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Bobby Pacquiao on the right track to redemption
By Don Leopoldo, Boxing Confidential, Tue, 05 Aug 2008
In the main event of a card billed as the ?Road to Redemption? at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City, Philippines, Bobby ?The Sniper? Pacquiao (29-14-3, 14KOs) was able to get back to his winning ways with an impressive knockout of Thailand?s Decho ?The Lazy Boy? Bankluaygym (28-11-2, 19KOs); with t Read Full Story >>>Bob Arum, HBO, and Cotto-Margarito
By Mike Houser, SecondsOut.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
It was called ?La Batalla.?
On July 26th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the eyes of the boxing world focused on the much-anticipated showdown between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito But things in the sweet science are never as simple as they seem. La Batalla unfolded against a ba Read Full Story >>> TIT FOR TAT WITH PAULIE MALIGNAGGI
'A Fight Between the Magic Man and the Pacman the Smarter Fighter Wins'
By J.V. Tuazon, DPT aka 'The Fight Doc', PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
One of Pro Boxing?s fastest punchers, and talkers, World Champion, Paulie ?The Magic Man? Malignaggi takes a moment to sit down with Philboxing to discuss his thoughts on the state of the sub 147 pound divisions in boxing.
Read Full Story >>> IBF PLANS GORRES-ARCE ELIMINATOR
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
IBF Championship Committee Chairman Lindsey Tucker says he will send out letters to No.3 ranked super flyweight Z ?The Dream? Gorres and No. 5 ranked Jorge Arce to face each other in an eliminator.
In an email to Viva Spor Read Full Story >>> BRAWL IN MIS-OR AUG. 27
By Carlomagno Calingin, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
Mindanao will once again host world-class boxing entertainment. On August 27, 2008, at the Atrium, Limketkai Mall, Cagayan de Oro City, World Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia-Pacific Jr. welterweight Youth Champion Eusebio Baluarte Jr. (13-1-0 10KOs) will defend his title against Thailand's Teerachai Read Full Story >>> Brian?s Boxing Mailbag (Manny Pacquiao?s Place in History & More!)
By Brian Wilbur, RingsideReport.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
Welcome to my mailbag ladies and gentlemen. Readers are often writing in asking for my predictions on various fights, plus I give out my predictions for the big fights in the Team RSR Fight Picks posts. My boxing predictions and fight analyses often come to fruition; well, more than half the time an Read Full Story >>> ARUM MEETS WITH SCHAEFER ON WEDNESDAY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum meets with Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon to move forward negotiations on the much-talked-about fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Filipino boxin Read Full Story >>> OLYMPIC THOUGHTS
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
Should I watch the Olympics?
I have been asking myself this question for the past few months. We only have one boxer who managed to qualify ? light flyweight Harry Tanamor. A sporting disaster already in a country that fancies itself as a boxing power in Asia. The odds are stacked against him. Hi Read Full Story >>> 'He Should Fight and Beat Him'
By Epifanio M. Almeda, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
Who should fight whom?
Oscar de la Hoya?s dilemma as to who should be facing him from the opposite corner of the ring in his declared last fight has been and still is an intriguing subject of discussions among boxing fans.
Oscar?s stature and contribution to boxing placed him in the position Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya: The hypothetical fight at 130 pounds
By Matt Ryan, Boxing Herald, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
Ever since Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach claimed he wanted to see Pacquiao fight superstar Oscar De La Hoya, fans across the boxing world have been clamoring for Bob Arum ? who originally wanted Pacquiao to fight 130 pound contender Humberto Soto ? to make the Pacquiao-De La Hoya fight happe Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao to settle old score with Dela Hoya
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
Squaring off with Oscar De La Hoya has become an obsession for Manny Pacquiao that the Filipino southpaw believes he is capable of shocking the world in the event they meet in the ring on Dec. 6.
"I know that winning against De La Hoya is going to be tough but I have full confidence in what I ca Read Full Story >>> BOBBY PACQUIAO WINS WBO ASIA PACIFIC CROWN
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
CEBU CITY--Bobby "The Sniper" Pacquiao was back in his old deadly form with an 8th-round knockout victory over Thailand's Decho Bankluaygym to win the prestigious WBO Asia Pacific lightweight crown at the Waterfront Cebu C Read Full Story >>> Bobby decks Decho
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
BOBBY ?The Sniper? Pacquiao finally redeemed himself as he demolished Decho Bankluaygym and wrested the World Boxing Organization Asia-Pacific lightweight crown, yesterday, at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino.
Pacquiao decked Bankluaygym with a well-placed right jab and left straight combination Read Full Story >>> DARCHINYAN KO?S KIRILOV, WINS IBF TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
Former IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan battered and totally dominated Dimitri Kirilov to win the IBF super flyweight/junior bantamweight title with a smashing fifth round knockout at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Read Full Story >>> The From-Rags-to-Riches Story of Manny Pacquiao: All-time Greatest Asian Professional Boxer
By Unofre Pili, Socyberty.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
Anyone will succeed in whatever field of endeavor in life by acquiring the same virtues and character that boxing world champions do, Pacquiao once remarked.
Born of typical poverty-stricken Filipino family, Manny Pacquiao abandoned his elementary school when his father eloped with another woman, Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao appoints local spokesmen for political affairs
By Isagani Palma, The Manila Times, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY: World Boxing Council lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao has officially endorsed his two spokesmen for political affairs, even as his would be political opponents have issued ?disparaging remarks? about his early plans to run in Sarangani in the 2010 synchronized elections.
Read Full Story >>> Oscar faces stiffer fine for excess pounds
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
Manny Pacquiao will ask Oscar dela Hoya to shell out a little more than $750,000 for every pound in excess of the weight limit.
According to Pacquiao?s legal counsel, Franklin Gacal, $750,000 or a stagsgering P33 million may be too small an amount to keep Dela Hoya from weighing in heavier than t Read Full Story >>> PROMOTER SAN PEDRO WANTS TO MEET CANADIAN BOXING OFFICIALS
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
VANCOUVER, Canada ? Filipino boxing promoter and manager Jay R. San Pedro, who is now in Toronto (six hours by plane from here), has informed this writer he was willing to meet officials of the Canadian Professional Boxing Federation and Canadian Athletic Commission in a hope to locate the right pro Read Full Story >>> VANCOUVER POLITICIAN BACKS GAY CLUB AS ?BUILDER OF CUMMUNITY?
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
VANCOUVER, Canada ? If gay clubs are being looked down with disdain and antagonism in some cities in the Philippines, gay clubs are still very relevant in Vancouver?s social fabric.
In fact, an openly gay one-term politician here explained in an interview with the Georgia Straight that ?Vancouve Read Full Story >>> Life In The Welterweight Division: Full Of Stories, But Nothing To 'Joke' About
By Vivek Wallace, EastSideBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Aug 2008
Life is funny. And the more we endulge in this sport of boxing, the funnier it often seems. Last week leading up to the Margarito/Cotto showdown, we learned that famed Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto only turned to boxing because he was 156 lbs at age 11 and needed to get in shape, which gave him th Read Full Story >>>
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