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Hero’s welcome awaits Pacquiao
GENERAL Santos Mayor Pedro Acharon Jr. vowed to welcome Manny Pacquiao with a ticker tape parade when the latter returns home after registering a stunning upset victory over highly-touted Mexican featherweight king…
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Freddie Roach Knew Pacquaio Deserved Much More Money
By Rey Danseco
MANNY Pacquiao showed why he deserved a minimum purse of one million dollars after dominating Marco Antonio Barrera en route to a stoppage win in the eleventh round at the Alamodome in…
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Pacquiao is going to get even bigger
The only way to illustrate perfectly the magnitude of Manny Pacquiao?s 11-round slaughter of Marco Antonio Barrera is to look at the credentials of his Mexican opponent. There was the near-immaculate record…
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Pacquiao thrilled at GMA?s call
International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao who stunned the boxing world with a spectacular 11th-round TKO over featherweight king Marco Antonio Barrera, got what he said was ?an even bigger…
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P.S.A. to make tough choices for awards night
The short list, by Philippine sports standards, is a bit long: CJ Suarez. Manny Pacquiao. Liza del Rosario, Liza Clutario and Cecilia Yap. Dorothy Delasin. Not since the prime of Bata Reyes,…
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Champ calls mom to say ?thank you?
BESIDES HIS entourage, the first person boxing champion Manny Pacquiao talked to after his spectacular victory over Marco Antonio Barrera last Sunday was his ailing mother in General Santos City. He asked…
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Barrera setback derails Dela Hoya?s grand plans
By Nick Giongco
SAN ANTONIO, Texas ? Promoter Oscar dela Hoya had grand plans for Marco Antonio Barrera. Saturday night at the Alamodome, all of Dela Hoya?s plans went up in smoke when Manny Pacquiao…
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?I?m all right, ma?m,? Pacquiao assures GMA
By Nick Giongco
SAN ANTONIO, Texas ? At 9 p.m. local time Sunday, the cell phone of Boying Nazario, son of Manny Pacquiao?s business manager Rod, rang. The call was made thousands of miles away…
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QUIT NOW, PEREZ TELLS BARRERA
Featherweight star Marco Antonio Barrera has been urged to quit the ring by his trainer. The 29-year-old Mexican, who is widely regarded as the best in the world in his division, was…
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Manny?s win makes good political pitch
From senators to congressmen, and Makati yuppies to street vendors, the whole country, it seems, has become a land of boxing experts wanting to have a piece of Filipino world champion Manny…
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Pacquiao may have ended Marco’s career
Manny Pacquiao's international promoter, Murad Muhammad, yesterday said he's willing to give Marco Antonio Barrera a rematch if the Mexican is up to it. Before-and if-that can happen, Muhammad said that Pacquiao…
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Manny to get hero?s welcome
President Arroyo ordered yesterday a "hero?s welcome" for Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao when he returns Friday after beating fancied Mexican fighter Marco Antonio Barrera via 11th round technical knockout for the consensus…
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No Pacquiao-Barrera rematch, says Hoya
A MANNY Pacquiao-Marco Antonio Barrera rematch is not a done deal. This is because there was no clause for a rematch in the contract signed by Pacquiao and Barrera for their 12-round…
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Oyson: Pacquiao?s foe has metal plate head
I AM glad that I did not openly declare my pre-fight preference for Marco Antonio Barrera before his stunning defeat at the hands of Filipino whirlwind Manny Pacquiao last Sunday. Otherwise, I…
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Why Pac-Man Was Able to Eat Up Barrera
By Adam Pollack
Marco Antonio Barrera has been a great long-time champion, but he was stopped in the 11th round by Manny Pacquiao, a young hard punching southpaw who was a 122 pound champion moving…
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Pacquiao Win Proves Boxing Cliche
We've all heard it before: the younger, hungrier, stronger fighter will almost always beat the older champion and it was proven again last night when Manny Pacquiao knocked out Marco Antonio Barerra.…
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Pacquiao draws notice in the U.S.
Rarely do Asia-based fighters come to this side of the world and make a lasting impact. The Philippines' Manny Pacquiao will return to his native country with more than the experiences of…
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Barrera’s brutal loss could be his last
By John Whisler
The blood was still oozing and the emotions were still raw. (William Luther/Express-News) Marco Antonio Barrera stands in the ring at the Alamodome after his fight with Manny Pacquiao was stopped in…
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Dougie’s MASSIVE Manny Monday Mail Bag
By Doug Fischer
Pac Man fever is burning up the boxing world after Manny Pacquiao?s relentless beatdown of Marco Antonio Barrera. Now everyone wants to know where Pacquiao stands, pound for pound, and where he…
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Philippine President Congratulates Pacquiao
Minutes after his stirring 11th-round victory Saturday over erstwhile pound-for-pound great Marco Antonio Barrera, Filipino Manny Pacquiao was congratulated by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who called the featherweight champion ?a true hero.? ?In…