Nick Giongco
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Donaire Battles Mexican In Texas
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum is putting together a slambang show for July 14 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas featuring Filipino four-division champion Nonito Donaire. Arum told…
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Pacquiao To Meet Lin In New York
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Plans are afoot for Filipino Manny Pacquiao and Taiwanese-American Jeremy Lin to meet up on Wednesday in New York, a day before the Filipino?s scheduled press conference there and…
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Bradley Confident
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Tim Bradley thinks fight fans who watched Manny Pacquiao beat up the likes of Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley had actually…
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Pacquiao To Ruffle Mayweather’s Feathers
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao gets the chance to ruffle Floyd Mayweather?s feathers on Friday (Saturday in Manila) in Las Vegas when he takes his deposition in connection with the defamation case…
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Pacquiao Guaranteed $25-M In Fight Against Bradley
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? World welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will be guaranteed $25 million, the biggest purse of his career, when he faces undefeated American challenger Tim Bradley on June 9 at the…
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Pacquiao Eyes Biggest Payday
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao will earn his biggest paycheck in his fight against Tim Bradley on June 9 in Las Vegas, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum said Thursday. ?Manny?s going…
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No Worry, Docs Clear Donaire
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Nonito Donaire's timetable to fight as often as he could this year is right on track. A few days after becoming a four-division world champion, Donaire had his left…
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Pacquiao Faces Bradley; Marquez Next?
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao rumbles with Tim Bradley on June 9 in Las Vegas with a victory likely setting him up for a fourth fight with Mexican nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez…
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Donaire’s Hand To Be Examined
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Filipino pride Nonito Donaire Jr., who had just won his fourth world title in impressive fashion, will have his left hand examined by a doctor in Los Angeles on…
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Bradley Now Frontrunner, Says Arum
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Tim Bradley is now the frontrunner to land a lucrative payday with Manny Pacquiao. Top Rank head Bob Arum told the Bulletin that in light of Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s…
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Pacquiao Vs Bradley Looming In Horizon
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao has narrowed down his choice to Miguel Cotto and Tim Bradley after being told that it?s becoming hopeless to aspire for a super showdown with Floyd Mayweather…
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Pacquiao, Arum count Mayweather out
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Unless Floyd Mayweather Jr. gets hit by lightning and suddenly realizes that Manny Pacquiao is indeed a reasonable man with reasonable demands, all roads will lead to Las Vegas…
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Pacquiao adviser seeks to save fight with Floyd
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? As a rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto began taking shape, Pacquiao?s Canadian adviser Mike Koncz frantically took a Saturday night flight to the United States…
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Floyd rejects 50-50 split, spoils ‘super fight’
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Floyd Mayweather Jr. has rejected Manny Pacquiao?s 50-50 sharing scheme for a proposed super showdown between the two superstars in May, leaving the fighting congressman disillusioned again, and with…
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Pacquiao’s foe still a mystery
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? The guessing game as to the identity of Manny Pacquiao?s next foe continues. Top Rank chief Bob Arum, who was in the country for five days last week, is…
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Pacquiao eyes Cotto at 147 lbs.
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? After learning a painful lesson in a weight class that doesn?t suit his body, Manny Pacquiao will demand that his next fight ? very likely against Miguel Cotto of…
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Manny-Floyd fight still possible ? Arum
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Top Rank chief Bob Arum met with Manny Pacquiao just before the Hall of Fame promoter took a Las Vegas-bound flight Saturday afternoon and made a stunning revelation, stemming…
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Pacquiao-Floyd fight looks unlikely ? Arum
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? High above the classy lounge of a five-star hotel in Makati on Friday, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum picked up his phone, scrolled the address book and pressed…
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Arum: Mayweather not fighting Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Staging the colossal Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight at the MGM Grand on May 5 makes no sense at all, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum said Sunday. ?You…
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Pacman fights June 9 or 16
By Nick Giongco
Top Rank chief Bob Arum told fightnews and Manila Bulletin that Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring on June 9 or June 16 against a soon-to-be-named opponent. Together with Pacquiao?s Canadian…