Roy Luarca
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Step to immortality
By Roy Luarca
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?Manny Pacquiao takes another bold step toward sports immortality when he tangles with Antonio Margarito for the World Boxing Council (WBC) super welterweight crown on Saturday night (this morning in Manila)…
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Quality sparmates toughen up Pacquiao
By Roy Luarca
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?If the quality of sparmates were the gauge, Manny Pacquiao holds a huge edge over Antonio Margarito. Pacquiao, through chief trainer Freddie Roach, was able to bring Glen Tapia and Michael…
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?Overwhelming choice?
By Roy Luarca
GRAPEVINE, Texas?He absorbed volumes of punches from both Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito and weathered them all. Though he lost to both, Ghanaian Joshua Clottey believes Pacquiao will emerge the winner when…
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Prefight Pacman cool, suave
By Roy Luarca
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?Living up to his new status as a congressman, Manny Pacquiao showed up in coat and tie for the prefight press conference of his WBC super welterweight showdown with Antonio Margarito…
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Cocky Margarito certain of dispatching Pacquiao
By Roy Luarca
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?Either Antonio Margarito is a braggart or he genuinely believes he?s due for another world crown. Addressing World Boxing Council president Dr. Jose Sulaiman during Wednesday?s prefight press conference, the three-time…
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Roach sees quick victory for Pacquiao in Texas on Nov 13
By Roy Luarca
GRAPEVINE, Texas ? Don?t blink when Manny Pacquiao tangles with Antonio Margarito on November 13. The fight for the vacant World Boxing Council super welterweight title could be over in less than…
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Arum warns: Margarito has tools to pull an upset
By Roy Luarca
GRAPEVINE, Texas?Venerable promoter Bob Arum has warned that Mexican Antonio Margarito can pull an upset against Manny Pacquiao. ?He (Margarito) certainly has the tools to pull off an upset,? Arum said during…
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Fans wonder if Pacquiao will use ploy vs opponent?s power
By Roy Luarca
GRAPEVINE, Texas ?He has treaded dangerous grounds against Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey and easily survived. Will Manny Pacquiao again test the waters against Antonio Margarito on November 13? The answer will…
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Fans wonder if Pacquiao will use ploy vs opponent?s power
By Roy Luarca
GRAPEVINE, Texas ?He has treaded dangerous grounds against Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey and easily survived. Will Manny Pacquiao again test the waters against Antonio Margarito on November 13? The answer will…
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Arum warns: Margarito has tools to pull an upset
By Roy Luarca
GRAPEVINE, Texas?Venerable promoter Bob Arum has warned that Mexican Antonio Margarito can pull an upset against Manny Pacquiao. ?He (Margarito) certainly has the tools to pull off an upset,? Arum said during…
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Pacquiao whips up a storm in Texas
By Roy Luarca
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?Team Pacquiao arrived here Monday night, turning the otherwise tranquil Gaylord Texan Hotel here into a beehive of activity at 10 p.m. Led by seven-time world champion Manny Pacquiao, the 188-strong…
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Pacman tells Tornado: Catch me if you can
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?Catch me if you can. Manny Pacquiao reiterated this challenge to Antonio Margarito Monday as he winds up his training with flourish at the Wild Card Gym here. Showing off his famed…
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?I will not quit,? vows Margarito
By Roy Luarca
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?He?ll die fighting. This was the firm declaration of Antonio Margarito Monday (Tuesday in Manila) as he vowed not to repeat what Oscar de La Hoya did when he fought Manny…
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Roach: Manny ready for fight
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?No more sleepless nights for Manny Pacquiao?s trainer Freddie Roach. The hard grind is over for him and the pound-for-pound king. ?Today (Saturday) was just light sparring, the hard work?s done,? Roach…
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No rest on Manny?s day off
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?A typical day off for Manny Pacquiao will wear down an ordinary person. Sunday here (Monday in Manila) for the pound-for-pound king was supposed to have been spent lying in bed and…
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Roach: Pacquiao has all the answers for Margarito
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD ? No more sleepless nights for Manny Pacquiao?s trainer Freddie Roach. The hard grind is over for him and the pound-for-pound king. ?Today (Saturday) was just light sparring, the hard work?s…
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Pacquiao vows to land first blow
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?Almost perfect. After going through five rounds of sparring Saturday (Sunday in Manila), Manny Pacquiao declared that he's "totally ready" to do battle with Antonio Margarito for the vacant World Boxing Council…
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Roach mind games starting to work?
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?It seems that slowly but surely, Freddie Roach's trash talking is getting into Antonio Margarito's mind. Having read and heard reports about Roach's predictions that Fighter of the Decade Manny Pacquiao is…
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Tireless Pacman still awes trainer
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?Nonoy Neri has been a part of Manny Pacquiao?s training team for a decade now. He?d seen Pacquiao?s gruelling training sessions and his unbelievable stamina. Yet, Pacquiao never ceases to amaze him.…
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Pacquiao ?slaps? Ariza to reality
By Roy Luarca
HOLLYWOOD?In a moment of idleness, Manny Pacquiao will often creep up on members of his entourage from behind and give them an open-fisted strike in their behinds. Sometimes they find it funny,…