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From Olympic fatigue to Pacquiao mania
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
No contest and no need to dig into prizefight records, either.
Manny Pacquiao on Friday scored his biggest, quickest off-ring knockout when he formally agreed to fight the fight of the decade against a bigger, richer, glossier Oscar de la Hoya.
So what if it has the makings of a mismatch, in f Read Full Story >>>DE LA HOYA-PACQUIAO: FIGHT OF THE AGES?
By Hermie Rivera, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
The heading is apt I guess owing to the disparity in their ages.
Before I bare what I know of the Oscar de la Hoya--Manny Pacquiao brawl, allow me to extend kudos to those who made the December 6 ring date an intrigu Read Full Story >>> BALUARTE RETAINS TITLE IN CDO (PHOTOS)
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
Left to right: Mis-Or governor Oscar Moreno, Smart Sports' Patrick Gregorio, WBO Youth Junior Welter champ Eusebio Baluarte, Jr. Referee Reynaldo Galarpe, promoter Leonil Lazarito and Indonesian Heri Andriyanto. Partly h Read Full Story >>> STATUE OF LIBERTY - SITE FOR PACQUIAO-DE LA HOYA LAUNCH
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, his flair for promotional hype almost legendary, says the historic battle between Filipino ring idol and national treasure Manny Pacquiao and "The Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya will be launched at the Statute Read Full Story >>> TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT: CHAMPIONS AHEAD IN ONLINE POLL
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
At exactly six in the afternoon today, the boxing ring at the Cebu City Waterfront Hotel & Casino will come alive as mitts hit flesh with the opening round of this month's biggest Cebu City boxing promotion, ?WBO Night of Ch Read Full Story >>> Bautista, Nietes defend crowns tonight
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
TWO of ALA Gym?s champions, World Boxing Organization Intercontinental super bantamweight champion Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista and WBO mini flyweight king Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes will step in the ring and defend their coveted crowns tonight, in the ?Night of Champions? boxing extravaganza at the Waterfron Read Full Story >>> DE LA HOYA VS. PACQUIAO ANNOUNCEMENT CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
 
August 28, 2008, 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 p.m. PT
Kelly Swanson: Thank you, everybody, for joining us today with what is a great, major announcement for boxing and at th Read Full Story >>> BILLION-PESO MAN
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
When Manny Pacquiao fights the legendary Oscar De La Hoya on December 6 in Las Vegas, the boxing icon will have surpassed a threshold that lives only in the dreams of nearly every Filipino: He becomes the first Filipino athlete to earn more than a billion pesos from his sport.
Other than perhaps Read Full Story >>> Boom Boom?s redemption job isn?t finished
By Bill Velasco, The Philippine Star, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
It?s been a year since Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista started on the long road to recovery of his pride since being flattened in one round by the dangerous Daniel Ponce de Leon in the World Cup of Boxing. On that card, Filipinos had swept the previous five fights, until Bautista was stunned by Ponce de Le Read Full Story >>> Staying true to the script
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
I RECKON the script for Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista?s much awaited ascension to the pinnacle of Philippine pro boxing may not allow for any further revisions.
The stunning loss to Daniel Ponce de Leon actually added a intriguing twist to this unfolding saga, but whether or not Bautista can transce Read Full Story >>> Longest training for Pacquiao?s ?greatest fight?
By Marc Anthony Reyes, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
MANILA, Philippines?Manny Pacquiao calls it the ?biggest fight of my life.? And because it is such, it will entail the longest preparation by the Filipino ring icon.
Pacquiao will fly to his trainer Freddie Roach?s Wild Card gym in Los Angeles on Sept. 12 to kick off a 10-week training program fo Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao plans to retire in 2009
ABS-CBN News, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
World Boxing Council lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao plans to retire in 2009.
After his fight against Mexican-American Oscar de la Hoya on December 6, Pacquiao said he plans to have just two more fights before hanging his gloves in 2009.
Pacquiao could earn a whopping $15 million from Read Full Story >>> Dela Hoya bout toughest, richest for Pacquiao
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
Manny Pacquiao, boxing?s pound-for-pound king, has too many good reasons to say that his coming fight against Oscar dela Hoya is ?the biggest fight of my life.?
One, the Filipino superstar has never fought for a purse so big. For this fight, he stands to earn around $15 million ? more than what h Read Full Story >>> Oscar hints at Hatton after Pac-Man
By Ciaran Baynes, Setanta Sports, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
Oscar De La Hoya hinted that he will fight Ricky Hatton after his bout with Manny Pacquiao on December 6.
De La Hoya previously stated that he would not fight after 2008, but due to Fl Read Full Story >>> Big ticket prices for Manny Pacquiao-Oscar De La Hoya fight this December
By Tim Fraser, TicketNews.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
In what will be the one of the highlights for boxing in 2008, Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya announced Thursday that they had agreed to a bout that will take place December 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV.
"It is Read Full Story >>> Size disparity worries Pacquiao confidant
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
WITH the super fight of two of the biggest names of boxing, ?Golden Boy? Oscar De La Hoya and Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao, already sealed for Dec. 6 Three of the most prominent names in boxing are worried about the huge size difference of both fighters.
The six-division world champion has a clear he Read Full Story >>> Roach: "I'm just an honest guy"
By Raymundo Dioses, 411mania.com, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
Freddie Roach, trainer of Manny Pacquiao speaks on KLAC Sports radio.
Seven hours after Oscar De La Hoya and Co. announced his mega bout with Manny Pacquiao to the media via teleconference, Pacquiao's trainer, Hall of Famer Freddie Roach, went on the AM 570 KLAC Sports radio show to discuss the n Read Full Story >>> Oscar Had Many Choices But Chose Manny, Proving He's Still Got That Fire In His Belly!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
He had to be the last sports editor of a major American newspaper whose favorite sport was boxing.
His name was Jerry Lisker, but his pals called him ?Blackie? and he dragged me from Las Vegas to The New York Post. In Blackie?s world, there were only two sports, boxing and pro football. As for Read Full Story >>> Prefight Fight That Pacquiao Must Win: Without Same Day Weigh-In, Super Middleweight Oscar Should Crush Blown Up Lightweight Manny!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
I did not get a chance to ask this pertinent question on Thursday?s conference call but I am sure it will be a factor as the lawyers for Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao pound out the contracts for their Dec. 6 showdown in Las Vegas.
They?ve settled the gloves issue but an open question and on Read Full Story >>> Further thoughts on Oscar -OR- Why it's hard to like the guy sometimes
Bad Left Hook, Sat, 30 Aug 2008
I'm sorry. I know Oscar de la Hoya has a lot of fans. And while I respect him as a fighter and as a businessman, as the years roll on and he keeps talking, I'm having trouble counting myself as one of them anymore.
What is it about Oscar that has so bugged me over the years? It's his fakeness. Hi Read Full Story >>>
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