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Cook is gateway to the glory as Marquez and Pacquiao lie on horizon
EVER since he first claimed the WBO featherweight championship with a 12-round victory over Julio Pablo Chacon back in October 2002, Scott Harrison has craved a career-defining fight. Now, ironically enough after…
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Size Matters: De La Hoya vs. Mayweather, Jr
So it?s finally going to happen. Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. are going to duke it on May 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada in a bout for Oscar?s 154-pound…
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LISTEN NOW TO “RING TALK RADIO’S” DELAYED VERSION WITH LARRY MERCHANT, BOB SHERIDAN & MORE!
LARRY, COLONEL SHERIDAN & JOE DIAZ San Francisco, CA-“Ring Talk Radio,” the longest running talk show in boxing history, brought you the HBO Godfather, Larry Merchant. Larry talked about Wright-Quartey, Taylor-Ouma, and…
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Shoplifter nabbed in Pacquiao store
Police arrested a man suspected of shoplifting inside the convenience store owned by boxing icon Manny "The Pacman" Pacquiao in General Santos City, ABS-CBN Regional Network Group reported Tuesday. Police identified the…
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Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr; Bad Guys who are Good
No one can deny when it comes down to crunch time, two of the baddest fighters in the ring are undoubtedly Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Both have the…
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Boxing ?World Cup? in RP
AFTER Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista?s win over Brazilian Giovanni Andrade last Sunday and the conclusion of a purse bid that Team Gorres won, Golden Boy Promotions (GBP), SSG Promotions and the ALA Gym…
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Boom-Boom?s dream
the best he can be in his boxing career in order to provide his family a way out of poverty. This is why he was so frustrated when twice over in the…
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Boom Boom in line for Vegas card
Superbantamweight contender Rey (Boom Boom) Bautista, fresh from scoring a fourth round stoppage of Brazilian veteran Giovanni Andrade, is in line to fight for the world title in the undercard of the…
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Making money at Pacquiao?s expense
WHEN hard-hitting radio talk show host and journalist, former US Golden Gloves champion Pedro Fernandez likened Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao to Mexico?s greatest fighter Julio Cesar Chavez, it was unfortunately not…
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GOV. MARQUEZ TO SUPPORT BORACAY GLOBAL CONFAB
God is good in all His mysterious ways! In an official but rather I have to call it more of a personal meeting between this writer and the Honorale Governor of Aklan…
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Wright Wants De La Hoya-Mayweather Winner
After a dominating twelve-round performance over former champ Ike Quartey on Saturday night in Tampa, Florida, Wright expressed his future intentions to the press. As his dream fight stood by his side,…
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Pacquiao to fight Valero, says Arum
FOR TOP Rank, all roads lead to Macau in March. Top Rank big boss Bob Arum told a boxing website recently that Manny Pacquiao will strut his stuff in the Chinese territory…
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Barely legal, yet very lethal
TAMPA, Florida ? Under US laws, 20-year-old Rey ?Boomboom? Baustista is barely legal. He is allowed to keep a driver?s license and operate a vehicle, but he can?t drink alcoholic beverages yet…
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Bautista TKOs Brazilian in 4
REY ?BOOM-BOOM? Bautista celebrated his return from a briefly interrupted boxing career with a 4th round technical knockout victory over veteran Giovanni Andrade of Brazil at the St. Pete Times Forum in…
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No sweat for Boom Boom
Hard-hitting superbantamweight Rey (Boom Boom) Bautista of Candijay, Bohol, used a bone-crunching body attack to blast Brazilian veteran Giovanni Andrade into submission at 0:01 of the fourth round and establish himself as…
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Bautista in blazing return
WBO No.1 super bantamweight contender Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista was razor-sharp in his ring return from a seven-month layoff, forcing the aging Brazilian champion Giovanni Andrade to throw in the towel before…
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Rey too much for Brazilian
BOHOLANO sensation Rey ?Boomboom? Bautista displayed maturity and patience to force his Brazilian opponent Giovanni Andrade to retire at the start of the fourth round in their 10-round scheduled match at the…
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Tampa Diary (Day 3)
TAMPA, Florida ? The mornings of big fights are always the slowest. It?s the calm before the tempest. And that?s exactly the case yesterday as Boomboom geared for his Brazilian test under…
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Holyfield promoter leaves string of debts behind
He spoke with the fervor of a televangelist. And spoke. And spoke. And spoke. Each trip to the microphone produced a rambling babble longer and more bladder-challenging than the one before it.…
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BAUTISTA BATTERS ANDRADE, SCORES 4TH ROUND TKO
Emerging ring sensation Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista battered Brazilian super bantamweight champion Giovanni Andrade like a powerful hurricane racing across the Florida ring, forcing the veteran to surrender on his stool and…
