Nick Giongco
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Pacquiao camp wants 60-40, not 50-50 split
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao will not agree to be on equal footing with British Ricky Hatton in terms of the revenue split for their close-to-being-made match on May 2 in Las Vegas. Pacquiao returned…
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Pacquiao should get more
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao ? who represents the sport of boxing ? deserves the chunkier and bigger slice of the pie in his May 2 showdown with British Ricky Hatton, a key Team Pacquiao…
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Pacquiao favored vs Hatton
By Nick Giongco
Unless Manny Pacquiao falls ill during training camp and becomes lethargic in the days leading up to his May 2 date with Ricky Hatton, there?s no stopping oddsmakers from installing the Filipino…
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Hatton holds ace in money issues
By Nick Giongco
While it is Manny Pacquiao who represents the sport, Ricky Hatton has an ace up his sleeve and the British boxer is using this as leverage to make sure that he doesn?t…
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Hatton to fall like De La Hoya ? Roach
By Nick Giongco
Ricky Hatton will end up the way Oscar De La Hoya looked after his shocking defeat to Manny Pacquiao on May 2 in Las Vegas, Freddie Roach, Filipino?s taskmaster, told the Bulletin…
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Hatton can stop Pacquiao, says Mayweather Sr.
By Nick Giongco
If every top Mexican fighter can?t stop Manny Pacquiao, somebody from England will teach them how. "I believe that Ricky Hatton can stop Manny Pacquiao," Hatton?s trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. told the…
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Pacquiao?s demolition of Hoya startled Hatton
By Nick Giongco
Ricky Hatton was among the many in attendance at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas who was shocked with the way Manny Pacquiao easily took the sting out of Oscar De La…
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Standup comedy primes Hatton for Pacman
By Nick Giongco
Ricky Hatton is a puncher who loves to throw punchlines as well. The British boxer is embarking on a tour of England and Wales and is set to go on a Caribbean…
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Hatton a dangerous foe ? Roach
By Nick Giongco
This early, the man who will be tasked to whip Ricky Hatton into fighting form for a May 2 date with Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas boasts that he holds the blueprint…
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Pacquiao-Hatton a done deal ? Arum
By Nick Giongco
It isn?t signed, sealed and delivered yet but all signs point to a May 2 clash in Las Vegas between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton of England. "As far as I?m concerned,…
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Concepcion eyes WBC crown vs Kenyan
By Nick Giongco
Bernabe Concepcion takes a step closer to a world title shot as he squares off with Sande Otieno of Kenya for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) International featherweight crown on Jan.11,…
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Where it all began
By Nick Giongco
Having just signed Marco Antonio Barrera to a lucrative promotional contract, Oscar De La Hoya thought it was only fitting that Nov. 15, 2003 be marked like a red-letter day. So the…
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De La Hoya out, but boxing alive, kicking
By Nick Giongco
Despite claims that boxing is down for the count with the impending departure of Oscar De La Hoya, the head of one of the sports? major players revealed yesterday that it isn?t.…
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Pacquiao is the new Golden Boy ? Salud
By Nick Giongco
Now that he has assumed the role of boxing?s flag-bearer, Manny Pacquiao deserves to demand a heftier purse plus other perks in the on-going negotiations for a megabuck matchup with British slugger…
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Hatton can pull trigger ? Roach
By Nick Giongco
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? If there?s one guy out there who can pull the trigger against Manny Pacquiao, that would be British slugger Ricky Hatton, trainer Freddie Roach said on Thursday. Hatton…
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Pacquiao undecided on next foe
By Nick Giongco
GENERAL SANTOS ? Manny Pacquiao will call the shots as to where, when and who he is going to fight next and said that at the moment, none of them has been…
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Pacquiao ready for Floyd, Hatton, says top confidant
By Nick Giongco
The Filipino understudy of Freddie Roach believes Manny Pacquiao is more than willing and able to take on all comers, including Floyd Mayweather and Ricky Hatton, for a proposed fight in early-May…
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2008 ?unlucky? year for Manny
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao had a startling revelation during a recent five-hour bus ride from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. "I was told that 2008 was going to be a bad year for me,"…
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Pacquiao foes set to attend birthday bash
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao is going the extra mile in making his 30th birthday celebration on Wednesday truly unforgettable. Apart from Top Rank head Bob Arum and trainer Freddie Roach, Pacquiao also extended his…
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Pacquiao saw it coming
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? What happened Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas was what exactly Manny Pacquiao had envisioned as early as three months ago when Top Rank and Golden…