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Spotlight on Boxing | Ring-ing in the New Year
By Santos A. Perez, The Miami Herald, Mon, 25 Dec 2006
A triumphant return. Continued confirmation of pound-for-pound supremacy. Ascendancy of the Eastern European heavyweights. The exciting culmination of a super-featherweight trilogy.
Boxing storylines proved abundant in 2006 and for a change, most originated inside the ropes instead of scandal and Read Full Story >>>Danggod draws with Rapada; Labao KOs O?ate
By Epifanio M. Almeda, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 25 Dec 2006
The main event of the “Bakbakan sa Alabang IV (Slugfest in Alabang IV) Saturday night featuring super-flyweights Celso Danggod and Eric Rapada ended in a technical majority draw when the cut prone Danggod was cut in the right eyebrow for the second time in the fight by another accidental head Read Full Story >>> ’Twas a very good year (First of a series)
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Mon, 25 Dec 2006
It was a year of good news for Philippine sports as successes overshadowed failures in restoring credibility to the Filipino athlete’s fighting spirit, self-confidence despite daunting odds and will to win.
At the forefront were stars who captured the imagination of a people long searching Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao set to lose $5-M payday
Barrera-Marquez almost done deal
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 25 Dec 2006
JUST days after he announced that he is now willing to fight WBC super-featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera, Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao is set to lose that multimillion dollar opportunity as a Barrera-Juan Manuel Marquez showdown is reportedly close to being consummated.
Golden Boy Prom Read Full Story >>> Sean Ocampo's Final Pound for Pound Ratings of 2006
By Sean Ocampo, EastSideBoxing.com, Mon, 25 Dec 2006
1. Manny Pacquiao 43-3-2 (33 KOs) - The “Pacman” gave boxing three wonderful fights this year including two fight of the year candidates. His two devastating stoppage victories over Erik Morales clinched the number one spot in this pound for pound ratings. The man from the Philippines is Read Full Story >>> Barrera wants rematch, wary over Pacman row
By Dante Navarro, The Philippine Star, Mon, 25 Dec 2006
World Boxing Council super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera on Saturday said he hopes Manny Pacquiao’s contractual dispute with promoters Top Rank and Golden Boy be settled the soonest possible time for him to step up his buildup for their keenly-awaited rematch early next year.
Read Full Story >>> WBO SETS ANOTHER GIFT-GIVING FOR KIDS IN PHILIPPINES AND THAILAND
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 24 Dec 2006
Fil-Am WBO Vice President for Asia Pacific Leon Panoncillo informed Philboxing.com today that he had been contacted by WBO President Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel to again coordinate another Christmas gift giving to disenfranchised children of Asia.
Last year the WBO provided donation among the ch Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Out, Barrera-Marquez is Close
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 24 Dec 2006
The President and CEO of Golden Boy Promotions Richard Schaefer says the rematch between Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao and reigning WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera will not happen in April as Pacquiao claimed in an interview with ABS-CBN, Friday. In fact it may not happen Read Full Story >>> FEATURE STORY: THE MANNY PACQUIAO GAMBIT
An in-depth report and analysis on Pacquiao's promotional stalemate
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 24 Dec 2006
In my chess playing days, I used to drop by the Cubao area in Quezon City to try to solve chess puzzles presented by 'chess street hawkers' and get to win a few bucks here and there.
Chess puzzles are very intriguing mental exercise and depending on how the pieces on the chessboard are arranged Read Full Story >>> IT'S A PACMAN XMAS, INDEED
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sun, 24 Dec 2006
NEW YORK -- Here's to you, Manny Claus!
M is for the first letter of your first name, Manny
E is for the Excitement you have brought to fans worldwide
R is for the Ring in which you rule supreme, best around Pound for Pound
R is for how have you have single-handedly (two handedly?) Resto Read Full Story >>> MICHAEL MARLEY LOOKS BACK AT 2006
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sun, 24 Dec 2006
FIGHTER OF THE YEAR -- MANNY PACQUAIO
BEST AROUND, POUND FOR POUND - 1. MANNY PACQUIAO; 2. FLOYD MAYWEATHER; 3. MIKKEL KESSLER;
BEST NEW WEB SITE -- WWW.BOXINGCONFIDENTIAL.COM, YA DIG? MARLEY AND LOIS ARE COOKING WITH HOT GREASE
BEST BALANCED (NOT ONLY FOR AMERICANS) AND BEST FAN DISCUSSI Read Full Story >>> SOROLLA TKO’D IN IBF TITLE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 24 Dec 2006
IBF minimum weight challenger Benjie Sorolla of the Philippines was TKO’d in the seventh round of a title fight against world champion Muhammad Rachman of Indonesia who gave himself a present as promised on his 34th birthday with the impressive victory Saturday.
Referee John Wright calle Read Full Story >>> Davao Boxing Coaches Maul Cebu Ref
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 24 Dec 2006
GENERAL Santos City -- Two boxing coaches of Davao City mauled a referee from Cebu for earlier making a controversial decision against their boxer during the finals of the firstManny "PacMan" Pacquiao Cup National Amateur Boxing Championships last Wednesday at the Oval Plaza covered
court here.
Read Full Story >>> Banal to go after WBO Youth title
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 24 Dec 2006
YOUNG sensation Alex John “Bazooka” Banal will open the 2007 boxing calendar with a bang as the Tagbilaran City-adopted son will be fighting for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Youth World super-flyweight championship in January.
The undefeated Banal will be the main attraction o Read Full Story >>> FILIPINA BOXER MAKES IMPACT IN CHINA
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 24 Dec 2006
Outstanding amateur female boxer Gretchen Abaniel made a big impact with a four round majority decision over hometown favorite Li Hai Li in a fight card at the Expo Garden Hotel in Kunming, Yunnan, China on Saturday night.
Two of the judges had Abaniel winning handily but one judge reportedly Read Full Story >>> RACHMAN TKO'S SOROLLA IN 7TH!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 24 Dec 2006
JAKARTA--IBF minimumweight champion Muhammad Rachman celebrated his 35th birthday with a big bang, stopping gutsy Filipino challenger Benjie Sorolla in the seventh round of a scheduled 12-rounder at the 5,000-capacity Indoor Tennis Stadium Senayan here.
Rachman rained several unanswered punches i Read Full Story >>> Días decisivos para Barrera
Quiere pelear con Pacquiao, pero...
By Ernesto Castellanos, Esto en Linea, Sun, 24 Dec 2006
Marco Antonio Barrera espera que en un plazo máximo de una semana, quede definida su siguiente pelea señalada para marzo en Las Vegas.
Marco Antonio quiere pelear con Read Full Story >>> Breaking Through in 2006
By Rico Navarro, The Freeman, Sun, 24 Dec 2006
Breaking through. This was hands-down the major accomplishment of Cebu Boxing in the year 2006. No, Cebu still doesn't have a world champion to follow the exploits of Manny Pacquiao. But should a boxer out of the Cebu boxing family become a world champ in the next two years, he'll surely look back t Read Full Story >>> Manny top pug of 2006
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 24 Dec 2006
FILIPINO ring idol Manny Pacquiao ended the year as the best pound-for-pound fighter, according to East Side Boxing.
James Slater, a noted American boxing columnist, who also writes for EastSideBoxing.com, put Pacquiao over Floyd “Pretty Boy” Mayweather Jr. in his year ending best po Read Full Story >>> Pacman-Barrera purse bid deferred
By Dante Navarro, The Philippine Star, Sun, 24 Dec 2006
The World Boxing Council, citing Manny Pacquiao’s contractual dispute involving rival promoters Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, decided to suspend the purse bid scheduled early next year for the mandatory title defense of world champion Marco Antonio Barrera against the Filipino boxing ico Read Full Story >>>
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