Nick Giongco
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Pacquiao now wants ?Zorro?
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? Humiliating Mexican fighters has become a habit for Manny Pacquiao that the imagination of boxing?s top attraction has gone so out-of-this-world that the next big thing for him he…
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oh yes, it?s manny!
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao, making his debut as a welterweight, ended Oscar de la Hoya?s golden career with an eighth round stoppage Saturday, reinforcing his status as the world?s best pound-for-pound…
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Anything can happen, says veteran TV man
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? Boxing scholar Larry Marchant, who does the color commentary for HBO, will be one of the least surprised followers of the fight game if Manny Pacquiao topples Oscar De…
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Pacman must avoid Hoya?s hook
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? The sun was already up Saturday but the weather remained icy when Manny Pacquiao came out of nowhere to begin his morning roadwork at the Pan Pacific Park in…
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Keep your distance ? Pacquiao told
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? Freddie Roach has one simple instruction to Manny Pacquiao: Hit and avoid getting hit. It may sound ridiculous but Roach actually wants Pacquiao to steer clear from De La…
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Pacquiao says I?m ready to rumble
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? Manny Pacquiao swears he has all the bases covered for his mega match with Oscar De La Hoya next week in Las Vegas. If De La Hoya chooses to…
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Pacquiao must attack early ? Roach
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? After another hard day?s work at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, trainer Freddie Roach took time out to have dinner with a female French journalist from L?Equipe…
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De La Hoya?s best days over ? Roach
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? Here?s another proof why Oscar De La Hoya can no longer pull the trigger, according to Freddie Roach. During his eight-week trainer stint with the Golden Boy last year…
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Pacquiao?s work ethic tickles Roach no end
By Nick Giongco
Just what makes Freddie Roach?s face light up when asked about Manny Pacquiao? Punching power? Lightning-quick reflexes? Courage? Actually, these are all Pacquiao traits, but what tickles Roach?s fancy most is Pacquiao?s…
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Why I chose to fight Pacquiao ? DL Hoya
By Nick Giongco
Oscar De La Hoya initially thought he had already been there and done that. Not until the thought of fighting Manny Pacquiao was raised to him late last year that the Golden…
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Oscar feasts on game meat for energy
By Nick Giongco
Oscar De La Hoya has peculiar diet ? consisting of deer and kangaroo meat and organic ingredients ? specially made for him in the hope getting the needed power to topple Manny…
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Roach steps up verbal attack
By Nick Giongco
In the hope of distracting the training and infuriating Oscar De La Hoya further, Freddie Roach, the American trainer of Manny Pacquiao, has renewed his word war with De La Hoya as…
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It?s all even, says Dundee
By Nick Giongco
Save for the height and weight difference between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao, everything appears to be even as far as legendary trainer Angelo Dundee is concerned. "Height, weight, that?s…
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It will be a KO, vows Roach
By Nick Giongco
Oscar De La Hoya badly wants a knockout and Manny Pacquiao will hand it over to him on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas, said trainer Freddie Roach. "Tell Oscar not to worry,…
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Manny?s style fits Oscar just right
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao?s devil-may-care attitude on top of the ring is tailor-made for six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya. The Golden Boy said in a teleconference call held Monday from his high-altitude…
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Team Pacquiao makes sure champion?s diet is perfect
By Nick Giongco
What?s the secret behind Manny Pacquiao?s seemingly bottomless energy? Pacquiao?s tireless energy is being attributed in part to training assistant Nonoy Neri, who is in charge of the Filipino champion?s food. After…
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Pacquiao a tireless dynamo
By Nick Giongco
Oscar De La Hoya just can?t seem to get over the can?t-pull-the-trigger remark made by former trainer Freddie Roach. "If he (Roach) thinks he knows me, he?s got another thing coming. Say…
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Oscar?s joke fails to amuse Manny
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao somehow got his hand on a pair of signed boxing gloves inside a box recently as he was doing some promotional stuff for his Dec. 6 battle with Oscar De…
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Pacquiao told to take it one round at a time
By Nick Giongco
Freddie Roach wants Manny Pacquiao to do one thing on Dec. 6: Break down Oscar De La Hoya the way he does with other fighters. Admitting that Pacquiao doesn?t have a one-shot…
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Pacquiao?s cutman says De La Hoya a spent force
By Nick Giongco
If Oscar De la Hoya beats Manny Pacquiao to a pulp, then blame it on American trainer Freddie Roach and legendary Argentine cutman Miguel Diaz. As if Roach?s famous "can?t-pull-the-trigger" remark was…