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Cebu-based promoter wins bid on Gorres WBO title fight
MEXICAN World Boxing Organization (WBO) superflyweight champion Fernando Montiel has one more option to avoid No. 1 challenger Z ?The Dream? Gorres for the world title championship?that is to vacate his title…
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GAB sanctions lousy boxing referee
The Games and Amusements Board (GAB)-Cebu satellite office has sanctioned referee Steve Blanco for gross negligence and incompetence in officiating the boxing match between Leon Maratas of Loon, Bohol and Lotlot Gaviola…
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Manny Pacquiao, welcome to the kingdom of PACLAND!
After last weeks pouncing of Eric Morales, Manny Pacquiao now holds the title of undisputed "Pound for Pound" King. As great as this is "Pacman" may be facing a similar problem that…
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Merchant: Pac Man, Not PBF, Is Best P4P
He is seventysomething, but looks younger. An athletic regimen that includes ample time on the ski slopes probably has a lot to do with it, but flexibility in negotiating the moguls of…
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Bleacher Talk: Golden Boy, Top Rank & Pinoy Boxing
Aren't you already confused with all the alphabet organizations that make professional boxing the most cluttered sport in terms of initials? Well here are two more sets of initials that you'll have…
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Bigshots line up to be Pacquiao?s kumpadre
THERE IS an ongoing rush to be named as one of the godparents of Manny Pacquiao?s soon-to-be-baptized daughter. While the choice of godparents is always the domain of the parents, things are…
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Q&A: Juan Manuel Marquez!
After his scintillating knockout victory over a game and tough Filipino, Jimrex Jaca on Saturday night at the Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, Texas, WBO interim featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (46-3-1, 35…
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GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS IMPRESSED WITH JACA
Golden Boy Promotions vice president and international matchmaker Eric Gomez said yesterday that both he and Oscar De La Hoya were very impressed with the showing of southpaw Jimrex Jaca who fought…
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TEXAS REFEREE SHOWS CLASS BY ADMITTING GAFF!
LAMBASTED LAURENCE COLE TELLS HIS SIDE Dallas, TX-Although Cliff ?24-Karat? Rold wrote the piece that ripped referee Laurence Cole for his actions Saturday night on HBO?s Boxing After Dark, I will write…
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PACMAN?S LEGAL WOES BENEFIT BARRERA
MARCO CAN AVOID PAC & ANOTHER KO LOSS! San Mateo, CA-Oscar De La Hoya once said that people need to pay to see him get into a fight. There was a reason…
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Pacquiao brothers patch things up
After giving his brother a cold reception on Monday, boxer Bobby Pacquiao admitted Tuesday that he has already patched things up with his elder sibling, Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao. "We talked…
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‘Pacquiao now at his peak, politics is not for him yet’
Philippine boxing hero Manny Paquiao should not enter politics at this time, and, as a friend, Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia said yesterday, he would not encourage the Filipino ring icon to go…
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BREAKING NEWS: SGG OUTBIDS ARUM!
TAMPA, FLORIDA--In a major development, SGG Promotions of Sammy 'Don King' Gello-ani has beaten Bob Arum's Top Rank to the punch in a purse bidding for the Z Gorres-Fernando Montiel held in…
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BAUTISTA LANDS IN TAMPA, FLORIDA!
TAMPA, FLORIDA--Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) no. 1 superbantamweight Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista has arrived here today from Los Angeles healthy and ready to do battle as he gears up for his…
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Manny Pacquiao Vs Erik Morales: A Fan?s Reflections of a Trip to Sin City for a Super Fight
The Entertainment Capital of the World. Sin City. Fight Town. Las Vegas. My second visit to the United States of America, and the first as an understanding, developed adult. It was also…
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De la Hoya foresees bright future for Jaca
Boxing great and renowned promoter Oscar de la Hoya foresees a bright future for Jimrex Jaca. This despite that the Cebu-honed fighter from Sibulan, Negros Oriental was knocked out by Mexican star…
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Hometown hero returns to GenSan
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao made a triumphant return to his hometown and was warmly welcomed here by thousands of fans led by Mayor Pedro Acharon Jr. yesterday.…
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KO artist lined up for Pacquiao?
LAS VEGAS ? World Boxing Association (WBA) superfeatherweight champion Edwin (Dinamita) Valero of Venezuela looms as one of Manny Pacquiao?s next opponents and the prospect of an explosive fight with a major…
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The Grand Finale
If one took all the positive aspects of the sport of boxing and put them into two words, they would read ?Manny Pacquiao.? Since bursting on the American boxing scene five years…
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Standing by Pacquiao
YOU don?t have to be a lawyer to realize that Golden Boy Promotions?based on all available information?has the promotional rights to Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao and not Bob Arum?s Top Rank…
