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Jaca’s bad luck creates opportunity for undercard fighters
A credit card advertising campaign claims that “Visa is everywhere you want to be.” Try telling that to Jimrex Jaca. The featherweight contender wants to be in El Paso this weekend for…
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Boxing Judge Defends GAB Move
Editor's Note: In a letter to GAB Boxing Chief Dr. Nasser Cruz, boxing judge Epie Almeda shows his support to the increase of fees to boxing judges. ------- 20 October 2006 GAMES…
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GAB RESPONDS TO CANTADA TIRADE
The head of the Games and Amusements Board boxing division, Dr. Nasser Cruz says the increased fees of judges and referees which was assailed by boxing promoter and sportsman Edgardo "Boy" Cantada…
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Morales On Track To Make Weight; 10,000 Grand Finale Tickets Sold
Three-time world champion Erik 'El Terrible' Morales weighed 142 pounds today and said he felt "unbelievably strong" while at a press conference in Mexico City. Morales has been training in the mountains…
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Geno’s Boxing Mailbag, October 21, 2006
I began my hunt for a new job this week. Don’t worry, I’m not leaving RSR. I am planning to skedaddle from the Chemical Plant to something more savory. Now, I have…
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Manny Pacquiao Leads the Ring Wars at the Wild Card
That sonic boom you heard Wednesday in Southern California was a collective collision of a few of the best punchers in the west including Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, Victor…
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?rik se sube hoy a la b?scula
?rik Isaac Morales Elvira, el tres veces monarca del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo, cumplir? esta tarde con el requisito de subirse a una b?scula 30 d?as antes de un combate, en este…
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Pacman a puzzle, Morales a delight
NOW a living riddle to boxing promoters, Manny Pacquiao could mount a greater edge over Erik Morales if he proves similarly elusive inside the ring in Las Vegas on Nov. 18. After…
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Roach predicts easy KO win for Pacman
WHEN Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao met legendary Mexican Erik “El Terrible” Morales in their rematch last January, Morales was dropped twice for the first time in his career and lost by…
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Gesta to see action in Pacquiao-Morales undercard, nixes MMA fight
THE return bout between Mercito “Guerrero” Gesta and James “King Solomon” Garcia in the Ground and Pound II Mixed Martial Arts and Kickboxing Championships, which was supposedly set Oct.28 at the Cebu…
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MALCOLM TUNACAO IN NON-TITLE BOUT NOV. 11!
Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) bantamweight champion Malcolm 'Eagle Eye' Tunacao returns to action on November 11 in a non-title, 10-round bout against Japan's Masahito Igawa at the Korakuen Hall in…
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Sultan faces Nigerian in Singapore
Filipino Dondon Sultan will face former victim Solomon Igberime on November 25 for the vacant WBF welterweight title at the Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre. This was confirmed yesterday by Sultan's…
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BAUTISTA LOOKS SHARP IN SPARRING, WANTS PONCE DE LEON!
Undefeated Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista wowed the crowd that trooped to the Fight Club in Banilad, Cebu yesterday, as he knocked out one sparmate, and engaged in torrid exchange of leathers with…
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Weights from Cebu!
The official weigh-in for tomorrow's huge 'War in the Ring' card has just been finished at the fabulous Lai Garden Seafood and Restaurant in Cebu, and here are the weights of the…
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SUICO VS VALERO BEING FINALIZED IN JAPAN!
It's hands of stone versus hands of stone! A deal has been finalized where Cebu's Randy 'Komong Bato' Suico will serve as chief sparmate and take on undefeated knockout artist and WBA…
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HOLYFIELD SAYS HE IS LOOKING FOR A TITLE SHOT
Four-time heavyweight champion Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield says hopefully he can get a championship fight “if everything comes out right” in his November 10 showdown with Latino champion Fres Oquendo in…
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Frustran ‘debut’ de M?rquez
EL PASO, TEXAS.— Una de las peores cosas en el boxeo es no dar el peso a la hora de la ceremonia oficial, y quiz? la m?s dr?stica es que el rival…
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¡Cancelan la pelea de Márquez!
El Paso, Texas, 18 de octubre.- Para Juan Manuel Márquez, campeón mundial pluma interino de la OMB, fue como recibir un auténtico balde de agua fría con el anuncio de que fue…
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Cantada assails GAB ‘dictatorship’
"Fistorama" producer Edgardo (Boy) Cantada is furious and his late brother Smokin’ Joe must be turning in his grave because of the high-handed manner by which the Games and Amusements Board (GAB)…
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Is A Victory Over Manny Pacquiao Necessary To Secure The Erik Morales Boxing Legacy?
What are the fundamentals that define a great legacy? Is it to garner wins over all the top level opponents in more than one division? Is it to demonstrate the fortitude to…
