Abac Cordero
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Pacman, Floyd to dispute who’s PPV king
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. form boxing?s greatest rivalry ? outside the ring. The superfight is far from happening, and in fact it may never happen at all.…
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Pacquiao insists Cotto tough foe for Floyd Jr
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao said Floyd Mayweather Jr. may have made a terrible mistake by choosing Miguel Cotto as his next opponent. ?Akala niya madaling kalaban si Cotto (He thought Cotto…
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Pacman 3-1 favorite against Bradley
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao is off to a slow start as far as the betting lines for his June 9 title fight against Timothy Bradley are concerned. Numbers coming out of…
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Bradley: I?m here to hurt Pacquiao
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Timothy Bradley has issued a ?friendly? warning to Manny Pacquiao. Bradley said he?s here to fight, and won?t just take the money and run when he climbs the ring…
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Bradley bout not Pacman’s last match
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao will not try to sell his coming fight against Timothy Bradley by saying it will be his last. ?No, no this won?t be my last fight,? the…
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Roach: Bradley a ‘dirty fighter’
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - While Manny Pacquiao is checking on his golf swing, his trainer, Freddie Roach, is waging a word war against Timothy Bradley. Roach has called Bradley a ?dirty fighter? and…
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Bradley guaranteed $5M in Pacman bout
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Other than being a ?dirty fighter,? celebrated trainer Freddie Roach knows Timothy Bradley as one who?s ?tougher and possibly stronger? than Manny Pacquiao?s previous opponents. Roach also knows that…
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Bradley: Pacquiao ain’t no ‘Mr. Clean’
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Timothy Bradley said he doesn?t mind being branded as a ?dirty fighter.? ?That doesn?t bother me, man,? Bradley told www.fighthype.com in reaction to statements made by Freddie Roach and…
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Pacman to train long, hard for Bradley
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao isn?t taking Timothy Bradley lightly even if the early fight odds coming out of Las Vegas put the Filipino superstar as the 5-1 favorite. The odds on…
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Pacquiao plays for fun, charity
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao took a swing with a golf club at Wack Wack?s fabled east course yesterday then ended up signing boxing gloves for a charitable cause. The 33-year-old congressman…
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Manny expects Bradley to run
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao doesn?t expect Timothy Bradley to engage and go toe-to-toe when they meet on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Truth is Pacquiao thinks Bradley…
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Pacman-Bradley a ‘done deal’
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Timothy Bradley must be asking for just a little more that Manny Pacquiao has already agreed to the terms of the fight, and the boxer from Cathedral City in…
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Mayweather’s tweet ain’t sweet
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Is it Floyd Mayweather Jr. himself who?s behind all those nasty tweets? Manny Pacquiao?s chief adviser, who?d been personally in touch with Floyd Mayweather over the past few weeks,…
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Will Donaire vs Vazquez live up to hype?
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - What happened during the press conference is just an assurance that Saturday?s fight between Nonito Donaire Jr. and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. won?t be a bore. (Related story A-25) Donaire…
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Koncz: We offered Floyd $50 million
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Floyd Mayweather Jr. was offered much more than what he had offered Manny Pacquiao, and yet the undefeated American refused to make the fight happen. Pacquiao?s adviser, Mike Koncz,…
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Marquez vs Peterson gains ground
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Bob Arum yesterday said Juan Manuel Marquez vs Lamont Peterson is almost a done deal, meaning the ?mini-tournament? the Top Rank chief is putting up, the other half involving…
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Cotto holds key to Manny’s next bout
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather won?t happen soon has opened all the possibilities, great ones, for fighters in and around the weight class the sport?s two biggest superstars are…
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Marquez wants guarantee he gets to Pacquiao
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Juan Manuel Marquez will face reigning WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson if that?s the only way for him to get to Manny Pacquiao. But he wants it written…
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Arum to pick Manny’s next foe
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao will fight anybody Bob Arum puts in front of him. ?Kahit sino. Basta boxer (Anybody. As long as he?s a boxer),? said Pacquiao, who must have gotten…
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Cotto weighs options vs Pacman, M’weather
By Abac Cordero
MANILA, Philippines - Miguel Cotto can play hard to get and be rich in the end. There?s a tug-of-war over the wide-bodied Puerto Rican who said he?s open to fighting either Floyd…