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TOP REFS PICK PACQUIAO TO WIN
Removing themselves of their nationalistic tendencies, three of the country's best boxing referees who had worked on Manny Pacquiao's previous fights yesterday unanimously voted for the Filipino ring icon to tear apart…
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Smitty’s Corner!
Charlie Malloy (played by Rod Steiger) ? Look kid, how much you weigh? When you weighed one hundred and sixty eight pounds you were beautiful. You coulda been another Billy Conn and…
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Pacquiao-Morales Final Presser!
Erik ?El Terrible? Morales, 47-2, (34) and Manny Pacquiao, 39-2-2, (30) held their final press conference today at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, promoting their highly anticipated mega-showdown scheduled for this…
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Morales tells Pacquiao to put up or shut up
LAS VEGAS - Only the threat of an F-15 fighter jet could bring down Erik Morales. Morales, rarely off his feet in a major fight, was in a private plane that was…
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Fame, fortune the prize in this weekend’s fight
They are icons in their respective countries, two might-mites who share a passion for delivering punches at a frenetic pace. Erik "El Terrible" Morales is a hero in Mexico, longing to be…
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Morales-Pacquiao Final Press Conference
LAS VEGAS, NV- Manny Pacquiao (39-2-2, 31KO's), of the Philippines and Erik Morales (47-2, 34KO's), of Tijuana, met the media on Wednesday for the final press conference before Saturday's highly anticipated Super…
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Arum Extols The Loyalty of Morales
Top Rank Chairman Bob Arum who together with Murad Muhammad of M&M Sports is putting together the epic showdown between Erik "El Terrible" Morales and Manny Pacquiao this Saturday extolled the virtues…
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Morales Camp: ‘Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!’
Mexican promoter and handler of Erik "El Terrible" Morales, Fernando Beltran, yesterday angrily challenged the camp of Ring Magazine and IBA featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao to "put your money where your mouth…
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Will The Morales Magic Curse Pacquiao?
The day the bout between Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao was announced I just felt that Erik was going to come out on top. Why ? At that time I'm not sure.…
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Mad, mad Murad Muhammad!<br>Pacman?s promoter speaks out!
?You can?t slay my good name! I have a looonnng track record of producing the IM-possible! It?s about in-GEN-ooooo-uity! CON-tin-ooooo-ity! Sin-CERE-ity! CEO?s and company PRES-idents know the integriteee of Murad Muhammad! My…
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Pacquiao-Morales presser!
Both fighters predicted victory at today's prefight press conference in Las Vegas, but otherwise didn't have a whole lot to say. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At one point, Erik Morales' manager Fernando Beltran stood up…
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Pacquiao-Morales, Fight of The Year?
With the public split over the superb skills of Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales, it is hard to go wrong when they meet Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.…
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Inside Sports; Assessing Erik Morales
While just about every single Filipino both here in the United States as well as back home in the Philippines believes that Ring Magazine featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao is invincible, the general…
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Japan stranglehold
THERE WERE a lot of interesting reactions to my column about the "Asian boxing Mafia" (13/05/05). Mostly, they agreed that Japan seems to have a stranglehold of big fights involving Asians, mostly…
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IS PACQUIAO THE LEADER OF THE PACK?
Not since the late ?70s to the early ?80s have we seen so many outstanding combatants gathered together in the 122-130 pound region. Salvador Sanchez, Wilfredo Gomez, Carlos Zarate, Azumah Nelson, Lupe…
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Has Morales bitten off more than he can chew?
Boxing has always been a fickle sport; views on fighters change with just one punch. One bout can change the perception of a fighter from a king to a mere peasant. To…
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Morales-Pacquiao: Who Will Survive the War?
The initial objective of boxing?s sanctioning organizations was to instill a sense of order and respectability to the sport. Considering their current impact throughout the industry, the irony of that statement is…
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Morales vows war vs Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, United States of America -- The frail visitor who showed up late yesterday for a scheduled war against Manny Pacquiao did not look like the Aztec warrior who held…
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Morales ready to rumble
LAS VEGAS?Erik Morales, whose private Lear jet had to make a forced landing for security reasons on Tuesday, made his entrance into the MGM Grand at 7:45 p.m. (11:45 a.m. Wednesday in…
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Finkel sees ?career-building? fight for Manny
Boxing manager Shelly Finkel said yesterday he foresees a "career-building" fight for Manny Pacquiao when the two-time Filipino world champion battles Erik Morales of Mexico in a 12-round pay-per-view bout at the…
