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The 10 best Filipino fighters
By Marty Mulcahey, MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
On Saturday, Manny Pacquiao attempts to enhance an already formidable legacy and stamp his frenetic brand of boxing into Filipino history books. It is an impressive book, chronicling a saga that reaches back to the 1920s.
Read Full Story >>>Will One Bad Night Become Two?
By Rory Dowd, TigerBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
Who would you include on a list of the greatest Mexican fighters of all time? Surely, there would be Julio Caesar Chavez, most likely at number one. You?d have to have Salvador Sanchez, whose life was tragically cut short by a car accident, not far behind.
If you were to look at more recent fi Read Full Story >>> CONCEPCION, GESTA STOP FOES IN VEGAS BOUTS (WITH PHOTOS)
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
 
LAS VEGAS -- Two Filipino fighters fashioned out stoppage victories here just two days before the much-awaited big fight between superstars Ma Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Distracted, Will Still Win
By Mike Lynch, The Sweet Science, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
Manny Pacquiao is spreading himself way too thin. Matter of fact, he?s involved in so many extra-curricular activities that he?d be an awful professional boxer if he were anyone o Read Full Story >>> Bout with Pacquiao to be Barrera's last big fight
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
LAS VEGAS -- Marco Antonio Barrera has been a part of so many important and memorable fights during his 18-year professional career that sometimes it's hard to remember them all.
There was his 12th-round knockout of Kennedy McKinney in the epic 1996 fight that made Barrera a star.
There was Read Full Story >>> Barrera ? Pacquiao: Calm Before The Storm?
By Matthew Hurley, EastSideBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
At the final press conference between Marco Antonio Barrera and Manny Pacquiao both fighters seemed rather subdued. There was no macho posturing and no real animosity shown between the camps.
The onl Read Full Story >>> Experts not ruling out Barrera upset
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
LAS VEGAS ? The betting is heavily in favor of Manny Pacquiao over Marco Antonio Barrera as their ?Will To Win? fight draws closer to showtime at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Events Center here tonight (Sunday, Manila).
There are hardly any takers for the Mexican and oddsmakers are busily p Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao?s weight a big mystery
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
LAS VEGAS -- Today?s official weigh-in for both Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera has taken on the air of a mystery thriller.
The suspense mounted as both fighters kept their exact poundage a tightly guarded secret ahead of the official weigh test.
The weigh-in is scheduled for 2:30 p.m Read Full Story >>> Sonsona Vies for Vacant OPBF Crown Today
By Virgi T. Romano, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
Youthful Eden Sonsona, the reigning Philippine super flyweight champion, will try to add another regional belt for the country when he challenges Japanese Kohei Kono for the vacant Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) crown today (October 6) at the famous Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Read Full Story >>> The tale of a rescinded credential
By Homer D. Sayson, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
LAS VEGAS - The inimitable Recah Trinidad, inarguably the best sportswriter in the Philippines, looked a little blue when I met him yesterday at the Mandalay Bay?s media center.
He said he wasn?t sad. But he looked gloomy, his warm, gentle smile supplanted by a rare look of disappointment.
E Read Full Story >>> FREDDIE ROACH THINKS PACQUIAO?S SKILLS WILL WIN OVER BARRERA?S WILL TO WIN IN AN ABBREVIATED FIGHT
By Dennis Principe, Business Mirror, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
IT?S now time to walk the talk as boxing icons Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera finally meet for the second time Sunday morning at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Weeks leading to the fight, the much-anticipated bout has been constantly hyped by both camps, with t Read Full Story >>> Roach to Pacquiao: Fight Like Leonard
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
LAS VEGAS ? Freddie Roach wants Manny Pacquiao to ?fight like Sugar Ray Leonard.?
"I told Manny why don?t you fight like Sugar Ray Leonard and Manny told me Sugar Ray is his idol and I told him that you can box like him if you want to," Roach said on Thursday, two days before the Filipino?s s Read Full Story >>> What's Giant Sucking Sound? Just Barrera Backers Whittling Down Pacquaio Betting Price!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
Hey, what's that giant sucking sound coming from Las Vegas?
Megamanny was an over Three Dollar favorite, meaning you had to put down $300 to win $100 and get back $400. But, slowly and steadily, that Pacman position has been eroded.
A check of the latest line has MP at minus $2.95 while Marco Read Full Story >>> WBC sanctions Las Vegas bout
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
LAS VEGAS ? There will be a title at stake in the ?Will To Win? bout between Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera after all.
Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Eric Buhain told The Star yesterday the Mexico City-based World Boxing Council (WBC) has sanctioned the scheduled 12-round fig Read Full Story >>> Excess pounds no weighty issue
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
LAS VEGAS ? Word flew out of Manny Pacquiao?s camp Thursday that he was three pounds over the limit.
But there?s really no one sounding off the alarm yet. Not the trainer, Freddie Roach, not the boxer himself.
?I?m okay,? Pacquiao said on his way to the IBA Gym earlier in the afternoon for his Read Full Story >>> It?s in Manny?s hands
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
LAST week, I finally won one of those in-flight games of Cebu Pacific Air.
And I did it using the trait that will prove to be the telling factor in the Pacquiao-Barrera fight.
Nah, its not Manny?s ballad-belting abilities. I was talking about his hand speed.
My rather opulent seatmate ha Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Barrera lack prefight spice
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
If Saturday's super featherweight rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera goes the way Wednesday's final news conference did, there are going to be a lot of angry people and two embarrassed promoters.
The two fighters were about as docile and mellow as the blues music piped into Read Full Story >>> Roach tells Manny to stay off the ropes
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
LAS VEGAS ? Do a Sugar Ray. But stay away from the ropes.
Freddie Roach asked Manny Pacquiao to bear this in mind Thursday, saying he could land in trouble if he stays on the ropes in his scheduled 12-rounder against Marco Antonio Barrera.
?It?s not where I want him to be. Obviously he sometim Read Full Story >>> BARRERA REMATCH EXCITES PACMAN
Sportinglife.com (UK), Sat, 06 Oct 2007
Manny Pacquiao will be looking for a repeat performance when he takes on Marco Antonio Barrera in a 12-round super featherweight fight on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
Pacquiao simply dominated Barrera in their first meeting on November 11, 2003 in San Antonio, Texas, winn Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao vs Marco Antonio Barrera Betting Preview
By Brad Marchetti, Point-Spreads.com, Sat, 06 Oct 2007
Revenge is a sweet thing and for Marco Antonio Barrera it will bring him closure to his illustrious career if he can manage to pull of an upset in his rematch against the murderous punching Manny Pacquiao. SBG Global has -350 odds on Manny Pacquiao to win the rematch. So now three years after Barre Read Full Story >>>
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