Articles by Jerry Magee · PhilBoxing.com

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Caro-Concepcion bout was good fight to finish

In one corner, Giovanni Caro was doubled up, clearly in agony, after being hit low. In another corner, Bernabe Concepcion was having a sever…

Wed, 01 Oct 2008

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Phillipine fighters prevail at Sycuan

As boxing represented a means of escaping poverty in the America of the 1920s, so it is said to do today for fighters from the Philippines, …

Fri, 26 Sep 2008

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Pacquiao puts on promoter hat

Manny Pacquiao, the promoter, is to be present tomorrow evening at the Sycuan Resort and Casino, accompanying three of the fighters from the…

Wed, 24 Sep 2008

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De La Hoya should make short work of Pacquiao

Puzzling, I would say. Oscar De La Hoya, wanting a signal triumph as a final footnote to his distinguished career, chooses to engage a guy n…

Tue, 02 Sep 2008

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Not just another Diaz

In boxing's lightweight division, the name Diaz has the same prominence as the names Smith and Jones do in the general population. Count 'em…

Sat, 28 Jun 2008

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Marquez braces for Pacquiao buzz saw

The last member of this Marquez family of Mexico City who stepped into a ring was Rafael, who left it bound for a hospital. On this ominous …

Sun, 16 Mar 2008

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Time flies when you're refereeing a great fight

Time seemed to have condensed for Pat Russell. ?When it was over, the whole fight seemed to me as if it had been made up of one-minute round…

Wed, 12 Mar 2008

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Barrera goes boldly to Pacquiao rematch

When Marco Antonio Barrera and Manny Pacquiao first fought in San Antonio, Texas, in November 2003, Barrera was 29 and Pacquiao was 24. Barr…

Sun, 07 Oct 2007

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Soto ponders possible foes<br>Marquez, Pacquiao offered

Humberto Soto of Tijuana has been given an option by Top Rank Inc. either to challenge Juan Manuel Marquez on Sept. 15 for the WBC super fea…

Tue, 26 Jun 2007

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The next big hit

The eventual departure of superstar Oscar De La Hoya will leave boxing without a driving force, which begs the question: Who might be ... Th…

Tue, 15 May 2007

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What's boxing's fate post-De La Hoya?

LAS VEGAS ? At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Oscar De La Hoya climbed atop a pedestal, they hung a gold medal around his neck and box…

Fri, 04 May 2007

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Morales' final fight could be in San Diego

Top Rank Inc. promoter Bob Arum plans to choose between San Diego and Chicago as the site for a June 15 bout that is to represent a farewell…

Fri, 13 Apr 2007

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Pacquiao has his hat in ring, too

Name a fighter whose name is recognizable in this country. All right, Oscar De La Hoya. Name another. Many cannot, which promoter Bob Arum c…

Fri, 23 Mar 2007

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Morales plans to quit after 'good-bye' fight

Erik Morales' introduction to boxing was in a makeshift ring above his family's convenience store on the mean streets of Tijuana's ?Zona Tol…

Thu, 23 Nov 2006

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Morales plans to outlast Pacman

His heart is Erik Morales' own. Body by Velocity Personal Trainers. At the insistence of promoter Bob Arum, in preparing for his third bout …

Sun, 19 Nov 2006

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Arum pushes Morales to push himself

Erik Morales has been assigned by promoter Bob Arum to do two months of preparatory training for his Nov. 18 bout against Manny Pacquiao, th…

Fri, 28 Jul 2006

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Morales, Barrera meet for thirt title

Erik Morales is fighting Marco Antonio Barrera for a third time over the objections of his father, a former boxer who has been in his son's …

Tue, 23 Nov 2004