Salven L. Lagumbay
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Pacquiao title clash with Marquez off
THE PLANNED mammoth confrontation between universal featherweight champ Manny Pacquiao and WBA/IBF featherweight king Juan Manuel Marquez will not push through after all. The Inquirer learned from the camp of Marquez on…
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Freddie Roach quits as Pacquiao’s trainer
THE MAN widely credited for Manny Pacquiao's newfound success and who lobbied so hard so the Filipino fighter won't be deceived financially will no longer be in his corner. Top Trainer of…
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Pacquiao’s next foe is loaded with ‘dynamite’
HE owns a killer left hook and two world titles. He is trained by one of the world's finest in the business. With a fearsome record of 42 wins, two losses and…
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Pacquiao foe wants rematch
"Recuperate mi sitio." [I will recover my place.] With this statement, former pound-for-pound great Marco Antonio Barrera sent word to his Filipino nemesis, world champion Manny Pacquiao, that he was not ducking…
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Pacquiao fights dual champ Marquez next
IT's green and go for yet another superbattle for the Filipino king of the world's featherweights. The reigning "people's featherweight champion" and Ring Magazine's featherweight king Manny Pacquiao is slated to battle…
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Pacquiao, 3 leading RP boxers rise in WBC ratings
PEOPLE'S featherweight champ Manny Pacquiao and three leading Cebuano boxers moved up in the latest rankings of the World Boxing Council, in effect making them candidates for world title fights next year.…
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Pacquiao US tax cheat after all
MANNY Pacquiao, the current toast of Philippine sports, is a tax evader in the US, according to an Inquirer source. The reigning International Boxing Federation (IBF) superbantam champion, who recently pulled off…
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HBO budgeted $.7M as Pacquiao purse
HAS someone's bank account fattened other than that of Manny Pacquiao's? Reports reaching the Inquirer have it that HBO, pioneer of the pay-per-view concept, actually paid a whopping $700,000 dollars (about 38.5…
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Pacquiao Lands in the Philippines
THE PHILIPPINES ? The scene looked as if God had descended from heaven. With several hundreds of eager fans waiting for him even at Friday?s late hours, reigning The Ring?s featherweight champ…
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Pacquiao to Grace Suico Defense at Waterfront
The world?s hottest boxing idol will soon be ringside when the Philippines? hottest prospect goes to war. Universal featherweight champ and The Ring magazine featherweight ruler Manny Pacquiao, fresh from his scintillating…
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Ring hero Manny Pacquiao arrives Friday night
WORLD boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, who thrilled the nation with his explosive conquest of Mexican featherweight great Marco Antonio Barrera Sunday, arrives in Manila at 9:50 Friday night on board a Northwest…
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Top fighters want to face Pacquiao
MANNY Pacquiao has suddenly found himself besieged with several offers to fight blue-chip fighters, a situation the Filipino ring idol could have dreamed of only a month ago. Pacquiao's status as new…
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No Pacquiao-Barrera rematch, says Hoya
A MANNY Pacquiao-Marco Antonio Barrera rematch is not a done deal. This is because there was no clause for a rematch in the contract signed by Pacquiao and Barrera for their 12-round…
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Philippine President Congratulates Pacquiao
Minutes after his stirring 11th-round victory Saturday over erstwhile pound-for-pound great Marco Antonio Barrera, Filipino Manny Pacquiao was congratulated by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who called the featherweight champion ?a true hero.? ?In…
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Pacquiao hammers Barrera in lion’s den
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- He followed the perfect game plan at the most perfect time. Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao put on a superb performance Sunday, showing the world how to use…
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Pacquiao fights Barrera Sunday
CAN International Boxing Federation (IBF) superbantam champ Manny Pacquiao rise to the occasion Sunday against a man considered by many as the finest featherweight on the planet? That question will be answered…
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Pacquiao win-win plan a secret
MANNY Pacquiao, swearing he would capitalize on Marco Antonio Barrera's weaknesses, on Friday said he has perfected a win-win battle plan. He, however, kept mum when asked to bare specifics of his…
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Pacquiao challenger needs to lick neuro tests in Texas
A CLOUD of uncertainty now hovers over the Manny Pacquiao-Marco Antonio Barrera mega-bout on Nov. 15 after the Texas Boxing Commission ruled no license would be issued to the Mexican boxing idol…
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LA wildfire puts Barrera on the run
POUND-FOR-POUND boxing great Marco Antonio Barrera found himself literally in the line of fire and was forced to evacuate from his Big Bear camp in Los Angeles Friday following what Fightnews described…
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Pacquiao, Barrera promote Nov. 15 fight
IBF superbantam king Manny Pacquiao and Mexico's Marco Antonio Barrera face the international media on Friday to formally announce their 12-round People's Championship of the World fight on Nov. 15 at The…