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OUR country?s pride and sports icon, Manny Pacquiao, fought the fight of his life against the Mexican Erik Morales last week. We are all rejoicing over his victory and the mark that…
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Home is the hero
Thousands lined the streets of Manila and Quezon City on Friday to cheer boxing hero Manny Pacquiao on his triumphant return after defeating his Mexican nemesis Erik Morales. Pacquiao stopped Morales with…
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Arroyo sings, pays tribute to Pacquiao
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Friday showed off her singing prowess during the "Tagumpay ng Pinoy" program at the Rahaj Sulayman Park in Manila late Friday afternoon, where a tribute was accorded boxer Manny…
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Manila fetes Pacquiao on triumphant return
MANILA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Traffic came to a standstill and cheering fans lined the streets of Manila on Friday to mark the return of local boxer Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao beat Erik…
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Pacquiao defends politicians who watched Las Vegas fight
WORLD boxing champion Manny "the Pacman" Pacquiao defended the politicians who watched his fight in Las Vegas last January 22. "Naniniwala po ako na ang pagpunta nila sa Las Vegas ay di…
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Arroyo breakfasts with Pacquiao on glove-shaped chicken pies
UPDATE) PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo welcomed boxing champion Manny Pacquiao in Malaca?ang on Friday with a hearty and creative breakfast -- chicken empanadas (pies) shaped like boxing gloves. "I know you have not…
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Pacquiao, Arroyo belt out song before ecstatic crowd
IN A RARE display of her singing prowess, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gamely joined Manny Pacquiao in belting out "Para sa Iyo" (For You), the song written and sang by the boxing sensation…
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Walk the new walk with Erik Morales
He sat on the edge of the ring that summer afternoon, talking softly and easily, speaking of his career ? past and present. "My country (Mexico) seems to have a sad history…
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Pacquiao returns home to rousing welcome
THOUSANDS of Filipinos lined the streets of Manila and Quezon City on Friday to cheer boxing hero Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao on his triumphant return after defeating Mexican rival Erik Morales. Pacquiao, (41-3-1,…
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Erik Morales’ career may be at end
Erik Morales has been in a lot of ring wars. And at 29, he is getting somewhat old for a man fighting in the lower weights. After being stopped by Manny Pacquiao…
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Pacquiao’s drive to please God paid off, says XUHS head
Cagayan de Oro City (27 January) -- HIS motivation to please God, his countrymen and his family plus a huge amount of hard work, rigid training and self-discipline are only some of…
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Politics ?taints? Pacquiao?s return to Manila
Politics again tainted the achievement of Filipino boxing hero Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao from the moment his flight from Los Angeles landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) before dawn yesterday. Several…
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Pacquiao arrives at airport packed with fans, media people
(UPDATE) FILIPINO boxing champion Manny Pacquiao arrived in Manila from Los Angeles before dawn Friday and was mobbed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 by throngs of fans and media…
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Gorres, Amonsot motor to Vegas on Sunday
Z "The Dream" Gorres and Czar Amonsot, who are currently training at the Wild Card Card Gym in Los Angeles, are slated to motor to Sin City on Sunday in preparation for…
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TRUE DIE-HARD FILIPINO BOXING FAN
This past week boxing business manager Michael Koncz received a warm correspondence from a doctor in Canoga Park, California. This was not the first time that Koncz received communications of solicitation pertaining…
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BUHAIN ATTENDS WBC NIGHT OF THE CHAMPIONS
Still ecstatic over Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao's convincing TKO over "El Terrible No More" of Mexico, GAB Chairman Eric R. Buhain is already in Cancun, Mexico to attend its well-prepared celebration of the…
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JUST WHO IS A CHAMPION, ANYWAY?
Last week the Miss America Pageant was held in Las Vegas after 86 years in Atlantic City. Once the standard of female pulchritude, the contest has fallen on hard times in recent…
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Roach sees no early Pacman-Morales III
LOS ANGELES -- Speaking of immediate prospects, trainer Freddie Roach said Manny Pacquiao would “rest in Manila, fight two more fights this year, while waiting for Morales to be ready next year.”…
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Morales faces uncertain future
LOS ANGELES - What does the future hold for Erik Morales? After absorbing a TKO loss to Manny Pacquiao over the weekend in Las Vegas, even those who are close to the…
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East is alive and kicking
LAS VEGAS – Former World Boxing Association (WBA) junior welterweight champion Morris East is living the good life here and making a name for himself as a fight trainer at the world…
