Francis Ochoa
148 articles · ABS-CBN News
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Dream Match tops Pacman?s 5 fave fights
LOS ANGELES -- Manny Pacquiao?s five most memorable fights could very well be the most sensational knockouts in boxing. And there?s no debate in his mind which one tops that list. Pacquiao…
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Grandest welcome for Pacquiao set
LOS ANGELES?Whether he is ?human? or not, Manny Pacquiao is expected to receive the grandest of all welcomes when he returns to the Philippines on Wednesday. A massive victory parade, a meeting…
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Pacman savors place in history
LOS ANGELES -- The guy on the other line was David Diaz, whose WBC lightweight championship Manny Pacquiao authoritatively snatched away IN early June. Diaz had just watch the Pacman annihilate Oscar…
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Pacman relishes the Dream
LOS ANGELES -- The sun was starting to set over the Nevada desert, casting a soft golden glow on the freeway that spilled out of Las Vegas and rolled all the way…
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Dream Match a nightmare for De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS?Nacho Beristain watched as the fighter who had singlehandedly helped boxing survive the dearth of talent at the centerpiece heavyweight division took a beating from a unrelenting pound-for-pound champion who seemed…
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Hatton, Mayweather next for Pacquiao?
LAS VEGAS?How much bigger can a challenge get for Manny Pacquiao? Well, think a football stadium, 100,000 chanting fans and a beer-guzzling bloke who loves brawling as much as the Pacman does.…
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Pacquiao dominated match with De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS?The joke that went around the press room during the post-fight ceremonies of the ?Dream Match? won in dominating fashion by Manny Pacquiao over Oscar De La Hoya was that the…
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Valero Claims That He Busted De La Hoya Up in Camp
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The Super Puncher who has trained with Oscar De La Hoya and has been calling out Manny Pacquiao just let a stinky little scoop seep out of Big…
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?It?s time to make history?
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- With a smile on his face and a snarl in his voice, Manny Pacquiao put to rest a weighty issue as he tries to overcome the biggest challenge…
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Tyson gives Team Pacquiao tips
LAS VEGAS -- As if words were not enough, former undisputed heavyweight champion ?Iron? Mike Tyson took a step back away from assistant trainer Buboy Fernandez, bobbed, wove and then ducked under…
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Oscar seeks revenge for Mexican boxers
LAS VEGAS?Five years after they first caught a significant glimpse of each other, Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya find themselves in the center of a whirlwind; caught in a moment…
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Marquez to follow Pacman even in hell
Las Vegas?Juan Manuel Marquez doesn?t care if Manny Pacquiao goes to hell and back. The former super featherweight champion of the world will follow the Filipino boxing sensation anywhere?and through any weight…
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?Dream Match calls for KO win?
LAS VEGAS?Five years after they first caught a significant glimpse of each other, Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya found themselves in the center of a whirlwind, caught in a moment…
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What?s in a name? Ask Chavit
LAS VEGAS?What?s in a name? Depends on how you pronounce it, as a ?famous personage from the Philippines? unfortunately found out. Bob Arum, chief executive officer of Top Rank promotions, was rattling…
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Marquez still hungry for Pacman 3
LAS VEGAS -- Juan Manuel Marquez doesn?t care if Manny Pacquiao goes to hell and back. The former super featherweight champion of the world will follow the Filipino boxing sensation anywhere --…
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What?s in a name? Ask ?Chavit? Singson
LAS VEGAS -- What?s in a name? Depends on how you pronounce it, as a ?famous personage from the Philippines? unfortunately found out. Bob Arum, chief executive officer of Top Rank, was…
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?Dream Match? is dream come true
LAS VEGAS -- Five years after they first caught a significant glimpse of each other, Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya find themselves in the center of a whirlwind; caught in…
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Pacman demands Golden Boy in top shape
LOS ANGELES -- There?s one reason Oscar De La Hoya has been working so hard in training to get in shape at a weight he has not fought in for so many…
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?The fight people want to see?–trainer
LOS ANGELES -- Angelo Dundee has trained some of boxing?s biggest names for some of their biggest fights. And he still can?t help but get excited about this one. ?This is the…
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Merchant: Left hands will define fight
LAS VEGAS?Wallowing in his wonderful world of what-ifs, Larry Merchant will either end up a certified boxing genius or nothing more than a slick-talking used-car salesman. And the line separating both outcomes…