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Pacman visit with Obama: It's a knockout
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 18 Feb 2011
WASHINGTON D.C. ? For all the thrill of victories in the ring and worldwide adulation, nothing could compare to a knockout five-minute visit to the Oval Office with the world?s most powerful man.
?It was an experience of a lifetime. I?ll cherish this for the rest of my life,? said Manny Pacquiao Read Full Story >>>Is Nonito The New Pacquiao?
By Jesse Tangen-Mills, The Faster Times, Fri, 18 Feb 2011
With Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao in the White House robbing headlines (albethey about his ill-fitting blazer), some may have forgotten the other pinoy boy and rising star Nonito Donaire is up for his hardest fight to date, this Saturday night, when he takes on Leonardo Mossiel.
After a Read Full Story >>> Father and Son
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 18 Feb 2011
In a recent sparring session at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, where welterweight Shawn Porter (who co-headlines this week?s edition of ?Friday Night Fights? on ESPN2 versus Agnes Adjaho) squared off with Rashad Holloway, he wasn?t getting quite low enough for his father/trainer, Kenny. Sho Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao - a ?friend of Nevada ?
By Dymphna Calica-La Putt, Asian Journal, Fri, 18 Feb 2011
Much is expected of Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao in the coming months. A win over Sugar Shane Mosley in their May 7th fight is one. A shot at bringing boxing back to the mainstream stage is another.
For Las Vegas?the city where Pacquiao rose to boxing superstardom?a push to stimulate Read Full Story >>> Matthew Hatton handed controversial world-title clash against Saul Alvarez
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Fri, 18 Feb 2011
The World Boxing Council sanctioning body has come under fire from boxing insiders after its vacant light-middleweight crown, stripped from Filipino Manny Pacquiao, was put on the line for British fighter Matthew Hatton?s contest with Mexican Saul Alvarez in California on March 5.
The criticism i Read Full Story >>> Nietes, seven other boxers, honoured in 29th SAC-SMB Cebu Sports Awards
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 18 Feb 2011
Cebu City - WBO minimumweight world champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes is boxing?s lone recipient of a major award during the 29th Sportswriters Association of Cebu (SAC)-San Miguel Brewery (SMB) Cebu Sports Awards. The event takes place t Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao is larger than life
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 18 Feb 2011
If there?s anything Manny Pacquiao?s visit to United States President Barack Obama has proven, it is that the Filipino eight-division world boxing champion is more than what he?s been pictured all his 15-year fight career.
While he has shown time and again that whenever he fights, he holds the e Read Full Story >>> Big Fight Preview: Fernando Montiel v. Nonito Donaire
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Thu, 17 Feb 2011
Bantamweights, 12 Rounds
Fernando Montiel v. Nonito Donaire
TV: HBO, 9:45pm EST
For those who didn't much fancy the January fight between Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander despite its matching of two top tal Read Full Story >>> Fernando Montiel sees Nonito Donaire fight as a way to cement his legacy
By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Review Journal, Thu, 17 Feb 2011
Fernando Montiel has spent his boxing career looking up to fellow Mexican champions ? fighters like Julio Cesar Chavez, Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales.
But he?s always stopped short of putting himself into the same group. Despite going 43-2-2 in his professional career and holding four titl Read Full Story >>> Donaire: I'll knock Montiel out in 6 rounds
ABS-CBN News, Thu, 17 Feb 2011
MANILA, Philippines ? Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire said he will use his height, speed and power to beat Mexican champion Fernando Montiel on Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
Donaire even said that there is a possibility that the fight won't last 6 rounds.
?Siguro, early rounds masasabi ko. Read Full Story >>> Weekend Preview: Montiel-Donaire highlights the weekend
By Doug Fischer, RingTV.com, Thu, 17 Feb 2011
FRIDAY
FERNANDO GUERRERO vs. DERRICK FINDLEY
Rounds / weight class: 10 rounds / middleweights
Location: Salisbury, Md.
Television: ESPN2
The backdrop: Guerrero (20-0, 16 knockouts) is a talented former amateur standout but he doesn?t always look like a blue-chip prospect. The 24-year- Read Full Story >>> One shot not enough to topple Pacquiao
The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 17 Feb 2011
LOS ANGELES ? Toppling a super elite fighter like Manny Pacquiao entails more than one good shot even from a fellow puncher of high caliber like Shane Mosley.
This is the belief of Mosley's chief trainer Naazim Richardson, on whose shoulders lie the task of leading the 39-year-old fighter to a mi Read Full Story >>> Welterweight aims for KO in rematch
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Thu, 17 Feb 2011
Jesus Soto-Karass is convinced the judges robbed him against Mike Jones in November and not surprisingly is looking for a knockout in their rematch Saturday at Mandalay Bay.
"Everyone who saw the fight thought I won," Soto-Karass said Wednesday. "That's why we're fighting again. But this time, I Read Full Story >>> Donaire's power jab key in bout vs Montiel: analyst
ABS-CBN News, Thu, 17 Feb 2011
MANILA, Philippines ? To succeed against a fearsome body puncher like Fernando Montiel, Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? will have to consistently use his jab.
Boxing analyst Ed Tolentino said Donaire owns a very powerful jab, which will come in handy when he goes toe-to-toe against the Mexican champi Read Full Story >>> Arum: Mosley Does Well With Aggressive Fighters
By Robert Morales, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 17 Feb 2011
When promoter Bob Arum first announced Manny Pacquiao would defend his welterweight world title against "Sugar" Shane Mosley on May 7 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the match was met with quite a bit of resistance.
Industry experts complained Mosley did not look good in his past two fights - a one-si Read Full Story >>> Stow's Shawn Porter will lend hand to Manny Pacquiao after fight on Friday: Boxing Insider
By Joe Maxse, Cleveland.com, Thu, 17 Feb 2011
Shawn Porter has his traveling shoes. The undefeated NABF welterweight champ from Stow left training camp in Los Angeles for Salisbury, Md., to get ready for his nationally televised bout against Anges Adjaho (25-4, 14 KOs), from the African nation of Benin. It is the co-feature on this week's ESPN2 Read Full Story >>> The Big Mega-Fights: Serve It While It?s Hot
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 17 Feb 2011
As his face was turned into Bitochki by Antonio Silva last weekend, as what appeared to be the last vestiges of the prime Fedor Emelianenko, arguably MMA history?s greatest Heavyweight, were beaten down, one sound could be heard in the minds ear?
?Flush?
Make that a double, no triple, flusher. Read Full Story >>> The Protection of Andre Berto Continues
By Scoop Malinowski, Boxing Insider, Thu, 17 Feb 2011
Andre Berto is the WBC welterweight beltholder that does not have to fight his mandatory challenger, the very dangerous, undefeated but little-known Selcuk Aydin of Turkey. Heck, he doesn?t even have to defend his title against real welterweights anymore, next up Berto will take on 140-pounder Victo Read Full Story >>> Hatton goes after Pacquiao's belt
ESPN.com, Thu, 17 Feb 2011
Matthew Hatton, brother of former light-welterweight champion Ricky, has been given the chance to win Manny Pacquiao's vacated WBC light-middleweight title when he fights Saul Alvarez on March 5.
Pacquiao, who defeated Ricky in Las Vegas back in 2009, won the title after coming through a gruelli Read Full Story >>> The prayerful pugilist
By Eric Marrapodi, CNN.com, Thu, 17 Feb 2011
Manny Pacquiao punches people in the face for a living.
He is pound for pound the greatest boxer in the world. An eight-time world champion, the 147-pound Filipino fighter has obliterat Read Full Story >>>
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