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Bautista to skip Aug 19 fight
World Boxing Organization Asia-Pacific bantam champion Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista will forego a planned August 19 bout in the United States, where he would have been the main event, in favor of…
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BAUTISTA TO SKIP AUG. 19 FIGHT
World Boxing Organization Asia-Pacific bantam champ Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista will forego a planned August 19 bout in the United States, where he would have been the main event, in favor of…
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MANNY PACQUIAO ARRIVES IN EL LAY
Ex-featherweight king Manny Pacquiao is now working behind closed doors at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, Ca run by trainer Freddie Roach. Prepping for a September fight with what is thought…
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RSR Mailbag August 7, 2005
This week’s bag has readers ringing in with questions about Jeff Lacy’s fight with Robin Reid over the weekend with others such as our PI readers asking lots of questions to George…
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The Top 10 Fights That Should Have Happened, but Didn’t (Part I)
Trying to guess what boxing fans want is not exceedingly difficult. They want to see the best fight each other. The major championship fights and events that garner mainstream attention are what…
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Manny Revisited: Turning a new page in his boxing career
AMERICAN lawyer Keith Davidson said Filipino boxing idol Manny Pacquiao is "now his own boss" and that the latter is now turning a new leaf in his checkered but sometimes rocky professional…
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Rudy Salud mourns the death of humility
GOOD news this morning, for those who honestly care for their poor fellowmen, is the outpouring of support for Romy Cabading, the former RP and PBA player who was left dying on…
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Pacquiao off to US
AFTER MAKING the rounds of the country’s gyms, Manny Pacquiao flew out of the country late last night supremely confident of returning next month sporting that trademark toothy smile. His destination: Los…
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Manny leaves for US tonite
Manny Pacquiao flies to the US on a Philippine Airlines flight tonight and will report to the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles on Monday to begin rigid training for his Sept.…
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Pacquiao-Morales rematch is going to be huge — Davidson
ASSUMING Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales survive the ambush being laid out on Sept. 10 in Los Angeles, they are destined to meet in a megabuck showdown sometime in late-January 2006. "The…
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Gabi sued for estafa
Flyweight boxer Diosdado Gabi has been sued for estafa by North Cotabato Gov. Manny Pi?ol in Davao City and the Bureau of Immigration is expected to issue a hold order soon to…
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Pacquiao calls on BF, offers to help MMDA
Braving strong rains, boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao paid a courtesy call yesterday on Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando and offered his help to the agency. The former world champion,…
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Pacquiao exorcises ‘bad spirits’
MANNY PACQUIAO visited his old haunt yesterday in an effort to tame the spirits of the L&M Gym which he blamed as the reason for having failed to win his last two…
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Pacquiao’s Opponent is Tough
Lawyer Keith Davidson, a member of Manny Pacquiao’s new management team said yesterday that the Filipino ring idol cannot “underestimate” Mexican Hector Velasquez whom he fights on September 10. Velasquez has a…
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Face to face at last – with Manny Pacquiao
REMEMBER that item in this column (‘Manny Pacquiao calls and says I’ll receive one million,’ SSC-May 20, 2005)? I now know that it was not really him who called me on the…
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Pacquiao predicts win over Mexican
Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao arrived in Cebu yesterday, predicting a victory over Hector Velasquez of Mexico when they slug it out in the blockbuster card that also features Mexican star Erik…
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Pacquiao wows ’em in Cebu
CEBU CITY — Manny Pacquiao made good on his promise to local promoter Wakee Salud that he will make a one-day stopover and work out a sweat in preparation for his departure…
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Pacquiao stirs Cebu for a day
Manny Pacquiao’s visit to Cebu was an eventful affair, far from the planned low-profile stop the boxing icon’s host had wanted. Cebuano fans trooped and mobbed the boxing superstar upon his arrival…
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Fine workout for Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao had what boxing manager and promoter Rex “Wakee” Salud described as a good workout at Salud’s gym in Cebu City yesterday afternoon. Pacquiao, who is forced to push himself in…
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Pacquiao to promote bout in Los Angeles
FILIPINO ring warrior Manny Pacquiao will promote his coming bout with Hector Velazquez in a press conference on August 11 in Los Angeles. Pacquiao will be accompanied in the forum, organized by…
