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Marquez looking to meet emulate Pac-Man
By Ciaran Baynes, Setanta Sports, Fri, 12 Sep 2008
Juan Manuel Marquez has set his sights on putting on a performance every bit as good as the one Manny Pacquiao's against David Diaz when he fights linear lightweight champion Joel Casamayor on Saturday night.
Marquez (48-4-1, 35 KOs) was widely thought to have been unlucky to lose a points decisi Read Full Story >>>De La Hoya, Mayweather Sr. part ways
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 12 Sep 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Oscar De La Hoya will have his third trainer in as many fights when he meets Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 6 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
De La Hoya said Floyd Mayweather Sr. won?t train him for the Pacquiao fight. Mayweather Sr. recently was hired to train Ricky Hatton for his Nov. 22 fig Read Full Story >>> Oscar down to 149 lbs in early buildup
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 12 Sep 2008
It seems that Oscar dela Hoya is having very little problem losing weight for his coming ?Dream Match? with Manny Pacquiao.
He may even be having no problem at all.
Internet reports said Dela Hoya, who?s been working out in Puerto Rico the past week or two, is already down to 149 pounds with 12 Read Full Story >>> Domingo to get title shot if he wins vs. Vorapin
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 12 Sep 2008
FOR most of Michael Domingo?s professional boxing career he was a journeyman, but now he will have a chance to prove himself that he belongs at a different level.
If the World Boxing Organization Oriental bantamweight titleholder Domingo will be successful in his Sunday skirmish with former WBO Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya So Mad He May Pimp Slap Coach Freddie Roach!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 12 Sep 2008
"Like putting lipstick on a pig.?
No doubt, the hottest expression in the boiling cauldron of politics right now. I had to wonder what would be boxing?s version(s) of applying lipstick to a porcine creature.
My list:
Glass-jawed Amir Khan continuing to work with ?I get quick results? train Read Full Story >>> Pacman eager to get into the ring
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 12 Sep 2008
Manny Pacquiao is so eager to get on with his fight with Oscar de la Hoya that he would have preferred to have it sooner than the Dec. 6 fight date.
"Ang tagal pa ng laban," Pacquiao said yesterday during a phone interview in General Santos City where he said he was having fun playing with daug Read Full Story >>> GUZMAN: "I'll Make Nate Look Bad"
By Ron Borges, The Sweet Science, Fri, 12 Sep 2008
When Joan Guzman steps into the ring at Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi Saturday night to challenge lightweight champion Nate Campbell he has to worry about something the storm battered Gulf Coast h Read Full Story >>> Savvy Guzman relying on speed to save the day
By Tim Smith, ESPN.com, Fri, 12 Sep 2008
There isn't much that frightens Joan Guzman. There aren't too many situations that make him uncomfortable.
It's the result of growing up poor in one of the worst neighborhoods in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Guzman's poverty was so stark that he'd leave his house when it rained and camp ou Read Full Story >>> Casamayor fights off retirement
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Fri, 12 Sep 2008
Joel Casamayor is having too much fun to quit fighting. Besides, the 37-year-old lightweight isn't sure what he would do if he wasn't competing in the ring.
"I love boxing," Casamayor said through an interpreter at the MGM Grand Garden, where he will face Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday. "I was f Read Full Story >>> Campbell: I'll clear the division
By Ciaran Baynes, Setanta Sports, Fri, 12 Sep 2008
WBA/IBF/WBO lightweight champion Nate Campbell says beating Juan Guzman live on Setanta Sports on Saturday night will be the first step to him clearing the deepest division in world boxing.
Click here for details on how to watch this fight, along with Joe Calzaghe's super-fight with Roy Jones Jr, Read Full Story >>> Fans favor Pacquiao, gamblers for De La Hoya
By Jun Medina, The Manila Times, Fri, 12 Sep 2008
IT?S Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao over Mexican American idol De La Hoya, according to boxing fans. But gamblers think it?s Oscar over Manny by at least 2-1.
This contrasting perception between diehard fans and hardnosed bettors is getting to be an interesting sidelight of the Dec. 6 super fight Read Full Story >>> Diaz back to his bullish ways
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 12 Sep 2008
JUAN ?Baby Bull? Diaz has rebounded quite nicely from that first career loss inflicted by Nate Campbell a few months ago. In gutting out that split decision win over the rugged Michael Katsidis last Sunday, I saw no telling signs of a fighter psychologically ruined by his first loss.
In a perfec Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO NOW WEIGHS 154 LBS
By Edwin G. Espejo, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? With just a couple of days before he flies to the US to promote his December 6 bout with Oscar dela Hoya and start heavy training, Manny is just seven pounds over the agreed 147-pound weight limit of their m Read Full Story >>> BLEACHER TALK: IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY
By Rico Navarro, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
Pacquiao vs. de la Hoya. For many, it doesn?t make any sense. And to many others, it?s a fight for the ages. And to many more out there, it?s all about the money. We tend to forget that beyond the left jabs and right straights of the Read Full Story >>> CASAMAYOR-MARQUEZ FINAL LAS VEGAS PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
MARK TAFFET - Senior Vice President of HBOPPV & HBO Sports
"Then there is a great co-main bout that features two promoters and that matchup might be as interesting as the bout itself. . . Mora vs. Forrest II and Read Full Story >>> Someone please sell the hobbit horse for Golden Boy
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
MANILA, Philippines?Don Jose Sulaiman did not specify whether it was an elephant or a rhinoceros which he saw in today?s Oscar De la Hoya.
But the grizzly chieftain of the World Boxing Council, a one-time aspirant pontiff of pugilism, landed a solid punch when he put a label to the scheduled De L Read Full Story >>> Guarantee: Lightweight Winners, Losers All Scream For Pacquiao Cream!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
Too much Pacquiao. Too much Amir Khan. Too much Marley. Those little old whinemakers, Lois and Chavez, never stop weeping. Long ago, I stood before you my friends and admitted, ?My name is Michael, I am a Pacaholic.?
I guess Rick?s wife won?t entertain his complaints and Johnny, well let?s just s Read Full Story >>> Bad signs for Pacquiao
GMA News Online, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
I got a text recently from Team Pacquiao lawyer Jeng Gacal stating that Oscar de la Hoya has agreed to pay $3 million for every pound (or a fraction thereof) in excess of 147lbs during the official weigh-in for the De la Hoya-Pacquiao rumble on December 6.
Gacal praised American promoter Bob Aru Read Full Story >>> Condes Set for Ring Return!
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
Former IBF minimumweight champion Florante Condes is set to return to ring action in a 10-round fight in Cebu City sometime next month.
Condes' manager Dante Ortiz said that the fight "will be held in the middle of October," and will be promoted by Sammy Gello-ani.
The agreement for Conde Read Full Story >>> VORAPIN HITS CEBU TODAY; SAYS EXPERIENCE WILL PREVAIL
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
"Experience kills."
This was what former WBO bantam king Ratanachai Sor Vorapin said when he noted that experience will play a crucial role in his bout against WBO Oriental bantam champ Michael Domingo on Sunday at the New Cebu Coliseum.
Vorapin, ranked WBO no. 3, will challenge Domingo for Read Full Story >>>
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