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Love interest for Roach

By Joaquin Henson Dec 11, 2004

Renowned boxing trainer Freddie Roach is single and has never been married. He broke up with his girlfriend Sheila Hudson, a 1996 Olympic triple jumper, last month after a three-year relationship. "We…

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Fahsan plans secret for Manny

By Joaquin Henson Dec 6, 2004

Fahsan 3-K Battery has a secret strategy that he will unravel to surprise consensus world featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao in their scheduled 12-round International Boxing Federation (IBF) title eliminator in an open-air…

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P200-M bonanza awaits Manny

By Joaquin Henson Dec 4, 2004

New Jersey promoter Murad Muhammad blew into town early yesterday morning and outstormed Typhoon Yoyong by announcing a P200 million windfall for consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao in a three-fight…

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Murad arrives for Manny fight

By Joaquin Henson Dec 2, 2004

New Jersey promoter Murad Muhammad flies in from the US tomorrow morning to bring news of his negotiations for consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao to take on Juan Manuel Marquez,…

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Roach wants Barrera, not Marquez rematch

By Joaquin Henson Nov 30, 2004

Renowned trainer Freddie Roach said yesterday he will recommend Manny Pacquiao to face Marco Antonio Barrera instead of Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas early next year because it?s the fight that…

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Roach in town to supervise Manny?s training

By Joaquin Henson Nov 23, 2004

Alarmed by reports that Manny Pacquiao isn?t training seriously for his Dec. 11 fight against Fahsan 3-K Battery of Thailand, Freddie Roach arrived from Los Angeles early yesterday morning and flew to…

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?Madman? to outdo Buffer?

By Joaquin Henson Nov 18, 2004

Since Smart is a major sponsor of the Manny Pacquiao-Fahsan 3-K Battery duel on Dec. 11, there?s talk that one of the telecommunications giant?s popular endorsers will rock the Fort as the…

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Top refs queue to work Manny?s fight

By Joaquin Henson Nov 16, 2004

Several top-notch local referees are being considered to work the Manny Pacquiao-Fashsan 3-K Battery bout in an open-air field at the Fort in the Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, on Dec. 11 but…

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Fahsan vows fight to the finish

By Joaquin Henson Nov 7, 2004

Former Muay Thai kick fighter Fahsan 3-K Battery promised yesterday to do or die in his scheduled 12-round bout against consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao in an open-air arena at…

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Pacquiao footage to air in US

By Joaquin Henson Nov 5, 2004

Footage of the Manny Pacquiao-Fahsan 3-K Battery bout will be shown on the giant US cable network HBO (Home Box Office) the same weekend as the fight set in an open-air field…

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Manny bout looms as IBF eliminator

By Joaquin Henson Nov 4, 2004

Consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is arriving in Manila tomorrow morning from his training camp in General Santos City to attend a noontime press conference announcing the details of his…

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Roach coming for Manny?s fight

By Joaquin Henson Oct 28, 2004

Trainer Freddie Roach is flying in from Los Angeles to supervise Manny Pacquiao?s homestretch workouts two weeks before the consensus world featherweight boxing champion takes on Fahsan 3-K Battery of Thailand here…

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Thai foe next for Manny

By Joaquin Henson Oct 26, 2004

It doesn?t look like Guyana stylist Gairy St. Clair will be consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao?s next opponent after all. Instead, Thai veteran Fahsan 3-K Battery, a former World Boxing…

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Murad confirms Marquez rematch

By Joaquin Henson Oct 21, 2004

New Jersey promoter Murad Muhammad confirmed the other day that Manny Pacquiao will fight Juan Manuel Marquez in a Home Box Office (HBO) rematch for the unified world featherweight boxing championship next…

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?Superman? taunts Pacquiao

By Joaquin Henson Oct 13, 2004

Guyanese fighter Gairy St. Clair, who likes to be called "Superman," said recently he?s not afraid of Manny Pacquiao because the consensus world featherweight boxing champion "ain?t got no kryptonite." St. Clair,…

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Bidding war for Pacquiao looms

By Joaquin Henson Oct 9, 2004

With the contracts of his management and promotional teams expiring in a few months, consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is in an enviable position. He?s a prize catch and bidders…

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Pacquiao returns to unclear future

By Joaquin Henson Oct 6, 2004

Consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao quietly slipped back home yesterday morning after training nearly a month in Los Angeles for a fight that is still up in the air. It…

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Why are we so persecuted?

By Joaquin Henson Sep 16, 2004

Challenger Juanito Rubillar lost a decision to World Boxing Council (WBC) lightflyweight champion Jorge Arce of Mexico under controversial circumstances in Tijuana last week. Manny Pacquiao is in Los Angeles training for…

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Conspiracy leaves Manny out in cold

By Joaquin Henson Sep 11, 2004

LONDON ? Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales and Juan Manuel Marquez are avoiding Manny Pacquiao like the plague. That?s what New Jersey promoter Murad Muhammad insists, wrote Boxing News editor Claude Abrams…

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Pacquiao trains sights on Mexico?s 3Ms

By Joaquin Henson Jul 28, 2004

The order of battle for world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has been laid out. The only problem is if the HBO (Home Box Office) cable network has the funds to foot…