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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 >>> CASAMAYOR-MARQUEZ FINAL PRESSER!
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
Las Vegas -- The final presser for this Saturday's (Sunday morning in Manila) main event between Ring Magazine lightweight champion Joel Casamayor of Cuba and Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico has been completed this afternoon at Read Full Story >>> MALAPIT NANG MAG-UMPISA
By Manny Pacquiao, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
 
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? Kumusta po ulit, mga ginigiliw kong kababayan at ang mga tagasubaybay ng kolum na ito. Sana ay nasa maganda kayong kalagayan saan man kayo naroroo Read Full Story >>> ?Dream Match? all signed and sealed
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
After going through every detail, Manny Pacquiao has finally inked the multimillion-dollar contract to his Dec. 6 ?Dream Match? with Oscar dela Hoya at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao?s lawyer, Franklin Gacal, said the 29-year-old superstar from Gen. Santos City needed a few days to dissect Read Full Story >>> ARUM SAYS DE LA HOYA WILL MAKE THE WEIGHT EASILY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
Even before the official promotional tour launching the ?Dream Match? between Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao and ?The Golden Boy? Oscar De La Hoya gets underway there are several twists and turns in the storylines.
Initial Read Full Story >>> Marquez finds his match, and his name isn't Pacquiao
By Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
If Manny Pacquiao had a fan club, Juan Manuel M?rquez would probably be its president -- as long as Pacquiao promised to show up for the club's meetings. With his trainer. And an official from Read Full Story >>> LETTER TO THE EDITOR: FULFILLING A DESTINY- A REBUTTAL
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
From: Azzteka1, Latino Boxing Fan
As a die hard fan i take pleasure in reading a nice "patriotic" article by Dan Neri Lim, the mayor of Tagbilaran. Bohol in the Philippines. truly, it is the embodiment of what Filipinos think of Pacquiao and how they adore him.
Nothing wrong with that for Pac Read Full Story >>> BRANCO BLOWS HIS TOP
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2008
WBC ?International Promoter of the Year? Branco Milenkovic has blown his top over the failure of lightweight mandatory challenger Ali Funeka?s handlers to send him to watch the WBA/IBF/WBO unification title fight between Nate Campbell and Joan Guzman in Biloxi, Mississippi on Saturday.
The we Read Full Story >>>
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