Abac Cordero
1,868 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Roach gives champ Xmas, b-day break
LAS VEGAS ? Freddie Roach is giving Manny Pacquiao a couple of months to enjoy the moment. ?You know Christmas is coming up, his birthday party and he?s having a baby soon,?…
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It’s time to rumble
LAS VEGAS ? The fight that started as a dream becomes a reality Saturday evening (Sunday noon in Manila) when Manny Pacquiao goes up against the bigger, older and more experienced Oscar…
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If Dela Hoya tires out, Pacquiao wins
LAS VEGAS ? You get tired and Manny Pacquiao will knock you out. This piece of advice directed at Oscar dela Hoya came no less from his former trainer, Emmanuel Steward who…
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Ring announcer ready to rumble
LAS VEGAS ? Michael Buffer is ?ready to rumble.? After presiding over Friday?s official weigh-in, the flamboyant ring announcer who has worked some of the biggest fights over the last 25 years…
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Manny vs Hatton the next big fight
LAS VEGAS ? Yes, Ricky Hatton wants Manny Pacquiao more than Oscar dela Hoya. The pride of Manchester and reigning IBO light-welterweight champion said Thursday he wants to face Pacquiao early next…
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Slow day for ticket scalpers
LAS VEGAS ? Tickets to this ?Dream Match? aren?t really sold out. In fact, ticket prices in the black market have gone way below expectations, a direct result of the current economic…
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Pacquiao easily within weight limit
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao tipped the scales at 146 pounds on the eve of the official weigh-in and made his trainer Freddie Roach very, very happy. ?We?re good. We?re happy,? said…
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Odds on Manny improve as fight nears
LAS VEGAS - Manny Pacquiao wore a dark suit and a big smile as he stepped into Wednesday?s press conference. He must be glad that slowly, but steadily, he?s been catching up…
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Schaefer dishes it out for Golden Boy
LAS VEGAS ? Richard Schaefer, the eloquent CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, also served as Oscar dela Hoya?s mouthpiece Tuesday. As Dela Hoya saved his words for Wednesday?s final press conference, Schaefer…
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Pacman, Hoya step into Vegas media zoo
LAS VEGAS ? Welcome to the Super Bowl of boxing. With these words, Bob Arum of Top Rank tried to warm it up Tuesday as a horde of fans and mediamen waited…
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‘Pacquio-De la Hoya dream match to go the distance’
LAS VEGAS ? Angelo Dundee is just one of the very few people saying that this fight will last the distance. Amid the burst of Mariachi music at the MGM?s grand lobby,…
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Pacquiao reaches Vegas a clear underdog
LAS VEGAS ? For a change, Manny Pacquiao arrived here in Vegas wearing the underdog tag. After a slow four-hour ride from Los Angeles, Pacquiao checked in at the luminous Mandalay Bay…
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First four rounds crucial for Pacman – Merchant
LAS VEGAS ? Larry Merchant, who brought up the idea of this ?Dream Match? ahead of everybody else, came out with his latest, precious thoughts on the fight. At the Wild Card…
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Dela Hoya looking good, but is he in peak form?
LOS ANGELES ? Even Manny Pacquiao?s conditioning coach is quite impressed with Oscar dela Hoya?s appearance heading to the big match. ?He looks very good,? said Alex Ariza of boxing?s Golden Boy…
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Champ winds up LA training
LOS ANGELES ? Fight week starts Monday when Manny Pacquiao and Oscar dela Hoya head for Las Vegas, just five days before their ?Dream Match? at the MGM Grand. Pacquiao will hold…
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Pacquiao’s men lose weight, win cool cash
LOS ANGELES - Manny Pacquiao shelled out a total of $74,000 or roughly P3.6 million Sunday to friends who passed the weight reduction challenge hurled against them by the boxing superstar. Pacquiao…
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Superstitious Pacquiao won’t take bus to Vegas
LOS ANGELES ? Manny Pacquiao is skipping the bus ride to Vegas. Instead, he will take the customary four-hour drive to Sin City on board his 2005 Lincoln Navigator where he will…
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Roach doesn’t care what Hoya eats
LOS ANGELES ? While Manny Pacquiao gorged on chicken adobo, sweet and sour fish, beef bulalo, vegetable and rice during training, Oscar dela Hoya loved eating kangaroo meat which experts say is…
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Watch Hoya’s hands being wrapped – Roach
LOS ANGELES ? Freddie Roach will make sure he keeps an eye on Oscar dela Hoya?s hands when they are taped and wrapped for Saturday?s ?Dream Match? at the MGM Grand. ?There…
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Pacman will be too fast, furious for Oscar
LOS ANGELES ? Manny Pacquiao is much too fast for Oscar dela Hoya that boxing?s Golden Boy will get tired trying to catch him. ?Like what I said, Oscar?s going to tire…
