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If Only the Fights Were this Good Inside the Ring
Why, oh, why, couldn't Manny Pacquiao just wait until November 19th to sign a new promotional deal? Instead, he signed a deal with Golden Boy Promotions after coming off the plane a…
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Pacman prefers Barrera
After proving that his first victory over Mexican ring idol Erik ?El Terrible? Morales was no fluke, Filipino World Boxing Council (WBC) International Superfeatherweight champion Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao now wants to know…
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Nation rolls out red carpet for Pacquiao
Home is the hero. Manny Pacquiao, whose masterful third round knockout victory over Erik Morales in Las Vegas last Saturday further boosted his claim as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world…
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Big welcome for Pacquiao in Manila today
Major traffic routes leading to the City of Manila are likely to come to a halt with the arrival today of Filipino boxing hero Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao after his victory over Mexican…
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Contract dispute over soon
FILIPINO boxing promoter and manager Rex ?Wakee? Salud said yesterday that the raging contractual dispute between Golden Boy Promotions and bitter rival Top Rank over the right to promote the fights of…
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Boxing’s Manny Pacquiao now crowned “Pound 4 Pound” King
Manny's straight forward style combined with explosive power makes this little guy one of boxing's biggest draw's. Pacquiao declined to say who he will face off next with, some say Barrera, but…
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Sean Ocampo’s November Pound For Pound Ratings
1. Manny Pacquiao 43-3-2 (33 KOs) - The man from General Santos City has taken over Floyd Mayweather's number one spot this month in my ratings because of his performance against Erik…
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Winpower! Or, Pacquiao?s Sense Knocks Out Morales? Science
Erik Morales?s Reason told him that Science belonged in the Top Rank if he wanted to win ? and he did. Manny Pacquiao?s personal Faith told him that his uncommon Sense was…
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Fallen Morales unsure of future
LAS VEGAS ? A humbled Erik Morales had no excuses after losing to Manny Pacquiao in the climax of their super featherweight trilogy at the Thomas and Mack Center here Saturday night.…
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Erik wants final fight in Tijuana
LOS ANGELES ? Vanquished Mexican fighter Erik Morales told the Spanish-language daily La Opinion that he plans to fight one last time in June or July 2007 before hanging up his gloves…
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The burden of a hero
IN the midst of the national euphoria the masses felt over the triumph of Manny Pacquiao over Eric Morales, one fact emerged, that Pacquiao has become a hero in the eyes of…
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Ron Kantowski gives a Thanksgiving reflection on the local sports scene. And pass the pumpkin pie and whipped cream, please
By the time you are reading this, the holiday season will have arrived (although one of these years it ought to stay home, just to see if we're still paying attention and/or…
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De La Hoya and Mayweather: Let It Begin
It?s the champagne of prizefights, the blue diamond of events with Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather Jr. set to encounter Oscar ?the Golden Boy? De La Hoya on May 5, 2007. The fight…
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Pacquiao advised to go freelance
LOS ANGELES ? A high-ranking member of Manny Pacquiao?s management team bared over the weekend that the Filipino boxing star would maximize his earning potential if he remains a free agent. "That?s…
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Pacmania
Doctors associate the word mania with severely elevated mood. For some people, it is an illness. But what if it afflicts a nation? Pacmania presented itself in Sunday?s ?Grand Finale? in Las…
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Free agency better option for Pacman
LOS ANGELES ? Golden Boy, Top Rank or free agency? Manny Pacquiao, according to someone close to him, will be much better off staying as a free agent rather than tie himself…
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Ringside whispers
LAS VEGAS ? In the world of professional boxing, it isn?t rare to find devious backroom operators, backstabbers, doublecrossers, purveyors of intrigue, greedy sleazeballs preying on innocent fighters and rumormongers. Too often,…
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Ali-Pacquiao?
Mayor Tolits Atienza and the City Council of Manila are doing the legally impossible, unless I am missing something. They have named the San Andres Sports Complex and Civic Center after Manny…
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WBC Youth Champ Concepcion Gets New Contract, Mouthpiece
LOS ANGELES--This news will give him a smile on his face. Newly-crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) Youth superbantam champion Bernabe Concepcion yesterday got a promotional contract from Top Rank, and a new…
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GOLDEN BOY ISSUES OFFICIAL STATEMENT!
LOS ANGELES--Hereunder is the official statement of Oscar De la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, as relayed by GBP vice-president Eric Gomez to Philboxing.com and Mannypacquiao.ph: This is to confirm that Golden Boy…
