Joaquin Henson
2,829 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Murad arrives for Manny fight
New Jersey promoter Murad Muhammad flies in from the US tomorrow morning to bring news of his negotiations for consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao to take on Juan Manuel Marquez,…
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Roach wants Barrera, not Marquez rematch
Renowned trainer Freddie Roach said yesterday he will recommend Manny Pacquiao to face Marco Antonio Barrera instead of Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas early next year because it?s the fight that…
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Roach in town to supervise Manny?s training
Alarmed by reports that Manny Pacquiao isn?t training seriously for his Dec. 11 fight against Fahsan 3-K Battery of Thailand, Freddie Roach arrived from Los Angeles early yesterday morning and flew to…
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?Madman? to outdo Buffer?
Since Smart is a major sponsor of the Manny Pacquiao-Fahsan 3-K Battery duel on Dec. 11, there?s talk that one of the telecommunications giant?s popular endorsers will rock the Fort as the…
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Top refs queue to work Manny?s fight
Several top-notch local referees are being considered to work the Manny Pacquiao-Fashsan 3-K Battery bout in an open-air field at the Fort in the Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, on Dec. 11 but…
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Fahsan vows fight to the finish
Former Muay Thai kick fighter Fahsan 3-K Battery promised yesterday to do or die in his scheduled 12-round bout against consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao in an open-air arena at…
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Pacquiao footage to air in US
Footage of the Manny Pacquiao-Fahsan 3-K Battery bout will be shown on the giant US cable network HBO (Home Box Office) the same weekend as the fight set in an open-air field…
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Manny bout looms as IBF eliminator
Consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is arriving in Manila tomorrow morning from his training camp in General Santos City to attend a noontime press conference announcing the details of his…
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Roach coming for Manny?s fight
Trainer Freddie Roach is flying in from Los Angeles to supervise Manny Pacquiao?s homestretch workouts two weeks before the consensus world featherweight boxing champion takes on Fahsan 3-K Battery of Thailand here…
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Thai foe next for Manny
It doesn?t look like Guyana stylist Gairy St. Clair will be consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao?s next opponent after all. Instead, Thai veteran Fahsan 3-K Battery, a former World Boxing…
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Murad confirms Marquez rematch
New Jersey promoter Murad Muhammad confirmed the other day that Manny Pacquiao will fight Juan Manuel Marquez in a Home Box Office (HBO) rematch for the unified world featherweight boxing championship next…
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?Superman? taunts Pacquiao
Guyanese fighter Gairy St. Clair, who likes to be called "Superman," said recently he?s not afraid of Manny Pacquiao because the consensus world featherweight boxing champion "ain?t got no kryptonite." St. Clair,…
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Bidding war for Pacquiao looms
With the contracts of his management and promotional teams expiring in a few months, consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is in an enviable position. He?s a prize catch and bidders…
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Pacquiao returns to unclear future
Consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao quietly slipped back home yesterday morning after training nearly a month in Los Angeles for a fight that is still up in the air. It…
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Why are we so persecuted?
Challenger Juanito Rubillar lost a decision to World Boxing Council (WBC) lightflyweight champion Jorge Arce of Mexico under controversial circumstances in Tijuana last week. Manny Pacquiao is in Los Angeles training for…
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Conspiracy leaves Manny out in cold
LONDON ? Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales and Juan Manuel Marquez are avoiding Manny Pacquiao like the plague. That?s what New Jersey promoter Murad Muhammad insists, wrote Boxing News editor Claude Abrams…
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Pacquiao trains sights on Mexico?s 3Ms
The order of battle for world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has been laid out. The only problem is if the HBO (Home Box Office) cable network has the funds to foot…
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Gym off-limits when Manny?s in
LOS ANGELES ? If you?re looking for the Wild Card Gym on Vine Street just a few blocks away from Hollywood Boulevard, don?t expect to find a ritzy joint. It?s the sweat…
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Barrera dares Pacquiao
LOS ANGELES ? Marco Antonio Barrera was once known as the Baby-Faced Assassin. Today, he?s no longer baby-faced. The Mexican is more like battle-scarred. And as for being an assassin, Barrera is…
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Steward picks Pacquiao if rematch on
DETROIT ? Former world boxing champion Tommy (Hitman) Hearns and his long-time trainer Emanuel Steward of the fabled Kronk stable were special courtside guests in Game 5 of the National Basketball Association…