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They partied all night
MANNY Pacquiao sure knows how to flaunt his boxing prowess. And this extends to showing off his affluence outside the ring. On his birthday, he literally knocked out his visitors by partying…
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BOB ARUM ARRIVES IN GENSAN!
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum arrived in Manila yesterday and took a connecting flight to General Santos City clearly raising the stakes in his contractual battle with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden…
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Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather, Jr: The Road to Greatness Now Begins
Boxing will experience a somewhat over-hyped event this coming May in the form of a fight between a prime Floyd ?Pretty Boy? Mayweather and a gracefully aging yet far from his peak…
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Rise of Pacquiao is highlight of ’06
he ballot box for 2006 is filled with a lot of the usual suspects, but a year full of familiar condemnations and dire forecasts is defined by Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao's signature is…
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Gensan’s man of the year
NC. No contest. Once this entry appears in a boxer's record, it connotes either foul play or a bum decision. But an NC as Man of the Year who made General Santos…
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Honor your contract
TIME is running out on Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao and Golden Boy Promotions president and chief operating officer Richard Schaefer wants him to stand up and do the right thing. That…
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The 2006 K9s – Part I
Well, another year has come and gone, and as usual, plenty of things from the ridiculous to the sublime have taken place in the game of boxing. As we turn our calendars…
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Ted The Bull’s Boxing Awards for 2006
1) Fighter of the year: Emmanuel Dapigran "Manny" Pacquiao continues his winning ways by stopping Erik Morales twice and beating tough Ocsar Larrios in between for good measure. 2) Fight of the…
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“Fighting Words” – Freewheeling Fighting Awards
For boxing fans, 2006 was a year wholly worth viewing. From January through December, hardcore followers had access to scores of quality matches. In the United States, the Sweet Science was seen…
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The joys and woes of Philippine sports
Admittedly there seems to be more reason for celebration rather than grief for our performance in sports for the year just about to end. The biggest cause celebre of course was the…
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2006 Boxing Year in Review
San Francisco, California-- 2006 was a turbulent year in boxing highlighted by upsets, savage wars, stunning knockouts, proverbial comebacks, shady dealings and odious decisions, that left some of us still shaky our…
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A BOXING FAN’S CHRISTMAS WISH LIST FOR 2007
Well it's that time of year again, and Christmas is nearing. With it comes gifts for friends and loved ones. It's also time to let Santa Claus know what you want for…
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SITHCHATCHAWAL-MONSHIPOUR: RUNAWAY FIGHT OF THE YEAR!
NO OTHER FIGHT EVEN CAME CLOSE! Alexandria, VA–This year’s runaway “Fight of the Year” wasn’t seen on U.S. TV. It was fought in France of all places and has become a litmus…
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Spotlight on Boxing | Ring-ing in the New Year
A triumphant return. Continued confirmation of pound-for-pound supremacy. Ascendancy of the Eastern European heavyweights. The exciting culmination of a super-featherweight trilogy. Boxing storylines proved abundant in 2006 and for a change, most…
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Danggod draws with Rapada; Labao KOs O?ate
The main event of the “Bakbakan sa Alabang IV (Slugfest in Alabang IV) Saturday night featuring super-flyweights Celso Danggod and Eric Rapada ended in a technical majority draw when the cut prone…
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Column
’Twas a very good year (First of a series)
It was a year of good news for Philippine sports as successes overshadowed failures in restoring credibility to the Filipino athlete’s fighting spirit, self-confidence despite daunting odds and will to win. At…
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Pacquiao set to lose $5-M payday<br>Barrera-Marquez almost done deal
JUST days after he announced that he is now willing to fight WBC super-featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera, Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao is set to lose that multimillion dollar opportunity as a…
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Sean Ocampo’s Final Pound for Pound Ratings of 2006
1. Manny Pacquiao 43-3-2 (33 KOs) - The “Pacman” gave boxing three wonderful fights this year including two fight of the year candidates. His two devastating stoppage victories over Erik Morales clinched…
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Barrera wants rematch, wary over Pacman row
World Boxing Council super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera on Saturday said he hopes Manny Pacquiao’s contractual dispute with promoters Top Rank and Golden Boy be settled the soonest possible time for…
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WBO SETS ANOTHER GIFT-GIVING FOR KIDS IN PHILIPPINES AND THAILAND
Fil-Am WBO Vice President for Asia Pacific Leon Panoncillo informed Philboxing.com today that he had been contacted by WBO President Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel to again coordinate another Christmas gift giving to disenfranchised…
