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Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao start six-city publicity tour
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Wed, 01 Oct 2008
The numbers to beat are 2.5 million pay-per-view buys and $165 million in total revenue. So, the barnstorming begins Wednesday when Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao meet at the Statue of Liberty in New York on the first leg of their six-city publicity tour.
Their Dec. 6 welterweight bout at th Read Full Story >>>Caro-Concepcion bout was good fight to finish
By Jerry Magee, SignOnSanDiego.com, Wed, 01 Oct 2008
In one corner, Giovanni Caro was doubled up, clearly in agony, after being hit low. In another corner, Bernabe Concepcion was having a severe laceration under an eye examined by a ringside physician.
What a tableau! What a fight! What a finish!
It came in the eighth round of a scheduled 10-r Read Full Story >>> Quick Jabs: Weekend Afterthoughts, And The Weekend Ahead; Weekly De La Hoya-Pacquiao Tidbits; More
By Tim Starks, Most Valuable Network, Wed, 01 Oct 2008
Sandwiched between interesting weekends in boxing if not quite big ones comes this edition of ?Quick Jabs,? featuring members of Congress, the Utah Jazz, the Statue of Liberty and spies ? all sandwiched themselves between copious gobs of info-tainment about pugilism.
The Weekend Ahead
Any week Read Full Story >>> ROACH COMMENDS CONCEPCION FOR A GREAT FINISH
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
Celebrated trainer Freddie Roach has commended North American Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion Bernabe Concepcion for ?a great finish? in knocking out tough Mexican Giovanni Caro in the eighth round last Sunday Read Full Story >>> TRIPLE WBO CHAMPIONSHIP IN NAGA, CEBU
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
Fight fans in Naga, Cebu are in for a fistic feast when well-known promoter Sammy Gello-ani stages his ?Saga At The City Of Naga? fight card featuring three WBO championship bouts on Saturday, October 4 at the Naga Sports Complex.
In a battle for the WBO Asia Pacific bantamweight title Ramie L Read Full Story >>> The Country Has Started to Unravel and it?s Only Just Begun The Effects of the Looming Depression on the Sweet Science
By John Chavez, Boxing Confidential, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
It?s funny how quickly and drastically things have changed within the United States over the past several years. The country went from dot-com boom to bust, real estate boom to bust and now? more busts, burning, and blunders as it pertains to the economy in recent times.
The general public that w Read Full Story >>> Chavez can't hide his contempt for De La Hoya
By Norm Frauenheim, CBS SportsLine.com, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
Julio Cesar Chavez came to endorse a Phoenix law firm. He wound up condemning Oscar De La Hoya.
Chavez, his dark eyes flashing contempt like sparks off flint, ripped De La Hoya during a news conference at Central Boxing near downtown Phoenix for his old rival's fight against Manny Pacquiao on De Read Full Story >>> MARCIAL GOES FOR WBO ORIENTAL INTERIM TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
Undefeated Anthony Marcial has stepped up to take the place of injured WBO super bantamweight champion Ciso ?Kid Terrible? Morales in the main event of a fight card titled ?The Heat Is On? at the Talisay Sports Complex in Cebu on Friday, October 3.
The fight card is being staged for the bene Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao tickets priced like gold
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
Believe the hype. Even before tickets for the Dec. 6 bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao were sold to the public last Sept. 24, there were already sellers on the Internet with an asking price of as much as $ 35,000 for a premium ringside seat although the face value of one is a mere $ 1 Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao: A Better Fighter With the Odds Against Him
By Don Leopoldo, Boxing Herald, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
As the most anticipated show on the planet draws closer, a lot of speculations are being thrown around from opposing schools of thought.
Many of the so-called boxing experts call this fight as a freak show, a circus, etc. They say this is nothing but a money-earning venture of the Golden Boy Read Full Story >>> The Great Careers Of Shane Mosley And Oscar De La Hoya
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
Though both men are still fighting and may even add further to their greatness with another truly meaningful win or two, I thought it would be fun to look back at the achievements so far, and the boxing careers so far, of "Sugar" Shane Mosley and "The Golden Boy," Oscar De La Hoya - two rival fighte Read Full Story >>> EL R?FERI JOS? COBI?N, LACAYO DE PACQUIAO; AFECT? AL ?RUSO? CARO Y FAVORECI? A CONCEPCI?N
By David Kaufman, BoxNoticias.com, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
Los mexicanos Giovanni Caro y Arturo Ure?a bailaron con las m?s feas?
El jueves pasado ten?an todo en contra, que el promotor era Manny Pacquiao y que el r?feri mexicano, Jos? Cobi?n, se convirti? en un lacayo del e Read Full Story >>> Selling a suggestion
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
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SO EXPECT a smattering of boos and jeers when Oscar De La Hoya ascends to the ring on Dec. 6. The public perception, rightly or wrongly?is that he is taking an ?easy? fight for gazillions of dollars.
Years from now when he looks back at his Hall-of-Fame career, Oscar will realiz Read Full Story >>> Dela Hoya to team up well with Beristain
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
There shouldn?t be any problem with Oscar dela Hoya hooking up with a trainer he?s never worked with before as he moved just 68 days before his ?Dream Match? with Manny Pacquiao.
?I don?t think it makes a difference,? Ronnie Shields, current trainer of lightweight Juan Diaz and who once worked fo Read Full Story >>> GORRES DEEP IN TRAINING FOR INTERIM TITLE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 29 Sep 2008
Z ?The Dream? Gorres is taking no chances and is deep into training for his scheduled WBO super flyweight Interim title fight on the Ricky ?Hitman? Hatton ? Paul Malignaggi IBO light welterweight title fight at the MGM Gra Read Full Story >>> Q And A Nonito Donaire
By David Surgick, SecondsOut.com, Mon, 29 Sep 2008
IBF and IBO Flyweight Champion Nonito Donaire, 19-1(12), of San Leandro, California, took time away from his busy schedule during training for his upcoming title defense against mandatory Moruti Mthalane, 22-1(15) of South Africa to answer a few questions about his career, upcoming title defense and Read Full Story >>> Dela Hoya vs. Pacquiao, A Pacman Nightmare or a Golden Boy Reality Check?
By Wayne Joseph Tulio, EastSideBoxing.com, Mon, 29 Sep 2008
December 6 is well penciled in most fight fans? calendar as the day marks a pound for pound match up than gives fans a reason to be excited about. Manny Pacquiao, touted as the sport of boxing?s pound for pound number one takes on Oscar Dela Hoya the most accomplished active boxer of this era. Ticke Read Full Story >>> Sweet at the Very End
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Mon, 29 Sep 2008
In front of a rather sparse gathering at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, Shane Mosley needed literally every second to dispatch of the game and awkward Ricardo Mayorga this past weekend. In what was a close figh Read Full Story >>> Nacho typical way to prep for a major fight
By Eric Raskin, ESPN.com, Mon, 29 Sep 2008
On the surface, Oscar De La Hoya and George Steinbrenner don't have much in common.
"The Boss" is in his 70s. Oscar was born in the '70s.
Steinbrenner made his millions as a businessman, then bought his way into the world of professional sports. De La Hoya made his millions as an athlete, th Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao shrugs off delays
By Marc Anthony Reyes, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 29 Sep 2008
MANILA, Philippines?Manny Pacquiao has finally put aside his concerns over his huge financial investments and as a new boxing promoter to buckle down to work with just a little over 10 weeks to go before his mega-fight with Oscar De La Hoya.
But Pacquiao said he was never remiss in his physical c Read Full Story >>>
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