Pedro Fernandez
310 articles · RingTalk.com
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TONIGHT: WHICH CARD DO YOU WATCH?
TOUGH TV CHOICE TONIGHT FOR FANS San Francisco, CA- Tonight boxing fans have a choice to make: Do you watch the Showtime card featuring the man perceived to be Mexico?s best fighter,…
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THE WBO CHAMPS 21 YEARS LATER
AT 21, THE WBO IS GETTING RESPECT! San Francisco, CA- There used to be a time when the World Boxing Organization (WBO) was considered the ?Rodney Dangerfield? of the sanctioning bodies, meaning…
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REASONS WHY OSCAR & PACMAN SOLD OUT?
San Francisco, CA- Maybe I was wrong! Perhaps the Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquaio match set for December is what HBO?s Larry Merchant says it is, ?An event that boxing sorely needs.?…
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WEEKEND OF LIGHTWEIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
HBO PPV & SHOWTIME GO ?TOE TO TOE? San Francisco, CA- With the two cable TV giants going at each others throat again tomorrow night, it is again a weekend for boxing…
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PACMAN-DE LAHOYA DANGER: WEIGHT WOES!
FREDDIE ROACH NOT AS SMART AS ACRI? San Francisco, CA- With the great size disparity between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao, the ?timing? of the weigh in is indeed important.…
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MONEY TALKS & MANNY PACQUIAO LIST
HAS MANNY ?THE FIGHTER? RETIRED? San Francisco, CA- You can look at the now signed Manny Pacquiao-Oscar De La Hoya encounter (notice I didn?t say ?fight?) in two distinctly different ways. The…
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WHAT IF PACQUIAO DRILLS DIAZ?
FLIPSIDE OF LAST WEEK?S COLUMN San Francisco, CA- Having pissed off more Filipinos than a doubling of the price of rice with a recent column on Manny Pacquiao?s fight with David Diaz…
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WHAT IF PACQUIAO LOSES TO DIAZ?
WHAT WOULD BECOME OF RABID BLOGOSPHERE? San Francisco, CA While enjoying some food with a female companion this past Saturday night, the waiter, like most of Manny Pacquiao's countrymen who reside here…
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‘POUND FOR POUND’ LIST: WHO’S ON IT?
PRO BOXING 10 MOST ELITE FIGHTERS San Francisco, CA- As is the case every time a pundit puts forth a list of boxing's best performers 'pound for pound,' there will be many…
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PACQUIAO FANS WAGE INTERNET JIHAD!
San Francisco, CA- This will be one of the most difficult written oratories I've done in what is my fourth decade of writing for others to read. First of all, I have…
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PAC TO GO AT HATTON, DUCK GUZMAN & NATE!
HALL OF SHAME TO WELCOME PACQUIAO? San Francisco, CA- A boxing fan doesn?t need a crystal ball to realize that Manny Pacquiao, a box office juggernaut has no intention to fight Nate…
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REALITY: PACMAN NEVER FOUGHT BLACKS!
BLACK FIGHTERS NOT ON PAC'S RESUME San Francisco, CA- The Pacnuts, the cult followers of top ten ?pound for pound? fighter Manny Pacquiao recently made some statements in the RingTalk.com blogosphere in…
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MANNY PACQUIAO & DAVID DIAZ BEGIN PROMOTION TODAY
PACMAN MEETS DIAZ IN TINSEL TOWN Los Angeles, CA- Lightweight (135 lbs.) champion Nate Campbell explained why WBC titleholder David Diaz gets little respect. ?It?s his style of fighting. Nobody wants to…
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MAJOR WEEKEND FIGHT ODDS/PREDICTIONS
Miccosukee Casino, Miami, FL (Showtime) James McGirt Jr. (18-0, 9 KOs) vs. Carlos De Leon Jr. (19-2-2, 12 KOs) Odds/Prediction: 7-5 McGirt. James (Buddy) Sr. doesn?t put his kid in fights he…
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JUDGING A FIGHT & SCORING A ROUND 10-8
San Francisco, CA- People often say that the scoring of a boxing match shouldn?t require a PHD in pugilism. And while I feel that notion is correct, there are some people, regardless…
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THE $64,000 QUESTION: HAS PACMAN PEAKED?
WEIGHT WOES & STAMINA NOW AN ISSUE San Francisco, CA- Those of you that are boxing purists and not Manny Pacquiao fanatics will find merit in this observation. Having followed boxing for…
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FANS TRY AND LINK PACMAN TO STEROIDS!
San Francisco, CA- Having thought I had seen all the bullspit that boxing fans could come up with, it turns out I was wrong. For some Mexican fans to post a thread…
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PRO BOXING 101: HOW TO SCORE A FIGHT
San Francisco, CA- Seeing many people seem to have at times extreme difficulty in objectively scoring a fight, I will lay out the criteria utilized in professional boxing, this in addition to…
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PACQUIAO: PUPPET OR TRUE GLADIATOR?
IGNORANT FANS TAINT MANNY?S IMAGE San Francisco, CA- The Filipinos are great people! They are predominantly Catholic, somewhat conservative, and family orientated folks. Why then are there so many whackos per capita?…
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PACQUIAO SQUEAKS BY MARQUEZ WITH SPLIT DUKE!
DID MARQUEZ GET THE OLD SHAFT? Las Vegas, NV- In what was a see-saw type of fight, both Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez could have had their hand raised after 12…