Nick Giongco

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3K is ?low bat? ? Pacquiao

By Nick Giongco Nov 16, 2004

MANNY PACQUIAO vaguely remembers the time when he squared off with Fahsan 3K Battery of Thailand in a three-round exhibition in the US territory of Guam over two years ago. But one…
Tyson?s trainer to be at Pacquiao?s corner

By Nick Giongco Nov 13, 2004

IF EVERYTHING falls into place, American cornerman Freddie Roach will call the shots when Manny Pacquiao battles Fahsan 3K Battery of Thailand on Dec. 11 at The Fort in Taguig. "I was…
Pacquiao brod in Holywood debut

By Nick Giongco Nov 12, 2004

FROM HOLLYWOOD, Bobby Pacquiao, brother of featherweight king Manny, makes his debut Friday night (Saturday morning in Manila) when he collides with Oscar Villa-Arrieta of Mexico at the Quiet Cannon Banquet in…
Pacquiao to earn P1.4 M per round vs 3K Battery

By Nick Giongco Nov 8, 2004

MANNY PACQUIAO stands to receive P1.41 million per round in his Dec. 11 encounter with Thai Fahsan 3K Battery if the bout goes the full route. And that?s what he will get…
Pacquiao not taking chances

By Nick Giongco Nov 6, 2004

DESPITE HIS big edge in experience, Manny Pacquiao does not see Thai Fahsan 3K Battery as someone who is going to faint as soon as the Filipino knockout king takes off his…
Pacquiao?s rival faces a massacre

By Nick Giongco Nov 5, 2004

JOEBAR DAMOSMOG, who once knocked down Fahsan 3K Battery in a title fight, came short of saying that the Thai will have to carry a handgun or a butcher?s knife if he…
Pacquiao fight to be finalized tomorrow

By Nick Giongco Nov 2, 2004

MURAD MUHAMMAD said ?everything is in order? for Manny Pacquiao?s non-title fight with Thai southpaw Fahsan 3K Battery on Dec. 11 at The Fort in Taguig. The New Jersey-based promoter said yesterday…
?Men of status? behind coming Pacquiao fight, says Murad

By Nick Giongco Oct 28, 2004

MURAD MUHAMMAD, the American promoter of Manny Pacquiao, declared yesterday that only the official contract is lacking for him to make a formal announcement concerning Pacquiao?s nontitle fight against Fahsan 3K Battery…
Done deal, says Murad of Pacquiao?s Dec. fight

By Nick Giongco Oct 17, 2004

BOXING PROMOTER Murad Muhammad arrived here yesterday bringing reassurance that Manny Pacquiao?s megabuck non-title fight with Guyanian Gairy St. Clair or Thai Fahsang 3K Battery is a ?done deal? and will be…
Boxing mag puts Pacquiao on cover

By Nick Giongco Sep 23, 2004

THE LATEST issue of KO magazine has on its cover a solo picture of Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao was also on the cover of latest issue of The Ring magazine (December 2004) alongside…
Pacquiao ranked 7th best in world

By Nick Giongco Sep 22, 2004

LAST YEAR, before Manny Pacquiao mauled Marco Antonio Barrera in San Antonio, Texas, The Ring magazine ranked the Filipino bomber No. 32 in the world pound for pound. When The Ring came…
Pacquiao has truly arrived

By Nick Giongco Sep 21, 2004

YOU KNOW you have reached the status of a boxing star when ring announcer extraordinaire Michael Buffer calls out your name in his trademark booming voice during a high-profile event like yesterday?s…
Pacquiao wants Scottish champion

By Nick Giongco Sep 7, 2004

MANNY PACQUIAO doesn?t want to settle for crumbs. After three marquee names decided to back off from a showdown with the Filipino knockout king, the camp of Pacquiao would like to know…
Pacquiao fight at Big Dome?

By Nick Giongco Sep 3, 2004

BOXING MAN Rod Nazario began exploratory talks with the Araneta group concerning a possible mid-November appearance at the big dome by featherweight star Manny Pacquiao. "Pag-aaralan pa,?? a team Pacquiao said yesterday…
Team Pacquiao shops for worthy opponent

By Nick Giongco Aug 29, 2004

DON?T DESPAIR Manny Pacquiao fans. Despite being left out in the cold, the handlers of the world?s premier featherweight are optimistic that Pacquiao will be able to showcase his wares before the…
Team Pacquiao braces for fight with Morales

By Nick Giongco Aug 26, 2004

THE CAMPS of Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales have both agreed in principle to come face to face on November 6 and the purse and share of the two fighters on pay-per-view…
Pacquiao-Morales tiff Nov. 6

By Nick Giongco Aug 24, 2004

WITH MEXICAN Marco Antonio Barrera backing out, the road is now paved for a megabuck clash at super-featherweight between Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales, another Mexican hotshot who holds the World Boxing…
Arum keen on Morales vs Barrera

By Nick Giongco Aug 18, 2004

A MEMBER of Manny Pacquiao?s inner circle told the Bulletin that promoter Bob Arum is trying to move heaven and earth in having his boxer, Erik Morales, face Marco Antonio Barrera, instead…
Morales hurls challenge, Pacquiao accepts but…

By Nick Giongco Aug 3, 2004

FOR MANNY PACQUIAO, the feeling is mutual. After hearing Erik Morales say in a television interview he wants a piece of the Filipino lefty, Pacquiao was quick to say he was ready…
Pacquiao, Barrera rematch talks collapse

By Nick Giongco Jul 22, 2004

NEGOTIATIONS FOR a planned rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera before the year comes to a close have apparently collapsed, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions told the Bulletin yesterday.…