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DRAMATIC ENDINGS HIGHLIGHT GOLDEN BOY?S WORLD CUP ON BAD
By Michael Swann, 15rounds.com, Wed, 15 Aug 2007
Last Saturday HBO?s Boxing After Dark telecast two entertaining title fights as part of the Golden Boy promoted Mexico vs. Philippines World Cup card. Held at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California, this World Cup is a novel concept of putting together good fights with a nationalistic flavor throu Read Full Story >>>ALL?S WELL THAT ENDS WELL FOR CONDES
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 15 Aug 2007
After hours of sometimes heated exchanges over two days and three meetings the controversy surrounding IBF minimum weight champion Florante Condes? managerial and promotional contracts were finally resolved through the efforts of Games and Amusements chairman Eric Buhain.
In the end Condes was p Read Full Story >>> Star power at the World Cup
By Homer D. Sayson, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 15 Aug 2007
CHICAGO - Only 4,469 fans showed up last Saturday night at the Arco Arena for the World Cup of Boxing, which the Philippines won over Mexico with elegance and authority, 5-1.
Although the attendance was thin in Golden Boy Promotions standards, there wasn?t a lack of star power among the crowd wh Read Full Story >>> Pacquaio says ?Boom Boom? must improve on defense
By Charles Raymond A. Maxey, Sun.Star Davao, Wed, 15 Aug 2007
FILIPINO boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao said Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista must improve on his defense if the latter wants to bounce back from his heartbreaking first round knockout defeat to Daniel Ponce de Leon of Mexico last Saturday in Sacramento, California.
Pacquiao, in a television interview, Read Full Story >>> ?The Boxing Bookie? Bombards Freddie Roach With Questions?I Can Finally Sneeze Without it Hurting?
By John Chavez, Boxing Confidential, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
Some people say that money changes people while others might say that fame changes a person. While these two things may very well be true, it just isn?t the case for Hall-of-Fame trainer Freddie Roach. I like to refer to him as ?The Professor?. In my short interactions with ?The Professor? he?s a Read Full Story >>> Coach Freddie Roach Turns Wrong Into Right: Reverses Course On Slagging Of Israel Vazquez!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
Tip of the Irish tweed cap to Bostonian Freddie Roach. He did something wrong but he made it right. Some time before the recent second Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez fight, Coach Roach made some ill-considered remarks about Vazquez being a punched out palooka. The trainer of Manny Pacquaio and t Read Full Story >>> The Filipinos Did Some Major Damage This Past Saturday The Trend of Power Punching Southpaws Continues
By John Chavez, Boxing Confidential, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
Tip of the Irish tweed cap to Bostonian Freddie Roach. He did something wrong but he made it right. Some time before the recent second Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez fight, Coach Roach made some ill-considered remarks about Vazquez being a punched out palooka. The trainer of Manny Pacquaio and t Read Full Story >>> San Carlos to honor world boxing champ
By Cedelf Tupas, Visayan Daily Star, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
Gerry Pe?alosa's world-class exploits in the ring have not gone unnoticed in his hometown San Carlos City.
Although he has relocated to Manila, the 35-year-old southpaw, who captured his second world boxing title Saturday night in Sacramento, California (Sunday morning in the Philippines), will Read Full Story >>> Barrera: "I Will Never Fight Marquez Again"
By Mark Vester, BoxinScene.com, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
Win or lose, Marco Antonio Barrera (63-5, 42KOs) told BoxingScene's Ernest Gabion that he will never stage a rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez (44-3, 35KOs). Barrera is so convinced that he was robbed of a win in their March bout, that he sees no reason to ever fight Marquez again.
"No. Never. Nev Read Full Story >>> WILL ?BOOM BOOM? EVER EXPLODE AGAIN?
By Ed C. Tolentino, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
The guns of Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista may have been silenced with utter impunity by Mexican powerhitter Daniel Ponce de Leon, but to say that they will never fire again is both premature if not downright hogwash.
At a Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO ENCOURAGES BAUTISTA NOT TO GIVE UP
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao who is acknowledged as a hero for opening the doors to several young Filipino boxers to be able to make a name for themselves in the United States has encouraged Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista not Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO BEGINS TRAINING, WAITS FOR ROACH
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao squelched rumors that he had personal problems and a tiff with celebrated trainer Freddie Roach which was the reason for his sudden decision to return home in a hurry after the press conference formally announcing his rematch with legendary Mexican Marco Antonio Bar Read Full Story >>> ?Boom Boom? Bautista's age was not the culprit
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
The first round knockout defeat suffered by WBO Asia-Pacific champion Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista in the hands of stone-fisted World Boxing Organization (WBO) superbantamweight (122 lbs) boss Daniel Ponce De Leon last August 12 in Sacramento, California, did not mean that Bautista was not yet ready to Read Full Story >>> Is Manny Pacquiao taking Marco Antonio Barrera Lightly? Coach Roach Responds
By Johnny Benz, DogHouseBoxing.com, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
In a recent interview conducted by Doghouse Boxing's very own Gabriel Montoya, Manny Pacquiao's respected Trainer, Freddie Roach took the time to update Doghouse Readers on Pacquiao and his training for his upcoming rematch battle against the rugged and talented, Marco Antonio Barrera.
There has Read Full Story >>> Is Bautista our Vargas?
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
I DO not necessarily subscribe to the view that the reason for Rey ?Boom-boom? Bautista?s defeat at the hands of Daniel Ponce de leon was the fact that he may have been rushed too soon into a title bout.
Sure, it could have been a factor, as his inexperience and ring immaturity accounted for his Read Full Story >>> Tony Aldeguer takes responsibility
By Philip Ella Juico, The Philippine Star, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
Daniel Ponce de Leon knocked out unbeaten Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista in the first round to retain his World Boxing Organization (WBO) 122-pound super bantamweight crown. De Leon?s victory was Mexico?s lone win in a six-fight World Cup of Boxing against the Philippines at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, Read Full Story >>> Most impressive of all
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
Of the five Filipino fighters who won in Golden Boy?s World Cup at the Arco Arena in Sacramento last Saturday night, I thought superflyweight Z Gorres was the most impressive of them all.
Gorres gave a masterful display of boxing craftsmanship as he dominated former WBC lightflyweight titlist Eri Read Full Story >>> Pacman: Training here part of battle plan
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
Manny Pacquiao broke sweat at the Wild Card Gym in Para?aque yesterday then broke his silence on the string of controversies, which have hounded him lately.
First, why did he leave Los Angeles in a huff last Friday when everyone else thought he was there to train for the next eight weeks?
Pacq Read Full Story >>> Future beckons for unbeaten Cebu pug
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
TONY ALDEGUER has a long range plan for unbeaten super-flyweight AJ Banal, who now carries the burden of carrying the flag of the ALA Boxing Club, the Cebu-based stable which enjoys the full backing of Oscar De La Hoya?s Golden Boy Promotions (GBP).
"We are not rushing AJ," said Aldeguer of Bana Read Full Story >>> Keep your head high, Boom-Boom
By Homer D. Sayson, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 14 Aug 2007
CHICAGO - He looked fine when I steered him toward a small corner in the bowels of the Arco Arena after the post-event press conference for the World Cup of Boxing late last Saturday night.
In a first-round TKO loss moments earlier, he took 19 of the 39 power punches that his foe threw with wild Read Full Story >>>
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