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Pacquiao vs Mosley getting closer
MANILA, Philippines - Shane Mosley has one foot inside the ring, as Manny Pacquiao?s next opponent. Bob Arum of Top Rank said the Filipino icon will be back in action on April…
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Steward wants Marquez as Pacquiao’s next foe
MANILA, Philippines - Emmanuel Steward, the trainer of champions, can also be a good matchmaker. The 56-year-old Hall of Famer yesterday said Juan Manuel Marquez, and not Shane Mosley, will provide the…
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Manny not avoiding third Marquez bout
, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao was getting ready for a commercial shoot in Manila yesterday when Juan Manuel Marquez kept calling his name from Las Vegas. ?We know that Pacquiao has been…
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Marquez to Manny: Let’s do it at 147
MANILA, Philippines ? Juan Manuel Marquez will have Manny Pacquiao at the back of his mind when he faces Michael Katsidis today in Las Vegas. Over the last few days, talks of…
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Arum: Harder to deal with troubled Floyd
MANILA, Philippines - As much as he wants to make the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight happen, legendary promoter Bob Arum said there?s really nothing much he can do, nothing much he can…
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Manny tells Asiad bets: Pray, give your best
MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao has called on all Filipino athletes competing in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou to give their best in their quest for honor for the country. ?Sa…
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Arum gives Floyd 1st crack at Manny
MANILA, Philippines - Bob Arum is giving Floyd Mayweather Jr. a couple of weeks, and it could be just right before Christmas, to announce his availability to fight Manny Pacquiao next year.…
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Margarito fight PPV buys to hit 1.5 million
HOLLYWOOD ? The pay-per-view buys of Manny Pacquiao?s fight with Antonio Margarito last Saturday may surpass those for the Oscar dela Hoya fight in 2008. Mike Koncz, Pacquiao?s chief adviser, said Tuesday…
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Manny feeling better, leaves for Lake Tahoe
HOLLYWOOD ? After getting a clean bill of health, Manny Pacquiao left Los Angeles Monday evening for a 45-minute flight that would take him to Lake Tahoe where he?s scheduled to stage…
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Fight took its toll on hurting Manny
HOLLYWOOD ? Manny Pacquiao, the great champion, is hurting. Inside the chartered Boeing 757 that flew him out of Dallas Sunday afternoon, he showed signs that he?d been through a tough fight.…
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Awesome champ could’ve KO’d anybody – Ariza
HOLLYWOOD ? Strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza was so impressed by Manny Pacquiao?s awesome form Saturday night that he said the Filipino icon could have knocked out anybody ? Juan Manuel…
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It should’ve been stopped’
HOLLYWOOD ? Buboy Fernandez is just one among the many who think that the fight shouldn?t have gone the distance. ?Hindi na dapat tumagal pa ng nine rounds (It shouldn?t have lasted…
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World’s eighth wonder: Pacquiao clobbers Margarito for 8th crown
DALLAS ? Manny Pacquiao reached yet another revered place in boxing history with a methodical destruction of Mexican Antonio Margarito for the WBC super-welterweight crown at the Cowboys Stadium Saturday (Sunday in…
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Pacman’s biggest test
DALLAS ? Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao, firmly established as one of the greatest boxers of all time, reaches out for another place in history against a fighter trying to redeem an image…
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Margarito true warrior, Arum warns
DALLAS ? Oscar dela Hoya. Miguel Cotto. Joshua Clottey. Three big men Manny Pacquiao had faced. Three big men Manny Pacquiao had defeated. Now comes Antonio Margarito, taller, heavier and maybe even…
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‘Manny can stay on the ropes’
DALLAS ? Freddie Roach said Manny Pacquiao can spend some time on the ropes. Because this time, it will happen for a reason, unlike when he did against Miguel Cotto last year.…
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Stick to game plan, make it easy
DALLAS ? The fight?s going to be easy only if Manny Pacquiao sticks to the game plan. Freddie Roach is keeping his fingers crossed that Pacquiao does. Because if he doesn?t, one…
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Fight too close to call for Arce
DALLAS ? Jorge Arce, the small Mexican fighter with the heart as big as Texas, is torn between Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito. At the main press room of the Gaylord Texan…
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Tornado warning: I’ll knock Manny out
DALLAS ? Antonio Margarito?s message to the Filipino people is short, simple and scary. ?I?m knocking him out,? said the Tijuana Tornado during Wednesday?s final press conference at the end zone platform…
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Roach on Margarito caper: It ain’t funny
DALLAS ? Antonio Margarito tried to wash his hands Wednesday after a video of him and his training partner mocking Freddie Roach, who has Parkinson?s disease, appeared on the Internet. ?He was…
