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Glorious night for PacMan, RP boxers
LOS ANGELES: Hours before Manny Pacquiao pounded Hector Velazquez into submission in the “Double Trouble” fight card on Saturday, fellow Filipinos Brian Viloria and Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista made sure it would…
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Brian Viloria Becomes The Philippines’ 35th World Champion
BASED on the declaration that he is a Filipino and fights for the native land of his parents, Brian Viloria has become the Philippines’ fourth world light flyweight champion and the 35th…
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Bautista bangs out Colombian
LOS ANGELES — Boom! That was all it took for Rey Bautista to make a rousing US mainland debut — a whistling right straight that eventually took the sting out of Colombian…
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Viloria comes back in style, wins title
LOS ANGELES – Brian Viloria returned to the site of one of the scariest moments in his career, and he ended up turning in the greatest performance of his career. Viloria attacked…
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Viloria Wins Title, Makes Peace With Past
LOS ANGELES - The last time Brian Viloria stepped into the Staples Center ring, triumph nearly turned into tragedy. In May, Viloria stopped Ruben Contreras in the sixth round. After the fight,…
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Fil-Am Viloria bags WBC light fly title
LOS ANGELES — In a stunning display of lightning-quick reflexes and devastating power, Brian Viloria, who traces his roots to the Philippines, crowned himself as the new World Boxing Council (WBC) light…
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Pacquiao-Morales rematch in January
LOS ANGELES — Mark the date Jan. 21, 2006, on your calendar. Start booking flights and reserving hotel rooms in Las Vegas for Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales are going to lock…
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BEST QUOTES OF THE NIGHT FOR PACQUIAO – VELAZQUEZ AND MORALES – RAHEEM
Last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California Manny Pacquiao came through with a big victory over hardened veteran Hector Velazquez while Erik ‘El Terrible’ Morales was shockingly upset by…
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Rematch on, regardless of defeat
Bob Arum, who promoted Saturday's card at Staples Center, said going in that he was concerned about the difficult opponents Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao were going to face. If both were…
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Pacquiao-Morales a done deal, says Top Rank
MANNY Pacquiao skillfully kept his end of the bargain, but Erik Morales proved an abject failure. Looking forward to a rich, grudge rematch with Morales in January, the Filipino boxing icon stopped…
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Pacquiao Wins Big, Morales Upset
This past Saturday night on HBO Championship boxing, fans got to see the interim fights that both Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao had en route to the highly anticipated rematch with each…
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Erik and Oscar, a tale of fading champions
Erik Morales shockingly lost a 12 round points decision to Zahir Raheem in Los Angeles on Saturday night. This fight was the joint main event of a double bill that featured Manny…
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Pacquiao triumps
CHICAGO - Hector Velazquez was a carefully chosen foe. He was the seal thrown into the hungry mouth of a shark, someone who was willing to stand in front of super featherweight…
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Cheers, a 3-1-6 Philippine masterpiece in US
HE STARTED out slow, missing a series of punches to the head while getting tagged in return. Manny Pacquiao did not look sharp and fiery as he yielded the opening round of…
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Raheem upsets Morales; major rematch with Pacquiao scotched
LOS ANGELES (Staples Center) – In a card dubbed “Double Trouble” that was supposed to showcase the considerable talent of Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao leading to a major rematch, “trouble” was…
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RAHEEM UPSETS MORALES OVER TWELVE; PACQUIAO GETS BACK TO FORM WITH TKO WIN
Moments ago at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California Erik ‘El Terrible’ Morales ran into a brick wall in the form of Zahir Raheem, losing a unanimous decision by scores of…
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Pacquiao TKOs foe in 6th
LOS ANGELES — It was a great day for Philippine boxing — one that’s both easy to remember and hard to forget. Manny Pacquiao made sure of that Saturday evening (Sunday morning…
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Pacquiao, 2 other Pinoys beat rivals
World-renowned Filipino boxing king Manny "The Destroyer" Pacquiao led two other Filipino fighters in wrecking their respective Mexican opponents, all within the short distance, in the "Double Trouble" card at the Staples…
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‘Pac-Man’ win lifts nation’s pride
PRESIDENT Arroyo on Sunday heaped praise on Manny Pacquiao and two other Filipinos who won in the “Double-Trouble” boxing event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, which provided her with…
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Arroyo ecstatic over wins by three Filipino boxers in LA
MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo went on national TV Sunday to congratulate local boxing star Manny Pacquiao and two other compatriots who delivered stunning victories in the United States —…
