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Countdown to Pacquiao-Morales III
Nov. 3, 2006 -- HBO Sports is presenting a thirty-minute special analyzing the upcoming HBO pay-per-view super featherweight showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales. The intriguing third chapter of their compelling…
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Nietes battles Amol for WBO crown!
An official announcement was made by top Filipino promoter Sammy "Don King" Gello-ani today during a special press conference held at the Sugbahan Food Corner in Mandaue City. Gello-ani, who has just…
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BREAKING NEWS: DE LA HOYA SAYS JACA IS IN US, WILL FIGHT MARQUEZ!
The great Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions told Viva Sports/Manila Standard a short while ago that Philippine super featherweight champion Jimrex Jaca arrived in the US and in fact…
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Marquez-Jaca on again!
Golden Boy Promotions today reconfirmed that Juan Manuel Marquez will indeed make the first defense of his WBO interim featherweight championship on Saturday, November 25th in an HBO Boxing After Dark-televised bout…
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Gorres-Montiel duel tentatively set December 9
Z "The Dream" Gorres' mandatory shot at the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super flyweight title against Mexican Fernando "Cochulito" Montiel might be held on December 9 or a week earlier than the…
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Jhonny Gonzales vs. Gerry Penalosa, Gerry’s last shot at the big stage
In boxing, fighters side stories sometimes make a fight more interesting, and this crossroads fight between two warriors for a bantamweight title, if it eventuates is certainly that. Gerry Penalosa, former WBC…
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Gorres title fight on Dec. 9
Z “THE Dream” Gorres will fight for the WBO super flyweight title against Mexican champion Fernando Montiel on Dec. 9 in the United States. His handlers got confirmation from his promoter, Golden…
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Pacquiao in delicate phase of training
MANNY PACQUIAO has entered the most delicate phase of his training and trainer Freddie Roach “will push him harder” next week as the final countdown begins for the Filipino southpaw’s Nov. 18…
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Pound for pound
I am often besieged with the query: Who is the best fighter alive today? In professional boxing, the pound-for-pound ranking is a good place to find answers. It is a mythical ranking…
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Jaca back in training
PHILIPPINE super featherweight champion Jimrex Jaca is back in training in Cebu City for his scheduled fight on the undercard of the Grand Finale rubber match between Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao…
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Boom-Boom back in action at Roach’s gym
WBO ASIA-PACIFIC Super Bantamweight champion Rey "Boom-Boom" Bautista still has to shake off the effects of jet lag going into his fifth day in Los Angeles, California, but has hit the ground…
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Pacquiao-Morales weight and see
IF YOU listen to most discussions in the run-up to the "Grand Finale" between Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales, you would think that the fight is going to be staged on the…
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Pacquiao v Barrera 2: The Fights We Need for 2007 (part 2)
In the first part of ‘Fights We Need For 2007’ I concentrated on Joe Calzaghe v Mikkel Kessler as one of the major fights I would like to see in the new…
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Morales win may spoil rematch with Barrera
THE WORLD Boxing Council (WBC) has ruled that the winner of the Nov. 18 rubber match between Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales will have to face Marco Antonio Barrera next. This order…
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WBC orders Barrera to fight ‘Finale’ winner
THE WORLD BOXING Council has ordered Mexican great Marco Antonio Barrera to face in a mandatory defense of his super featherweight title the winner of the Manny Pacquiao-Erik Morales fight on Nov.…
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Pacman to retire a champ
FILIPINO ring idol Manny Pacquiao, who battles legendary Mexican Erik “The Terrible One” Morales in what may well be a career-defining rubber match at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas…
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Pacquiao bout winner to face Barrera for title
Marco Antonio Barrera must be smelling a Manny Pacquiao victory over Erik Morales later this month that this early, the reigning WBC champion has marked the date for his projected rematch with…
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WBC: Barrera must fight Pacquiao-Morales winner
Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao got an added motivation why he should chop down Erik Morales in their hotly-anticipated rubbermatch. This after the World Boxing Council approved Pacquiao's November 18 showdown with…
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REMEMBERING JIMMY LENNON SR. AS THE “FACE” OF BOXING
GRAND RING ANNOUNCER A SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL Capitola, CA-To a fan sitting in the balcony of the Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium, for more than 30 years Jimmy Lennon looked and sounded the same.…
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BOXING FANS TO FACE TOUGH CHOICES
A private research company recently designated St. Louis and Detroit, in that order, as the two most dangerous cities in America. Coincidently, the Cardinals and Tigers, Major League Baseball’s representatives from the…
