Bernard Fernandez
134 articles · Philadelphia Daily News
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Heading into bout with Pacquiao, De La Hoya already sparring with ex-trainer
Throughout his 16-year professional boxing career, Oscar De La Hoya has hired and fired trainers as if he were George Steinbrenner orchestrating the New York Yankees' game of managerial musical chairs. With…
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Economy might KO profits for De La Hoya-Pacquiao fight
REMEMBER THOSE TV commercials for Hair Club for Men? The company's chief executive, running his fingers through a thicker, more lustrous mane than he once had, looked into the camera and said,…
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Boxing Bonds Fathers And Sons
My religious beliefs hold that certain matters must be taken on faith. Faith, I was told as a child in catechism class, can move mountains. You must be able to believe what…
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Bernard Fernandez: Is Pacquiao the new top gun in boxing?
REMEMBER the opening scenes of 1986's "Top Gun"? An F-14 fighter pilot with the call name "Cougar" gets spooked by a close encounter with a Russian MiG, decides he's lost the edge…
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Pacquiao says rematch with Marquez has rekindled fire
In a way, it's difficult for a fighter to say he's still hungry when he's moved up four weight classes during a 13-year professional career and will be going even higher in…
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B-Hop Aging Like Fine Wine
Nature or nurture? Tastes great or less filling? Is it live or is it Memorex? There are many possible answers why some elite athletes can not only survive into their 40s, but…
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Today, He’s Telling The Truth
Bob Arum has gotten religion again. We’re talking that old-time promoter’s religion. At 75, the founder and chairman of Top Rank has gone back to his roots and, well, he’s lovin’ it.…
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Speed Really Does Kill
We all have our sources of exhilaration as well as our secret fears. When I was in the Marines, during a snowy winter in Aircrew Flight Equipmentman (parachute rigger) School at the…
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Oscar the next Don King? Think bigger
LAS VEGAS - The professional athlete as corporate dynamo isn't really that new or unique a concept. Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus made many times more money through their various business enterprises…
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Anger Management
Don’t get mad. Get even. D-Day to Flounder in “Animal House” If there is one thing we should have learned about Oscar De La Hoya by now, it’s that he would have…
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Boxer from Philippines voted Fighter of the Year
PHILADELPHIA - It was a simpler time, at least from a technology standpoint. There weren't 100 channels of television available to cable subscribers, and very little cable for anyone to subscribe to…
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Manny-Erik 3: Too bad they’re not heavies
IF ONLY Manny Pacquiao could be stretched on a medieval torture rack from a height of 5-6 ? to, say, 6-3. If only his appetite for such Filipino fare as beef nilaga,…
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Mixing and matching yields intriguing bout
WHAT ONCE looked to be two very significant rematches has morphed into a single, potentially bigger pay-per-view event. Fight fans seldom can count themselves so lucky. The March 19 junior lightweight pairing…
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‘Pac Man’ does it again
Retired Associated Press boxing writer Ed Schuyler Jr. likes to tell the story of the first time he saw Roberto Duran, who was virtually unknown in the United States until the Panamanian…
