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Rufus Rodriguez?s Pacquiao gambit
By Bong O. Wenceslao, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 01 Oct 2008
I WON't condemn Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez for lobbying to stop Manny Pacquiao?s Dec. 6 date with Oscar de la Hoya. He could be really concerned with Pacman?s physical well-being considering that the Golden Boy is much bigger and taller than the Pinoy ring icon. But then again Rufus is a p Read Full Story >>>LETTER TO THE EDITOR: DO THEY KNOW OR EVEN CARE?
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 01 Oct 2008
I was one of the few fans who paid to watch the fight card last Saturday at the Home Depot Center. In fact, I elected to see the fight instead of the Chivas USA football game.
But even if I was a last minute ticket Read Full Story >>> Government could halt Manny Pacquiao fight against oversized opponent
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Wed, 01 Oct 2008
Ricky Hatton has become an icon with boxing fans in the UK, but could you imagine Gordon Brown, David Cameron, or Jackie Smith coming forward to express their fears over H Read Full Story >>> The Vice Presidential Sweepstakes
By Thomas Hauser, SecondsOut.com, Wed, 01 Oct 2008
Most people don?t know it, but Republican Party insiders say that Sarah Palin was the ?safe? choice as John McCain?s running mate. Some McCain strategists opposed her selection on grounds that America isn?t ready for a vice president who names her children "Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig." A Read Full Story >>> Pacman back to normal grind
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Wed, 01 Oct 2008
Manny Pacquiao was back at the Wild Card Gym yesterday, a Monday in the US, and made the most of his time two days before the promotional road tour for his ?Dream Match? with Oscar dela Hoya begins.
Pacquiao, according to www.insidesports.ph, did six rounds of mitts with trainer Freddie Roach, an Read Full Story >>> Donaire wants title in another class
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 01 Oct 2008
INTERNATIONAL Boxing Federation and International Boxing Organization flyweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire could be fighting his last war as a flyweight on Nov. 1 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino against South African warrior Moruti Mthalane as he plans to follow Filipino boxi Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao start six-city publicity tour
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Wed, 01 Oct 2008
The numbers to beat are 2.5 million pay-per-view buys and $165 million in total revenue. So, the barnstorming begins Wednesday when Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao meet at the Statue of Liberty in New York on the first leg of their six-city publicity tour.
Their Dec. 6 welterweight bout at th Read Full Story >>> Caro-Concepcion bout was good fight to finish
By Jerry Magee, SignOnSanDiego.com, Wed, 01 Oct 2008
In one corner, Giovanni Caro was doubled up, clearly in agony, after being hit low. In another corner, Bernabe Concepcion was having a severe laceration under an eye examined by a ringside physician.
What a tableau! What a fight! What a finish!
It came in the eighth round of a scheduled 10-r Read Full Story >>> Quick Jabs: Weekend Afterthoughts, And The Weekend Ahead; Weekly De La Hoya-Pacquiao Tidbits; More
By Tim Starks, Most Valuable Network, Wed, 01 Oct 2008
Sandwiched between interesting weekends in boxing if not quite big ones comes this edition of ?Quick Jabs,? featuring members of Congress, the Utah Jazz, the Statue of Liberty and spies ? all sandwiched themselves between copious gobs of info-tainment about pugilism.
The Weekend Ahead
Any week Read Full Story >>> ROACH COMMENDS CONCEPCION FOR A GREAT FINISH
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
Celebrated trainer Freddie Roach has commended North American Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion Bernabe Concepcion for ?a great finish? in knocking out tough Mexican Giovanni Caro in the eighth round last Sunday Read Full Story >>> TRIPLE WBO CHAMPIONSHIP IN NAGA, CEBU
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
Fight fans in Naga, Cebu are in for a fistic feast when well-known promoter Sammy Gello-ani stages his ?Saga At The City Of Naga? fight card featuring three WBO championship bouts on Saturday, October 4 at the Naga Sports Complex.
In a battle for the WBO Asia Pacific bantamweight title Ramie L Read Full Story >>> The Country Has Started to Unravel and it?s Only Just Begun The Effects of the Looming Depression on the Sweet Science
By John Chavez, Boxing Confidential, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
It?s funny how quickly and drastically things have changed within the United States over the past several years. The country went from dot-com boom to bust, real estate boom to bust and now? more busts, burning, and blunders as it pertains to the economy in recent times.
The general public that w Read Full Story >>> Chavez can't hide his contempt for De La Hoya
By Norm Frauenheim, CBS SportsLine.com, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
Julio Cesar Chavez came to endorse a Phoenix law firm. He wound up condemning Oscar De La Hoya.
Chavez, his dark eyes flashing contempt like sparks off flint, ripped De La Hoya during a news conference at Central Boxing near downtown Phoenix for his old rival's fight against Manny Pacquiao on De Read Full Story >>> MARCIAL GOES FOR WBO ORIENTAL INTERIM TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
Undefeated Anthony Marcial has stepped up to take the place of injured WBO super bantamweight champion Ciso ?Kid Terrible? Morales in the main event of a fight card titled ?The Heat Is On? at the Talisay Sports Complex in Cebu on Friday, October 3.
The fight card is being staged for the bene Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao tickets priced like gold
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
Believe the hype. Even before tickets for the Dec. 6 bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao were sold to the public last Sept. 24, there were already sellers on the Internet with an asking price of as much as $ 35,000 for a premium ringside seat although the face value of one is a mere $ 1 Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao: A Better Fighter With the Odds Against Him
By Don Leopoldo, Boxing Herald, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
As the most anticipated show on the planet draws closer, a lot of speculations are being thrown around from opposing schools of thought.
Many of the so-called boxing experts call this fight as a freak show, a circus, etc. They say this is nothing but a money-earning venture of the Golden Boy Read Full Story >>> The Great Careers Of Shane Mosley And Oscar De La Hoya
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
Though both men are still fighting and may even add further to their greatness with another truly meaningful win or two, I thought it would be fun to look back at the achievements so far, and the boxing careers so far, of "Sugar" Shane Mosley and "The Golden Boy," Oscar De La Hoya - two rival fighte Read Full Story >>> EL R?FERI JOS? COBI?N, LACAYO DE PACQUIAO; AFECT? AL ?RUSO? CARO Y FAVORECI? A CONCEPCI?N
By David Kaufman, BoxNoticias.com, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
Los mexicanos Giovanni Caro y Arturo Ure?a bailaron con las m?s feas?
El jueves pasado ten?an todo en contra, que el promotor era Manny Pacquiao y que el r?feri mexicano, Jos? Cobi?n, se convirti? en un lacayo del e Read Full Story >>> Selling a suggestion
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
(Conclusion)
SO EXPECT a smattering of boos and jeers when Oscar De La Hoya ascends to the ring on Dec. 6. The public perception, rightly or wrongly?is that he is taking an ?easy? fight for gazillions of dollars.
Years from now when he looks back at his Hall-of-Fame career, Oscar will realiz Read Full Story >>> Dela Hoya to team up well with Beristain
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Tue, 30 Sep 2008
There shouldn?t be any problem with Oscar dela Hoya hooking up with a trainer he?s never worked with before as he moved just 68 days before his ?Dream Match? with Manny Pacquiao.
?I don?t think it makes a difference,? Ronnie Shields, current trainer of lightweight Juan Diaz and who once worked fo Read Full Story >>>
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