Nick Giongco
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Arum impressed by Marquez’s progress
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? When Bob Arum was told to look at a few pictures of a fighter in training, the Hall of Fame promoter?s eyes almost popped out. ?I thought it was…
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Narvaez upbeat to upset Donaire
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Argentina?s Omar Narvaez doesn?t mind the underdog tag against Filipino hotshot Nonito Donaire. A week before he shoots for Donaire?s two world titles at Madison Square Garden in New…
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Donaire’s KO punch awes Arum
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Bob Arum has seen them all after more than 46 years of promoting many of the biggest fights in history. While he admits that the thunderous fists thrown by…
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Pacquiao spars on first day
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Even though he was not scheduled to spar on Monday ? his first day of training at the Wild Card Boxing Club ? Manny Pacquiao was ordered to lace…
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I?m 80% ready, says Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao feels he is already in fighting form a little over a month before he collides with Juan Manuel Marquez on Nov. 12 in Las Vegas. ?Eighty percent,?…
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Choice defense next for Nietes
By Nick Giongco
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines ? Newly-crowned World Boxing Organization (WBO) light-flyweight king Donnie Nietes will make the first defense of his crown next year against somebody other than Mexican Ramon Garcia. Nietes was…
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Nietes wrests Mexican?s WBO crown
By Nick Giongco
BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines ? Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes of the Philippines became a two-division world champion late Saturday night by scoring a unanimous but unpopular decision over rugged Mexican lefty Ramon…
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Nietes battles Mex for light-fly crown
By Nick Giongco
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines ? Donnie Nietes has Mexican rival Ramon Garcia all figured out that he doesn?t expect him to last when they rumble Saturday night. Nietes said he has viewed at…
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Marquez training very hard
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Aside from having a couple of unbeaten sparring partners at the Romanza Gym in Mexico City, Juan Manuel Marquez also takes a 45-minute drive to the mountains of Toluca…
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Pacquiao-Marquez ticket sales: $11.7 M
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? The Nov. 12 trilogy between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez has generated sales of around $11.7 million, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum told ESPN.com. The $11.7 million…
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Pacquiao foe giving sparmates hell
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? The thunderous fists of Juan Manuel Marquez have been rocking the foundations of Mexico City. ?Marquez has been beating up his sparring partners,? said Top Rank chief Bob Arum…
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Marquez is livewire foe ? Arum
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Even Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum believes the 8-1 odds favoring Manny Pacquiao against Juan Manuel Marquez is outrageous. ?Wait until Mexican money comes in,? said Arum recently,…
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Few tickets left for Pacquiao’s Nov. 12 fight with Marquez
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Tickets to the Nov. 12 trilogy between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas are hard to come by. Top Rank chief Bob Arum said over the…
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Arum bats for younger ref
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Bob Arum is not taking any chances in the choice of referee for the decisive Nov. 12 rubber match between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez that he has…
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Arum anoints the next Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum has found the heir apparent to Manny Pacquiao and he?s no other than Nonito Donaire. ?I think Donaire has a great opportunity to…
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Great opportunities await Donaire ? Arum
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum has found the heir apparent to Manny Pacquiao and he's no other than Nonito Donaire. "I think Donaire has a great opportunity to…
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Roach wants Pacquiao to KO Marquez
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Freddie Roach has become so discriminating and hard-to-please that he wants no less than a knockout victory by Manny Pacquiao against bitter arch-rival Juan Manuel Marquez on November 12…
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Roach joins Pacquiao in training
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach will turn up the heat in cold Baguio City as the dazzling duo reunited Tuesday for the start of the buildup for the fast-approaching…
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Mayweather’s win not fair ? Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao said he saw nothing criminal in what Floyd Mayweather did in knocking out the inexperienced Victor Ortiz on Saturday night (Sunday noon in the Philippines) in Las…
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$1,200 fight tickets selling for $17,000
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? The moment Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum announced during the four-city press tour last week that the Nov. 12 trilogy between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez is…