Nick Giongco
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Pacman’s list of opponents a joke – Finkel
By Nick Giongco
SHELLY FINKEL, Manny Pacquiao’s New York-based manager, said there is still time for the Filipino fighter to change his mind and fight Marco Antonio Barrera although time is ticking fast. "I don’t…
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Unknowns lined up as Pacman foes
By Nick Giongco
Malcolm Klassen, Guadalupe Rosales, Agnaldo Nunes, Nobuhiro Honmo, Francisco Lorenzo and Yusuke Kobori. Does one of them ring a bell? Ask a hardcore fight fanatic and you’d be lucky to find somebody…
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Finkel laments lost opportunity
By Nick Giongco
SHELLY FINKEL vividly remembered the first time he and Manny Pacquiao met and the two discussed the fighter’s future plans. "Manny told me he wanted to become the greatest fighter of his…
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Pacquiao set for Macau fight as Barrera opts out
By Nick Giongco
OSCAR DE LA Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions yesterday officially shut the door on a megabuck fight pitting Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera after announcing that a March 17 encounter between Barrera…
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Pacquiao wins another award<br>Boxing icon named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine
By Nick Giongco
NOT even the legendary Flash Elorde was able to win it. The Ring magazine, acknowledged as The Bible of Boxing, has named Manny Pacquiao the 2006 Fighter of the Year, as the…
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Pacquiao sticks with Arum’s plan
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao all but ignored Oscar De La Hoya’s ultimatum for him to sign for a fight aganst Marco Antonio Barrera as he affirmed his commitment to stay with Bob Arum’s Top…
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De La Hoya coming to Manila soon
By Nick Giongco
BOXING SUPERSTAR Oscar De La Hoya is coming to the Philippines soon. But De La Hoya won?t be flying here to persuade Manny Pacquiao to honor his contractual commitment with his promotional…
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Boom Boom out to make big noise
By Nick Giongco
RISING SUPER-BANTAMWEIGHT Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista is indeed making his presence felt in the US boxing scene. Maxboxing.com, a leading website for fight fans, featured the Bohol-bred and Cebu-based banger on the…
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Arum issues deadline to Barrera, GBP
By Nick Giongco
BOB ARUM remains hopeful that he would succeed in pitting his fair-haired boy Manny Pacquiao with Marco Antonio Barrera as the Top Rank big boss revealed that he is giving Barrera and…
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Golden Boy issues Pacman ultimatum
By Nick Giongco
MANNY PACQUIAO has until New Year’s Day to either “accept or decline” an offer made by Golden Boy Promotions to face Marco Antonio Barrera in a rematch set for March 17, 2007…
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DL Hoya better than Arum — Roach
By Nick Giongco
MANNY PACQUIAO’S American trainer Freddie Roach was disappointed when he learned yesterday that the Filipino icon had signed up with Top Rank to promote his future fights. But Roach said signing the…
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Top Rank to lure Barrera for an April 28 fight for $ 2.5 million
By Nick Giongco
NO ONE knows for sure what Bob Arum did to convince Manny Pacquiao that his future lies with him. But yesterday, Arum emerged triumphant in the battle for the mind and hands…
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Top Rank boss pulls off Pacman deal in secrecy
By Nick Giongco
BOB ARUM may have boarded a stealth jet when he arrived in Manila the day after Christmas. By the time news broke out that the Top Rank president was in the country,…
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No deal with Arum, yet — Pacman
By Nick Giongco
MANNY PACQUIAO confirmed the presence of Top Rank big boss Bob Arum in General Santos City but made it clear that a deal hasn’t been forged between the Filipino puncher and the…
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Arum in town to woo Pacman
By Nick Giongco
SENSING THAT Golden Boy is making inroads in the race to promote Manny Pacquiao’s coming bouts, sources close to the famed puncher revealed that Top Rank big boss Bob Arum has arrived…
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ESPN.com, US paper honor Pacquiao as year’s best boxer
By Nick Giongco
THERE’S SIMPLY no stopping Manny Pacquiao from reaping every available award from the world boxing community. Dan Rafael of ESPN.com named Pacquiao as 2006’s top fighter, while Norm Frauenheim of the Arizone…
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Roach confident it’ll be Pacquiao against Barrera
By Nick Giongco
WHILE he admits that everything remains up in the air, top trainer Freddie Roach expressed the belief that Manny Pacquiao will eventually square off with Marco Antonio Barrera next year. "We are…
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Pacquiao to fight Valero, says Arum
By Nick Giongco
FOR TOP Rank, all roads lead to Macau in March. Top Rank big boss Bob Arum told a boxing website recently that Manny Pacquiao will strut his stuff in the Chinese territory…
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Pacquiao must make his move ? Golden Boy
By Nick Giongco
IF MANNY Pacquiao continues to dilly-dally on his next fight, Golden Boy Promotions will be compelled to stage an equally-thrilling match-up between Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez in March, Pacquiao?s…
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Bigshots line up to be Pacquiao?s kumpadre
By Nick Giongco
THERE IS an ongoing rush to be named as one of the godparents of Manny Pacquiao?s soon-to-be-baptized daughter. While the choice of godparents is always the domain of the parents, things are…