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Dollars got in way of rematch
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Juan Manuel Marquez is one of the world?s great fighters and holds the WBC super featherweight championship, but there is no question the star of the show on the fight card Saturday at Mandalay Bay is Manny Pacquiao.
Pacquiao is guaranteed big money whenever and wherever he fights. Ma Read Full Story >>>Sage says it could go distance
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Boxing elder Lito Mondejar, who has worked the corners of five Filipino world champions in nearly 50 years of involvement in the sport, yesterday didn?t rule out the possibility of the WBC superfeatherweight title bout between champion Juan Manuel Marquez and challenger Manny Pacquiao he Read Full Story >>> No backing down
Marquez promises to give all in Pacquiao rematch
By Chis Mannix, Sports Illustrated, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
It was supposed to be the defining moment of Juan Manuel Marquez's career, yet in the end, it wasn't defining at all.
Four years ago, Marquez, then the WBA and IBF featherweight champion, stepped in the ring with Manny Pacquiao, a whirling dervish of a fighter who was universally ranked among th Read Full Story >>> US media caught up in fight hype
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
LAS VEGAS ? The mainstream US media is also caught up with the buzz of Saturday night?s rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez.
The leading newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Philadelphia News, Pasadena News, Star Tribune as well as USA Today have been runn Read Full Story >>> Not for money but country
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Although he stands to bankroll at least $5 million for his fight against WBC superfeatherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez here tonight (tomorrow morning, Manila), challenger Manny Pacquiao said yesterday money isn?t his motivator.
?This is not for the money, this is for the country Read Full Story >>> Sitting on a windfall from the rematch
By Percy D. Della, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
SACRAMENTO, California--For he high rollers in Manny Pacquiao's retinue now assembled in Las Vegas, here's something to mull over.
If you are true blue Pacquiao extremist, why not put your money where your mouth is--and hope to win big bucks in the process?
Ignore the odds-makers that say your Read Full Story >>> Barrera roots for Marquez, expects 12 explosive rounds
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Marco Antonio Barrera, who fought two classic fights with Manny Pacquiao, is in town to watch the Filipino?s rematch against Juan Manuel Marquez tomorrow at Mandalay Bay.
Barrera, who lost both fights to Pacquiao, including a 12-round decision last October, was seen at the lobby of Th Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Marquez II Links
By Tim Starks, Most Valuable Network, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
MANNY PACQUIAO IS THE WORST FIGHTER EVER!
I kid. I?m just trying to get a rise out of my new friends among the Pacmaniacs, who have called me a lotta names in the last couple days for daring to think Juan Manuel Marquez may come out on top in their man?s junior lightweight rematch Saturday night. Read Full Story >>> Marquez is ready to get back in ring against Pacquiao
By Jenny Reisinger Cohen, Fox Sports, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
This weekend will see a rematch almost four years in the making after a draw between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez.
The fight can be seen live on HBO Pay-Per-View on Saturday night at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
FOXSports.com talked to Juan Manuel Marquez to find out if he's ready for the rema Read Full Story >>> Roach sees clean fight in rematch
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Freddie Roach wants a good, clean fight.
Chances are he?s going to get it.
Roach said Thursday he doesn?t see anything coming out of the dirty tricks department during Manny Pacquiao?s rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez tomorrow night at Mandalay Bay.
Roach believes that Marquez i Read Full Story >>> Mere Victory Not Sufficient, Pacquiao Needs To Be Dominant Over Marquez!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
LAS VEGAS--Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles and the Blind Boys Of Alabama, individually and collectively, can see clearly that Manny Pacquiao will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY, five years after he retires from the ring.
His trainer, Freddie Roach, has also alr Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao a meal and sweat beads away
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
LAS VEGAS ? The old problems, the old fears are gone.
Meet the new Manny Pacquiao.
For the first time in his most recent fights, Pacquiao might just tip the scales Friday, the official weigh-in, with a little less than what?s needed for his super-featherweight clash with Juan Manuel Marquez.
Read Full Story >>> Familiarity breeds knock outs
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
THERE?S an adage in boxing which I subscribe to when making a prediction. It?s when they say, ?You?re only as good as your last fight.?
Well, not religiously anyway, as I usually tailor it to a boxer?s last three or four fights.
A lot of things have happened since the last time Manny Pacquia Read Full Story >>> I sacrificed for this fight ? Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao is going to have a broken heart if he loses Saturday night.
"I had to sacrifice a lot like being away from my loved ones," said Pacquiao after holding his last workout Thursday afternoon.
"I also did not allow myself to get bothered by distractions as I set them al Read Full Story >>> "De México, ¿a quién me van a poner?"
By Ernesto Castellanos, Esto en Linea, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
ENVIADOS ESPECIALES
Las Vegas, Nevada.- Los dirigentes de Manny Pacquiao informaron a los representantes de ESTO que el ídolo de ídolos de las islas filipinas iba a entrenar en el gimnasio de la Asociaci&# Read Full Story >>> "En 2004 pensé que Pacquiao era fácil"
Charla con Juan Manuel Márquez
By Ernesto Castellanos, Esto en Linea, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada.- Los enviados de ESTO encontramos ayer por la tarde a un relajado, tranquilo Juan Manuel Márquez. El campeón mundial superpluma del CMB acababa de regresar del gimnasio, en donde realizó u Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Marquez: Juan Appears To Be The Younger Fighter
By Donald Rayfield, EastSideBoxing.com, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
As I've watched both Manny Pacquiao (45-3-2, 35 KOs) and Juan Manuel Marquez (48-3-1, 35 KOs) prepare for this Saturday's WBC super featherweight rematch at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, I can't help but notice how badly Pacquiao has aged in the past four years since their Read Full Story >>> Barrera?s heart for Marquez, money for Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao and Mexico?s beloved Marco Antonio Barrera bumped into each other Thursday afternoon at the lobby of The Hotel at Mandalay Bay as the Filipino was prepariing to leave for training.
Fortunately, there were no punches thrown and the two immediately smiled at each other, Read Full Story >>> Ref of 2004 match predicts total war
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Joe Cortez, the third man on the ring when Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez first met in 2004, is out of this rematch.
The Puerto Rican referee said Thursday he?ll be doing another fight when the rematch takes place Saturday at Mandalay Bay.
But Cortez, one of the great refer Read Full Story >>> Cagayanons not all diehards for Manny
By Lynde Salgados, Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro, Sat, 15 Mar 2008
IT'S not that a good number of true-blue sports-loving Cagayanons have totally lost that kind of feeling spelled as patriotism. It's just that some of them have this penchant to root for the so-called underdog.
And the 50-something Danny Velez obviously qualified as one of the underdog lovers.
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