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Valero Calls Out Pacquiao And Co
Following his impressive 23rd stoppage win in as many fights against Zaid Zavaleta on Saturday(Dec 15) WBA super-featherweight king Edwin Valero is calling for a super fight. Following his three round destruction…
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Brian?s Boxing Mailbag, Dec. 17, 2007
Greetings boxing fanatics, and welcome to my mailbag. Published this week are some excellent emails from fans in a mixed bag of topics including Edwin Valero, Floyd Mayweather, Juan Diaz, Manny Pacquiao…
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Unification Victory Over Guzman Might Be His Only Hope To Leverage Clash With Pacquiao
Ask anybody in the super featherweight class who they are gunning for and the answer is loud and clear, "MANNY PACQUIAO!" The Filipino fighter who draws the attention of fans and fighters…
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?No Condes?
IN OUR previous column, we wrote about the dire development concerning IBF Minimumweight champion Florante Condes who announced last week that he was seriously considering retirement from boxing. Condes, who snatched the…
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Hermie?s new baby
Boxing kingmaker Hermie Rivera, known for masterminding the world championship careers of Luisito Espinosa and Morris East, has taken on the challenge of transforming veteran Fernando Montilla into a top-caliber fighter. For…
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Retirement beckons Batawang
BERT Batawang?s dream of coming home a world champion was shattered into pieces when he lost to Mexican Ulises Solis by a 9th round technical knockout last Sunday at the Auditorio Benito…
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KO Artist Edwin Valero: Pacquiao Is Afraid But Coach Roach Is Totally Scared!
CANCUN--If his younger stablemate Jorge Linares is a Young Frankenstein, then what do we all make of fellow Venezuelan and also unbeaten world boxing champion Edwin Valero. How about Dracula since Valero…
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BITO RETAINS WBO INTERCON TITLE!
Ryan Bito of the Marti Elorde Boxing Stable successfully retained his minimum-weight WBO Intercontinental Crown scoring a close unanimous decision win against tough compatriot Rodel Tejares in last Sunday?s main event at…
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Edwin Valero Gives Another Knockout Performance and Calls Out Manny Pacquiao
Last night, Edwin ?The Liquidator? Valero, 23-0, 23 KO?s, retained his WBA Super Featherweight Title, and it dawned on me up until now if anybody would ask him if he had dared…
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Mayweather, Pacquiao rank 1-2 in ring poll
AMERICAN superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao made the biggest impact in boxing this year, according to a recent boxing survey by Yahoo Sports. In the poll conducted by…
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ARUM WARNS PACQUIAO: MARQUEZ ISN’T AN EASY FIGHT
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is in the country for the 29th birthday bash of Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao in General Santos City on Monday but more importantly to plan his…
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ARUM WANTS PACQUIAO TO PROMOTE MARQUEZ FIGHT, CAREER
TOP Rank CEO Bob Arum plans to have a heart to heart talk with Manny Pacquiao and will ask for the Filipino fighter's full cooperation in promoting their upcoming card. Arum, who…
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Diaz-Katsidis Off, Savannah Livid with Don King
Willie Savannah, manager of WBO/WBA/IBF lightweight champion Juan Diaz (33-0, 17KOs), is livid with promoter Don King, after receiving word that HBO canceled the Feb. 9 bout with mandatory challenger Michael Katsidis…
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PADERNA WINS IN AUSTRALIA
Lightweight Jun Paderna who is now fighting in Australia has scored a unanimous decision over Cameroon fighter Eric Anaba in Leumeah, New South Wales. However, Arnel Balicuatro fighting as a light welterweight…
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SOLIS SHUTS DOWN BATAWANG’S DREAM
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO -- Guadalajara's own son and hero, Ulises 'Archie' Solis, amidst the wild cheering of thousands of his compatriots inside the Auditorio Benito Juarez here, brought the fight to Bert Batawang…
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SOLIS TKO’S BATAWANG IN 9TH!
IBF junior flyweight champion Ulises Solis stopped Filipino Bert Batawang in the ninth round of their scheduled 12-rounder at the Auditorio Benito Juarez in Guadalajara. Official time was 1:35 of the ninth…
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HBO CANCELS FEB 9 DIAZ-KATSIDIS DATE
Sources close to the situation have reported that HBO has scrapped the Feb. 9, 2008 date previously calendared for Juan Diaz vs Michael Katsidis. This came about as Don King Promotions had…
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BATAWANG ATTEMPTS TO MAKE HISTORY TODAY
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO -- Cebu's Bert Batawang alias "Ninja", now in the twilight of his 17-year boxing career, attempts to make history today by trying to wrest the IBF light flyweight crown from…
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Bawi Na Lang Sa Susunod
Nalungkot ako nang ibalita sa akin na nag-walkout daw ang boksingero natin na lumalaban sa Southeast Asian Games sa Thailand. Ako bilang isa rin na boxer, alam ko ang naramdaman kapag dinaya…
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Vengeance for Ninja
THE LIFELONG dream of Bert ?Ninja? Batawang will happen today as he treads the ring for the most important fight in his 17-year boxing career. The Cebuano fighter will challenge Mexican IBF…
