Nick Giongco
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Pacman flurry delights fans
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? All Manny Pacquiao needed on Saturday was a mere 10 seconds to put a smile on everyone?s face in the final day of his sparring session at the Wild…
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Pacquiao-Morales III
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES — All signs lead to a probable violent and quick end to next week’s slugfest between Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales. And it doesn’t look like Pacquiao plans to stay…
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Pacquiao on track, says trainer Roach
By Nick Giongco
FREDDIE ROACH sounded as though he had just opened the doors of the Wild Card Boxing Club when the Bulletin caught up with him yesterday morning when it was already way past…
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Salud seeks GAB support!
By Nick Giongco
Filipino boxing promoter Wakee Salud will ask the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) to lend a hand in his quest to get to the bottom of the decision by his fighter, super-featherweight…
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Salud cries foul over Jaca disappearance!
By Nick Giongco
Filipino boxing promoter Wakee Salud is in hot water following the decision by his fighter, super-featherweight Jimrex Jaca to hook up with Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) which has…
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Pacquiao in delicate phase of training
By Nick Giongco
MANNY PACQUIAO has entered the most delicate phase of his training and trainer Freddie Roach “will push him harder” next week as the final countdown begins for the Filipino southpaw’s Nov. 18…
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Morales win may spoil rematch with Barrera
By Nick Giongco
THE WORLD Boxing Council (WBC) has ruled that the winner of the Nov. 18 rubber match between Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales will have to face Marco Antonio Barrera next. This order…
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Morales’ future to be decided on Nov. 18
By Nick Giongco
WHAT DOES the future hold for Erik Morales? The future of Morales largely depends on what’s going to happen after he squares off with Filipino rival Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 18, Top…
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Morales keeps on punching
By Nick Giongco
BY THE time Erik Morales gets down from his high-altitude training camp in the secluded Otomi mountains on Nov. 13, he should have already logged at least 100 rounds of sparring, Top…
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Roach plans ‘special’ fight diet for Morales
By Nick Giongco
The trainer of Manny Pacquiao has a special diet for Erik Morales. But it’s something the Mexican may not like because, as Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach puts it, Morales may no longer…
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Pacquiao picked as huge favorite<br>A $ 210 bet for Pacman would only win $ 100
By Nick Giongco
AS EXPECTED, Manny Pacquiao was installed as the heavy favorite in his Nov. 18 Las Vegas rubber match with Erik “El Terrible” Morales. Sportsbook.com has put Pacquiao a -210 favorite over Morales,…
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Gloves may be an issue in Pacquiao fight
By Nick Giongco
WILL IT be 10 oz gloves for Morales? IF Erik Morales fails to make the super-featherweight limit of 130 lbs, he will not only be made to cough out a hefty sum…
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Pacman tips in at 138 ? lbs
By Nick Giongco
WEARING HIS trunks and pair of boxing shoes, Manny Pacquiao weighed in at 138 ? lbs on Wednesday morning (Tuesday afternoon in the US) to pass a requirement by the World Boxing…
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Pacquiao to fight Erik up to 132 lbs
By Nick Giongco
MANNY PACQUIAO has decided that he will fight Erik Morales even if the Mexican weighs over 130 lbs, but his weight should not exceed 132 lbs in which case, they will take…
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Trainer Freddie Roach says Pacquiao is like Stallone’s ‘Rocky’
By Nick Giongco
FREDDIE ROACH sees a strong similarity between the Nov. 18 rubber match pitting Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales with that of the 1985 movie clash between Rocky Balboa, played by Sylvester Stallone,…
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Morales barely makes weight
By Nick Giongco
JUST HOW much did Erik Morales weigh when he reported for a seven-week weight reduction and physical conditioning program at the Velocity Sports Performance in Los Angeles? Nicknamed "El Terrible," Morales, who…
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Arum not giving up on Pacman
By Nick Giongco
AFTER MANNY Pacquiao forged a seven-fight deal with Oscar dela Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, you’d think that Top Rank’s Bob Arum’s days as a major player in the Filipino’s career would be…
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Pacquiao update!
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao is not looking past Mexican icon Erik Morales, who the Filipino faces for the third time on Nov. 18 in Las Vegas. But the 27-year-old knockout king expressed the opinion…
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Marquez picks Pacman
By Nick Giongco
REMEMBER JUAN Manuel Marquez? Who else could forget this fundamentallysound Mexican counterpuncher who survived three knockdowns in the first round to salvage a 12-round split draw with Manny Pacquiao in May 2004?…
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Erik shifts to Cleto Reyes gloves
By Nick Giongco
ERIK MORALES’ training shifts to another gear with the arrival this weekend of two sparring partners, Colombian Oscar Leon and Betillo Gutierrez, in his high-altitude training camp in the mountains of Otomi…