced in an interview with "Pinoy Boxing" over DYHP-RMN sponsored by Auto Solutions, distributor of Sunriser motorcycles, that a big press conference for the "Back on Track" card is set on May 1 at the Hotel Fortuna starting 11AM.
The by-invitation-only press conf Read Full Story >>> IBF ASSURES BANAL WILL BE RATED NO. 1
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 28 Apr 2008
International Boxing Federation (IBF) Championship Committee chairman Lindsey Tucker has assured Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today that undefeated AJ ?Bazooka? Banal will be ranked No. 1 in the super flyweight division in the Read Full Story >>> David Diaz Believes He Can Beat Pacquiao
By Ron Borges, The Sweet Science, Mon, 28 Apr 2008
In 1996, Zab Judah was supposed to represent the United States in the light welterweight division at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. Somebody got in his way. Nobody could quite believe it.
Read Full Story >>> Will Kevin Johnson end up like Manny Pacquiao?
By Percy D. Della, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 28 Apr 2008
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA?Never mind Manny Pacquiao?s forgettable experience on the hustings.
Opinionated members of the sports glitterati are not content merely endorsing political campaigns.
They?d rather join the wild and wooly world of politics themselves.
The latest world sports celebrity Read Full Story >>> Quick Jabs: Bad Behavior By Pacquiao Fans; More Calzaghe-Hopkins; The Danger Of Being Feliciano; Upcoming Bouts
By Tim Starks, Most Valuable Network, Mon, 28 Apr 2008
Here?s what I?ve been called in the past two days by some Filipino fans of Manny Pacquiao for daring to bump him to #3 on the list of best fighters on the planet, something other writers, like ESPN?s Dan Rafael, have already done: gay; racist; retarded; dumb; an idiot; blind; deaf; brain-damaged; ga Read Full Story >>> Diaz vs Pacquiao a dream match in lightweight division, says Santillan
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 28 Apr 2008
 
Former Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) welterweight champion Rev ?Gentle Giant? Santillan said the Manny Pacquiao-David Diaz showdown for Diaz?s World Read Full Story >>> Bernabe Concepcion Wins
Young Filipino Has The Guajiro Vibe
By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Mon, 28 Apr 2008
Bernabe Concepci?n may not be as skilled as Manny Pacquiao at this point in his career, being 20 years old, but something about the Filipino boxing export reminds me of Pacman and it is not the fact that Freddie Roach is his trainer.
When Pacquiao hit the world stage, he had a guajiro aurora to hi Read Full Story >>> BATAWANG BATTLES THAI KO ARTIST FOR ORIENTAL TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 28 Apr 2008
Veteran Bert Batawang battles Thai knockout artist Samransak Singmanassak for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Oriental light flyweight title in what promises to be an exciting fight card staged by well-known promoter Sammy G Read Full Story >>> Left-handed Lapu-Lapu kills Magellan
Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 28 Apr 2008
?I bow to no King; I owe my allegiance only to my people.?
These words, originally uttered in 1521, immortalized the chieftain of Mactan island, giving world fame to Filipino gallantry and heroism, and his victory over Spanish invader Ferdinand Magel-lan.
Yesterday, boxing icon Manny ?Pacm Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao portrays Lapu-Lapu at 'Kadaugan'
ABS-CBN News, Mon, 28 Apr 2008
World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao portrayed real life hero Lapu-Lapu during a re-enactment of the Battle of Mactan Sunday morning in Cebu, ABS-CBN Regional Network News reported.
Donning a bahag (g-string) and wielding a large sword, Pacquiao battled it out with an actor who portrayed Portugue Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya diplomatic regarding Golden Boy results in Las Vegas
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Mon, 28 Apr 2008
Oscar De La Hoya insists he is concentrating on the present. But he can't help but think about the future -- or the past, for that matter -- as he prepares to return to the ring.
De La Hoya, who fights Steve Forbes on Saturday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., is expected to meet Floyd Read Full Story >>>
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