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No More Bargain Basement Deals: Megamanny Pacquiao Should Get 70 Percent, JM Marqez 30 Percent. That’s Fair!
What?s fair is fair. Can Juan Manuel Marquez make a big purse with anyone other than Manny Pacquiao? I don?t think so, do you? So let?s do the right thing if, indeed,…
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?LET?S GET IT ON?
GOLDEN Boy Promotions (GBP) vice-president Eric Gomez revealed that Juan Manuel Marquez is very much eager to get the rematch against Manny Pacquiao. In an interview with the BusinessMirror, Gomez said he…
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Arum names 4 for Pacquiao fight
TOP RANK chairman Bob Arum has pruned down the list of Manny Pacquiao?s next opponent to four fighters, and by the end of the week, it will be down to just three.…
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It?s either Marquez or Diaz for Manny
The choice is being narrowed down to between Juan Manuel Marquez and David Diaz. According to Manny Pacquiao?s adviser, Wakee Salud, the Filipino superstar should feel safe and sound choosing between Marquez…
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MANCINI-KIM TRAGEDY 25 YEARS AGO
Twenty-five years ago on the sunny Las Vegas afternoon of November 13, 1982, a tragic fight would change the lives of two fighters and the future of boxing. Born Raymond Michael "Ray"…
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JOSE COBIAN ? BOXING REFEREE WITH COMPASSION
Boxing referees are seldom remembered for their participation even in significant and important boxing events. Whenever they are, it is usually because of their mistakes or acts of incompetence which are compiled…
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Guzman ? Soto: 2007?s Hidden Gem
The officials assigned to the World Boxing Organization super featherweight title bout between Joan Guzman and Humberto Soto at the Borgata Hotel Casino Spa in Atlantic City on November 17th have been…
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Ring legends offer their two cents? worth to Donaire Jr.
INTERNATIONAL Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. got some quality tips from two respected Filipino boxing personalities. During a press preview of his December title defense yesterday at the Mall…
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Donaire says he?s ready vs Mexican
WHEN FILIPINO flyweight Nonito Donaire Jr. crowned himself as the International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight king last July, the immediate response among fight fans was who exactly was the long-armed General Santos…
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WBC Convention Update: The BIG Report!
Ratings and mandatory defenses were the order of the third day at the 45th annual WBC convention in Manila, Philippines. The proceedings, were long, grueling and often times resembled a battle in…
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WBC plans to set up its own boxing television
MANILA, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- The World Boxing Council (WBC) is planning to set up its own boxing television, said the organization in a statement released Tuesday night in the Philippines' capital…
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Promoter Asks GAB Commissioner Guanzon: Help Boxers Avail Free Medical Tests
International promoter Sammy Gello-ani has asked Games and Amusement Board (GAB) commissioner Juan Ramon ?Monju? Guanzon to help incoming professional boxers avail free medical examinations being required for those who intend to…
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SCHAEFER SAYS PACQUIAO-MARQUEZ NEGOTIATIONS GOING WELL
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, who is the individual negotiating with Top Rank promoter Bob Arum for a rematch between Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao and WBC super featherweight champion Juan…
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Confab has good and bad sides
A MIXTURE of accomplishments and disappointments greeted the opening of the 45th Annual World Boxing Council (WBC) convention yesterday at the Manila Hotel. In general, the opening ceremony was considered by most…
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The Manny Pacquiao Chronicles: Erik Morales II
There are particular fights through out history in which one fighter becomes a different boxer than he was before the fight. These occurrences happen in terms of ascending or descending patterns. A…
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WBC Sessions Push Through Despite Batasan Bombing
MANILA ? Foreign delegates in the ongoing World Boxing Council (WBC) 45th Annual World Convention being held at the Manila Hotel here were unfazed by the bomb attack in the House of…
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WBC, THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS BOXING BODY
The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, when they met in…
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Pacman in Demand
Here in New Orleans, there is a little ditty by an old favorite band, the Meters, called ?They All Asked For You.? (this, at least, is the proper English title). I went…
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Pacquiao vs Marquez details being finalized
WITH THE Pacquiao-Morales trilogy a part of boxing lore, the bell now tolls for Pacquiao-Marquez II. A senior official of Oscar De La Hoya?s Golden Boy Promotions said yesterday the groundwork is…
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Pacquiao-Marquez rematch in the works
The vice president of Golden Boy Promotions said negotiations are going on regarding the highly awaited rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. Eric Gomez, who?s in the country attending the…
