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Pacquiao may earn $5m
SHELLY Finkel, the head of Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao?s management team, said he can guarantee making the re-match with Marco Antonio Barrera and that the Filipino champ would make at least…
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De la Hoya, Roach due; Soto insists on Barrera
Freddie Roach and Oscar de la Hoya, two noted boxing figures with links to Manny Pacquiao, are due here in about two to three weeks but for separate reasons. Roach, who had…
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Top Rank gives GBP 9 days to accept deal
BOB Arum is not taking Golden Boy?s Promotion?s bait and instead turned the tables around, as he gave GBP an ultimatum to accept his offer for the Manny Pacquiao rematch against Marco…
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Does this Man Hold the Winning Ticket to the Manny Pacquiao Sweepstakes?
Los Angeles – Remember weeks ago when Humberto Soto signed with Top Rank? Turns out that Humberto Soto not only signed with Top Rank, but he might have won the Manny Pacquiao…
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Oscar, Roach Both Headed To Philippines; Is Koncz Still Sleeping Next To Manny’s Bed
What's next in the Pacman plot, the soap opera like story line of the world's most exciting fighter, Manny Pacquiao? Does the plot sicken or thicken? Are there more pages to be…
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Manny Pacquiao Vs Marco Antonio Barrera II: Will History Repeat Itself?
On November 15, 2003, IBF Super Bantamweight Champion, Manny Pacquiao annihilated then WBC Featherweight Kingpin, Marco Antonio Barrera, in a fight where the favored Barrera was battered throughout, and dropped twice prior…
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THE BOXING FANATICS 2006 YEAR END AWARDS
Now that we’re officially inside the year 2007, we may look back at 2006 and assess which fighters, fights, etc.., need to be honored and recognized in various categories. 2006 was definitely…
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Brian Wilbur’s Boxing Notes, Jan. 2, 2007
Goodbye 2006, and hello 2007. Boxing is a great sport because there is no boxing season. The sweet science is on display all year round, every month. The end of the calendar…
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Mexico Vs. PI, World Cup, Comes To Cebu March 4<br>Sampson’s Strength: Making Great Boxing Matches; Oscar De La Hoya Headed To PI For Press Conference Soon
Don't get them mixed up. The Biblical Samson spelled his first name differently and he unfortunately got involved with the Philistines. I'm referring to boxing's Sampson, international matchmaker par excellence (with portfolio)…
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Finkel: “I Can Get Pacquiao 5 Million For Barrera”
The head of Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao’s management team Shelly Finkel whose contract expires on January 31 but which Top Rank promoter Bob Arum repeatedly claimed ended last August after Finkel…
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Gorres, Bautista get title shots
THE year of the Pig promises to put Cebu in the center of world boxing as the World Cup of Boxing standoff between the Philippines and Mexico is confirmed to take place…
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Bautista: from rice paddy worker to RP boxing’s next gem
REY “Boom-Boom” Bautista was deprived as a kid. He worked seven days a week in the rice field, gathering firewood to sell and root crops to eat. He was virtually a nobody.…
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Boom Boom out to make big noise
RISING SUPER-BANTAMWEIGHT Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista is indeed making his presence felt in the US boxing scene. Maxboxing.com, a leading website for fight fans, featured the Bohol-bred and Cebu-based banger on the…
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Arum advises Viloria to re-examine weight
Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said recently former World Boxing Council (WBC) lightflyweight champion Brian Viloria must consult an athletic nutritionist to stay in the 108-pound division if he plans to regain…
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Doghouse Decides; Best of 2006!
Another year has come and gone, and oh what a year it was. Myself, I think boxing had a good year, some quality scraps and unforgettable moments in and out of the…
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Ethics in boxing
A Happy New Year to all! By the time this column sees the light of day, Filipino boxing idol Manny Pacquiao should have decided whether to accept the counter offer of Golden…
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?Soto: Que busca Barrera, que se meta comingo!
El Sinaloense Humberto “Zorrita” Soto, quien el pasado 12 de Agosto venci? por Kot en 4 asaltos a Iv?n Valle en pelea eliminatoria sancionada por el Consejo Mundial de Boxeo, se muestra…
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¡Márquez, rival de Barrera!
Un vuelco ha dado la siguiente defensa de Marco Antonio Barrera como campeón mundial superpluma del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo: si se descarta al filipino Manny Pacquiao como su adversario, entonces expondrá…
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Pacman, Erik to do beer commercial?
CELEBRATED trainer Freddie Roach said he may return to Manila with legendary Mexican Erik “El Terrible” Morales in the near future. In an overseas telephone conversation with Viva Sports/Standard Today, Roach said…
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Arum issues deadline to Barrera
THE Manny Pacquiao-Marco Antonio Barrera rematch fast slipping away, Top Rank boss Bob Arum yesterday issued his own deadline for the Mexican champion and his promoter to agree to a $2.5 million…
