Ronnie Nathanielsz
7,060 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Battery of tests for Barrera
Marco Antonio Barrera has been ordered to undergo a battery of neurological tests before he can get a license from the Texas Boxing Commission to fight International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion…
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Pacquiao?s fight with Barrera in jeopardy?
The stunning disclosure that featherweight king Marco Antonio Barrera had undergone brain surgery in 1997 when an abnormal vein was removed and a metal plate to protect the area was affixed with…
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Barrera?s surgery shocks Pacquiao
International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao expressed shock over reports that featherweight king Marco Antonio Barrera, whom he battles in a 12-round, non-title fight on Nov.15 at the Alamadome in…
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Pacquiao: I will beat Barrera
International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao and featherweight king Marco Antonio Barrera were featured in a star-studded presentation at the Alamadome in San Antonio, Texas yesterday with ?The Golden Boy?…
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The color of money
We have, through the years, admired IBF junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao for his indomitable courage and his skills as a genuine ring gladiator. From his early days as a wild and…
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Pacquiao-Barrera tiff still in San Antonio
The San Antonio Express News reports that thanks to Oscar de la Hoya, San Antonio has been able to fight off serious competition from San Francisco, Portland and even Laredo to stage…
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Fans pick Barrera to KO Pacquiao
An online poll conducted by the camp of featherweight king Marco Antonio Barrera has indicated that 52.8 percent pick the hard-hitting Mexican to win by a knockout in his Nov. 15 12-round,…
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Nazario gets $200k for Manny?s fights
Rod Nazario, business manager of International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao demanded and received $200,000 for Philippine TV rights for Pacquiao?s planned Nov. 15 battle with featherweight king Marco Antonio…
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Pacquiao steps up training for bout
International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao is slowly stepping up training for his planned Nov. 15 war with featherweight king Marco Antonio Barrera in what is being billed as “A…
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Pacquiao bout at Cow Palace
The historic Cow Palace in San Francisco, where the late Gabriel “Flash” Elorde fought an epic battle against world featherweight champion Sandy Saddler on Jan.18, 1956, is the likely site for the…
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GMA, Pacquiao share one vision
International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao has come out and endorsed President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s concept of a strong republic. Pacquiao’s pitch which has quite appropriately been aired on the…
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Pacquiao signs Barrera pact
International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao and his business manager Rod Nazario have signed a contract for the Filipino champion to fight featherweight Marco Antonio Barrera, on Nov. 15, despite…
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Pacquiao’s fight with Barrera too soon
Freddie Roach, the trainer who turned International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao into a world-beater and one of the hardest hitting punchers in the lighter weights, said that the Filipino’s…
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Pacquiao fight has no IBF blessing yet
International Boxing Federation president Marian Muhammad said yesterday that the IBF has not approved a plan of junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao to postpone a scheduled mandatory title defense against no.3 rated…
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Boxing’s fight of the year
“A dream come true,” was International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s initial reaction when informed that he would battle “The People’s Champion,” featherweight Marco Antonio Barrera on Nov. 15. Both…
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Elorde offers to promote Pacquiao-Valbuena
International promoter Gabriel “Bebot” Elorde has offered International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao $250,000 to defend his title against top-rated challenger Jose Luis Valbuena of Venezuela on Nov. 15 in…
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Pacquiao rejects $400k
International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao is eager to fight featherweight king Marco Antonio Barrera but has refused an offer of $400,000 made by promoter Murad Muhammad saying it was…
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GenSan folks cheer Pacquiao
International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao received a hero’s welcome from his hometown folks as he returned to General Santos City yesterday. A huge crowd of fight fans and well-wishers…
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It’s back to the gym for Pacquiao
One day after he received a hero’s welcome from cheering fans with welcome banners at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao was back at the…
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Hero’s welcome for Manny
A hero’s welcome awaits International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao, who returns home today after a devastating third-round TKO victory over undefeated challenger Emmanuel “The Butcher” Lucero last Sunday at…