Roy Luarca
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Roach: Pacquiao 100 percent ready
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?Freddie Roach has had enough of Manny Pacquiao. He doesn?t even want to see his prized ward report for gym work Monday. ?One hundred percent (ready),? Roach told Filipino sportswriters Saturday after…
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Vargas: I?ll shock the world
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?If Jessie Vargas can fight as well as he talks, Manny Pacquiao will be in deep trouble come fight night. Full of confidence, Vargas not only claims to have raised his skills…
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Sparring partner amazed by Pacquiao?s intensity
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?Ray Beltran has sparred with Manny Pacquiao countless times throughout the years. Still, the 35-year-old Mexican warrior was befuddled with the way Pacquiao dominated him in their two sparring sessions this week…
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Pacquiao: It feels like I?m floating
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?Manny Pacquiao was a vision of harmony in motion during training Thursday afternoon?and it had a lot to do with being back at Wild Card Gym here. ?Here, it feels like I?m…
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I want the belt, says Pacquiao
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?Renowned for his blurring speed, Manny Pacquiao shrugged off Jessie Vargas? boast that he?d be the faster guy on the ring. on Nov. 5. ?I will prove him wrong,? said Pacquiao, who…
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No knockouts guaranteed
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?He?s been burned several times predicting a Manny Pacquiao knockout victory. And Freddie Roach is no longer making predictions that a nine-year wait for a stoppage will end on Nov. 5, when…
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Heavy favorite Pacquiao not taking Vargas fight lightly
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?Boxing pundits, oddsmakers and sportswriters can say all they want about how Manny Pacquiao is heavily favored to beat Jessie Vargas in their WBO welterweight showdown on Nov. 5. Pacquiao isn?t listening.…
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Pacquiao ready to fight, will assault Griffith Park
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?Being ready for a fight won?t suffice for Manny Pacquiao. He must be in optimum condition when the collision happens. No wonder, Pacquiao always prefers to go the extra mile in training…
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Pacquiao applies brake in training
By Roy Luarca
Having reached the apex of his training, Manny Pacquiao started to apply the brakes in sparring last night under the coaxing of Freddie Roach. From a high of 10 rounds with Jose…
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After skipping two days because of illness, Pacquiao returns to form
By Roy Luarca
After hitting a snag, Manny Pacquiao?s training for his comeback fight against Jessie Vargas on Nov. 5 is again in full swing. Pacquiao, who skipped gym work on Friday and Saturday owing…
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Roach: Pacman inspired
By Roy Luarca
FREDDIE Roach walked into the Elorde Boxing Gym at Five E-com Center near MOA Tuesday night still feeling sluggish and drowsy from the 14-hour morning flight from Los Angeles. The bespectacled trainer?s…
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Pinoy Pride 38: Nietes dominates Sosa in flyweight debut
By Roy Luarca
DONNIE ?Ahas? Nietes made an instant impact in the flyweight division with a dominant unanimous decision over former world champion Edgar Sosa Saturday night (Sunday in Manila) in the headliner of Pinoy…
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Nietes tests ?fly? power
By Roy Luarca
WHETHER Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes can carry his power to the flyweight division will be known when he tangles with Edgar Sosa in the headliner of Pinoy Pride 38: Philippines vs Mexico at…
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Pacman builds up power punches
By Roy Luarca
BUBOY Fernandez is well over 200 pounds, but the extra weight hardly helped minimize the impact of Manny Pacquiao?s power punches when they did the mitts yesterday. As usual, Fernandez?s palms and…
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Pinoy Pride: Nietes plans patient fight versus Sosa
By Roy Luarca
DONNIE ?Ahas? Nietes won?t rush in and try to chop down Mexican Edgar Sosa as soon as the bell rings for their battle for the World Boxing Organization inter-continental flyweight crown on…
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Training won?t alter Pacman?s Senate sked
By Roy Luarca
DON?T be surprised if you chance upon Sen. Manny Pacquiao jogging or running along Roxas Boulevard in the coming days. The eight-division world champion will begin his preparations for his Nov. 5…
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Pinoy Pride 37: Pagara battles Juarez Sunday
By Roy Luarca
WHETHER ?Prince? Albert Pagara can be a king of the ring someday will be largely known Sunday. The unbeaten Filipino prospect stakes his World Boxing Organization intercontinental super bantamweight crown against Mexican…
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Pagara all set for title defense
By Roy Luarca
ALBERT Pagara was all smiles as he showed his six-pack abs and bulging biceps before television cameras on Thursday (Friday in Manila) in San Mateo, California. The prime Filipino prospect, donning a…
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?King? Arthur Villanueva scores ?freak? stoppage
By Roy Luarca
BACOLOD CITY ??King? Arthur Villanueva scored a freak fourth round knockout of Mexican Juan Jimenez to bag the World Boxing Organization Asia Pacific bantamweight title in the chief support of Pinoy Pride…
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Nietes stops Garcia in 5 rounds to retain crown
By Roy Luarca
BACOLOD CITY?It was Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes at his finest Saturday night, forcing Mexican Raul Garcia to quit on his stool after five rounds and retaining his World Boxing Organization light flyweight crown…