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Promoters’ settlement paves way for Pacquiao-Barrera II
Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, bitter promotional rivals whose ongoing feud was holding boxing fans hostage because they refused to match their fighters, reached a peace accord Friday after two weeks…
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SALUD, NAZARIO WELCOME GOLDEN BOY-ARUM SETTLEMENT
WBC founding secretary general, the eminent lawyer Rudy Salud, yesterday welcomed reports of a settlement reached between former bitter rivals Golden Boy Promotions and Bob Arum of Top Rank. Salud was joined…
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Top Rank, GBP reach peace pact
It?s time to put up the big fights. With these words, Bob Arum yesterday confirmed earlier reports that Top Rank and Golden Boy, fighting it over the promotional rights to Filipino superstar…
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Pacquiao-Barrera on Oct. 6!
Top Rank, Golden Boy will share Pacman rights after settlement is reached Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank have reached a settlement of the various legal disputes including that pertaining to Manny…
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‘TRIPLE TROUBLE’ WEIGH-IN RESULTS!
KIDAPAWAN CITY--The official weigh-in for tomorrow's mammoth boxing event here has just been finished with all main protagonists easily making the regulatory weight limit supervised by WBO Asia Pacific chairman Leon Panoncillo.…
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Trainer Roach in yet another fighter’s corner
There was Manny Pacquiao in April. There was Oscar De La Hoya in May. There is Bernard Hopkins in July. Everywhere Freddie Roach turns, there's another corner. Roach is the world's busiest…
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BUHAIN WARNS BEBOT ELORDE
Games and Amusements Board chairman Eric Buhain was visibly upset and embarrassed when Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today informed him that one of the handlers who went to Osaka, Japan with OPBF champion…
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MAYOL FIGHTS SOLIS NOT SOSA FOR IBF TITLE
Former WBC minimum weight challenger Rodel Mayol who is currently ranked No. 3 by the IBF fights reigning light flyweight champion Ulises Solis not WBC champion Edgar Sosa as both Mayol and…
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Can Manny Pacquiao Save Boxing?
It’s safe to say that the glory years of boxing have passed and boxing is losing interest from the casual sports fan. Some of the reasons the sport is losing interest is…
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Marco Antonio Barrera-Manny Pacquiao II: Dangerous Territory for the Pacman
Last November following the trilogy that was Morales-Pacquaio III, most observers and aficionados of the sport would never have given the great Marco Antonio Barrera a chance to defeat the tornado that…
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Lawyers Draft Arum-De La Hoya Global Peace Pact, Pacman-Barrera II To LA!
The pieces to the puzzle are being put into place. Now the lawyers on both sides are carefully crafting the peace agreement in which Bob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya will…
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FILIPINO CORNERMAN ESCAPES IN JAPAN!
OSAKA, JAPAN--WBC#4 ranked OPBF light-fly champ Juanito Rubillar (42-10-7, 18 KOs), 108, a Filipino southpaw, impressively kept his regional belt by dispatching Japanese challenger Ken Nakajima (16-5, 10 KOs), 108, with a…
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ROACH SAYS THE BEST FIGHT FOR PACQUIAO IS BARRERA
In the midst of a swirl of speculations regarding the possible resolution of the bitter conflict between Golden Boy Promotions and Bob Arum of Top Rank in the mediation talks presided over…
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Pacquiao-Barrera II on Oct. 6?
BARRING ANY unforeseen circumstance, Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera are going to get it on for the second time on Oct. 6 in Las Vegas. A major breakthrough in the peace…
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A god of second chances
LAST TUESDAY we wrote about the second chance that Czar Amonsot is getting as he fights for the world championship on July 21 against Australian Michael Katsidis in Las Vegas. Actually, several…
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Top Rank, GBP close to resolving Pacman row?
While the major players remain tight-lipped, the current buzz is that Top Rank and Golden Boy are getting closer and closer toward a settlement of their case involving boxer Manny Pacquiao. The…
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ROACH SAYS AMONSOT HAS A VERY GOOD SHOT AGAINST KATSIDIS
Celebrated trainer Freddie Roach says WBO Asia Pacific lightweight champion Czar Amonsot has a “very good shot” against WBO champion Michael Katsidis of Australia on the undercard of the big Golden Boy…
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Condes Update!
IBF mandatory challenger Florante Condes had his final sparring yesterday, where he did four rounds with Roberto Lerio, and he now looks forward to his 12-round showdown with tough and shifty IBF…
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THE FANTASTIC FOUR RESCUES A SPORT
Ricky Hatton did much more than reaffirm his status as the best junior welterweight in the world Saturday with a fourth-round knockout of Jose Luis Castillo. With the help of 10,000 giddy,…
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Bob Arum: ‘Talks Are Going Good’<br>Golden Boy-Top Rank War Nears End. Pacman Peace Gives Barrera Manny Bout!
EXTRA EDITION UPDATE: At 3:13 p.m. PDT, Peacemaker Bob Arum informed me "the talks are going good, real good." Bob Arum’s lips are still zipped. All the Top Rank bossman would tell…
