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MANNY PACQUIAO PRESENTS… By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 03 Oct 2005 If plans do not miscarry, boxing hero Manny Pacquiao will soon be hosting a 90-minute boxing program on ABS CBN.
I brought up the idea of a Manny Pacquiao appearance in a boxing program to ABS CBN top honcho Gabby Lopez when we played golf together a month ago along with Davao City Mayor Rody Dut Read Full Story >>>Thirty Years Later - The Building Blocks of "The Thrilla In Manila" Part 2 By Frank Lotierzo, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 03 Oct 2005 July 1975 through October 1, 1975
With Bugner out of the way, Ali vs. Frazier III was on. This time the winner would have the historical bragging rights over the other. In what was a complete role reversal after their first fight, Ali was on top of the world and Frazier was looking in. By the Read Full Story >>> ‘Boom Boom’ eyes to rock Big Dome By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 03 Oct 2005 A BIG Dome stint for "Boom Boom."
If plans push through, Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista, the teenage puncher who set the tone for the country’s unforgettable foray at the Staples Center in Los Angeles last Sept. 11, should be making his Manila debut, preferably at the fabled Araneta Coliseum, s Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Hernandez square off October 8 Sun.Star Davao, Mon, 03 Oct 2005 ANOTHER Pacquiao--Bobby Pacquiao--will climb the ring on October 8 to fight tough veteran Carlos "Famoso" Hernandez in a 12-round super featherweight eliminator at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Bobby is the brother of Manny Pacquiao, the newly crowned World Boxing Council internationa Read Full Story >>> Joe's still smoulderin' By Tom English, The Scotsman, Sun, 02 Oct 2005 AS OMENS went, this was as dark as boxing had ever known, a day in early autumn, 1975, when Muhammad Ali was in the ring, doing his thing, an audience hanging on his every abusive word about Smokin' Joe Frazier. Only that's not what Ali called him. Just as Joe never called Ali anything other than Cl Read Full Story >>> Heavy Losses By Kevin Mitchell, The Guardian, Sun, 02 Oct 2005 30 years after the 'Thrilla in Manila', heavyweight boxing finds itself down and almost out. Where have the great fighters gone?
Audley Harrison declared recently that he was ready to 'follow in the footsteps of Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier and Lennox Lewis'. Presumably this is to h Read Full Story >>> Ali-Frazier III in Manila remembered By Eddie Alinea, Tempo, Sun, 02 Oct 2005 Thirty years after the last of the epic trilogy, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier are still swinging at each other in media interviews, newspapers and magazine write ups and television documentaries commemorating the fight called ''Thrilla in Manila.''
Long before Ali and Frazier enplaned for Ma Read Full Story >>> Tribute for Pacquiao, Viloria, Bautista set By Noli Cruz, The Manila Bulletin, Sun, 02 Oct 2005 MANNY PACQUIAO, Brian Viloria, and Rey “Boom Boom Bautista” – the 1-2-3 punch of Philippine boxing – will come face to face with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo tomorrow when they call on the President at the Malaca?ang Palace.
The three boxers will be accompanied by M Read Full Story >>> Boxing champs meet GMA Tempo, Sun, 02 Oct 2005 Manila Mayor Lito Atienza will lead Manilans in a motorcade on Monday, October 3 for all three Filipino boxing champions who recently scored stunning victories in separate bouts in Los Angeles, California.
The motorcade, organized by the Manila Sports Council (MASCO) chaired by Arnold "Ali Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, fellow RP ring stars get honor Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sun, 02 Oct 2005 MANNY Pacquiao, Brian Viloria and Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista--the 1-2-3 punch of Philippine boxing--will be honored in a VIP dinner dubbed as “Tagumpay” Tribute to the Champions Monday at the Crowne Plaza Ballroom in Ortigas.
The trilogy of tributes will start at 7 p.m., fea Read Full Story >>> Accepting Defeat By Rico Navarro, The Freeman, Sun, 02 Oct 2005 In sports, nobody wants to lose and it's tough to accept defeat. This is why athletes and sportsmen who can't take losing well end up "pikon," and are labeled as "sore losers." And the reason why they lost is always something else other than their own doing. "Tua ni pusta ang mga ref sa pikas. Lima- Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao in Japan PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 01 Oct 2005
Manny Pacquiao (right) and Japanese journalist Makoto Okaniwa pose for photograhers as the latter did an exclusive interview with the pound-for-pound superstar during his recent visit in Japan upon the invitation of Cebuano promoter Read Full Story >>> Thrilla for the ages 30 years ago today the world stood still for Ali-Frazier III By Murray Greig, Edmonton Sun, Sat, 01 Oct 2005 The script for the "Thrilla in Manila" - the final act in the three-part blood feud between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier - was written half a world away, in the sweltering heat of Zaire, Africa, in the summer of 1974.
Three years earlier, in his third fight since returning from a 40-month forced Read Full Story >>> Ali-Frazier fight extracts dreadful price By John Mehaffey, Reuters, Sat, 01 Oct 2005 LONDON (Reuters) - Every element illustrating the heroism, fascination and moral ambiguity of prize fighting fused in the incandescent world title clash between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in the punishing humidity of Manila 30 years ago.
After 14 rounds of unremitting brutality and with the two Read Full Story >>> Frazier's Son Recalls Ali's Belated Tribute By Murray Greig, Edmonton Sun, Sat, 01 Oct 2005 On the phone from Philadelphia, Marvis Frazier launches into an eerily perfect imitation of Howard Cosell. The words tumble out in that familiar New York twang, clipped and concise:
"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for joining us for today's rebroadcast of The Fight of the Ce Read Full Story >>> Top 5 boxing trilogies By John C. Cotey, St. Petersburg Times, Sat, 01 Oct 2005 The first fighter listed won two of the three bouts between them:
1. Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier, 1971-75
Hands down the greatest sports rivalry ever (sorry, Yankees and Red Sox fans) and is the measuring stick to which all boxing trilogies are compared. The first meeting was Ring Magazine ' Read Full Story >>> WAKEE WANTS JACA VS DURAN By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 01 Oct 2005 Cebu's boxing kingmaker, promoter Rex "Wakee" Salud yesterday indicated that he is in no
mood to accept Bebot Elorde's offer to pit his boxer Jimrex Jaca
against fourth-ranked Baby Lorona Jr, indicating that the latter is
down in the rankings, and that Bukidnon's Samuel Duran, who is rated
n Read Full Story >>> Thirty Years Later - The Building Blocks of The Thrilla in Manila By Frank Lotierzo, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 01 Oct 2005 This is a two part article in which I chronicle the start of the Ali/Frazier rivalry, culminating with their final bout, "The Thrilla In Manila." In it I reveal a few things you may not know or ever heard before.
On September 30th/October 1st 2005, depending on what side of the globe you call Read Full Story >>> 1975: Muhammad Ali wins 'Thrilla in Manila' BBC Sport, Sat, 01 Oct 2005 US boxer Muhammad Ali has retained the world heavyweight boxing championship after defeating his arch-rival, Joe Frazier, in their third and arguably greatest fight.
The so-called "Thrilla in Manilla" lasted 14 rounds before Frazier's trainer, Eddie Futch, finally persuaded him to call it a day.
Read Full Story >>> He won. But was Ali the greatest loser in the Thrilla in Manila? By Matthew Syed, The Times (UK), Sat, 01 Oct 2005 ACCORDING to the perverse logic of pugilism, the greatness of a bout is measured by the mutual devastation inflicted by the protagonists. By this criterion, the world heavyweight contest between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, under the hot tin roof of the Philippine Coliseum 30 years ago today, is wi Read Full Story >>>
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