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A Boxer Tests How Far His Popularity Will Carry Him
The New York Times, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
Manny Pacquiao, a championship super featherweight boxer, is largely known as a uniting force in his native Philippines. When he fights, it has been said, the streets clear, crime drops and people gather around their televisions.
But when Pacquiao recently announced that he would run for a congre Read Full Story >>>Lenny Zappa gets a taste of big time boxing with the Pacman
By Paul Upham, SecondsOut.com, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
Australian lightweight champion Lenny Zappavigna gets his first taste of big time American boxing experience when he faces Gilbert Vera on Saturday night on the Manny Pacquiao-Jorge Solis undercard at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
The 19 year-old took full advantage of an opportunity to go to tra Read Full Story >>> Mosley Interview on De La Hoya, Mayweather
BoxingScene.com, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
KELLY SWANSON: Hello everybody. Thank you again for joining us for another installment of our weekly conference call series for the May 5 welterweight Oscar de la Hoya versus Floyd Mayweather for WBC's Super Welterweight Championship. At this time I'd love to turn the phone over to Richard Sch Read Full Story >>> Pretty Daddy Floyd Mayweather Sr. Chosen As Joan Guzman's New Trainer
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
SAN ANTONIO--He lost his most lucrative client, Oscar de La Hoya, and switched sides for the May 5 Super Fight to help his son, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Light heavyweight champ Bad Chad Dawson is another of his newer clients. And, now www.boxingconfidential.com has learned exclusively, the poetry-spout Read Full Story >>> Shane Mosley Talks About Mayweather, De La Hoya
By KELLY SWANSON, EastSideBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
Hello everybody. Thank you again for joining us for another installment of our weekly conference call series for the May 5 welterweight Oscar de la Hoya versus Floyd Mayweather for WBC?s Super Welterweight Championship. At this time I?d love to turn the phone over to Richard Schaefer, Chief Executiv Read Full Story >>> Why Floyd Mayweather Jr will Lose to Oscar De La Hoya and Why That's Good
By Chris Ackerman, DogHouseBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
Pretty bold statement considering I have said Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the best pure boxer in the business and has the skills and natural talent to be in the HOF as an all time P4P type guy. I have said that, and I still say that. The problem is he is a jackass and has placed himself in a lose-lose s Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao 128.75, Solis 130
FightNews.com, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
Manny Pacquiao 128.75 vs Jorge Solis 130
(For Pacquiao's WBC Int'l super featherweight title)
Note: Solis had to weigh in three times. He first try was 130.5, then 130.125 before finally hitting the 130 mark awhile Read Full Story >>> No Difficulties for Manny Pacquiao This Weekend
By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
Since Boxing Confidential opened its door on December 4, 2006, I have done a lot of writing focused on Manny Pacquiao. Not because I am obsessed with him, from the perspective of being a hater, or being a nut hugger. Not because writing about Pacquiao increases our traffic, which incidently, it do Read Full Story >>> Boxing Chatter: Pac Man vs. Coloradito
By David A. Avila, The Sweet Science, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
In San Antonio the lines are long with boxing fans waiting to get an autograph of Manny Pacquiao.
Despite a population predominantly Latino, fans are eager to meet Filipino slugger Pacquiao who is slated to meet Mexico’s Jorge Solis in a 12-round match at the Alamodome in San Antonio on Sat Read Full Story >>> Michael Marley Meets Boxing's Elvis
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
SAN ANTONIO—I shook the hand of the Great Man, Emmanuel D. Pacquaio, Friday just before he weighed in at a fit and ready 128 ? pounds for his WBC International super featherweight title bout against Jorge Solis. As I walked over to Pacman and his entourage, who were surrounded by TV cameras fr Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao Comes to the Alamodome to Face Jorge Solis
By Antonio Santiago, RingsideReport.com, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
When one mentions the name The Alamo, memories of battles lost by the Mexican come to mind. Starting with the Alamo Mission one, which took place during early 1836 in a city named San Antonio de Bexar, Texas, all the way to November 15, 2003, when Manny Pacquiao beat Marco Antonio Barrera in what is Read Full Story >>> NIETES DEFENDS WBO ASIA PACIFIC TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
Classy world-rated Donnie Nietes defends his WBO Asia Pacific light flyweight title against tough Thai challenger Tongthalek Por Vorasing in the main event of an exciting fight card which will serve as the inauguration of the spa Read Full Story >>> Double duty: Pacquiao faces Solis in midst of political campaign
By Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Pre-game distractions are a common obstacle to championships. Then there's the world of Manny Pacquiao.
His world is brimming with out-of-the-ring activity as he mounts the late Read Full Story >>> Boxing fans see Pacquiao's win in early rounds
By PNA, news.balita.ph, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
Majority of boxing fans predicted that Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao will demolish unbeaten but untested Mexican slugger Jorge Solis in early rounds of their scheduled 12-round super featherweight encounter on Sunday at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Based on the Pacland poll posted at Read Full Story >>> Top Rank looking to liven up cards
By Nancy Gay, San Francisco Chronicle, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
Manny Pacquiao will be in the ring Saturday night, which is usually enough of a selling point to attract his worldwide legion of fans.
Bob Arum isn't taking any chances. The Top Rank promoter, who won court battles against Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Productions to promote the wildly popular F Read Full Story >>> Viloria, One-on-One with Goossen
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
Joe Goossen doesn't just stand by quietly as he watches Brian Viloria - who faces Edgar Sosa for the vacant WBC 108-pound title this Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas - spar at his Van Nuys gym. From his corner ou Read Full Story >>> CABALLES LOSES IN IBO ASIA PACIFIC TITLE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
Ramillo Caballes of the Philippines has lost a lopsided ten round decision to Australia’s undefeated Ben Crampton in an IBO Asia Pacific middleweight title fight at the Cessnock Supporters Club in New South Wales.
Two of the judges Brian McMahon and Ces Perkins scored the fight a shutout 1 Read Full Story >>> Judah, Valuev set table for Pacquiao on busy weekend
By Marc Abrams, CBS SportsLine.com, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
Manny Pacquiao, one of the most exciting fighters in the world, headlines a good weekend of fights that also features the return of Zab Judah and a title defense by 7-foot-2 Nikolai Valuev.
Zab Judah (34-4, 25 KOs) vs. Ruben Galvan (27-11-2, 10 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight bout
When: Frid Read Full Story >>> BEWARE OF THE UNDERDOG IN SAN ANTONIO
By Matthew Aguilar, BoxingTalk.com, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
Whether it’s good matchmaking, the rabid support of faithful fight fans, or the spirit of the Alamo, San Antonio – like the famous battle itself - has become something of an upset venue in recent boxing history. Or, at least, the near-upset.?? Sure, you have your occasional blowout ̵ Read Full Story >>> Dean Of Mexican Scribes Camarillo Sees Prime Time Pacquaio As Too Much For Solis!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 14 Apr 2007
SAN ANTONIO--PTP, which stands for Prime Time Pacquaio, figures to be too much for this man to my left to withstand for all 12 rounds. Jorge "Coloradito" Solis has a 32-0-2, 23 KOs ring record but he does not strike fear in anyone's heart.
Still, he is four inches taller than the Pinoy national i Read Full Story >>>
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