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Mgr. Finkel 'Angry' Due To Pacman's 'Lack Of Loyalty, Bad Choices' By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 What follows is verbatim manager Shelly Finkel's disappointed reaction to Manny Pacquiao's announcement in Manila that the Filipino boxer will now fight for Bob Arum's Top Rank. Finkel also said that Arum's press conference remarks that his (Finkel's) managerial deal expired in August are false.
Read Full Story >>>Michael Marley's Open Letter To Uncle Bob By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 Congrats! You Want Clay Pigeon Foe, Real Pacman Patsy?? Phone Rodney Berman In Jo'burg Regarding His IBF Champion, Malcolm Klassen.
(This column contains no informed sources, no people familiar with anyone's thinking or even any unimpeachable sources. There is no background or foreground to it an Read Full Story >>> GOLDEN BOY OFFERS PACQUIAO 50-50 FOR BARRERA FIGHT ON HBO PPV MARCH 17! By G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, Fri, 29 Dec 2006

Moments ago Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer told Boxingtalk.com, "We have read reports out of the Philippines that Bob Arum made an offer to Golden Boy Promotions for $2.5M to provide the ser Read Full Story >>> Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer Speak Out on Manny Pacquiao, Marco Antonio Barrera, and Juan Manuel Marquez By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 Richard Schaefer, C.E.O. of Golden Boy Promotions, took time from his busy schedule this afternoon to discuss Manny Pacquiao?s decision to remain with Bob Arum?s Top Rank Promotions. Schaefer believes that Golden Boy will ultimately win the legal proceedings regarding the promotional rights, but wo Read Full Story >>> The Pacman Soap Opera Ain?t Over Yet, Not By a Longshot By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 Manny picks Bob Arum and scorns Oscar De La Hoya in a Manila press conference.
So what?
My mother loves watching those over-acted, cheese ball Spanish language soap operas. Little did I know I would be covering one with Manny Pacquiao being the star.
Nothing, and I mean N-O-T-H-I-N-G ha Read Full Story >>> Roach to stay in Manny?s corner By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 Manny Pacquiao is hoping that his decision choosing Top Rank over Golden Boy will not in any way affect his relationship with his trainer Freddie Roach.
"I?ve told him before ?Coach, whatever decision I make, I hope you understand,?" said Pacquiao yesterday when asked how his American trainer of Read Full Story >>> MANNY PACQUIAO: FIGHTER OF THE YEAR & THE REST OF 24-KARAT ROLD?S 2006 GOLD! By Cliff Rold, RingTalk.com, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 LITTLE REALLY TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IN 2006!
Arlington, VA-So often, boxing is defined by its faults. The insidious politics; networks that gouge the public with poor pay-per-view cards; but a quick scan of boxing history finds those elements to have always been part of the fabric of the game. They d Read Full Story >>> Don?t ever tell me that boxing is a dying sport!!! By Jeffrey Cabauatan, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 If 2006 taught us anything, it would be that boxing is alive and well. Nothing had changed much in the heavyweight division. The unification tournament failed to materialize and we still do not have an undisputed champion. Guys south of the heavyweight division carried the sport with fights like Read Full Story >>> Top Rank to lure Barrera for an April 28 fight for $ 2.5 million By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 NO ONE knows for sure what Bob Arum did to convince Manny Pacquiao that his future lies with him.
But yesterday, Arum emerged triumphant in the battle for the mind and hands of the country?s sports superstar when the two formally announced an alliance that left Oscar de la Hoya and his Golden Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao picks Top Rank Inc. over Golden Boy Promotions Lures Barrera $2.5M for a return bout with Pacman in April By Rico Navarro, The Freeman, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 Adios Golden Boy. Hello Top Rank. Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao ended all the speculation over which promoter he's tying up with as he formally announced that he's fighting under Bob Arum's Top Rank and that he opted to honor the four-year pact he signed with they Las Vegas-based outfit. Read Full Story >>> 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 >>>
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