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Orange Level Terror Alert At Araneta Coliseum
Mexican Invasion: Mission Pacquiao Provocation On, Let's Get Ready To Riot!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sun, 06 Apr 2008
Hey, wait a frickin? minute. You mean to tell this reporter that you?re going to have Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao within striking distance of each other Sunday at ringside at the Araneta Coliseum in the Philippines when Gerry Penalosa fights?
Sounds like a tension convention to me. Som Read Full Story >>>Gerry wary of hungry foe
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sun, 06 Apr 2008
WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Pe?alosa isn?t taking any chances when he defends his crown against Ratanachai Sor Vorapin of Thailand at the Araneta Coliseum this morning.
That?s because he knows Vorapin is a hungry fighter and will enter the ring with a do-or-die attitude.
?He has nothing to Read Full Story >>> 'INVASION' NOTES: CLETO REYES, MARQUEZ, ALJOE, LIGAS ETC
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 06 Apr 2008
MANILA--Cleto Reyes, the Mexico-made "punchers' gloves", will be the gloves of choice for the big bouts of today's "Invasion" card. WBO champ Gerry Penalosa and Thailand's Ratanachai Vorapin will be using the gloves, as well as the other championship bouts.
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As of yesterday, all premium Read Full Story >>> Pe?alosa foe struggles to make weight
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sun, 06 Apr 2008
If the official weigh-in provided any indication of how today?s fight should go, then Ratanachai Sor Vorapin is in for a big struggle against reigning WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Pe?alosa.
The Thai challenger, out to win the title he once held, failed to make the weight on his first trip to t Read Full Story >>> Marquez, Pacquiao at ringside!
By Nick Giongco, FightNews.com, Sun, 06 Apr 2008
Juan Manuel Marquez is set to arrive in the Philippines on Sunday morning (Saturday night in the US), just hours before a big boxing event featuring Gerry Penalosa takes place at the historic Araneta Coliseum. Marquez, who dropped a 12-round split decision to Pacquiao last March 15 in Las Vegas, wil Read Full Story >>> Marquez coming to seek rematch
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sun, 06 Apr 2008
Juan Manuel Marquez is flying in today hoping to land a third fight with Manny Pacquiao.
?He thinks he deserves a rematch,? said Eric Gomez, vice president of Golden Boy Promotions, yesterday.
Gomez said Marquez, a Golden Boy fighter, will watch the ?Invasion? card at the Big Dome, and meet P Read Full Story >>> Fighters make weight; Marquez to watch fight
Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 06 Apr 2008
MANILA?Gerry Pe?alosa and Ratanachai Sor Vorapin easily made the weight in yesterday?s official weigh-in of the world bantamweight championship set this morning at the Araneta Coliseum.
Both Penalosa and Vorapin made the 118-lb limit, making today?s 12-round world title fight a potentially explo Read Full Story >>> Sun.Star Essay: Manny, Lapu-Lapu
By Erma M. Cuizon, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 06 Apr 2008
BOTH the glory of Lapu-Lapu and Manny has something to do with winning a fight---in the battle field and in the ring.
But aren?t we pushing it? The Battle of Mactan was on April 27, 1521 in a particular coast people now can only guess. The Spanish diarist Antonio Pigafetta, among the people who Read Full Story >>> A Last Rounder's Diary
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 06 Apr 2008
MANILA?Every time I return to our nation?s capital, it just seems bigger, noisier and busier than ever. You get the impression that it?s in a constant state of disarray as they are: a.) always fixing something or b.) building a structure in place of another that has seen better days.
But I love Read Full Story >>> Israel Vazquez on the Marquez trilogy!
By Ace Freeman, FightFan.com, Sun, 06 Apr 2008
Hear about Israel Vazquez's closing thoughts on the Rafael Marquez trilogy, as well as the possibility of a fourth fight. Manny Pacquaio is high atop his wish list, and the Featherweight division may be on deck. All this Read Full Story >>> PENALOSA, VORAPIN MAKE WEIGHT! (WITH PHOTOS)
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 Apr 2008
 
MANILA--World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion Gerry "Fearless" Penalosa and his mandatory challenger Ratanachai Sor Vorapin Read Full Story >>> MARQUEZ ARRIVING TOMORROW TO 'INVADE' THE PHILIPPINES
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 Apr 2008
Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez is arriving early Sunday morning aboard the same flight as celebrated trainer Freddie Roach to watch the big ?Invasion? fight card headlined by the WBO bantamweight title fight between Gerry Pen Read Full Story >>> GOMEZ SAYS BANAL VS HERRERA MAY STEAL THE SHOW
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 Apr 2008
Golden Boy Promotions vice president and international matchmaker Eric Gomez says the IBF junior bantamweight eliminator for the No. 1 ranking between two undefeated, hard-hitting southpaws AJ ?Bazooka? Banal and Caril Read Full Story >>> Roach fights Parkinson's while thriving as a boxing trainer
By Elliot Spagat, USA Today, Sat, 05 Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES ? On his worst days since he quit fighting, trainer Freddie Roach's left arm trembles, his speech is slurred and he is easily fatigued.
He blames boxing for his Parkinson's disease, but he still steps into the ring to work with others because he loves the sport and believes it keeps his Read Full Story >>> AJ Banal and Rey Bautista back in action April 6th!
FightFan.com, Sat, 05 Apr 2008
Courtesy of ALA Promotions, Filipino prospect sensations AJ 'Bazooka' Banal (16-0-1, 13 KOs) and Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista (23-1, 13 KOs) will return to action in separate bouts on April 6!
Reigning WBO Intercontinental super bantamweight champion Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista and reigning WBO youth su Read Full Story >>> MARQUEZ ARRIVING FOR PENALOSA-VORAPIN SHOWDOWN!
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 Apr 2008
MANILA--Filipinos will be treated to a grand drama outside of the ring tomorrow morning.
This as former WBC superfeatherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez has been confirmed to arrive in the country tomorrow morning on a PAL flight to watch the "Invasion" card at special ringside tomorrow.
Th Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO AT RINGSIDE FOR PENALOSA-VORAPIN BOUT
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 Apr 2008
Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao will be at ringside when his close buddy and WBO bantamweight king Gerry Penalosa defends against Thailand's Ratanachai Sor Vorapin tomorrow at the Araneta Coliseum.
Pacquiao, according to Penalosa's wife Goody, had reserved some 15 ringside tickets for h Read Full Story >>> GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS AND ABS-CBN PRESENT U.S. AND WORLDWIDE BROADCASTS OF "INVASION: PHILIPPINES VS. THE WORLD"
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 Apr 2008
FEATURING TITLE FIGHT BETWEEN GERRY PENALOSA AND RATANACHAI SOR VORAPIN, REY BAUTISTA VS. GENARO CAMARGO AND A.J. BANAL VS. CARIL HERRERA BEGINNING APRIL 5 LIVE FROM THE PHILIPPINES
LOS ANGELES (APRIL 4, 2008) - Golden Boy Promotions and preeminent Filipino broadcasting corporation ABS-CBN today Read Full Story >>> Roach set to arrive for Pe?alosa
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 05 Apr 2008
Freddie Roach was supposed to fly in from Los Angeles today but had to postpone his arrival for tomorrow morning because he realized too late his passport had expired.
Roach was scheduled for an appearance late yesterday at the US Federal Building where he was told to claim his new passport. He h Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao will earn more vs Diaz ? Arum
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 05 Apr 2008
Top Rank chief Bob Arum said yesterday that Manny Pacquiao stands to earn more than what he pocketed from the recent rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez when he fights David Diaz for the World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight crown on June 28 in Las Vegas.
"If this fight goes well, he?ll make mor Read Full Story >>>
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