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Five Very Exciting Fighters Right Now
By Ted Sares, EastSideBoxing.com, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
There are many out there who bring electricity into the ring, but if forced to select five, here they are in no particular order. And keep in mind the emphasis here is on excitement and not necessarily skill. Kelly Pavlik is skilled and destructive, but in a perverse way may not be as exciting as Ed Read Full Story >>>De La Hoya should make short work of Pacquiao
By Jerry Magee, SignOnSanDiego.com, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
Puzzling, I would say. Oscar De La Hoya, wanting a signal triumph as a final footnote to his distinguished career, chooses to engage a guy nowhere near his size.
De La Hoya's opponent on Dec. 6 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas: Manny Pacquiao. A champion in five weight classifications, Read Full Story >>> Senators tell Pacquiao to stay away from politics
GMA News Online, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
MANILA, Philippines - Two senators on Tuesday expressed strong disapproval over boxing champion Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao?s decision to officially join President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's Kabalikat ng Mamamayang Pilipino (Kampi) party.
In a radio report, Senators Panfilo Lacson and Juan Miguel Zu Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO WATCH: Go back to your roots Manny
By Edwin G. Espejo, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
AGAINST an ageing but still dangerous Oscar dela Hoya, Filipino pitbull fighter Manny Pacquaio should take a page from his being a Mindanaoan.
Crazy? No, just being an armchair boxing analyst.
You see, Oscar dela Ho Read Full Story >>> SASAKUL SAYS PACQUIAO IS FEARLESS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
Former World Boxing Council flyweight champion Chatchai Sasakul who lost his title to Filipino ring idol and national treasure Manny Pacquiao in December 1998 by an eighth round knockout has praised Pacquiao as ?fearless, kind he Read Full Story >>> MANNY AND OSCAR: IT?S JUST BUSINESS
By Michael Swann, 15rounds.com, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
As a purist, I was never previously in favor of a Manny Pacquiao-Oscar De La Hoya fight, now scheduled officially for September 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. My reasons are quite simple?just take a look at the Tale of the Tape.
Oscar, 39-5 (30), is 5?10?? with a 73? reach. He turns 36 next Feb Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao eyes three more fights before retirement: reports
By Agence France Press, Google News, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
MANILA (AFP) ? World lightweight champ Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao of the Philippines is to hang up his gloves after three more fights and make another bid for political office, reports said Tuesday.
Pacquiao, considered one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world at any weight, has a mega- Read Full Story >>> 'AHAS' NIETES' NEXT FIGHT WILL BE IN THE U.S.
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
Cebu City -- WBO minimumweight champion Donnie 'Ahas' Nietes who successfully defended his title last Saturday night at the Waterfront Hotel & Casino here against Eddy Castro of Nicaragua via 2nd round knockout, is poised to camp Read Full Story >>> ALA NOT INTERESTED IN PURSE BID FOR GORRES-POSUWAN ELIMINATOR
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
The respected ALA Gym handlers of IBF No. 3 super flyweight
Z ?The Dream? Gorres are ?not interested? in entering a purse bid for another title eliminator for Gorres, this time against Thailand?s No. 6 ranked Pramunsak ?Machine Gun? Posuwan.
The IBF informed Golden Boy Promotions which promotes Read Full Story >>> Juan Manuel Marquez: "I Already Beat Pacquiao Twice"
By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
Juan Manuel Marquez is in the middle of his final preparations for his lightweight debut against Joel Casamayor on September 13 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Marquez took such a tough fight for his first fight at 135-pounds to set up a third meeting with Filipino rival Manny Pacquiao in 2009. Marqu Read Full Story >>> A CLASS ACT DOWN SOUTH
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
We have always enjoyed going around the Visayas and Mindanao covering the fights of promising youngsters all of whom are striving to emulate the incredible achievements of national treasure Manny Pacquiao for Viva Sp Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao: Beware of the intangibles
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
MANILA, Philippines?Freddie Roach punched hard and scored when he swore that Manny Pacquiao, though smaller, will be stronger and faster than the taller Oscar De La Hoya.
There?s no reason to doubt Mr. Roach.
He?s a truly tested trainer, maybe the best the beak-busting sport has in its excited Read Full Story >>> Rafael "El Torito" Concepcion is confident ahead of his biggest challenge
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
With just 2 weeks to go, Panamanian Rafael Concepcion is full of confidence for his first title defence against Jorge Arce in Mexico City on the 15th September.
The interim WBA super Flyweight title fight Read Full Story >>> DL Hoya not likely to halt Pacquiao early
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
MANILA, Philippines?Oscar De La Hoya may be taller, longer and bigger than Manny Pacquiao but, based on his ring record, he is unlikely to bring down the Filipino icon in the early rounds.
De La Hoya, the 10-time American world champion with Mexican roots, has only a 13-percent chance of finishin Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-De La Hoya could put boxing on the map again; De La Hoya criticism unwarranted
By Dan Horgan, Boxing Herald, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
On Thursday, it was announced that superstars Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao will square off in a welterweight bout on December 6 in Las Vegas. Hullabaloo from the boxing world ensued immediately following the announcement.
De La Hoya, who has announced that the December 6 bout will be hi Read Full Story >>> Top Pacquiao-Hoya ticket costs P65,000
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
Top Rank chairman Bob Arum disclosed over the weekend that top ringside seats will be priced at $ 1,500 (about P65,000). It?s $ 500 less than the $ 2,000 charged to patrons who got the best seats when De La Hoya fought Floyd Mayweather last year.
"I will tell them not to sell it at $ 2,000 becaus Read Full Story >>> Ticket Prices Soar In Anticipation of Manny Pacquiao / Oscar De La Hoya Match
Event Ticket Report, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
Last Thursday Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya announced that they both agreed to participate in a match on December 6th in Las Vegas and since then, ticket prices have been soaring.
The match is expected to attract the attention of fans worldwide, as both Pacquiao and De La Hoya are two of bo Read Full Story >>> REPORT: MIJARES TO FACE DARCHINYAN IN NOVEMBER
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
 
WBC/WBA superfly super champion Cristian Mijares of Mexico will face IBF superfly champ Vic Darchinyan of Australia for a unification bout in November, according Read Full Story >>> GORRES-POSUWAN ELIMINATOR TO PURSE BID
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
The IBF super flyweight title eliminator between No. 3 ranked Z ?The Dream? Gorres and Thailand?s No. 6 ranked Pramunsak ?Machine Gun? Posuwan will go to a purse bid.
That?s the word from the IBF which effectively Read Full Story >>> Boom-Boom lowers the boom
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 02 Sep 2008
LAST Saturday night, Panamanian businessman and boxing connoisseur Carlos Costa who was seated to my right, offered one observation that proved to be very insightful: ?If the ALA boxers lose tonight, nobody will be afraid of them anymore.?
Carlos explained that the mystique surrounding ALA Gym f Read Full Story >>>
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