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BAUTISTA, GORRES LEAVE FOR U.S IN MID JANUARY
WBO No.1 ranked Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and WBO super flyweight mandatory challenger Z "The Dream" Gorres are scheduled to leave for the U.S by mid-January to step up training for their…
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Pacquiao/Barrera Purse Offer Suspended
From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: Due to the current legal situation concerning the WBC mandatory super featherweight contender Manny Pacquiao, the WBC has suspended the purse offer that was scheduled for January…
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Pacquiao Ready To Face Barrera in April
Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao says he is ready to fight WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera in a rematch in April next year. In an interview on the evening news…
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Pacman accepts Barrera challenge
Manny Pacquiao has agreed to fight Marco Antonio Barrera next year, preferably in April, to give the Mexican the chance to avenge his loss to the Filipino boxing icon three years ago.…
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The Final Pound-4-Pound Boxing Ratings Of The Year – For Period Ending December 22nd 2006
There is little over one week left in the year. Therefore the following pound-4-pound ratings are probably the last ones you will read before 007. This coming year will hopefully give us…
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Quijano: Season’s beatings
IT’S the season to be giving so the Last Round is giving away gifts for our favorite boxers and boxing personalities. You may claim your gifts after you buy me several last…
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Sean Ocampo’s Year End Awards
Controversial Decision of the Year: Chris John UD Juan Manuel Marquez Former WBA/IBF Featherweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez fought WBA Featherweight Champion Chris John in John's native of Indonesia last March. The…
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RACHMAN, SOROLLA MAKE WEIGHT!
JAKARTA--Both IBF minimumweight champion Muhammad Rachman and Filipino challenger Benjie Sorolla easily made weight at the official weigh-in held at the Front Row Sports Grill, with IBF officials in attendance. Rachman came…
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EXPLOSIVE PHILIPPINES VS MEXICO SPECTACLE LOOMING ON HORIZON!
WBO CHAMPIONSHIP MARATHON IN ONE CARD! Tagbilaran City, RP–In what could be considered as the best Philippine boxing extravaganza in recent memory, respected boxing impresario and sportsman Antonio L. Aldeguer expressed enthusiasm…
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Ponce, Gonz?lez y Montiel arriesgan t?tulos en Filipinas
Los campeones de la Organizaci?n Mundial de Boxeo, Daniel Ponce, Jhonny Gonz?lez y Fernando Montiel arriesgar?n sus cinturones respectivos en Filipinas con adversarios locales el 25 de febrero venidero. Ponce, titular de…
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Rachman defends Saturday!
IBF strawweight champion Muhammad Rachman (60-5-5, 30 KOs) will defend his title on Saturday against mediocre contender Senjie Sorolla (21-10-3, 6 KOs) of the Phillipines at the Indoor Tennis Senayan Stadium, Jakarta,…
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Is Pacquiao The Only Nominee For Fighter of 2006?
Manny Pacquiao, with two victories against Erik Morales, and one against Oscar Larios, is the year’s top fighter, according to USA Today’s fine fight scribe Chuck Johnson. And for that matter, just…
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More Than a Boxing Trainer: The Life and Times of Freddie Roach Part II
“I have a great life, and I just want to be remembered as a good guy.” -- Freddie Roach RSR continues with the candid conversation with one of boxing greatest trainers, Freddie…
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More Than a Boxing Trainer: The Life and Times of Freddie Roach Part I
“We didn't have a swingset in my backyard growing up, but we had a boxing ring.” --Freddie Roach Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1960, Freddie Roach grew up in the boxing world.…
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Heavyweights and Pacquiao come up big
USA TODAY's Fight and Fighter of the Year acknowledges a pair of heavyweights who produced a throwback power-punching classic and a super featherweight who set the standard for consistent crowd-pleasing excitement. It…
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A Divisional Preview of 2007 – Part Two
In part II of the 2007 preview, we hit a talented but star starved jr. featherweight division, and navigate up through the TV-friendly welterweight division. If HBO is going to re-energize itself…
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Pacman named best boxer
FILIPINO ring idol Manny Pacquiao continues to get recognition from the major sports and boxing authorities worldwide. The latest to pick Pacquiao as Fighter of the Year is the Sports Network. In…
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Ex-champ says Manny most exciting Pinoy pug
Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight champion Rolando Bohol, now working two jobs as a bellman in Las Vegas, has never met Manny Pacquiao but said he hopes to shake his hand…
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Bugging Out Over Floyd Sr. Replacement Derby: Oscar Will Tap Freddie Roach As New Trainer; Puts GBP In Solid With Pacman
NEW YORK CITY -- The drum beat keeps getting louder and louder. The message, although totally unsubstantiated so far, is that Floyd Mayweather Sr. is getting the axe as Oscar de la…
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Geno’s Boxing Corner, Dec. 21, 2006
I hope that everyone has got their Christmas shopping done and have beaten the crowds. My wife saw two men get into a fist fight at a Walmart over some electronic gadget,…
