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PACQUIAO, NAZARIO LEAVE FOR U.S. TODAY
Manny Pacquiao, Ring Magazine?s featherweight champion and HBO?s 2003 ?Fighter of the Year? leaves for the US Friday with business manager Rod Nazario for a scheduled meeting on Monday with promoter Murad…
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News could give boxing shot in arm
It hasn't been a good year so far for boxing. With ESPN on the verge of scrapping coverage and a lack of big fights, boxing fell further from the public consciousness. But…
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Pacquiao Flies to U.S. Tomorrow to Sign Marquez Bout
To fulfill his part of the equation, reigning universal featherweight king Manny Pacquiao will fly for the United States tomorrow to sign up for a scheduled May 22 dream showdown with reigning…
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Tale of two champs
By Editorial
WHEN International Boxing Federation super-bantam champion Manny Pacquiao successfully defended his title for the fourth time in August 2003, crowds lined up from the international airport up to Makati. They chanted ?idol,…
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Pacquiao sparmate gets title shot vs Valbuena
IT'S official. The vacant International Boxing Federation super bantamweight title relinquished by Manny Pacquiao will be contested by top-ranked Venezuelan Jose Luis Valbuena and No. 5 Mexican Israel "Magnifico" Vazquez. The New…
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No Friday the 13th jinx for Scoop awardee Pacquiao
Friday the 13th was a good day for Manny Pacquiao. The former International Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion received his latest award?the Gawad Pancho Villa Barako plum?as 2003?s best athlete before the…
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Pacquiao keeps team intact
Manny Pacquiao has decided to keep his team intact and says he will continue to have Murad Muhammad as his US promoter and Freddie Roach as trainer despite the differences that arose…
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Boxing Clever: Pac man eating up the world
By Jack Magowan
YOU couldn't have seen the new champion for bodyguards. Six big guys, all built like brick statues, and on Manny Pacquiao's pay-roll as insurance against gangland thugs and kidnappers. For this was…
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Pacquiao could be undisputed champion
THERE'S a strong likelihood Manny Pacquiao could be recognized not just as the planet's best featherweight, but also as Asia's first undisputed world champion even before the year is over. After shaming…
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Pacquiao-Marquez fight a done deal?
All Manny Pacquiao has to do is get on a plane to New York on Feb. 20, meet with promoter Murad Muhammad and HBO executives two days later and sign on the…
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Pacquiao clash vs Marquez a done deal
Manny Pacquiao is just a signature away from formalizing his million-dollar clash against Juan Manuel Marquez as handlers of both fighters finally struck a deal for the staging of the keenly-awaited bout…
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Pacquiao-Marquez showdown already done deal says Arum
EXCEPT for the formal signing of what is expected to be a million-dollar deal, it appears that the highly-anticipated blockbuster fight between the consensus people?s world featherweight champion Manny ?The Destroyer? Pacquiao…
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Pacquiao sparring to open new gym
BOXING fans will be treated to a slambang opening of the spanking, new Wild Card Gym along President?s Avenue in BF Homes, Para?aque on Feb. 15 with the ?People?s Featherweight Champion?? Manny…
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Sports heroes feted anew tonite
The best and the brightest in Philippine sports last year will be feted tonight during the Sports Communicators Organization of the Philippines (SCOOP) Annual Awards at the Bulwagan Room of the Pantalan…
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SLAMBANG OPENING OF WILD CARD GYM IN MANILA
Boxing fans will be treated to a slam-bang opening of the spanking, new Wild Card Gym in Manila on February 15, with "People's Featherweight Champion" Manny Pacquiao top-billing a galaxy of potential…
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Manny?s conqueror has no regrets
The only Filipino to beat world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao as a pro confessed the other day he has no regrets quitting the ring in 1997 without a centavo in the…
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Mexican champion seeks revenge against Pacquiao
THE MANNY Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez showdown appears to be a done deal but World Boxing Council bantamweight champ Oscar "Chololo" Larios has not given up the hope of fighting the Filipino ring…
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Champ sets up his own world-class sweat shop
By Nick Giongco
THE FAMED Wild Card Gym of Hollywood, California will formally open its Philippine counterpart on Feb. 15 with featherweight king Manny Pacquiao and top-notch boxers from Tony Aldeguer?s stable in Cebu gracing…
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Most influential in RP sports
Sitting on a gold mine that?s worth millions of pesos, Nazario calls the shots in consensus world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao?s fistic career. Nazario has been a boxing figure for over…
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Elorde Sports Awards set
INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE?S superbantamweight champion Manny Pacquiao and other Filipino International title holders whose stirring victories created a huge impact in Philippine sports in 2003 will receive the ultimate award in Philippine pro…