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Fans bring distinctive support for De La Hoya and Pacquiao
By Nancy Gay, San Francisco Chronicle, Mon, 06 Oct 2008
If anything sells boxing and its expensive pay-per-view shows during these tough economic times, it's national and ethnic pride.
So it was no wonder that promoters made certain the boisterous Filipino fans of Manny Pacquiao and the vociferous Mexican American followers of Oscar De La Hoya gathere Read Full Story >>>Silent types like Pacquiao 'scarier', de la Hoya says
GMA News Online, Mon, 06 Oct 2008
MANILA, Philippines ? Oscar de la Hoya may have heard all the brashest, foulest, most intolerable trash talk from an assortment of the loudest, most decorated opponents in his 15 years in professional boxing.
But the Golden Boy is still convinced that Manny Pacquiao?s sort ? the kind who doesn?t Read Full Story >>> MANNY PACQUIAO TRIVIA (Part 8)
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 06 Oct 2008
1) As a teenager in the 90's, Manny Pacquiao was a regular performer in the main events of which regular popular TV boxing show in Mandaluyong City?
a. In This Corner
b. Blow By Blow
c. Pac Man Promotion
d. Fistorama Read Full Story >>> 'No verbal war, pre-fight punch but expect big clash with Oscar'
By Roy Medina, ABS-CBN News, Mon, 06 Oct 2008
The six-city US journey for the "Dream Match" with 10-time world champ Oscar de la Hoya has been unlike any other press tour that he has seen for an upcoming fight, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao has said.
According to Pacquiao, he and de la Hoya respect each other so much that they have ref Read Full Story >>> Roach gets under De La Hoya?s skin
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 06 Oct 2008
It could have been a part of the script, but Freddie Roach?s statements during Saturday?s press conference in San Francisco still got under Oscar De La Hoya?s skin.
"I found this toy gun," Roach said, standing on the podium in the direction of De La Hoya, who was seated on his right in front o Read Full Story >>> Oscar will pulverize Pacquiao, says lawmaker
Sun.Star Davao, Mon, 06 Oct 2008
LAWMAKER has predicted the defeat of world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao in his much-anticipated fight with superstar Oscar De la Hoya in December.
"He is going to be pulverized there. I believe he has no chance at all. Pacquiao will be destroyed by dela Hoya," said Representative Rufus Rodrig Read Full Story >>> Roach?s antics draw Hoya?s ire
By Dante Navarro, The Philippine Star, Mon, 06 Oct 2008
Freddie Roach was in no trivial mood when he said that at 35, Oscar de la Hoya can?t pull the trigger anymore.
He further stressed his point in the latest leg of the De la Hoya-Manny Pacquiao promo tour in San Francisco Saturday.
?I found this toy gun,? Roach said, handing it to De La Hoya on Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao draws bigger fan support
By Marc Anthony Reyes, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 06 Oct 2008
MANILA, Philippines?One thing has convinced Manny Pacquiao during his whirlwind promotional tour with Oscar De La Hoya ? his fans outnumber those of the Golden Boy's.
The media blitz had rousing layovers in New York, Chicago, Houston, San Antonio and San Francisco, and apart from their accounts o Read Full Story >>> Leading Off: De La Hoya-Pacquiao bout worth anticipating
By Paul Gutierrez, SacBee.com, Sun, 05 Oct 2008
SAN FRANCISCO ? Freddie Roach threw the first haymaker.
"I found this toy gun," Roach said, handing it to Oscar De La Hoya on the dais Saturday at Fort Mason, with the Golden Gate Bridge as a backdrop. "But I can't pull the trigger. It must be yours."
Ouch.
Roach was the Golden Boy's train Read Full Story >>> ROACH MAKES FUN OF DE LA HOYA?S INABILITY TO PULL THE TRIGGER
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 05 Oct 2008
Filipino ring idol and national treasure Manny Pacquiao and ?The Golden Boy? Oscar De La Hoya together with Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum took their highly successful six-city pre- Read Full Story >>> SCINTILLATING SAGA IN NAGA
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 05 Oct 2008
It was an exciting night of boxing at the Naga Sports Complex in Cebu. Ramie Laput scored a devastating third round TKO win over Mongkolchai Singmanassak of Thailand and grabbed the interim WBO Asia Pacific Bantamweight ti Read Full Story >>> DE LA HOYA, PACQUIAO IN SAN FRANCISCO (PHOTOS)
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 05 Oct 2008
Six Division and Ten-Time World Champion Oscar de la Hoya (right) and Ring Magazine Number One Ranked Pound-For-Pound Fighter Manny Pacquiao (left) pose in front of the Golden Gate Bridge on October 4, 2008 at the San Francisco Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao could close 2008 as 'Athlete of the Year' if he upsets De La Hoya
By Danyeva Grace C. Donato, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 05 Oct 2008
Runaway winner. This will be undoubtedly the consensus among sports writers in the Philippines when they select the athlete of the year awardee for 2008 in December.
And this honor could be bestowed upon "pambansang kamao" Manny Pacquiao if he will score a big upset win against the taller and he Read Full Story >>> SULIT SA PAGOD
By Manny Pacquiao, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 05 Oct 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Kumusta po ulit sa lahat ng aking mga ginigiliw na mga fans at kababayan hindi lang sa Pilipinas kundi sa buong mundo. Sana ay nasa mabuti kayong kalagayan gaya ng inyong abang lingkod.
Sa oras ng pagb Read Full Story >>> TEXAS, A LONE STAR NO MORE
Superstars De La Hoya, Pacquiao Meet at NASA Space Center
By Dr. Allan Recto, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 05 Oct 2008
Houston, Texas (October 3) ? Texas is a huge state. And Texans are known for their large, welcoming hearts. Texas , a Lone Star State? Not anymore, at least for today, when two huge stars lightened the skies of Houston and Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO-DE LA HOYA HISTORIC TOUR GOING GREAT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 05 Oct 2008
The historic six-city tour promoting the ?Dream Match? between Filipino ring idol and national treasure Manny Pacquiao and ?The Golden Boy? Oscar De La Hoya is going great with large crowds and a media frenzy accentuating public interest in the MGM Grand, Las Vegas showdown on December 6.
After Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya at 35 still attracts crowds, sells tickets
By Associated Press, The Canadian Press, Sun, 05 Oct 2008
Oscar De La Hoya was in a car, on his way into San Francisco where the Golden Gate awaited.
He was pretty sure of that, because on this day alone he and Manny Pacquiao had already done the Houston space centre and paid a visit to the Alamo, where a boisterous crowd sprinkled liberally with female Read Full Story >>> Good sell job for De La Hoya-Pacquiao
By Robert Morales, L.A. Daily News, Sun, 05 Oct 2008
Regardless of what many people think of the upcoming Dec. 6 fight between Oscar De La Hoya and the smaller Manny Pacquiao, we have to give the respective promoters credit for the incredible press tour they put together.
It began Wednesday at the Statue of Liberty in New York City. Next day it wa Read Full Story >>> Top Rank grooms Arce for Donaire
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sun, 05 Oct 2008
When Top Rank chairman Bob Arum has a blockbuster match in mind, he usually pits the protagonists against separate opponents on the same card as a teaser. That?s his way of gauging if the fighters will be up to the task.
On Nov. 1, IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire stakes his crown against ma Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya & Manny Pacquiao Promotional Tour Come to Texas
By Daniel 'Tex' Cohen, RingsideReport.com, Sun, 05 Oct 2008
Top Rank and Golden Boy traded moon shots Friday afternoon at the Manny Pacquiao-Oscar De La Hoya press conference at the NASA Space Center in Houston, Texas.
The conference was a very calm, civil event compared to the recent Shane Mosley-Ricardo Mayorga conference that featured an ever confiden Read Full Story >>>
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