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The Bull meets the Gladiator
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 07 Sep 2008
THE wifey is up in arms. She?s of the opinion that this boxing obsession of mine has gone a wee bit too far.
The cause of her dissension?
Yesterday, while I was looking down, my brusque 3-year-old daughter Jenya gave me a whack on the back of my head so hard, the judge immediately meted out Read Full Story >>>Manny Pacquiao ? Oscar De La Hoya: The Questions
By Geno McGahee, RingsideReport.com, Sun, 07 Sep 2008
I wrote a piece in my last Geno?s Corner about the recently signed bout between light middleweight, Oscar De La Hoya and small lightweight, Manny Pacquiao. I knew that Manny is a god in the Philippines and that I would get some hate mail and I did, but I also got some very reasonable rebuttals. Thi Read Full Story >>> MILENKOVIC IS WBC PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 07 Sep 2008
Well-known international promoter Branco Milenkovic who has done much to put South Africa as a venue for big international fight cards has been named 2007 ?International Promoter of the Year? by the World Boxing Council.
The h Read Full Story >>> $3-M penalty also applies for Pacman vs Hoya
By Marc Anthony Reyes, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sun, 07 Sep 2008
MANILA, Philippines?Manny Pacquiao, it turned out, should also be watching his weight like Oscar De La Hoya.
As stipulated in the Dec. 6 fight contract that was signed over the weekend, Pacquiao is also required to pay $3 million per excess pound of the 147 lbs catchweight, the same penalty he ha Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao tapped as sports ?godfather?
By Edwin Rollon, Manila Standard Today, Sun, 07 Sep 2008
From ring icon to sports godfather.
This will be Manny Pacquiao?s role as he is being considered by First Gentleman Mike Arroyo to lead the first group of private individuals and companies tapped to help Team Philippines in the soon-to-be-revived ?godfather? sports program.
Arroyo, talking a Read Full Story >>> Juan Manuel Lopez Possible For De La Hoya-Pacquiao
By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
According to Orlando Pineiro, trainer of WBO super bantamweight champ Juan Manuel Lopez (22-0, 20KOs), the unbeaten Puerto Rican champion may possibly land on the undercard to Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao on December 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pineiro says that Juanma Cesar Figueroa on Read Full Story >>> ANTILLON IN ANOTHER CRUSHING KO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
Undefeated super featherweight Urbano Antillon of Mexico has scored another crushing knockout victory, this time over Nigeria ?s Daniel Attah at the Isleta Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The 2 Read Full Story >>> ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL DECISION IN THAILAND
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
There's been another controversial decision in Thailand and the question that needs to be resolved is whether Philippine super bantamweight champion Jun Talape was a victim of biased judging in Thailand when he lost a split twelve round decision to Wethya Sakmuangklang in an Oriental and Pacific Bo Read Full Story >>> Dream Fight or Nightmare Mismatch?
By Francis Walker, blackathlete.net, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
NEW YORK -- The ?Golden Boy? Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) has decided to fight WBC lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs) on December 6, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The bout wi Read Full Story >>> IAN MAULEON FIGHTS ANEW ON SEPT. 19th
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
Woodland Hills, CA: Ian Mauleon, the young Fil-Am rookie from Oakland who now calls Los Angeles his home will be fighting again on Friday, September 19th.
Mauleon will be one of the up and coming fighters to be featured by bo Read Full Story >>> Michael Marley's Lightweight Hierarchy Unveiled: Guzman, Marquez, Diaz In Win, Place, Show Positions!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
Manny Pacquiao?s got enough on his plate so I?m leaving him out of this for the time being. Besides, in case you?ve been stuck in a cave in Lower Slobbovia, he?s turning into a welterweight.
I?m leaving Arizona lightweight John McBush out also even though The New York Times reports his convo acce Read Full Story >>> WEIGHTS FROM HOUSTON
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
Former Three-Time World Lightweight Champion Juan Diaz (left) and Former World Lightweight Champion Michael Katsidis pose for the media and fans at the weigh-in on September 5, 2008 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Tex Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya pumps up Houston fight card
By Bernardo Fallas, Houston Chronicle, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
An added element of buzz surrounded the Dynamo's practice Friday.
And with good reason.
"It's not every day you see Oscar De La Hoya walking up to your training session," coach Dominic Kinnear said of the boxing superstar, promoter and part-owner of the Dynamo.
De La Hoya, who earlier this Read Full Story >>> GUIDE TO MANNY PACQUIAO: HOW ARMSTRONG AND DURAN FARED WELL AS LIGHWEIGHT BOMBERS WHO FOUGHT MIDDLWEIGHT TERRORS
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
 
Armstrong (L) and Duran.
Manny Pacquiao after all will not be the first world lightweight champion who has agreed to fight an opponent who has campaigned in th Read Full Story >>> Can Pacquiao-De la Hoya Outdo "The World Awaits": Part II
By John Chavez, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
The big question is not whether or not you feel as though the public would actually ?buy? the super fight between Oscar De la Hoya and Manny Pacquiao, the question is whether you, as a consumer, would set foot in a restaurant that once failed to live up to the proposed expectations.
That is the o Read Full Story >>> DE LA HOYA PROMISES KATSIDIS, JUDGES WILL BE FAIR
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
?The Golden Boy? Oscar De La Hoya has promised Australia?s Michael Katsidis that the judges chosen for his fight against hometown hero Juan ?Baby Bull? Diaz will be fair in their IBO lightweight title fight in Houston, Texas on Sunday, Manila Time.
De La Hoya reportedly stepped in to assure Ka Read Full Story >>> HOUSTON FANS MAKE DIAZ-KATSIDIS CARD A MAJOR BOXING EVENT
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
HOUSTON - Always considered one of the top boxing cities in the world, Houston, Texas has again delivered with its enthusiastic response to Saturday's doubleheader at the Toyota Center, putting the card featuring hometo Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE TRAINING REALLY HARD
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
IBF flyweight champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire says he?s "training really hard" for his title defense against mandatory challenger Moruti Mthalane of South Africa at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Californian Califo Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya Confirms Floyd Mayweather Senior WILL Be In His Corner For The Pacquiao Fight, Also Says He Can Make 140 "Easily"
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
Despite word to the contrary, trainer Floyd Mayweather Senior WILL be working with Oscar De La Hoya when "The Golden Boy" faces Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao on December 6th. Despite being an extremely busy man - with a reported assignment with Ricky Hatton being put on his schedule recently - the 55-yea Read Full Story >>> Odds will even out for Manny-Hoya tiff
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 06 Sep 2008
Although the early betting line installed Oscar de la Hoya an 8-5 favorite over Manny Pacquiao, the consensus is the odds will even out as wagers from Filipino fans pour in during the run-up to the Dec. 6 fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
That?s the word from Pacquiao?s adviser Mi Read Full Story >>>
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