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Manny Pacquiao – A Sporting Icon, A Symbol of Success From Poverty, and a Country’s Pride
I do not really like boxing as a sport. The only time I ever had any interest in boxing in England was when Cassius Clay (later Mohammed Ali) was on television. When…
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Relentless Pacquiao Sends Warrior Morales on the Road to Retirement
Erik Morales still had his warrior?s heart, almost to the very end. It kept beating inside him, driving him on, forcing him to battle in the trenches even as he had to…
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Pacquiao-Morales post-fight wrap up
Manny Pacquiao concluded his trilogy with Erik Morales in dominating fashion on Saturday night at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, possibly sending the Mexican champion into retirement. The Filipino sensation…
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Pacquiao destroys Morales physically, Division Mentally
It was supposed to be the fight of the year. The script was laid out like a miniature Rocky fight. Manny Pacquiao, Crown jewel of the South Pacific, and Erik "El Terrible"…
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Speedy Pacquiao delights Philippines, dominates Morales
LAS VEGAS ? A quick, dynamic decision really shouldn't have been much of a surprise in Manny Pacquiao's third fight with Erik Morales. After all, Pacquiao never has been a man to…
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ATTY. SALUD SAYS PACQUIAO SHOULD HONOR GOLDEN BOY CONTRACT
WBC founding secretary general and eminent lawyer Rudy Salud yesterday cautioned Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao to honor the contract he signed with Golden Boy some two months ago because there could…
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Pacquiao Impressive In Destruction of Morales
Manny Pacquiao easily destroyed Erik Morales in their highly anticipated rubber match this past Saturday night. It was a tremendous win for Pacquiao. That anyone could be capable of clobbering a fighter…
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Macau fight eyed but contract hassle looms
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao will fight in Macau in March or April 2007 under the Top Rank banner unless Oscar Dela Hoya?s Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) brings Pacquiao and Bob Arum…
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At last, unity
ONCE again, we proved that we have it in us to unite as a people. Glued to our TV sets, cheering with strangers as the pay-per-view venue, cheering a slugfest in church,…
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Pacman to face another Morales
MANNY Pacquiao knocked out Mexican ring icon Erik Morales on Sunday, but he will have to contend with yet another Morales when he planes home on Friday. In a press conference, Bureau…
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Pacquiao puts Morales behind him
Manny Pacquiao battered Eric Morales in their third historic encounter Saturday night, annihilating the Mexican legend in three rounds under the bright lights of Las Vegas Nevada. And with his second victory…
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Pacquiao Wins The Rubber Match
As 18,276 fans packed into the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, for what may turn to be the best fight of the year, as Super featherweights Erik Morales (48-5, 34…
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Inspired by Pacquiao
MY MONDAYS are pretty much routine. After breakfast, I prepare for my regular Monday morning radio program (?The Scene Around", DZSR Sports Radio 918 kHz, 10:a.m. to 11:30 a.m.), make a few…
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Pacman, Erik cross paths at Vegas casino
LAS VEGAS ? Less than 24 hours after trading punches, Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales found themselves within punching range. But they did not exchange blows as what they had done the…
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Pacman will pay ? Morales
"It doesn?t matter if he?s a sports hero. He must pay," Morales said before the local media yesterday during an impromptu press conference held at the Bureau of Customs Office of the…
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Parents engrossed in Pacquiao fight; toddler drowns
A TWO-year-old boy drowned in a deep well Sunday while his parents and the whole neighborhood were busy watching the Pacquiao-Morales fight. The victim was identified as John Alex Aguatani of Purok…
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Need for a hero
WILL undergo a stress test before Dr. Ma. Rosan Trani today. It?s my second in three days. I think I passed my own fitness test during the Pacquiao-Morales ?Grand Finale? last Sunday…
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Pacquiao for President
THE banner inside the Thomas and Mack Arena that swayed and danced minutes after Manny?s victory said it all: ?PACQUIAO FOR PRESIDENT.? Is there any Filipino more popular today than Manny? Was…
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Fake tickets mar Cebu Coliseum telecast
AN ESTIMATED 760 fake tickets amounting to P110,000 were reportedly uncovered shortly after last Sunday?s live telecast in the Cebu City Coliseum of the Manny Pacquiao-Eric Morales fight. Cebu Coliseum manager Ben…
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Pacquiao defeats Morales in third match
In the highly-touted rubber match between Manny Pacquiao (43-3-2, 34 KO's) and Erik Morales (48-5-0, 34 KO's), the high pace tempo was set from the singing of the National Anthem all the…
