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The Ultimate Breakdown: Pacquiao vs. Diaz
By Don Leopoldo, Boxing Herald, Mon, 23 Jun 2008
The clock is ticking closer to the LETHAL COMBINATION boxing event on Saturday at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Boxing fanatics around the world are very excited for the card?s main event between Filipino boxing superstar Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao against the World Boxing Cou Read Full Story >>>BOXING WRITER SYMPATHIZES WITH TYPOON VICTIMS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 23 Jun 2008
A respected boxing writer and TV correspondent who is British but lives and works in Mexico sends his sympathies to the victims of typhoon Frank that has left a swath of death and destruction in the Philippines.
James Blears who was in Manila for the last World Boxing Council Convention and was s Read Full Story >>> JARO IS NEW OPBF CHAMP!
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 23 Jun 2008
Sonny Boy Jaro, protege of young promoter/manager Aljoe Jaro, took the vacant OPBF light-flyweight title with a hard-earned split decision verdict over Along Denoy in their 12-round encounter in Puerto Princesa, Palawan on Friday which was telecast last night by NBN-4 for the 8th anniversary of In Read Full Story >>> EX-IBF CHAMP RACHMAN BATTLES DAPUDONG
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 23 Jun 2008
Indonesia's Muhammad Rachman gets back in the ring on June 28, almost a year after losing his International Boxing Federation (IBF) miniflyweight crown to the Philippines Florante Condes, taking on the young Edrin Dapudong of North Cotabato in a 10-round junior flyweight fight in Jakarta.
Rachman Read Full Story >>> KO to firm up Pacquiao claim to No. 1
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Mon, 23 Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES ? Freddie Roach will be disappointed if Manny Pacquiao fails to knock David Diaz out this coming Saturday at Mandalay Bay.
?I really want a knockout in this fight,? said Roach Saturday at the Wild Card Gym when asked if he ever sees the fight lasting the whole 12 rounds.
Roach want Read Full Story >>> Diaz at ease heading into WBC title fight
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Mon, 23 Jun 2008
He has thrown out the first pitch at Wrigley Field and has shot pucks on the ice at the United Center.
David Diaz is living every Chicago sports fan's dream. Sometimes, he's having so much fun, one might wonder if Diaz, the WBC lightweight champion, forgets he has the biggest fight of his life co Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO vs DIAZ: ARE MANY SCRIBES AND FANS PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE?
By Jim Amato, braggingrightscorner.com, Mon, 23 Jun 2008
The eyes of the boxing world will be focused on Manny Pacquiao next Saturday in his quest to win the lightweight title. To some, Manny winning this fight and a piece of the lightweight crown is a foregone conclusion. Many feel that Manny is the today's best active pound for pound boxer. A win Saturd Read Full Story >>> SONNY BOY JARO WINS OPBF TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 23 Jun 2008
Sonny Boy Jaro has won the vacant Orient Pacific Boxing Federation light flyweight title with a split decision over Along Denoy in a fight card in Palawan.
?In this Corner? Television analyst Moy Lainez said it was a close fight but he felt Sonny Boy Jaro deserved to win. He said scoring referee Read Full Story >>> Roach says Manny may lose speed, not power
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Mon, 23 Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES ? Manny Pacquiao may lose some of his speed as he campaigns in the heavier division.
But certainly he won?t lose any of his power.
?His speed is just picking up quite a bit,? said Pacquiao?s trainer, Freddie Roach, Saturday or exactly one week before the Filipino megastar makes h Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao restless
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 23 Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES ? Manny Pacquiao is becoming restless.
But his uneasiness stems from the fact that he is aching to get it on with David Diaz, whose World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight title Pacquiao will try to snatch on Saturday night (Sunday morning in Manila) in Las Vegas.
"Go, go, go," s Read Full Story >>> Roach belittles Diaz?s skills
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 23 Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES ? Freddie Roach doesn?t see anything special in David Diaz. Except for one thing.
"Nothing," said Roach when asked if there's something in Diaz that Manny Pacquiao doesn?t have.
"Diaz best weapon is that he wins fights late, he breaks you down and he wears you down and he did tha Read Full Story >>> World boxing champions Manny Pacquiao and David Diaz are both hungry
By Nars Padilla, Sun.Star Baguio, Mon, 23 Jun 2008
THE quest for added fame and glory for Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and Mexican-American David Diaz, both world champions in their own rights is billed at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas this coming Saturday (Sunday, Manila time). By any yardstick, both superstars are hungry to Read Full Story >>> ABA-TRAINED WHITAKER STOPS LOWRY!
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 22 Jun 2008
WBO NABO light-middleweight champ Charles "The Kill" Whitaker pounded Troy Lowry into submission in the fourth-round last Saturday at the Royal Watler Cruise Terminal, Georgetown, Cayman Islands.
Whitaker prepared for the fight by training at the American Boxing Academy (ABA) in Digos City, Phili Read Full Story >>> Palawan Boxing Airs Tonight Over NBN
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 22 Jun 2008
Fight fans will get to see the OPBF light-flyweight showdown between Along Denoy and Sonny Boy Jaro as "In This Corner" airs the "Palawan Oriental Showdown" from 7 to 9PM over NBN Channel 4.
The show serves as the 8th anniversary presentation of In This Corner, which was backed by Palawan Governo Read Full Story >>> NONITO DONAIRE CONFIDENT BROTHER GLENN WILL WIN TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 22 Jun 2008
Reigning International Boxing Federation and International Boxing Organization flyweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire is confident that elder brother Glenn will win the IBF light flyweight title when he battles Ulises ?Archie? Solis on July 12.
The fight will take place in the Hec Read Full Story >>> PAZZI: I'LL STOP THE MORALES EXPRESS
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 22 Jun 2008
Hussein Pazzi.
The manager of Hussein Pazzi, Emmanuel Mlundwa in an interview last week in Sarangani Province, Philippines declared that his fighter Hussein "The Spoiler" Pazzi will cause an up-set when he faces WBO Oriental supe Read Full Story >>> DIAZ THINKS HIS BEST CHANCE IS TO GO THE DISTANCE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 22 Jun 2008
While celebrated trainer Freddie Roach says he expects Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao to wear WBC lightweight champion David Diaz down and then take him out and other supporters predict an early ending, Diaz himself says Read Full Story >>> PENALOSA WON?T FIGHT ROCHA IF PURSE ISN?T INCREASED
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 22 Jun 2008
WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Penalosa says he won?t take the offer of a title defense against Nestor Rocha if Golden Boy Promotions won?t increase its offer of a $100,000 purse.
The Penalosa title defense against the 5?7? Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan Looks To Pacquiao, Diaz After Gomez Victory
Boxing Daily (UK), Sun, 22 Jun 2008
Knock down after knock down. In the first round of this fight the former British super featherweight champion was knocked to the canvas. As he was celebrating his birthday, Gomez did not give in and got up again to come back to smash his opponent to the ground with a left hook in the second round.
Read Full Story >>> Boxer David Diaz knows the stakes
By Melissa Isaacson, Chicago Tribune, Sun, 22 Jun 2008
A joker by nature, David Diaz was pointedly serious when asked recently if being the WBC lightweight champion was everything he thought it would be.
"A little bit," Diaz said. "I just don't have the money yet. So that's still missing. I have a '91 Honda that I'm still driving with no AC, so hopef Read Full Story >>>
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