Nick Giongco
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Pacman to get more than $20-M for his Marquez clash
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao is getting a guaranteed purse of more than $20 million ? his biggest so far ? when he battles Mexican nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez for the third…
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Pacquiao has best jab ? Roach
By Nick Giongco
TOLUCA, Mexico ? Manny Pacquiao simply can?t wait to get his hands on Juan Manuel Marquez. As the private jet was getting ready to leave for Los Angeles on Thursday, Pacquiao and…
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Pacquiao Nice Guy no more
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? They?ve been telling the public that they?re friends and there?s nothing personal between them. But there?s a feeling of revulsion whenever Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez are within…
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Marquez gets biggest career purse
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines -- While boxer Juan Manuel Marquez will be getting the biggest purse of his fighting career, Filipino boxing icon Emmanuel ?Manny? Pacquiao said he will force his opponent ?to bleed…
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Marquez to face a new Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? As Manny Pacquiao morphed from an off-beat slugger to a more polished puncher through the years, Juan Manuel Marquez has remained the same ? patient but potent. While Pacquiao…
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Marquez vows to give Pacquiao a ‘taste of hell’
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Arriving in rain-drenched Manila to a rock star welcome Thursday morning, Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico hinted at giving his fire-breathing Filipino foe a ?taste of hell? when they…
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Rev up Marquez arrives Thursday
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? In between posing for pictures and shaking hands mostly with Filipinos at Los Angeles International Airport, Juan Manuel Marquez opened up about his true feelings about the man he…
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Marquez’s 4-day Manila sked bared
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? With the Manila Hotel serving as the official residence, Juan Manuel Marquez will arrive in the country Thursday morning along with his handlers and a powerhouse cast from Top…
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Marquez raring to fight Pacman
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Juan Manuel Marquez phoned a dear friend in Los Angeles a few days ago, reminisced about their good old days, asked about his trip to Manila this coming week…
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Win by KO doable ? Marquez
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Juan Manuel Marquez admits that knocking out Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 12 in Las Vegas is very hard but the crafty Mexican insists he has the ammunition to do…
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Marquez leaving nothing to chance
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Juan Manuel Marquez believes his talent alone won?t be enough to dislodge Manny Pacquiao from his lofty perch. Even though Marquez is widely credited for giving Pacquiao a taste…
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Pacquiao starts grind next month
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Freddie Roach said everything is in place for the start of Manny Pacquiao?s eight-week training camp for the rubber match with Juan Manuel Marquez on Nov. 12 in Las…
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Tight promo sked for Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao will be jumping in and out of airplanes when he goes on a tour of US and Mexico next month to promote his rubber match with Juan…
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Pacquiao to break new ground
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? With Top Rank tapping HBO to telecast the Nov. 12 welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, Todd DuBoef exudes confidence the rubber match is going…
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Pacquiao presses US court for judgment vs Mayweather
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Lawyers of boxing star Manny Pacquiao are asking a Nevada court to ?issue a default judgment? against Floyd Mayweather after efforts to subject the American to deposition have failed.…
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Pacman vs Floyd Jr. in May?
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Unless Victor Ortiz and Juan Manuel Marquez don?t follow the script that will be laid out in September and November, the mouth-watering match between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather…
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‘Bazooka’ Banal blows Cave away
By Nick Giongco
LAPU CITY, Cebu ? In a wild and wooly fight, AJ Banal of the Philippines was awarded an eight-round technical decision win over Tyson Cave, a clown from Canada who was masquerading…
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Pacquiao-Marquez tickets sell briskly
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Owing to the mad rush for tickets to the Nov. 12 rubber match between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, on-line sellers have decided to jack up prices up…
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Koncz?s wings to be clipped?
By Nick Giongco
Franklin Gacal, the Filipino lawyer of pound-for-pound star Manny Pacquiao, said on Thursday night that Canadian Mike Koncz?s role in Team Pacquiao will be drastically cut with the hands-on involvement of VisionQwest…
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Donaire fights in New York
By Nick Giongco
MANILA, Philippines ? Reporting from the South of France, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum revealed that Nonito Donaire will see action in the undercard of the Dec. 3 grudge match between…