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Manny hits Cebu City ground with ballgame
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 14 Oct 2007
FRESH from his feat in Nevada over Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera, Philippine Boxing idol Manny Pacquiao today hits Cebu ground running?this time on the basketball court.
Pacquiao comes full circle in this city where he trained for six weeks with a busy day, in which a basketball game with Read Full Story >>>The Y! Sports Top 10 boxing poll
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Sun, 14 Oct 2007
New middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik scored a dramatic TKO of Jermain Taylor on Sept. 29 in Atlantic City to win the WBC and WBO titles.
Pavlik was equally as harsh to Taylor in the most recent Yahoo! Sports boxing poll. Pavlik's win impressed the voters so much that he not only entered the lis Read Full Story >>> ROBERT DIAZ JOINS GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS AS MATCHMAKER AND TALENT SCOUT
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Oct 2007
LOS ANGELES, CA - Golden Boy Promotions, one of the world?s premier boxing promotional companies, today announced the addition of former boxing manager and advisor, Robert Diaz as a full time matchmaker.
Diaz, a San Francisco native of Mexican decent and the former advisor to three-time World Cha Read Full Story >>> EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: FREDDIE ROACH
By Brad Cooney, BradCooney.com, Sun, 14 Oct 2007
Boxingtalk sat down with famed fight trainer Freddie Roach and got his thoughts on Manny Pacquiao's performance against Marco Antonio Barrera. Roach also talks about Pacquiao possibly moving up in weight to 135lbs for his next fight. Additionally, Roach fires back at current WBC lightweight world ch Read Full Story >>> Don King: Diaz Vs. Diaz Won't Put People To Sleep Like Pacquaio-Barrera Did!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sun, 14 Oct 2007
CHICAGO--Don King hates to knock the boxing product of any competitors. He hates to be a nattering nabob of negativity but, sometimes, DK can?t help himself. When I caught up The Donald at Friday night?s Juan Diaz-Julio Diaz lightweight title unification fight weigh-in, it was one of those times.
Read Full Story >>> The Real Deal needs a reality check
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 14 Oct 2007
HE REFERS to himself as the ?Real Deal?. But the real deal is that he is old and decrepit. He?s more of a ?Done Deal? actually.
But Evander Holyfield would have none of that and this Sunday he will face unbeaten Sultan Ibragimov for the latter?s WBO heavyweight title. At 44 years of age, and wit Read Full Story >>> Domingo to face no. 1 contender
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 13 Oct 2007
PHILIPPINE bantamweight champion Michael Domingo will put his belt on the line for a fifth time against No. 1 challenger Roger Galicia of Mandaluyong City tonight in Calape, Bohol.
This fight is a rematch of the February 2006 bout when Domingo successfully made his second title defense with a te Read Full Story >>> PENALOSA READY FOR DE LEON; CATUBAY TO SHUT DARCHINYAN'S MOUTH; DOMINGO TO DEFEND CROWN
By Allaine Ramos, FightBeat.com, Sat, 13 Oct 2007
The city government of Cebu City, led by Mayor Tomas Osmena and Councilor Jack Jakosalem, is set to roll out the red carpet for boxing icon Manny Pacquiao when he arrives here on Sunday to thank his loyal fans and face the media.
Pacquiao, accompanied by his business associate Rex 'Wakee' Salud, Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao to Receive Fighter of the Year Award
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 13 Oct 2007
Los Angeles, CA -- Reports from reliable sources indicate that Filipino ring idol,Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao will receive the ?Fighter of the Year Award? from the World Boxing Hall of Fame.
The award is in recognition Read Full Story >>> Barrera 'n Naz are both legends
By Frank Warren, The Sun, Sat, 13 Oct 2007
THE glorious career of Marco Antonio Barrera came to an end at the weekend after defeat at the hands of Manny Pacquiao.
It seems certain Barrera will be inducted to Boxing?s Hall of Fame.
But debate rages whether one of his most famous opponents should also be given the great accolade.
R Read Full Story >>> KOIZUMI SAYS NO TALK OF VALERO-PACQUIAO TITLE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 13 Oct 2007
Well-known Japanese matchmaker, boxing manager and journalist Joe Koizumi says there?s been no talk in the camp of WBA super featherweight champion Edwin ?Dynamita? Valero about a title defense against Filipino Read Full Story >>> JOAN GUZMAN vs. HUMBERTO SOTO HEADLINES HBO'S BOXING AFTER DARK ON NOVEMBER 17 IN ATLANTIC CITY
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 13 Oct 2007
LOS ANGELES -- In a fall filled with spectacular fights, one of the best may take place on Saturday, November 17th, when two of the premier boxers in the 130-pound weight class, WBO Junior Lightweight Champion Joan Guzman and former Interim Featherweight Champion Humberto Soto, look to move closer t Read Full Story >>> ?Boom Boom? ready for comeback
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 13 Oct 2007
Rey (Boom Boom) Bautista is aching to bounce back from his humiliating first round knockout loss to WBO superbantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon but it won?t be easy making mincemeat of his next opponent.
ALA stable owner Tony Aldeguer?s chief lieutenant Sammy Gello-ani told The STAR recen Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO WATCH: MANNY RUNNING OUT OF MONEY FIGHTS
By Edwin G. Espejo, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 13 Oct 2007
WITH Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera sipping tequila into the sunset, Manny Pacquiao is fast running out of iconic foes in the super featherweight division.
Just a couple of years ago, the super featherweight class was the hottest and most talent-laden division in boxing.
The only reco Read Full Story >>> Domingo to face no. 1 contender
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 13 Oct 2007
PHILIPPINE bantamweight champion Michael Domingo will put his belt on the line for a fifth time against No. 1 challenger Roger Galicia of Mandaluyong City tonight in Calape, Bohol.
This fight is a rematch of the February 2006 bout when Domingo successfully made his second title defense with a te Read Full Story >>> ADVICE FROM A 75-YEAR-OLD LAWYER: 'DON'T CROSS THE RIVER, MANNY'
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 13 Oct 2007
ILOILO CITY ? A well-known lawyer and philosopher here has warned WBC international champion Manny Pacquiao ?not to cross the river of no return? and to ?follow the dictate of mother nature? when it comes to deciding whether or n Read Full Story >>> How a therapist got Manny?s groove back
By Homer D. Sayson, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 13 Oct 2007
CHICAGO ? Making weight at 130 pounds used to be easy as drinking water for Manny Pacquiao, sure like a woman?s tears on wedding day.
But a different script played out on the eve of his rematch against Marco Antonio Barrera. Manny struggled at the scales, appearing gaunt and morbidly arid during Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Will Remain At Super Featherweight
By Matthew Hurley, EastSideBoxing.com, Sat, 13 Oct 2007
At the post fight press conference for Marco Antonio Barrera ? Manny Pacquiao, Barrera maintained a level of dignity throughout the proceedings but couldn?t resist getting in a dig at his two time conqueror when he invited WBA super featherweight champion Edwin Valero onto the dais. When asked by a Read Full Story >>> Maldonado is Donaire?s foe
By Dennis Principe, Business Mirror, Sat, 13 Oct 2007
After weeks of speculation, the challenger to International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. has finally been named.
Donaire?s father, Nonito Sr., revealed that his son will make his first title defense against one-time world challenger Luis Maldonado of Mexico on Dec Read Full Story >>> WBO TO TAKE UP USE OF BANNED SUBSTANCE IN WORLD TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 13 Oct 2007
One of the issues to be taken up at the WBO Convention in Puerto Rico next month will be the use of a banned substance by previously undefeated Thai challenger Pornsawan Kratingdaenggym in his WBO minimum weight title fight against Filipino Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes which Nietes won by a unanimous twelve Read Full Story >>>
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