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Boxing: Only 'Throwbacks' Roll the Dice
By Jerry Nisperos, RingsideReport.com, Thu, 24 Feb 2005
All roads lead to Vegas on the third week of March for the staging of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Erik Morales superbout. You might think,"Here we go again." So you ask "Did you say superbout?" And I say, "Yes, you blockhead, it is indeed a superbout." I know that there have been a lot of fights before t Read Full Story >>>Morales uses herbs, acupuncture to get ready for Pacquiao
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 24 Feb 2005
WHILE Manny Pacquiao is using Thai sticks in his training, former three-division world champion Erik Morales has resorted to alternative medicine in his bid to attain the best shape possible for the March 19 showdown against the Filipino lefty at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Morales and hi Read Full Story >>> Barrera rooting for Erik
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 24 Feb 2005
MEXICAN CHAMPION Marco Antonio Barrera said yesterday that he wants Erik Morales to prevail against Filipino warrior Manny Pacquiao on March 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
"I am rooting for Morales (against Pacquiao) because as Mexicans, we have to root for one another," Barrera told fightne Read Full Story >>> Blood is thicker than water
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, The Freeman, Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Contrary to earlier reports, reigning World Boxing Council super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera said he is rooting for fellow countryman Erik “El Terible” Morales over Filipino ring icon Manny “The Destroyer” Pacquiao when the two colorful and fierce fighters co Read Full Story >>> Morales vs. Pacquiao ? A Writer As A Fan
By Matthew Hurley, EastSideBoxing.com, Wed, 23 Feb 2005
The upcoming fight between Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao is one every boxing fan is looking forward to. It is a match-up of two little superstars whose fighting spirit has overshadowed the efforts of boxers who outweigh them by 20, 30 even 100 pounds. These two champions represent all that is good Read Full Story >>> You know how to save Luisito and the Pasig?
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 23 Feb 2005
BOTH used to be priceless national jewels. But it's now easy to compare the dying Pasig, once the river of our dreams, to battered, battle-weary Luisito Espinosa, once our most celebrated world boxing champion.
There are ongoing efforts to revive, if not restore, them to their former glories.
Read Full Story >>> Filipino Boxers in Demand in The United States
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 23 Feb 2005
With Ring Magazine featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao emerging as a genuine superstar of the fight game and blazing a trail in the U.S. big-time promoters in America are now looking at potential future world champions and making a beeline to sign them up.
International promoter Murad Muhammad Read Full Story >>> Marco Antonio Barrera To Headline April 9 Show Against Top Contender Mzonke Fana On Stellar HBO PPV Card
EastSideBoxing.com, Wed, 23 Feb 2005
The names are legendary ? Julio Cesar Chavez, Salvador Sanchez, Ruben Olivares, and Carlos Zarate ? and they all share one thing in common: they hail from perhaps the greatest fistic hotbed in the world ? Mexico.
The latest superstar to represent the green, white, and red flag is Marco Antonio B Read Full Story >>> Round Ten: Manny Pacquiao vs Erik Morales Mailbag!
By Kimo Morrison, Hard Core Boxing, Wed, 23 Feb 2005
leroy: I would like to know who will be the undercard fighter for this fight, Pacqiuao-Morales. How much money will both fighter will make for this fight. Win or lose?
Kimo Morrison:
Undercard is ................... a secret...........and both fighters will walk with 7 digits in their hand
Read Full Story >>> Nazario, Finkel meet
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard, Wed, 23 Feb 2005
Ring Magazine featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao?s new manager Shelly Finkel has assured the Filipino?s business manager Rod Nazario that he was ?looking forward to working with him.?
In an overseas telephone conversation with Viva Sports/Manila Standard, Nazario, who met with Finkel in Los A Read Full Story >>> Barrera in Morales? corner against Pacquiao after all
By Bong Pedralvez, The Manila Times, Wed, 23 Feb 2005
IT may all be a part of an act, but world champion Marco Antonio Barrera on Tuesday said he is rooting for Mexican countryman Erik Morales to beat Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao when the two fighters collide on March 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
?I?m rooting for Morales because a Read Full Story >>> Agonizing Calls For Espinosa To Retire
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2005
There have been agonizing calls for former two-division world champion Luisito Espinosa, one of the Philippines all-time greats to retire after he absorbed a battering at the hands of young Cristobal Cruz and was knocked out in the third round of a scheduled ten round main event at the Stockton Mem Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO-MORALES: THE LITTLE HAGLER-HEARNS
By Matthew Sanderson, TigerBoxing.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2005
Regardless of whether you bought into Freddie Norwood?s nickname of ?Lil? Hagler? during his short term as featherweight champion in the late ?90s, it is quite possible that the highly anticipated Erik Morales-Manny Pacquiao pairing will live up to the label of the ?Little Hagler-Hearns?. Almost twe Read Full Story >>> Nazario still part of Team Pacquiao
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard, Tue, 22 Feb 2005
In an indication that business manager Rod Nazario is close to him and still very much a part of his team, Ring Magazine featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao picked him up in his Lincoln Navigator van at the Los Angeles airport upon his arrival from Manila yesterday.
Later, the two had dinner a Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao?s top handlers meet in LA
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 22 Feb 2005
TWO BOXING figures who could be the most influential in the career of Manny Pacquiao in years to come ? American Shell Finkel and Filipino Rod Nazario ? are going to meet today in Los Angeles.
Finkel, recently signed up as the new manager of Pacquiao, and Nazario, who has been the fighter?s busi Read Full Story >>> A Day of Boxing in Los Angeles (Part I)
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Mon, 21 Feb 2005
It's always a good thing when there's a big fight card in Los Angeles. Being that I live in the city, that means no four hour jaunts to Las Vegas via automobile or being stuck in an airplane like a sardine.
This past weekend saw the Staples Center get back into the thick of things with Bernard Ho Read Full Story >>> Hoya's Pacquiao vote not valid
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 21 Feb 2005
OSCAR De La Hoya's announcement, that his heart beats for Manny Pacquiao, deserves thankful applause.
This could also mean we've properly invested our hopes and prayers.
The vote should help boost the confidence of Pacquiao, reported to be peaking perfectly at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Holl Read Full Story >>> Younger brother urges Morales: Press the attack
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 21 Feb 2005
UNLIKE Manny Pacquiao whose brother recently absorbed a neat boxing lesson, Mexican Erik Morales has a world-ranked bantamweight brother to lean on for vital fight inputs.
Diego "Pelucho" Morales yesterday advised his more illustrious brother to initiate the action and take the fight to the Filip Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Morales fight hyped in San Francisco
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 21 Feb 2005
BOB ARUM, whose promotional outfit Top Rank handles the affairs of Erik Morales, was in San Francisco recently to drum up the March 19 slugfest at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas featuring Morales and Filipino sensation Manny Pacquiao.
Arum, who was instrumental in the staging of the Thrilla in Manila Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao getting deadlier
By Teodoro C. Benigno, The Philippine Star, Mon, 21 Feb 2005
It?s time for another piece on Manny Pacquiao, the only Filipino today with a glad hand, a bountiful vision of the future, and a probable place in boxing?s international Hall of Fame. The latest is that the Golden Boy Oscar de la Hoya favors him over Erik Morales when they collide March 10 in Las Ve Read Full Story >>>
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