Nick Giongco
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PacMan feasts on beef soup, eggs
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS ? Care to know what was on Manny Pacquiao dinner table shortly after he made the weight limit for Saturday?s featherweight rumble with Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand?…
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Berestain: Pacquiao a serious threat
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS ? Juan Manuel Marquez and the man who will yell instructions from his corner admitted on Thursday that Manny Pacquiao poses a serious threat to the Mexican?s bid to keep…
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Odds grow in favor of Paquiao
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS ? As far as oddsmakers are concerned, there is only a 25 percent chance that Juan Manuel Marquez would win Saturday night?s featherweight encounter with Manny Pacquiao by knockout. According…
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We didn?t come here to lose, says Marquez?s camp
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS ? If not for the dark jogging suit that covered his body from head to foot and the men who walked beside him, you?d not mistake Juan Manuel Marquez for…
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Marquez mad he?s the underdog
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS ? If there?s someone who Mexican trainer Ignacio ?Nacho? Beristain believes should be the perfect model for a complete boxer, that would be Juan Manuel Marquez, a man he transformed…
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Pacquiao?s confidence excites his handlers
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS, Nevada ? In a sprawling gym on Euclid St. with a retail value of $1 million on Tuesday afternoon, Manny Pacquiao succeeded in wiping away the look of concern on…
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History not on Manny?s side in coming title fight
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS ? Here?s a bit of trivia that may not augur well for Manny Pacquiao?s bid for the world featherweight championship on Saturday night (Sunday morning in Manila). It was almost…
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Las Vegas oddsmakers pick Pacquiao to win
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS, Nevada?The last time Manny Pacquiao fought South African Lehlo Ledwaba here in June 2001, the sports book display at the ground floor of the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino didn?t…
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Workout finished, Pacquiao begins trek to Las Vegas
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? As soon as he capped his final workout at the Wild Card Boxing Club on Sunday afternoon, Manny Pacquiao was besieged by US-based Filipinos for autographs and pictures. Despite…
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Champ out to wow Vegas crowd again
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES?Juan Manuel Marquez knows what it is like to fight under the klieg lights of Las Vegas. The Mexican warrior has fought there 10 times, while his Filipino foe on May…
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UK magazine picks Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? A British boxing publication reported in its latest issue which came out on Thursday that Mexico?s Juan Manuel Marquez, who faces Filipino Manny Pacquiao, will be in for a…
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Champ: Can?t take Marquez lightly
By Nick Giongco
FULLY AWARE that Juan Manuel Marquez is a lot more dangerous than Marco Antonio Barrera, Manny Pacquiao is expected to have sparred almost 150 rounds when he finally closes out his training…
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Champ says he?s close to peak form
By Nick Giongco
LESS THAN two weeks before he locks horns with Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao exuded confidence in his quest to become Asia?s first three-division world champion. "Maganda na ang kundisyon ko,"…
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Marquez has antidote vs Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
BATTLE POISON with poison. That seems to be the battle cry of steel-fisted Juan Manuel Marquez heading into his May 8 showdown with Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in…
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Pacquiao misses his favorite drink
By Nick Giongco
MANNY PACQUIAO doesn?t usually call his business manager long distance, and it came as a surprise yesterday morning when the boxing star gave Rod Nazario a ring. "I thought it was something…
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Pacquiao foe?s trainer is scourge of Pinoy boxers
By Nick Giongco
Mexican trainer Ignacio ?Nacho?Beristain, whose boxer Juan Manuel Marquez squares off with Manny Pacquiao on May 8 in Las Vegas, has a reputation of being the scourge of Filipino boxers. Beristain was…
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Marquez group braces for ?war of strategies?
By Nick Giongco
THE TOP man in Juan Manuel Marquez?s corner is bracing for a ?war of strategies? when the Mexican world featherweight champion takes on Manny Pacquiao on May 8 at the MGM Grand…
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Pirated Pacquiao videos selling briskly
By Nick Giongco
BOOTLEG COPIES of Manny Pacquiao?s life story plus his greatest hits in the ring have found its way to the hands of video pirates. At the Muslim Center in Quiapo yesterday, the…
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?I didn?t know what hit me?<br>Lorona recalls fight with Marquez
By Nick Giongco
IF MANNY Pacquiao has yet to be amply warned on the power and skills of the man he is set to fight on May 8, all he needs to do is talk…
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Marquez readies big surprise for Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
IF YOU believe every word Juan Manuel Marquez’s trainer says, then Manny Pacquiao is probably headed for a major disaster. Upon learning that the Filipino featherweight arrived for training in Los Angeles…