Francis Ochoa
148 articles · ABS-CBN News
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Pacquiao, De la Hoya reach Vegas
LAS VEGAS -- The year?s biggest boxing circus -- complete with custom-painted buses and helicopter rides -- has finally arrived in this neon-bathed desert gambling haven. Filipino ring sensation Manny Pacquiao and…
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Merchant mulls the match he dreamed
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 glib, slick-talking used-car salesman. And the line…
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Pacquiao training in wrap-up mode
LOS ANGELES, California -- Manny Pacquiao ducked under a simulated left jab and went for trainer Freddie Roach?s body with a spear-like punch. He stopped, pushed his coach away, and said ?sometimes??…
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Pacquiao wife vs De La Hoya
LOS ANGELES, California -- It was just one of those ordinary days at the Pacquiao residence when Jinkee Pacquiao, wife of Filipino boxing superstar Manny, clicked on her husband?s website and read…
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Oscar will hit deck in 8 or 9?sparmate
LOS ANGELES?The money?s good. The experience? Even better. While light middleweights Rashad Holloway and Marvin Cordova admitted that part of the reason they agreed to help Manny Pacquiao for his bout against…
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Pacman ponders ?fight to remember?
LOS ANGELES -- Manny Pacquiao didn?t take too long to recognize the magnitude of his latest bout or where it stands in the history of the sport. ?This is the fight that…
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Pacquiao will lord over light welters
MANILA, Philippines?If Freddie Roach has his way, the world better roll the red carpet out for the next undisputed light welterweight champion of the world. And Manny Pacquiao believes that when he?s…
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Pacquiao going for the ribs this time
MANILA, Philippines?Slowly but surely, the issue on size is becoming a non-issue. Manny Pacquiao?s camp is continuing to craft ways to overhaul Oscar De La Hoya?s literally huge advantage to make sure…
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Hoya forms ?Dream Team? vs Pacquiao
MANILA, Philippines?Oscar De La Hoya is putting together a ?Dream Team? of sorts in his corner. Already training under a Hall-of-Famer, the Golden Boy hooked up yet another ring legend in Angelo…
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Pacquiao a world champion, finally
MANILA, Philippines -- Michael Buffer was still halfway through announcing the final judge's score when suddenly, the crowd erupted in a huge roar. The popular announcer was then saying "new." In case…
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Boxers, golfers shine; SEA Games bets flop
MANILA, Philippines -- If it were up to Manny Pacquiao?s fans, the definitive moment of Philippine sports in the year 2007 should have been captured this way in a photograph: The Filipino…
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Barrera not hot at rematch; Marquez wants Pacman bad
MARCO Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez, who slug it out on Mar. 17 for the WBC super featherweight crown at the Mandalay Bay Casino on March 17, have taken opposite corners…
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Pacquiao says thank you to gym staff
HOLLYWOOD -- Sticking to what has become a tradition, Manny Pacquiao returned to the site where he prepared for the biggest fight of his career. The Filipino ring hero visited the Wild…
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Pacquiao manager wants Barrera next
LAS VEGAS -- It may not be the fight on the horizon right now, but Manny Pacquiao?s manager, Shelly Finkel, believes that the next step for the Filipino ring sensation should be…
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Pacquiao landed more punches
LAS VEGAS?The fight stats told it all. Manny Pacquiao threw a total of 175 punches in the match, landing 94 for 54-percent accuracy. Erik Morales punched 171 times, connecting only on 44,…
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Morales? trainers: ?We?ve done our job?
LAS VEGAS -- The way the name of the group has been tossed into the third and final installment of the Manny Pacquiao-Erik Morales rivalry, it may seem like Velocity Sports Performance…
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Pacquiao camp in for a surprise, says Morales trainer
LAS VEGAS -- Weight a minute. Erik Morales? battle with the scales dominated conversation at the final press conference for his bout against Manny Pacquiao Thursday, with the Mexican?s camp bristling at…
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Morales prepares for the fight of his career
LAS VEGAS -- Erik ?El Terrible? Morales wants people to remember. Not the granite-chinned boxer who was introduced to the canvas for the first time in his career last January. Not the…
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Erik to go down in 9th-11th round
LAS VEGAS?His mouth upturned into a hint of a smile, his head tilted upward to give the appearance of a cocked eyebrow, his eyes showing off a glint of mischief, Freddie Roach…
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Trim but sullen Morales checks in
LAS VEGAS -- His face crumpled into a scowl, Erik Morales arrived here late Monday night after a nearly four-hour flight from Toluca, Mexico, just five days before he steps into the…
