Can Guzman Fill the Featherweight Void?
By Doug Fischer, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2005
When Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, and Manny Pacquiao migrated to the 130-pound division the once hot junior featherweight and featherweight weight classes lost a lot of luster. Juan Manuel Marquez is still a name at featherweight, but the IBF and WBA champ needs an aggressive dance partn  Read Full Story >>>

Home town fight date for Suico
By Salven L. Lagumbay, SecondsOut.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2005
World Boxing Council No. 3 and OPBF super-featherweight king Randy "Komong Bato" Suico will once again see action in front of his hometown crowd as he defends his title against Thai Muangfahlek Kiatwichean on April 27 at the Lapu-Lapu Sports Complex. Dubbed "Kadaugan sa Mactan," the card will fe  Read Full Story >>>

Amonsot wins in Indonesia
By Salven L. Lagumbay, SecondsOut.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2005
He may not be in Manny Pacquiao's class--at least not just yet--but rising Filipino featherweight Caesar Amonsot of the ALA Stable, who is ranked RP No. 2 featherweight contender, bounced back to avenge a controversial loss in Jakarta, Indonesia by scoring an impressive TKO win over Syamsul Hidayat   Read Full Story >>>

Who's Hot, Who's Not; April Edition Vol. 1
By Dr. Peter Edwards, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2005
We are back with the first April edition of Who's Hot, Who's Not. April is a huge month for boxing, the very anticipated ESPN pay per view, the battle between John Ruiz and James Toney and the return of Wladimir Klitschko. After dealing with a boxing drought in March, the month of April will provide  Read Full Story >>>

EXCLUSIVE! 'PAC-MAN' RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES ANGRY!
By Pedro Fernandez, RingTalk.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2005
Los Angeles, CA-World featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao hit the ground here about noon local time Thursday. Fresh off a meeting last week with President Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines, Pacquiao comes to the ?City of Angels? in search of justice. Unless you?ve been under a rock for a month, y  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao and Tyson
By Teodoro C. Benigno, The Philippine Star, Fri, 15 Apr 2005
We promised to publish Manny Pacquiao?s letter of apology. Here it is: Ginoong Teddy Benigno, Magandang araw po. Nais ko pong muling humingi sa inyo ng paumanhin sa pangyayari noong isang Lunes. Sobrang nahihiya po ako sa inyo dahil iniidolo ko po kayo at lagi ko pong binabasa ang inyong mga  Read Full Story >>>

The Truth about the Pay-Per-View on Manny Pacquiao
By Ron Galarpe, RingsideReport.com, Thu, 14 Apr 2005
This article is not about Ronnie Nathanielsz, but I cannot help it because his name is part of this piece due to the fact, he is the loudest person in the Philippine media who tried to defend the PPV shares that Murad Muhammad kept in his own pocket from Manny Pacquiao. I am not out to crucify R  Read Full Story >>>

FROM HERO TO VILLAIN
Ex-world boxing champ Magahin arrested anew for robbery-holdup
By Alex P. Vidal, mannypacquiao.ph, Thu, 14 Apr 2005
He never learned. For the second time in nine months, former World Boxing Federation (now Foundation) welterweight champion William ?The Black Mamba? Magahin was arrested by police after he and his cohort held up a jeepney passenger in Quiapo, Manila early morning April 14, it was reported.   Read Full Story >>>

OLD FASHIONED COLUMN
By Pedro Fernandez, RingTalk.com, Thu, 14 Apr 2005
"MINI TYSON" TAG FITS GUZMAN?If WBO 122 lb. champion Joan Guzman isn?t superstitious, he should be! Every time a lucrative offer would appear, it would then somehow disappear. The latest black cloud to dump on Guzman occurred when his unification throw down with WBC counterpart Oscar Larios was sc  Read Full Story >>>

Manny rates Barrera toughest
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Thu, 14 Apr 2005
Two-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao said the other day the toughest opponent he?s ever faced was Marco Antonio Barrera. He ranked the World Boxing Council superfeatherweight champion his most formidable foe over Erik Morales and Juan Manuel Marquez, in that order. Ironically, Pacquiao   Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao, Morales double-header likely, says promoter Arum
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 14 Apr 2005
THE WORLD'S best featherweight and junior lightweight are in hot pursuit of the planet's purest warrior at 130 pounds. Manny Pacquiao, whose epic victory over Marco Antonio Barrera in 2003 catapulted him into superstar status, and Barrera, who has rebounded from that loss to capture the 130-lb cr  Read Full Story >>>

Suico challenges Barrera
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, The Freeman, Thu, 14 Apr 2005
Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) super featherweight champion Randy ?Kumong Bato? Suico yesterday expressed his willingness to challenge Mexican superstar Marco Antonio Barrera, who is also the reigning World Boxing Council 130 pounds champion. ?If I will be given the opportunity, I   Read Full Story >>>

Mayol moves closer to WBC title shot
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, The Freeman, Thu, 14 Apr 2005
Rodel ?Batang Mandaue? Mayol?s dream to fight for a world title before the year ends got a big boost as the undefeated Cebuano knockout artist is now officially installed as the top contender in the World Boxing Council minimumweight (105 pounds) division in the latest WBC rankings released just yes  Read Full Story >>>

BIR wants Pacquiao to bare income
The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 14 Apr 2005
IN the run-up to April 15, the Bureau of Internal Revenue has asked boxing icon Manny Pacquiao to be the country?s model taxpayer by declaring his income and paying taxes from his earnings. BIR Commissioner Guillermo Parayno, in a letter dated April 8, said that Pacquiao is considered by many a  Read Full Story >>>

Bob Arum Debunks Pay Per View Claims
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 13 Apr 2005
Top Rank chairman and international promoter Bob Arum yesterday debunked claims by the camp of Ring Magazine featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao that Pacquiao was entitled to 40 percent of the upside from pay-per-view sales from his March 19 showdown with Erik "El Terrible" Morales and that promot  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao urged to become model taxpayer
By Associated Press, Sun.Star Philippines, Wed, 13 Apr 2005
MANILA -- The government, struggling to overcome poor tax collection, has called on boxing champion Manny Pacquiao to encourage his countrymen to declare their income and pay taxes on time. Pacquiao, hailed as a national sports icon despite losing to Mexican Eric Morales in Las Vegas last month,  Read Full Story >>>

Time for Manny Pacquiao to Look at Plan B
By Arnel Paciano D. Casanova, RingsideReport.com, Wed, 13 Apr 2005
With the way Marco Antonio Barrera is talking nowadays stating that he does not need a rematch with Manny Pacquiao, the man who mugged him for 11 rounds, one could not help to think that Manny Pacquiao seems to have fallen into the misfortune of being an avoided boxer who dangerously capable of endi  Read Full Story >>>

Lim and Nathanielsz, true and false
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 13 Apr 2005
GRAHAM Lim, found to be a fake Filipino "after a thorough and lengthy investigation," has all the right to use a borrowed nationality. However, Lim had to be put in his proper place after he was found to have stolen his identity. Lim, who uses a Filipino passport, was found to be a Chinese thr  Read Full Story >>>

Boxers must be protected
By Richard Dy, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 13 Apr 2005
NORTH COTABATO Gov. Manny Pi?ol is convinced that local professional boxers are considered ?the most exploited athletes? in the country, which was again highlighted in boxing icon Manny Pacquiao?s failure to get a single centavo from the HBO pay-per-view shares. In this regard, Pi?ol, a former v  Read Full Story >>>

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