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Manny Pacquiao Media Conference Call Transcript
It?s ?The Grand Finale!? ? Three-Division World Champions Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales ? will get it on for the third and final time to determine the best man in the ring.…
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WORLD TOP 10 – POUND-FOR-POUND
Floyd Mayweather confirmed his status as the finest 'pound-for-pound' fighter in the world recently with a shutout points win over Carlos Baldomir to claim the WBC welterweight title in Las Vegas. Mayweather…
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Record media attendance for Pacquiao fight
LAS VEGAS ? Sports Illustrated. Los Angeles Times. Reuters. Associated Press. Agence FrancePresse. Apart from media representatives from the Philippines, Mexico and the US, these are only a few big time media…
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Manny-Erik 3: Too bad they’re not heavies
IF ONLY Manny Pacquiao could be stretched on a medieval torture rack from a height of 5-6 ? to, say, 6-3. If only his appetite for such Filipino fare as beef nilaga,…
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Grudge match pits speed, power boxers<br>Morales adds a right hook and a body attack for his bout against Pacquiao
When it comes to professional boxing, Mexico and the Philippines are world superpowers. Erik Morales (left) and Manny Pacquiao meet for the third time in two years Saturday at the Thomas &…
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PACQUIAO V MORALES III ON FIRE!
- 14,000 TICKET SALES AT THOMAS AND MACK! - 756,000 RECORD-SMASHING HITS ON TOPRANK.COM! - CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELECAST OPENS AT WYNN LAS VEGAS!!! There was a huge weekend ticket sale for Pacquiao vs.…
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Pacquiao prepared for the worst
LAS VEGAS -- Sports book entries in this brightly lit gaming capital on Saturday pointed to an evolving mismatch at the Thomas and Mack Center. The odds, minus-220 against plus-180, speak for…
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Latinos feel Morales has slim chance
LAS VEGAS -- The buzz on Manny Pacquiao here in Sin City has become too much that even Latinos are having second thoughts about putting their dollars behind Mexican Erik Morales in…
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Pacman in Las Vegas, resumes final workout
LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao has returned to the site of his biggest win to get ready for his biggest battle yet. Pacquiao led a multi-vehicle convoy from Los Angeles to this…
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Pacquiao sings as he arrives in Vegas
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao tried to hide the effects of the time-consuming 300-mile road trip that began in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon by plucking his expensive guitar and singing a…
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WBC STATEMENT ON PACQUIAO-MORALES
The World Boxing Council ratifies the approval and celebration of the fight in which The WBC International Champion Manny Pacquiao, Philippines, will make a defense of his title against Eric Morales, Mexico…
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Pacquiao and Alcano kindred spirits
It?s funny how a phrase in one language can mean something positive and translated into another becomes quite the opposite. Take for instance, "believing in oneself." Reading it that way would refer…
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‘AHAS’ NIETES VIES FOR WBO ASIA-PACIFIC MINIFLY CROWN ON NOV. 24
They call him ?AHAS? or ?SNAKEMAN? and unlike any of the other boxers, the Cebu-based Ilonggo, Donnie Nietes, trains alongside his 20-feet pet python. The unassuming and shy Nietes will finally get…
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It’s Always Something with Manny Pacquiao
The smile is back on his face. There is a bounce in his step as he walks into the gym. His energy level is as frenetic as ever. And get this, as…
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Perhaps a Pacquiao Pamphlet?
This pound-for-pound thing is beyond me, I admit. It seems to have started nobly enough, years ago, as a way of taking Sugar Ray Robinson?s ample achievements, adding fifty pounds to them,…
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Oscar de la Hoya — Pacquiao’s Secret Weapon
January 21 2006 saw Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao score a scintillating stoppage of Eric ?El Terrible? Morales in a fight he wasn't expected to win. At the time he knocked out the Mexican…
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Erik Morales: Lost in Translation
Maybe something was lost in the translation. Maybe it was the questions and how they were asked. Or maybe it was just former world champion Erik Morales being Erik Morales. That?s not…
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Weight loss to diminish Erik?s power
Even if Erik Morales manages to tip the scales at 130 pounds at the weigh-in the day before his fight against Manny Pacquiao, he won?t be as terrible as his moniker suggests…
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Vegas odds soar as Pacquiao hits town
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao quietly slipped into the luxurious Wynn Hotel here late Sunday afternoon, carrying his expensive guitar and wearing a big, red tag as the overwhelming favorite in his…
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Chat with Manny Pacquiao
Welcome to The Show! On Monday, super featherweight boxer Manny Pacquiao will join us to chat. Pacquiao faces Erik Morales in "The Grand Finale" Saturday, Nov. 18, live on HBO PPV (9…
