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Champ calls mom to say ?thank you?
By Dennis Principe, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 18 Nov 2003
BESIDES HIS entourage, the first person boxing champion Manny Pacquiao talked to after his spectacular victory over Marco Antonio Barrera last Sunday was his ailing mother in General Santos City.
He asked how she was doing before telling her that every-thing was fine with him.
?No problem here Read Full Story >>>Barrera setback derails Dela Hoya?s grand plans
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 18 Nov 2003
SAN ANTONIO, Texas ? Promoter Oscar dela Hoya had grand plans for Marco Antonio Barrera.
Saturday night at the Alamodome, all of Dela Hoya?s plans went up in smoke when Manny Pacquiao dealt his prized acquisition an 11-round shellacking.
Dela Hoya and Barrera thought that in order to heighten Read Full Story >>> ?I?m all right, ma?m,? Pacquiao assures GMA
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 18 Nov 2003
SAN ANTONIO, Texas ? At 9 p.m. local time Sunday, the cell phone of Boying Nazario, son of Manny Pacquiao?s business manager Rod, rang. The call was made thousands of miles away from Manila, and the caller asked to speak to the fight game?s newest superstar.
It was President Gloria Macapagal-Arro Read Full Story >>> QUIT NOW, PEREZ TELLS BARRERA
SkySports.com, Tue, 18 Nov 2003
Featherweight star Marco Antonio Barrera has been urged to quit the ring by his trainer.
The 29-year-old Mexican, who is widely regarded as the best in the world in his division, was sensationally beaten by Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines on Saturday in San Antonio.
Barrera put his opponent Read Full Story >>> Manny?s win makes good political pitch
The Daily Tribune, Tue, 18 Nov 2003
From senators to congressmen, and Makati yuppies to street vendors, the whole country, it seems, has become a land of boxing experts wanting to have a piece of Filipino world champion Manny Pacquiao.
Politicians yersterday wasted rolls and rolls of paper and limited e-mail spaces with press relea Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao may have ended Marco's career
Malaya, Tue, 18 Nov 2003
Manny Pacquiao's international promoter, Murad Muhammad, yesterday said he's willing to give Marco Antonio Barrera a rematch if the Mexican is up to it.
Before-and if-that can happen, Muhammad said that Pacquiao would return to the super bantamweight division to face the IBF's No. 1 contender, a Read Full Story >>> Manny to get hero?s welcome
The Philippine Star, Tue, 18 Nov 2003
President Arroyo ordered yesterday a "hero?s welcome" for Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao when he returns Friday after beating fancied Mexican fighter Marco Antonio Barrera via 11th round technical knockout for the consensus people?s world featherweight boxing championship at the Alamodome in San Anto Read Full Story >>> No Pacquiao-Barrera rematch, says Hoya
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 18 Nov 2003
A MANNY Pacquiao-Marco Antonio Barrera rematch is not a done deal.
This is because there was no clause for a rematch in the contract signed by Pacquiao and Barrera for their 12-round clash last Sunday, according to Oscar De La Hoya, known as boxing's Golden Boy, during a post-fight press confere Read Full Story >>> Oyson: Pacquiao?s foe has metal plate head
By Manuel N. Oyson Jr., Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 18 Nov 2003
I AM glad that I did not openly declare my pre-fight preference for Marco Antonio Barrera before his stunning defeat at the hands of Filipino whirlwind Manny Pacquiao last Sunday. Otherwise, I would have eaten crow. I just kept my hunch in check as others openly expressed their preference for the Me Read Full Story >>> Why Pac-Man Was Able to Eat Up Barrera
By Adam Pollack, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 18 Nov 2003
Marco Antonio Barrera has been a great long-time champion, but he was stopped in the 11th round by Manny Pacquiao, a young hard punching southpaw who was a 122 pound champion moving up in weight to 126. Barrera had beaten other southpaws like Hamed and Kevin Kelley, so why did he lose to Pac-man?
Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Win Proves Boxing Cliche
BoxingScene.com, Tue, 18 Nov 2003
We've all heard it before: the younger, hungrier, stronger fighter will almost always beat the older champion and it was proven again last night when Manny Pacquiao knocked out Marco Antonio Barerra. The fact of the matter is that Barerra is still a great fighter and at least in the first round or t Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao draws notice in the U.S.
By Santos A. Perez, The Miami Herald, Mon, 17 Nov 2003
Rarely do Asia-based fighters come to this side of the world and make a lasting impact.
The Philippines' Manny Pacquiao will return to his native country with more than the experiences of another trans-Pacific journey.
Pacquiao, in his fifth -- and highest-profile -- bout in the United States, Read Full Story >>> Barrera's brutal loss could be his last
By John Whisler, San Antonio Express, Mon, 17 Nov 2003
The blood was still oozing and the emotions were still raw.
(William Luther/Express-News)
Marco Antonio Barrera stands in the ring at the Alamodome after his fight with Manny Pacquiao was stopped in the 11th round by Barrera's trainer.
Moments after the most devastating loss of his lon Read Full Story >>> Dougie's MASSIVE Manny Monday Mail Bag
By Doug Fischer, MaxBoxing.com, Mon, 17 Nov 2003
Pac Man fever is burning up the boxing world after Manny Pacquiao?s relentless beatdown of Marco Antonio Barrera. Now everyone wants to know where Pacquiao stands, pound for pound, and where he goes from here? (A showdown with Juan Manuel Marquez is the consensus choice for Manny?s next move.) Fans Read Full Story >>> Philippine President Congratulates Pacquiao
By Salven L. Lagumbay, MaxBoxing.com, Mon, 17 Nov 2003
Minutes after his stirring 11th-round victory Saturday over erstwhile pound-for-pound great Marco Antonio Barrera, Filipino Manny Pacquiao was congratulated by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who called the featherweight champion ?a true hero.?
?In the name of the millions of Filipinos, I woul Read Full Story >>> The New Champion
Post-fight report on Pacquiao vs. Barrera
By Chris Cozzone and Ricardo Trujillo, FightNews.com, Mon, 17 Nov 2003
?He?s the true champion now . . . ?
His puffy eyes and bruised face concealed by sunglasses, former featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera was all about respect, shortly after his devastating 11th round stoppage at the ha Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao shocks the ?world?s best?
By Homer D. Sayson, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 17 Nov 2003
CHICAGO ? The punches came in waves. Heavy, full of malice and unrelenting. When the savage fury of fists finally stopped with four seconds left in the 11th round, Marco Antonio Barrera was beaten to a pulp, awash in exhaustion as a hungrier and infinitely stronger Manny Pacquiao emerged as unquesti Read Full Story >>> FIRST GOOD NEWS IN A LONG WHILE: Pacquiao wins, does RP proud
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, The Freeman, Mon, 17 Nov 2003
Manny Pacquiao survived a controversial first round knockdown and went on to completely dominate Marco Antonio Barrera from the second until the revered Mexican?s handlers clambered up the ring in the dying seconds of the 11th to call a halt to the fight before a stunned partisan crowd at the Alamod Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao hammers Barrera in lion's den
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 17 Nov 2003
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- He followed the perfect game plan at the most perfect time.
Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao put on a superb performance Sunday, showing the world how to use power in boxing as he stopped Mexican featherweight great Marco Antonio Barrera in the 11th round of their 12-round Read Full Story >>> Manny defies odds, TKOs Barrera
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Mon, 17 Nov 2003
In a display of grit and guts, underdog Manny Pacquiao blasted Marco Antonio Barrera into submission in the 11th round of a duel for the consensus people?s world featherweight boxing championship as a highly-partisan, pro-Mexican crowd was hushed in silence at the Alamodome in San Antonio last Satur Read Full Story >>>
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