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PSA Awards biggest in years
THE Philippine Sports-writers Association will stage what is expected to be the biggest gathering of sports stars in recent years when it holds the 2003 PSA Annual Awards Night on January 9…
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Boxing: The Best Of The Year
The boxing year 2003 is two weeks away from being over and while the field is quieting down for the Christmas holidays, it is a good moment to take a look back…
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PacMan and the Pound for Pound Pissing Contest
By Doug Fischer, Abe Rutchick, B., and Sherwin
The silly debate on who the best fighters in the world are and what order they should rank among themselves never ends. The order of the many mythical ?pound-for-pound? lists floating around…
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Manny Pacquiao gym inaugurated
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- A boxing facility that will serve as a training ground for future Manny Pacquiaos was inaugurated here Tuesday. No less than Filipino world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, this…
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Fans never seem to tire of Manny?s Alamodome win
By Nick Giongco
AT AROUND noon yesterday, near the corner of Rizal Avenue and Carriedo in the old section of downtown Manila, a group of men, young and old, had their faces glued on three…
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Suarez, Pacquiao year’s best athletes
THE TWO most brilliant stars in a fantastic year for Philippine sports have been chosen Athletes of the Year by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA). World Cup of bowling winner CJ Suarez…
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Pacquiao, Suarez voted year?s best
World champions CJ Suarez and Manny Pacquiao have been chosen Athletes of the Year by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) following their excellent campaigns overseas that highlighted a fantastic year which could…
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Pacquiao, Suarez Athletes of the Year
WORLD CHAMPIONS Manny Pacquiao and CJ Suarez have been chosen Athletes of the Year by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) following their excellent campaigns overseas that highlighted a fantastic year for Philippine…
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CJ, Manny top PSA awardees
WORLD champions CJ Suarez and Manny Pacquiao have been chosen Athletes of the Year by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) after their excellent campaigns overseas that highlighted a fantastic year that could…
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Pacquiao, 3 leading RP boxers rise in WBC ratings
PEOPLE'S featherweight champ Manny Pacquiao and three leading Cebuano boxers moved up in the latest rankings of the World Boxing Council, in effect making them candidates for world title fights next year.…
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Pacquiao now No. 3 in WBC ?feather? list
By Nick Giongco
TRUE TO his promise, World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman has made Manny Pacquiao the No. 3 challenger in the featherweight class ? a move that greases the Filipino?s path toward a…
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Pacquiao overwhelming pick to top HBO polls
Only a minor miracle can stop International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao from winning two categories in the Internet poll conducted by the no. 1 boxing network in the world,…
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The Manny Pacquiao story
By Jimbo Gulle
WHOEVER thought of the catchphrase ?Winners of Worth? to welcome back Manny Pacquiao, and praise Filipino athletes in general, must be a copywriting genius. That?s because the slogan?plastered on the Department of…
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Pacquiao could fight in Manila
By Bobby Rondez
MANNY Pacquiao?s wish to have his next defense of the Interna?tional Boxing Federation super bantamweight title be held in Manila may come true after all. Receiving offers to stage the title fight…
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Manny offered $.8M to fight WBA champ
By Nick Giongco
A MOUTH-WATERING $800,000 offer to fight Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico has reached the desk of the man widely credited for bringing Manny Pacquiao fame and fortune. Rod Nazario said US promoter…
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Bidders dangle oodles for Pacquiao bout here
Solar Sports has offered a P20 Million purse and promoter Gabriel (Bebot) Elorde Jr. P19 Million for International Boxing Federation (IBF) superbantamweight champion Manny Pacquiao to stake his crown against leading contender…
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Brodie-Chi WBC title winner will defend against Pacquiao
World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman has committed to having the winner of the rematch between South Korea?s Injin Chi and Britain?s Michael Brodie stage a mandatory title defense against International Boxing…
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Pacquiao to fight winner of Chi-Brodie
Manny Pacquiao yesterday agreed to be the mandatory challenger to the winner of the Injin Chi and Michael Brodie rematch for the vacant World Boxing Council featherweight crown, paving the way for…
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Pacquiao to fight for WBC ?feather? title
By Nick Giongco
MANNY PACQUIAO has been installed as the mandatory challenger to the soon-to-be-crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight champion. According to Rod Nazario, Pacquiao?s business manager, boxing man Rudy Salud convinced WBC president…
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Pacquiao awaits 2 major HBO awards
International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao, whose 11th-round annihilation of the legendary featherweight Marco Antonio Barrera stunned the boxing world last Nov. 15, appears to be a runaway winner of…