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The Boxing Bookie Predicts Pure Destruction
I never like it when a fighter smiles too much before a battle. While there are a select few that can seem perfectly content with themselves and life as a whole before…
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So many fights to watch
Over the past few days, I’ve been asked at least a couple of times if I would "bother" to watch the Manny Pacquiao-Jorge Solis fight. "What kind of a silly question is…
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Rich’s Musings
When you watch the Top Rank pay-per-view card Saturday night headed by Manny Pacquaio-Jorge Solis, it will have a decidedly different look than what you are accustomed to seeing on HBO and…
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DEATH IN THE RING – PART IV
Hard-hitting boxing writer Scott Mallon who is on Ring Magazine’s rating panel branded the ban imposed by Buhain “as a positive step.” GAB Commissioner Angel Bautista and Dr.Cruz who left for Bangkok…
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Matchmaker denies role in Sisnorio fight
MANILA, Philippines-- The man suspected of bringing Angelito “Lito” Sisnorio Jr. to Thailand finally came forward Thursday to deny he had anything to do with the boxer’s death. Matchmaker Ranilo Terrania, also…
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Pacquiao vows good fight
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- Clad in white polo shirt, well-groomed and wearing a jewel-studded watch, Manny Pacquiao hardly appeared to be the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter Wednesday. And when his turn to…
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Mexican camp smells victory
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Fernando Beltran, the swanky boxing promoter from Mexico, described Jorge Solis Wednesday as someone who can throw 250 punches in a single round. But whether Solis could land…
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Solis throws 250 punches per round, says manager
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- Fernando Beltran certainly knows how to market his fighters. He describes them in glowing terms and gives credentials that will be enough to sway opinion, if not fate…
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This lightflyweight title is mine, says Viloria
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Filipino-American Brian Viloria says it’s rightfully his, but Edgar Sosa of Mexico believes otherwise. Viloria and Sosa are talking of one thing and that’s the World Boxing Council…
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‘Solis will shock the world’
big thing, according to the crystal ball of arguably Mexico’s most outspoken boxing personality. Fernando Beltran boasted on Wednesday that Solis will put an end to Manny Pacquiao’s reign of terror this…
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Morales’ final fight could be in San Diego
Top Rank Inc. promoter Bob Arum plans to choose between San Diego and Chicago as the site for a June 15 bout that is to represent a farewell to boxing by Erik…
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NBI starts probe on Sisnorio’s death
With the recent tragic death of Filipino boxer Lito Sisnorio, the National Bureau of Investigation is sending two agents today to look into the possibility that the recruiter in the case had…
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Viloria taking another crack at world crown
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Once again, Brian Viloria is hoping to land his Hawaiian punch. The 26-year-old native of Waipahu gets another crack at the world title when he faces Edgar Sosa…
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Ex-manager tells Manny to be wary
Manny Pacquiao’s former business manager Rod Nazario said yesterday the boxing icon can’t afford to take Jorge Solis lightly in their San Antonio bout Saturday night (Sunday morning, Manila time). Nazario advised…
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Darlene Custodio wins but Comelec clears Pacquiao fight
MANILA, Philippines -- Fans of boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao in General Santos City can watch and enjoy television footages of his sparring sessions as well as his much-awaited fight on Sunday against…
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Manny’s streak to end: Solis
MANNY Pacquiao’s domination of Mexican fighters ends on Saturday (Sunday, RP time) at The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, undefeated challenger Jorge Solis vowed yesterday. That as the Commission on Elections (Comelec)…
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Abalos: Pacquiao fight TV ads, docus banned
Chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. of the Commission on Elections said Thursday that endorsements, documentaries and biography specials that have no connection with boxing idol Manny Pacquiao's fight with Mexican Jorge Solis this…
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Comelec OKs airing of Pacquiao-Solis fight
Filipino boxing fanatics will be able to watch Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao slug it out with Mexican fighter Jorge Solis after the Commission on Elections, in an en banc session, allowed the airing…
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Pacman guard imposes curfew, visiting hours
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – It’s curfew time at Manny Pacquiao’s official residence here. Rob Peters, the American security enforcer of the Pinoy boxer whenever he’s in the US, has plastered a couple…
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Regine will not sing Anthem in Pacquiao-Solis match
Asia’s Songbird and SOP host Regine Velasquez clarified she will not be performing the Lupang Hinirang in the Pacquiao–Solis boxing match this Sunday, April 15. "It is not true. I won’t be…
