Breaking News: November 27: Morales-Barrera III, HBO PPV
By G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, Fri, 27 Aug 2004
August 26, 2004 - Just minutes ago, Boxingtalk.com received word from sources close to the situation that the rubber match between WBC/IBF super featherweight king Erik "El Terrible" Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera is good to go for November 27 on HBO PPV. Las Vegas or California are likely hosts.  Read Full Story >>>

Erik Morales: ''It Will Be A Classic''
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 27 Aug 2004
The sudden change of events in the last few days have made boxing fans jump for joy. The Marco Antonio Barrera-Manny Pacquiao rematch went bust due to issues with money. Barrera is out and Erik Morales steps in. Arum was looking for Morales to have a huge pay per view showdown in November and Arum h  Read Full Story >>>

Morales-Barrera III almost a done deal
By Dan Rafael, USA Today, Fri, 27 Aug 2004
Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera already have waged two magnificent fights in the ring. Another one is going on outside the ring as they work to make a rubber match reality. Negotiations for a much-anticipated third fight have been going on for a few weeks, but they'll take a more serious ton  Read Full Story >>>

Team Pacquiao braces for fight with Morales
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 26 Aug 2004
THE CAMPS of Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales have both agreed in principle to come face to face on November 6 and the purse and share of the two fighters on pay-per-view sales are the things that keep them from signing above the dotted line. "It?s Morales," Pacquiao?s business manager Rod Nazari  Read Full Story >>>

Murad Says Pacquiao-Morales, Done In Principle
By G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, Thu, 26 Aug 2004
August 25, 2004 - Manny Pacquiao promoter Murad Muhammad told Boxingtalk.com that he and Bob Arum have reached an agreement in principle to stage WBC/IBF junior lightweight champ Erik "El Terrible" Morales versus featherweight king Manny Pacquiao on HBO PPV November 6. The venue has yet to be determ  Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO-MORALES ON NOVEMBER 6
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 25 Aug 2004
Featherweight ?People?s Champion? Manny Pacquiao (38-2-2, 30 KO's) will clash with WBC super featherweight champion Erik ?El Terrible? Morales, (47-1, 34 KO's) ?The Last Man Standing? in the Filipino southpaw?s announced desire to burn through Mexico in what promises to be a battle of ultimate warri  Read Full Story >>>

Barrera Wants Morales; Pacquiao Dumped
By Winchell Campos, mannypacquiao.ph, Wed, 25 Aug 2004
LOS ANGELES-Former featherweight kingpin Marco Antonio Barrera has opted to seek a third and final confrontation with arch-nemesis and fellow Mexican Erik Morales, deciding to forego a rematch with tormentor Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines for the meantime. Eyeing separate fight dates set in N  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao-Morales tiff Nov. 6
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 24 Aug 2004
WITH MEXICAN Marco Antonio Barrera backing out, the road is now paved for a megabuck clash at super-featherweight between Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales, another Mexican hotshot who holds the World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) 130-lb crowns. The proposed date is  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao to grace cover of ?K.O.? mag
By Dominic Menor, ABS-CBN News, Tue, 24 Aug 2004
One is the current toast in boxing. The other, an obscure basketball player raised on the US East Coast. Filipino athletes are getting due recognition from American publications. Manny Pacquiao will grace the cover of KO, one of the respected boxing magazines in the US. Another Filipino   Read Full Story >>>

It is More Blessed to Give
By Epifanio M. Almeda, RingsideReport.com, Sat, 21 Aug 2004
Don't get me wrong. I'm not writing on the biblical saying "It is more blessed to give than to receive," which has practical application to quality punches landed in the ring. Let's just borrow the first six words and add others to make it "It is more blessed to give one's best in boxing." By the wa  Read Full Story >>>

Bautista likened to Pacquiao
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard, Thu, 19 Aug 2004
CEBU City ? Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista thrilled a huge crowd of fight fans in this cradle of champions with a spectacular second-round knockout of rugged and game challenger Saengsak Singmanassak of Thailand to win the World Boxing Organization Asia-Pacific bantamweight title at the Mandaue Sports and  Read Full Story >>>

Arum keen on Morales vs Barrera
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 18 Aug 2004
A MEMBER of Manny Pacquiao?s inner circle told the Bulletin that promoter Bob Arum is trying to move heaven and earth in having his boxer, Erik Morales, face Marco Antonio Barrera, instead of Barrera meeting Manny Pacquiao on a November 27 pay-per-view show. "Barrera personally wants to meet Man  Read Full Story >>>

What Manny Pacquiao is to the Filipino?
By Epifanio M. Almeda, RingsideReport.com, Tue, 17 Aug 2004
After his 4th round demolition of Mexican challenger Gabriel Mira to successfully defend his WBC Flyweight Title before his countrymen in early 1999, "Manny Pacquiao" became a by-word even to non-boxing buffs and the young. The host of a local TV programs asked his guests, a couple who brought w  Read Full Story >>>

Marco Antonio Barrera: Pacquiao Rematch About Revenge
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 16 Aug 2004
Fans had written Marco Antonio Barrera off the map after he was dominated by Manny Pacquiao last November. Some experts felt that Barrera had gotten old and should hang up the gloves. Even Barrera's trainer said after the Pacquiao fight that he did not want Marco to fight again. Marco not only came   Read Full Story >>>

Barrera vows revenge versus Pacquiao
By Dante Navarro, The Philippine Star, Mon, 16 Aug 2004
Exactly one year after he was demolished by Manny Pacquiao at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera vowed that his keenly-awaited rematch on Nov. 27 with the Filipino boxing champion will be an entirely different thing. For the former world featherweight king, it wil  Read Full Story >>>

Murad says its Pacquiao vs Barrera Nov. 27
By Salven L. Lagumbay, mannypacquiao.ph, Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Dethroned pound-for-pound featherweight king Marco Antonio Barrera would rather settle an old score with Manny Pacquiao than face Erik Morales for the third time. This was revealed yesterday by Pacquiao?s American promoter Murad Muhammad, who informed boxing website Boxingtalk that ?based on his  Read Full Story >>>

Murad Says It's Pacquiao-Barrera II
By G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, Sun, 15 Aug 2004
Manny Pacquiao's promoter Murad Muhammad told Boxingtalk.com that based on his discussions with Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaeffer, he believes Team Marco Antonio Barerra is leaning towards the Pacquiao rematch over a third fight will fellow Mexican legend Erik Morales. Muhammad said the bo  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao: Suspected reporter's killer not my bodyguard
By Allen V. Estabillo, MindaNews, Sun, 15 Aug 2004
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -? World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao today retracted an earlier statement he made that the prime suspect in the killing of GMA Super Radyo reporter Jonathan Abayon was a part-time bodyguard of his, and he also appealed to the media to stop the verbal attacks against him, as ?G  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao denies anew any link to slay of radio reporter
By Bong Reblando, The Manila Bulletin, Sun, 15 Aug 2004
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao said anew here that he is not involved in any way with the murder of GMA 7 radio reporter Jonathan Abayon. Pacquiao aired the clarification amid persistent public belief that the champion was linked to or had knowledge of the Aug. 8 guns  Read Full Story >>>

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