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Toney, Jones and Pacquiao among candidates for Fighter of Year By Carlos Arias, The Mercury News, Sat, 20 Dec 2003 (KRT) - There were a lot of great performances and upsets, and a number of new faces burst onto the boxing scene in 2003.
Here is a chance for readers to have their voices heard. E-mail your picks for Fighter of the Year, Upset of the Year and Prospect of the Year to carias@ocregister.com.
Her Read Full Story >>>Big gathering of stars at PSA annual awards Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 19 Dec 2003 THE PHILIPPINE Sportswriters Association will stage what is expected to be the biggest gathering of sports stars in recent years when it holds the 2003 PSA Annual Awards Night on Jan. 9 at the Manila Pavilion.
Malaca?ang has already acknowledged receipt of the copy of invitation sent by PSA pres Read Full Story >>> PSA Awards biggest in years The Manila Times, Fri, 19 Dec 2003 THE Philippine Sports-writers Association will stage what is expected to be the biggest gathering of sports stars in recent years when it holds the 2003 PSA Annual Awards Night on January 9 at the Manila Pavilion.
Malaca?ang has already acknowledged receipt of the copy of invitation sent by PSA Read Full Story >>> Boxing: The Best Of The Year By Janne Romppainen, EastSideBoxing.com, Thu, 18 Dec 2003 The boxing year 2003 is two weeks away from being over and while the field is quieting down for the Christmas holidays, it is a good moment to take a look back at what we have witnessed this year. It certainly has been a colourful and exciting twelve months again. One nice thing about boxing is that Read Full Story >>> PacMan and the Pound for Pound Pissing Contest By Doug Fischer, Abe Rutchick, B., and Sherwin, MaxBoxing.com, Thu, 18 Dec 2003 The silly debate on who the best fighters in the world are and what order they should rank among themselves never ends. The order of the many mythical ?pound-for-pound? lists floating around in the few newspapers that have regular fight scribes, the boxing magazines, in cyberspace and in the minds o Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao gym inaugurated By Charles Raymond A. Maxey, Sun.Star General Santos, Thu, 18 Dec 2003 GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- A boxing facility that will serve as a training ground for future Manny Pacquiaos was inaugurated here Tuesday.
No less than Filipino world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, this city's favorite son, graced the formal opening of the facility owned by businessman-sportsman Ad Read Full Story >>> Fans never seem to tire of Manny?s Alamodome win By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 18 Dec 2003 AT AROUND noon yesterday, near the corner of Rizal Avenue and Carriedo in the old section of downtown Manila, a group of men, young and old, had their faces glued on three television sets which were all showing the same boxing match.
You?d think a big fight was being shown live from Las Vegas, At Read Full Story >>> Suarez, Pacquiao year's best athletes Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 17 Dec 2003 THE TWO most brilliant stars in a fantastic year for Philippine sports have been chosen Athletes of the Year by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA).
World Cup of bowling winner CJ Suarez and International Boxing Federation superbantam (122-lb) king Manny Pacquiao were voted by the PSA Read Full Story >>> CJ, Manny top PSA awardees The Manila Times, Wed, 17 Dec 2003 WORLD champions CJ Suarez and Manny Pacquiao have been chosen Athletes of the Year by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) after their excellent campaigns overseas that highlighted a fantastic year that could rival any other.
World Cup of bowling winner Suarez and International Boxing Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Suarez Athletes of the Year The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 17 Dec 2003 WORLD CHAMPIONS Manny Pacquiao and CJ Suarez have been chosen Athletes of the Year by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) following their excellent campaigns overseas that highlighted a fantastic year for Philippine sports.
World Cup of bowling winner Suarez and International Boxing Fe Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Suarez voted year?s best The Philippine Star, Wed, 17 Dec 2003 World champions CJ Suarez and Manny Pacquiao have been chosen Athletes of the Year by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) following their excellent campaigns overseas that highlighted a fantastic year which could rival any other.
World Cup of bowling winner Suarez and International Bo Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, 3 leading RP boxers rise in WBC ratings By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 15 Dec 2003 PEOPLE'S featherweight champ Manny Pacquiao and three leading Cebuano boxers moved up in the latest rankings of the World Boxing Council, in effect making them candidates for world title fights next year.
The WBC formally installed Pacquiao as the mandatory challenger to the winner of a fight be Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao now No. 3 in WBC ?feather? list By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 15 Dec 2003 TRUE TO his promise, World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman has made Manny Pacquiao the No. 3 challenger in the featherweight class ? a move that greases the Filipino?s path toward a crack at the winner of the March rematch between No. 1 ranked Injin Chi of Korea and No. 2 rated Michael Brodie Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao overwhelming pick to top HBO polls By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard, Mon, 15 Dec 2003 Only a minor miracle can stop International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao from winning two categories in the Internet poll conducted by the no. 1 boxing network in the world, HBO, whose championship fights are seen on Viva Sports program the ?Main Event? on RPN-9 on Read Full Story >>> The Manny Pacquiao story By Jimbo Gulle, The Sunday Times, Sun, 14 Dec 2003 WHOEVER thought of the catchphrase ?Winners of Worth? to welcome back Manny Pacquiao, and praise Filipino athletes in general, must be a copywriting genius.
That?s because the slogan?plastered on the Department of Tourism?s billboards and streamers all over the city of Manila?summed up perfectly Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao could fight in Manila By Bobby Rondez, The Manila Times, Sun, 14 Dec 2003 MANNY Pacquiao?s wish to have his next defense of the Interna?tional Boxing Federation super bantamweight title be held in Manila may come true after all.
Receiving offers to stage the title fight from promoter Bebot Elorde and the Solar cable sports channel, Pacquiao?s business manager Rod Naza Read Full Story >>> Manny offered $.8M to fight WBA champ By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 13 Dec 2003 A MOUTH-WATERING $800,000 offer to fight Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico has reached the desk of the man widely credited for bringing Manny Pacquiao fame and fortune.
Rod Nazario said US promoter Murad Muhammad is dangling that amount to Pacquiao for him to rumble with Marquez, who now holds the Wo Read Full Story >>> Bidders dangle oodles for Pacquiao bout here By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 13 Dec 2003 Solar Sports has offered a P20 Million purse and promoter Gabriel (Bebot) Elorde Jr. P19 Million for International Boxing Federation (IBF) superbantamweight champion Manny Pacquiao to stake his crown against leading contender Jose Luis Valbuena of Venezuela in a mandatory defense here early next yea Read Full Story >>> Brodie-Chi WBC title winner will defend against Pacquiao By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard, Sat, 13 Dec 2003 World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman has committed to having the winner of the rematch between South Korea?s Injin Chi and Britain?s Michael Brodie stage a mandatory title defense against International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao in response to a request fr Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao to fight winner of Chi-Brodie By Dante Navarro, The Philippine Star, Fri, 12 Dec 2003 Manny Pacquiao yesterday agreed to be the mandatory challenger to the winner of the Injin Chi and Michael Brodie rematch for the vacant World Boxing Council featherweight crown, paving the way for the Filipino boxing champion?s crack at the crown of boxing?s most prestigious organization.
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