Nick Giongco
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Team Pacquiao shopping for new American trainer?
By Nick Giongco
MANNY PACQUIAO is flying in today from General Santos City to kick off a hectic itinerary that includes a meeting with business manager Rod Nazario on the crisis involving the decision of…
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Pacquiao to grace PSA rites afterall
By Nick Giongco
MANNY PACQUIAO is going to be a busy man starting in the first few days of the new year, but the champ is making sure he?ll be around to personally receive his…
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US trip may force Pacquiao to miss PSA Awards Night
By Nick Giongco
THERE is a strong possibility that Manny Pacquiao will miss the annual awards night of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) on Jan. 9 at the Manila Pavillon. Named as co-winner for the…
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New $1.5-M contract on its way to Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
IF you think the $1 million offer for Manny Pacquiao to face Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez is already huge, you are terribly mistaken. Boxing man Rod Nazario told the Bulletin yesterday that…
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Fans never seem to tire of Manny?s Alamodome win
By Nick Giongco
AT AROUND noon yesterday, near the corner of Rizal Avenue and Carriedo in the old section of downtown Manila, a group of men, young and old, had their faces glued on three…
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Pacquiao now No. 3 in WBC ?feather? list
By Nick Giongco
TRUE TO his promise, World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman has made Manny Pacquiao the No. 3 challenger in the featherweight class ? a move that greases the Filipino?s path toward a…
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Manny offered $.8M to fight WBA champ
By Nick Giongco
A MOUTH-WATERING $800,000 offer to fight Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico has reached the desk of the man widely credited for bringing Manny Pacquiao fame and fortune. Rod Nazario said US promoter…
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Pacquiao to fight for WBC ?feather? title
By Nick Giongco
MANNY PACQUIAO has been installed as the mandatory challenger to the soon-to-be-crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight champion. According to Rod Nazario, Pacquiao?s business manager, boxing man Rudy Salud convinced WBC president…
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Elorde wants Pacquiao defense in Manila
By Nick Giongco
DAREDEVIL LOCAL promoter Bebot Elorde is bidding to stage Manny Pacquiao?s first fight next year. ?I have already laid out my plans to promote Pacquiao?s fight to his business manager Rod Nazario,?…
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Japanese duo got 20% of Pacquiao prize
By Nick Giongco
EVERYTHING?S WELL as far as Manny Pacquiao?s registered manager, Marty Elorde, is concerned. ?There?s no problem with the computation (of the purse),? Elorde told The Bulletin yesterday afternoon, when asked if he…
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Pacquiao wants direct negotiation with HBO
By Nick Giongco
NOW that he?s on top of the world, Manny Pacquiao wants to negotiate directly with HBO Boxing to make sure he doesn?t end up with the short end of the stick in…
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Pacquiao can?t fight in RP
By Nick Giongco
MUCH AS Manny Pacquiao yearns to fight again before his adoring countrymen, that may not be feasible at this time. Rod Nazario, the world champion?s manager, bared yesterday that at least R40…
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After rousing welcome, champ gets P1M, condo
By Nick Giongco
IT WAS a different crowd Manny Pacquiao faced this time. Just a week ago in Texas, inside the Alamodome, over 10,000 screaming fans where asking for his blood. Back in his homeland,…
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Manny gets ovation at Wild Card gym
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES?The first thing Manny Pacquiao did upon setting foot in the City of Angels following his unforgettable showing in Texas was pay a pilgrimage to the Wild Card Boxing Club owned…
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Pacquiao to fight in heavier division, will drop IBF title<br>World champ Erik Morales wants crack at RP hero
By Nick Giongco
SAN ANTONIO, Texas ? The problem with Manny Pacquiao now is how to motivate him when he returns to the ring in March 2004. Two days after crowning himself as king of…
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Barrera setback derails Dela Hoya?s grand plans
By Nick Giongco
SAN ANTONIO, Texas ? Promoter Oscar dela Hoya had grand plans for Marco Antonio Barrera. Saturday night at the Alamodome, all of Dela Hoya?s plans went up in smoke when Manny Pacquiao…
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?I?m all right, ma?m,? Pacquiao assures GMA
By Nick Giongco
SAN ANTONIO, Texas ? At 9 p.m. local time Sunday, the cell phone of Boying Nazario, son of Manny Pacquiao?s business manager Rod, rang. The call was made thousands of miles away…
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No one but us believed he?ll win
By Nick Giongco
SAN ANTONIO, Texas?When word came out a couple of months ago that Marco Antonio Barrera would be staking his reputation against Manny Pacquiao, there were only two persons inside Team Pacquiao who…
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This is going to be a war ? Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
SAN ANTONIO, Texas ? Moments before the weigh-in on Friday afternoon, a member of Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera?s entourage threw a malevolent stare toward Filipino Manny Pacquiao. Instead of looking the other…
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Calm before the storm<br>Pacquiao, Barrera praise each other in presscon
By Nick Giongco
SAN ANTONIO, Texas ? There were no bottle-throwing and trash-talking usually seen in press conferences leading to a huge fight. Marco Antonio Barrera and Manny Pacquiao, meeting face to face for the…