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HIV AND BOXING
December 1 is World AIDS day. For the past twenty-three years, this day has served as an occasion for concerned individuals and organizations to raise public awareness about the continuing global pandemic…
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Labor strife unlocked: A merry NBA Christmas
MUCH like a divorce, when love turns to hate, this labor spat was bitter, filled with bickering, name-calling and angry finger-pointing. And in its midst, a federal anti-trust lawsuit came thisclose to…
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ALVAREZ-CINTRON, ARCE-ANGKOTA AND USC-UCLA ? WHAT A SATURDAY!
There are not too many Saturdays when one can sit comfortably at home and through the magic of technology watch three different things on large screen HDTV almost at the same time.…
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Manny knows it all
The Nike tagline for Manny Pacquiao?s new apparel has to do with the WBO welterweight champion?s ability to know what it takes to be a first-tier athlete. The hot-sellers are the latest…
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GMA 7 Airs Pacquiao-Marquez III Review
Television network GMA 7 which carried the epic third fight between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and great Mexican counterpuncher Juan Manuel Marquez will air on Sunday, Nov. 27, from 5 to…
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Doc says Manny’s cut down to bone
MANILA, Philippines - Cosmetic surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Roth said yesterday WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao?s cut that he suffered in his recent fight against Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas was deep,…
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PUSHING PACQUIAO TO PICK HIS OPPONENT IMMEDIATELY IS SELFISH
For the longest time, fans, media people and those in one way or another involved in boxing have clamored for Pacquiao to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. Now that Pacquiao had a seemingly…
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Boxing legends coming to town
MANILA, Philippines - Mexican ring legends Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. and Marco Antonio Barrera are arriving in Manila to do a live broadcast of the WBO flyweight title bout between defending champion…
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Manny ventures into veggies
WBO welterweight champion and still the world?s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter Manny Pacquiao is now into vegetables, lending his name to endorse a line of premium products in a partnership with State…
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Was Manny undertrained?
Here?s a new twist to the continuing debate on why WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao wasn?t up to par in recently escaping with a win over Juan Manuel Marquez on a majority…
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Fans speak out
The never-ending debate surrounding the recent Manny Pacquaio-Juan Manuel Marquez fight has generated an enormous amount of comments on facebook and twitter. Fans can?t seem to stop talking about it and for…
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What’s next for Manny?
It wasn?t the best of fights for WBO welterweight champion and the world?s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter Manny Pacquiao but the showing was enough to beat rugged Mexican challenger Juan Manuel Marquez…
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Pacquiao-Marquez III Replay, Review Set Nov. 27
The replay and review of the third meeting between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and Mexico's great counterpuncher Juan Manuel Marquez has been set by GMA Channel 7 on Nov. 27 with…
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CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR FOR JUANMA
Newark, Ca. -- It was odd then that media was hesitant in lending credence to reports of strange happenings at Juan Marquez's training camp while preping for Manny Pacquiao for their World…
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Bradley still in Manny equation?
In lining up WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao?s next opponent, candidate Timothy Bradley?s name is in danger of being erased. Bradley, the reigning WBO lightwelterweight titlist, saw action in the undercard of…
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MARQUEZ?S STATED TERMS FOR A 4TH FIGHT ARE LUDICROUS
Reports indicate that Bob Arum may have started the ball rolling to put Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez again in the ring for the fourth time. In paper, that may seem…
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Valero?s manager justifies Manny?s win
Jose Castillo. LOS ANGELES. The late WBA superfeatherweight and WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero?s manager Jose Castillo said yesterday even as Juan Manuel Marquez is his countryman, Manny Pacquiao deserved to win…
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Pacquiao-Marquez III Replay: Let’s Watch And Learn Together
All these debates over who won in the third meeting between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and Mexican boxing legend Juan Manuel Marquez are exercises in futility because nobody could alter the…
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Did Marquez take steriods?
LOS ANGELES ? There is talk that a disgruntled former member of Juan Manuel Marquez? team is ready to come out in public and expose the WBC lightweight champion of taking steroids…
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UN-PACQUIAOLIKE
When Manny Pacquiao made his way to the ring to for the singing of Jimi Jamison's "Eye of the Tiger" last Saturday, you can sense that something was different from that of…
