Francis Ochoa
148 articles · ABS-CBN News
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Beware of Cotto’s left hook, Arum tells Manny
LAS VEGAS— The tickets have been snapped up the moment they hit the selling booths and everyone is expecting crazy figures from pay-per-view revenues. All because the world wants to see how…
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Pacquiao a 3-to-1 favorite in Las Vegas to beat Cotto
LAS VEGAS—As Team Pacquiao drove into this brightly lit vice city on Monday night, the odds continued to climb in favor of the Filipino ring icon in his historic fight against Puerto…
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Roach: ‘Perfect fight’ will win it for Manny
LAS VEGAS - Time to take it easy before the big night. With Manny Pacquiao just a few practice days from being in perfect form, trainer Freddie Roach on Monday closed camp…
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Sparmates give Manny solid edge over Cotto
HOLLYWOOD— By his account, Urbano Antillon has been around many training camps as a sparring partner. And he has yet to see anyone like Manny Pacquiao. “He’s one of the hardest workers…
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Modest Manny shows who’s the real star
HOLLYWOOD—Overlooking the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street is a rectangular white billboard featuring an athlete flashing a serious look and wearing an all-weather hoodie. The billboard rises, almost unobtrusively, from…
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Pacquiao, Cotto camps apply Art of War lessons
HOLLYWOOD—Sun Tzu’s philosophy is getting a ringside twist with each passing day leading to the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto showdown for the WBO welterweight belt on Nov. 14 at the MGM Grand in…
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Arum: Fight sure PPV blockbuster
HOLLYWOOD—There is a battle brewing beneath the surface of the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto showdown on Nov. 14, the repercussions of which could be felt in the boxing duel everybody wants to see…
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Pacman shows RP ‘small but mighty’
HOLLYWOOD — Manny's time has come. The Filipino ring icon, generally regarded as the world’s pound-for-pound champion, graces the cover of Time Magazine Asia edition—where he is featured in a five-page story—that…
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Happy Manny ready to make history
HOLLYWOOD— He's fit, he's happy HOLLYWOOD— He's fit, he's happy and he's on track to logging the targeted number of sparring rounds and, most of all, he isn’t planning to hide behind…
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Pacquiao endures it all in training
HOLLYWOOD— Manny Pacquiao was doing crunches in front of a television crew when the pain of his beastly regimen caught up with him. To egg himself on, he let out a yell.…
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Roach bets on Pacquiao victory by KO
HOLLYWOOD — The joke among journalists huddled around trainer Freddie Roach Tuesday afternoon at the Wild Card gym was that they were betting on Manny Pacquiao stopping Miguel Cotto either in the…
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Marquez fight gives Cotto idea how to attack Pacquiao
HOLLYWOOD—Miguel Cotto is set to hit California on Tuesday for a media workout in a popular Los Angeles boxing gym, where he is expected to showcase the result of several weeks of…
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Pacquiao to earn more than $12M
MANILA, Philippines—The Nevada State Athletic Commission appointed Kenny Bayless the referee for the Nov. 14 bout between Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao and reigning WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto at the MGM…
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Pacman training enters punishing phase
BAGUIO CITY— Tatooed across the length of the underside of Alex Ariza’s right forearm is a Latin inscription that, when translated, reads: Action is the true measure of intelligence. And, as far…
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Pacman oozing with fire
BAGUIO CITY – The turnaround was sudden as it was impressive. World pound-for-pound sensation Manny Pacquiao put on a solid show during a closed-door sparring session, dominating sparmates at the Shape Up…
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Roach tells Manny: Get serious now
BAGUIO CITY – While storm signal warnings were raised in different parts of Luzon after a super typhoon made landfall, Freddie Roach had an alert of his own for Manny Pacquiao here.…
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Team Pacquiao awaits Cotto ‘clone’
BAGUIO CITY - There was a faint, however palpable, murmur of doubt from the boxing online community when trainer Freddie Roach said Manny Pacquiao will weld Miguel Cotto’s behind to the canvas…
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Manny yields limelight to Cotto
WITH MANNY PACQUIAO AGAIN REfraining from lighting up verbal fireworks, it was Miguel Cotto who generated a buzz in his hometown Puerto Rico by making a little promise in front of his…
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Why Manny Matters
SITUATED in the main lobby of the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas is a club frequented by the hotel?s patrons. On one particular December evening, the club was filled with people dancing…
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Roach: Mayweather a much tougher foe
Even as he tries to lure Floyd Mayweather Jr. out of retirement, Freddie Roach knows that Manny Pacquiao will be facing a much tougher foe than in his last outing should the…