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Pacman confirms Arum tie-up, eyes Barrera fight
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 29 Dec 2006
It will be Manny Pacquiao fighting Mexican slugger Marco Antonio Barrera in April before going up against another fighter in September in Macau.
After the Filipino icon yesterday introduced Bob Arum as his new promoter, the legendary boxing figure behind Top Rank Promotions announced his immedia Read Full Story >>>Top Rank boss pulls off Pacman deal in secrecy
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 29 Dec 2006
BOB ARUM may have boarded a stealth jet when he arrived in Manila the day after Christmas.
By the time news broke out that the Top Rank president was in the country, Arum had already met with Manny Pacquiao, and in one day, had forged an agreement with boxing?s most exciting boxer.
"Nobody Read Full Story >>> Old man Arum, he just keeps rolling along
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Fri, 29 Dec 2006
Put one on the board for the old man?
Bob Arum fended off a charge from bitter rival, the promotional neophyte Oscar De La Hoya, when he got Manny Pacquiao to sign on the dotted line in the Philippines.
A Read Full Story >>> Top Rank for Manny; gets $1-M sign bonus?
By Frank Calapre, The Manila Times, Fri, 29 Dec 2006
IT?S final. Top Rank Promotions will be Manny Pacquiao?s promoter for the next four years.
The 28-year-old Filipino boxing icon announced Thursday that finality of the contract he signed with Bob Arum in Las Vegas, Nevada, after stopping Mexico?s Eric Morales in the third round of their ?Grand F Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER TOP OF THE WORLD
By Derek Bilton, Sportinglife.com (UK), Fri, 29 Dec 2006
After mauling Erik Morales to defeat inside three rounds there are plenty of boxing fans and scribes decreeing Manny Pacquiao as the finest boxer, 'pound-for-pound', in the world today.
And it's easy to see why.
Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO PICKS ARUM OVER DE LA HOYA
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 28 Dec 2006
Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao has taken a defining step in his blooming ring career by picking the astute Bob Arum and his Top Rank Promotions over Oscar De La Hoya and his Golden Boy Promotions who are locked in a bitter struggle for the
promotional rights to the Philippines’ national tr Read Full Story >>> Pacman: My promoter is Top Rank!
By Dennis Principe, FightNews.com, Thu, 28 Dec 2006
If this battle is a boxing match, then Bob Arum has scored a mighty knockdown against promotional archenemy Oscar De La Hoya.
The Hall-of-Fame promoter yesterday finally convinced Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao to state his preference for Arum's Top Rank over De La Hoya's Golden Boy Prom Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO CHOOSES TOP RANK, BUT WANTS BARRERA!
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 28 Dec 2006
Despite a looming court battle, Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao announced that he has chosen Bob Arum's Top Rank as his promoter over Oscar De la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions during an afternoon press conference at the Champaigne Room of Manila Hotel hours ago.
Pacquiao, however, indicated tha Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao confirms next bout in April
ABS-CBN News, Thu, 28 Dec 2006
Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao confirmed Thursday that he is fighting either Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera or another fighter in April next year, with Top Rank's Bob Arum promoting the fight.
In a press Read Full Story >>> Exclusive Interview: Freddie Roach
Roach Will Remain In Pacman's Corner; Blasts 'Degenerate' Koncz As Arum Bagman
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 28 Dec 2006
Manny Pacquiao may be committing professional suicide by spurning a better promotional deal from Oscar de la Hoya and Golden Boy but trainer Freddie Roach intends to remain in Pacman's corner. Roach told me, in a wide-ranging exclusive interview that the popular fighter is being deceived by "a human Read Full Story >>> Michael Marley Reporting: Roach Trapped Now, Deal With Golden Boy Was Deliver Manny, Become Oscar's Trainer; Arum, Pacman Steaming Off To See Wynn In Macau
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 28 Dec 2006
Now it can be told...
With Manny Pacquiao seemingly set to announce in Manila Thursday that he is going to be promoted exclusively by Bob Arum's Top Rank, the fallout from the decision was reverberating throughout the boxing world, from Manila to Manhattan to Macau. Hey, I'm so glad you mentioned Read Full Story >>> Villified Agent Koncz Wants Roach Exterminated
Arum Will Win Pacman Or Go Down Swinging In One Of His Last Great Promotional Fights
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 28 Dec 2006
It might be one of his last great fights. The man is going-on-76 now. But Bob Arum will either solidify his business relationship with Manny Pacquaio or go down swinging.
And Arum has something that neither man Read Full Story >>> Michael Marley's Pacman Primer: Everything You Always Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 28 Dec 2006
As the Pacman sage continues, I want to see if I can clarify some aspects of the fascinating fight among the promoters, managers, the trainer and various agents...so here goes.
Q. Some criticize Pacman himself for the mess he is in now. Do you concur?
A. I think only someone else with a fifth- Read Full Story >>> Pacman To Speak Thursday In Manila (With Uncle Bob Arum At His Side?)
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 28 Dec 2006
Reliable sources indicate that Manny Pacquiao will speak to the media Thursday in Manila and that Top Rank honcho Bob Arum will be at his side.
And the winner is...at least in the short-term, maybe in the long-term, Arum as it appears he had the right jockey, agent Michael Koncz, influencing the Read Full Story >>> IN HUDDLE: Pacman tales
By Beth Celis, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 28 Dec 2006
PEOPLE FROM Metro Manila who went to General Santos the other weekend to attend the three-in-one celebration of Pinoy boxing icon Manny Pacquiao had some interesting tales to tell.
For starters, I got a lengthy text message from an associate just recently, asking if I heard about the shabby treat Read Full Story >>> Arum up against odds in deal with Pacquiao
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Thu, 28 Dec 2006
Bob Arum has thousands of souls to contend with as he tries to convince Manny Pacquiao to honor a four-year contract with Top Rank, which the Filipino fighter signed almost two months after he inked a seven-fight deal with Oscar dela Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions.
A meeting between Arum and Read Full Story >>> No deal with Arum, yet — Pacman
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 28 Dec 2006
MANNY PACQUIAO confirmed the presence of Top Rank big boss Bob Arum in General Santos City but made it clear that a deal hasn’t been forged between the Filipino puncher and the promoter par excellence.
"We haven’t discussed anything yet but we are scheduled to talk tonight (last ni Read Full Story >>> Roach: Arum can’t do anything
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard Today, Thu, 28 Dec 2006
TRAINER Freddie Roach said he has no idea what Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is doing in General Santos City, where he met with Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao. In an overseas telephone conversation with Viva Sports/Standard Today, Roach pointed out that Pacquiao had signed a seven-fight agreement wi Read Full Story >>> RSR's 2006 End Of The Year Awards
By Brian Wilbur, RingsideReport.com, Thu, 28 Dec 2006
The boxing year of 2006 is at its end. The year could have been better. Many of the most anticipated fights fell through and even the big PPV fights that did happen were not as spectacular as the $49.99 price tag would tend to suggest. The heavyweight division began and ended as a fragmented stand s Read Full Story >>> Fighter of the year: My five candidates
By Zhenyu Li, People's Daily Online (CN), Thu, 28 Dec 2006
In retrospect of the year 2006, someone rises and someone falls. Cause and effect are an infinite cycle. Today, I pick up five fighters who have been on the rise this year as the fighter of the year candidate.
1. Manny Pacquiao
Three matches this year, winning on all occasions, two by way of Read Full Story >>>
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