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Pacquiao wins another award
Boxing icon named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 04 Jan 2007
NOT even the legendary Flash Elorde was able to win it.
The Ring magazine, acknowledged as The Bible of Boxing, has named Manny Pacquiao the 2006 Fighter of the Year, as the hard-hitting lefty became the first Filipino to win the coveted award.
"Although Pacquiao tallied three impressive vi Read Full Story >>>VALERO TKO'S FOE IN FIRST ROUND!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
WBA superfeatherweight champion Edwin Valero proved once again that he belongs to the most elite of the game, stopping yesterday Mexican challenger Michael Lozada in the first round of a scheduled 12-rounder in his first titular defense at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan.
Valero, who is bei Read Full Story >>> Praise for '06, hope for '07
The Times ranks the top boxers
By John C. Cotey, St. Petersburg Times, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
Top 10 pound-for-pound list with our previous rating
1 Manny Pacquiao (5)
Two impressive wins over Erik Morales have the Filipino star looking unbeatable.
2 Winky Wright (1)
Draw versus Jermain Taylor a bad call, but it's in the official books.
3 Floyd Mayweather (2)
He's so good Read Full Story >>> RING OFFICIALLY NAMES PACQUIAO FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
The respected Ring Magazine Editor-in-Chief Nigel Collins says the “Bible” of boxing has officially named Manny Pacquiao the “Fighter of the Year” for 2006, adding to the many accolades received by the Filipino ring idol.
In an email to Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today, Read Full Story >>> SGG Unveils First Card for 2007 in Borbon, Cebu
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
SGG Sports Promotions headed by international promoter, Sammy ?Don King? Gello-ani unveils its first boxing promotion of the year on January 6, 2007 at the Borbon Sports Complex, Borbon, Cebu.
Headlining the card will be Borbon-native Aljun Salogaol in a fistic battle against veteran journeyman, Read Full Story >>> GOLDEN BOY FINALIZES BARRERA-MARQUEZ
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
Golden Boy promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says he is “tired to wait around” and has “finalized today” the fight between WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez which is expected to take place on March 17 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Read Full Story >>> It's Oscar's Choice Now; Roach Not Qualified; Look At Pacman’s Flaws; I Will Sit On Oprah's Couch, Tell All If Lady Pays My Price
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
LAS VEGAS--Urgent memo to Oscar De La Hoya, Richard Schaefer, Golden Boy Building, Los Angeles: Mr. Floyd Joy Mayweather is waiting for your important call. Mr. Floyd Joy Mayweather's boxing calendar is rapi Read Full Story >>> Let's try to make 2007 a knockout
New York Daily News, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
I've never been much on looking back, fondly or with disdain. So I'm not inclined to do a best of 2006 in boxing. I like to look forward. In that spirit here are some of the things that I'd like to see in boxing in 2007. These are in no particular order, and of course this is a fantasy list because Read Full Story >>> Gejon Gets Offer to Vie for IBF Crown!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
Cebuano Eriberto 'Yukka' Gejon has been offered a fight with International Boxing Federation (IBF) minimumweight champion Muhammad Rachman sometime in the first quarter of this year as a mandatory challenger to the Indonesian world champ.
Gejon's manager, however, expressed reservation in pittin Read Full Story >>> TOP JAPANESE PROMOTER HONDA TO GRACE 'WORLD CUP'
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
When the 'World Cup' of boxing takes place on March 4 in Cebu City, expect Asia's most influential and biggest boxing promoter to be at ringside to watch all fistic action in what is groomed to be the biggest boxing spectacle in the history of Philippine boxing.
Japanese promoter Akihiko Honda, Read Full Story >>> Arum: Let MAB Lose To Marquez; It's Up To Pacquiao Now, We'll Name Manny's April Macau Opponent In Few Days
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
I would hardly say that Golden Boy's announcement that Marco Antonio Barrera will defend his WBC title against Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas on St. Patrick's Day ruined Bob Arum's first day back in his Read Full Story >>> Beristain Gives His Blessing to Barrera v. Marquez
By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
Los Angeles – With Golden Boy Promotions announcing today, via Boxing Talk, that the promotional firm would move forward with a March show down between Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez, I took the opportunity to call Marquez’s trainer Ignacio “Nacho” Beristain.
Read Full Story >>> BARRERA-MARQUEZ DONE DEAL FOR MARCH 17!
By G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
Moments ago Golden Boy Promotions CEO contacted Boxingtalk.com to inform us that since Manny Pacquiao was not interested in facing Marco Antonio Barrera on March 17, Barrera will now face Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on that date. HBO PPV will televise. More details to f Read Full Story >>> MANNY PACQUIAO: THE RING’S 2006 FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
The Ring, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
It’s amazing what a little guy with a big smile and an even bigger punch can accomplish. While the heavyweight division was bogged down by mediocrity last year, the junior lightweight class soared to new heights thanks in large p Read Full Story >>> RP-Mexico World Cup is on
By Ed Picson, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
While Filipinos collectively squirm over the promotional mess that Manny Pacquiao has fallen into and await with bated breath news of his next bout, other top-rate Filipino boxers will have a chance to do the country proud in the much-anticipated Philippines-Mexico World Cup.
Eyebrows were rai Read Full Story >>> Bautista: Boxing taught me how to be a gentleman
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
FROM working in the paddies, the 20-year-old Rey Bautista is now a well-traveled boxer, having fought regularly in the US for the past year.
Aside from that, Bautista has met the stars of the sport and is in a position more than half the other Pinoy boxers can only dream of.
You have been trav Read Full Story >>> GAB SAYS TWO BOXERS KO'D IN THAI MISMATCHES WERE UNLICENSED
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
The chief of the Games and Amusements Board boxing division Dr. Nasser Cruz said Tuesday that his investigation into the reported mismatches involving three Filipino boxers who were knocked out in Thailand last week revealed that two of the boxers were "not even registered with the GAB or licensed." Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao sticks with Arum’s plan
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
Manny Pacquiao all but ignored Oscar De La Hoya’s ultimatum for him to sign for a fight aganst Marco Antonio Barrera as he affirmed his commitment to stay with Bob Arum’s Top Rank yesterday.
De La Hoya’s Jan. 2 deadline lapsed into history yesterday and boxing’s Golden Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao ignores GBP deadline
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
Manny Pacquiao has decided to stick it out with Top Rank Promotions as the outfit that will help guide the Filipino boxer through probably the last four years of his career even as he snubbed the deadline set by the Golden Boy Promotions for a rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera in March.
"Manny Read Full Story >>> VALERO DEFENDS TITLE AGAINST LOZADA TODAY
By Joe Koizumi, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
TOKYO, JAPAN -- Sensational KO artist, Venezuelan southpaw Edwin Valero (20-0, 20 KOs with his first 18 bouts finished in the opening round) will make his initial defense of the WBA 130-pound belt against Mexican Michael Lozad Read Full Story >>>
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