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‘Skinny’ Targets Top Junior Feathers, Including Old Foe PacMan
The past year has been a topsy-turvy one for The Ring magazine no. 10-ranked junior featherweight Nedal "Skinny" Hussein. The Lebanese-Australian only fought a total of seven rounds in four short-lived contests,…
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Exclusive Interview: Freddie Roach
By G. Leon
GL: Freddie, can you tell us why you will no longer be training Manny Pacquiao? Freddie Roach: ?The thing is, when Manny found out what he was making in his last fight…
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Barrera seeks revenge on Pacquiao
Marco Antonio Barrera who suffered his worst loss as a boxer to IBF Jr. featherweight champion, Manny Pacquiao is considering a rematch with the Philippine boxer. "I am sure that I can…
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Pacquiao to honor Murad contract
Despite intense pressure being put on him by trainer Freddie Roach and his lawyer-partners to break away from his contract with Murad Muhammad, International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao said…
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Thrilla in Manila Part II?<br>Salud, US group working to stage Pacquiao-Barrera rematch at Big Dome
By Nick Giongco And Dennis Principe
A DEAL is currently in the works for the staging of a Manny Pacquiao-Marco Antonio Barrera rematch at the historic Araneta Coliseum in a sure-fire fight card that ? if it pushes…
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Will they continue cheating Manny Pacquiao in 2004?
THE BIGGEST story for the Philippines in 2003 came out in the sports page. Manny Pacquiao's sensational stoppage of the feared Marco Antonio Barrera, reportedly the finest featherweight boxer on Earth, was…
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Freddie Roach interview on quitting Pacquiao
Freddie Roach was fuming today when we caught up with him at Wild Card Gym. I contacted him regarding reports that he has threatened to quit training Manny Pacquiao over finances from…
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The New in Ringing in the New
This is the marketing I am talking about when I wrote Ringing in the New. A lot of comments are coming in about bias in my article. And a couple about where?s…
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Salud sets terms for Pacquiao rematch
World Boxing Council founding secretary general Rudy Salud met with a representative of Trans Continental boss Louis Pearlman Saturday and set down some stiff conditions for the planned rematch between International Boxing…
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Toney gets 1 vote for Fighter of Year
The year ended too quickly for Manny Pacquiao, and it went up in smoke for Ricardo Mayorga. Only a grand jury has heard much from Sugar Shane Mosley since he was called…
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Pacquiao?s American trainer threatens to quit
An angry Freddie Roach, the ace American trainer who is credited with having turned Manny Pacquiao into a legitimate boxing hero and a world champion, has branded promoter Murad Muhammad a thief.…
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Outstanding newsmakers 2003
Pacquiao TKOs Barrera. If there was a Filipino who really put the Philippines on the world map, it is Manny Pacquiao. Good but not yet really great, a battling bruiser but not…
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Pacquiao to grace PSA rites afterall
By Nick Giongco
MANNY PACQUIAO is going to be a busy man starting in the first few days of the new year, but the champ is making sure he?ll be around to personally receive his…
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Many Are Culled, but Manny Is Chosen, Ho Ho Ho
By Michael Katz
NEW YORK, Dec. 26 - Wait til next year. Why? Not because it figures to be any better than any other year, but because it?s the only year we have. This year…
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Ringing in the New; Pacquiao and the Klitschko’s
Reflection on the past year is a bit like Monday morning quarterbacking, but we did get some insight as to what the new year can bring in the sport of boxing. January…
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US trip may force Pacquiao to miss PSA Awards Night
By Nick Giongco
THERE is a strong possibility that Manny Pacquiao will miss the annual awards night of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) on Jan. 9 at the Manila Pavillon. Named as co-winner for the…
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An unforgettable year for RP sports
And now the tough part. With the success of the year pouring out like a bubble gum machine gone haywire, is there more to Philippine sports than just crystal ball statements uttered…
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SO Trainer of the Year 2003: Freddie Roach
By Paul Upham
When it came time to select the www.SecondsOut.com 2003 Trainer of the Year, there was very little debate. There was one man who was a part of James Toney?s resurgence back to…
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10 Christmas Wishes
By Steve Kim
Christmas is upon us. 'Tis the season when retailers across the world make their biggest score, spouses give each other brand new Lexus's to keep their marriages happy (well, that seems to…
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Pacquiao’s next foe is loaded with ‘dynamite’
HE owns a killer left hook and two world titles. He is trained by one of the world's finest in the business. With a fearsome record of 42 wins, two losses and…