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Sportinglife.com (UK), Sun, 03 Aug 2008
Talks will take place on Wednesday in a bid to seal a deal for a huge December 6 showdown between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao.
If Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Top Rank's Bob Arum can reach an agreement, then the sport's biggest attraction will end his career by getting i Read Full Story >>>Hoya-Pacquiao tiff on drawing board
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sun, 03 Aug 2008
Oscar De La Hoya has given his right-hand man the full authority to do everything possible to sign up Manny Pacquiao for his farewell fight on Dec. 6.
"A fight with Oscar can happen," Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) Chief Executive Officer Richard Schaefer told Dan Rafael of ESPN.com. "Oscar gave Read Full Story >>> Roach's disrespect fuels De La Hoya
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 03 Aug 2008
AFTER being criticized by renowned boxing trainer Freddie Roach, the legendary six-division world champion ?Golden Boy? Oscar De La Hoya is fueled to fight current World Boxing Council lightweight titleholder Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao because he wants to prove that he still have what it takes.
?Os Read Full Story >>> Oscar should be fighting Margarito, not Manny
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 03 Aug 2008
MARAGARITOVILLE is a gruesome place where even demons fear to tread. To get there, you hit Haymaker Highway and then turn right on Pain Boulevard. Make that a hard right.
But I wouldn?t if I were you.
Its tough alleys and dark corners are littered with haunting tales of fighters who made the Read Full Story >>> Roach comments enrage Dela Hoya
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sun, 03 Aug 2008
It seems Freddie Roach has gotten into the nerves of Oscar dela Hoya that boxing?s Golden Boy wants no one else but Manny Pacquiao for his farewell fight in December.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaeffer told ESPN.com that Dela Hoya didn?t like the comments made by Roach that the sport?s b Read Full Story >>> Back-to-back failures
By Mike T. Limpag, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 03 Aug 2008
IT wasn?t only AJ ?The Bazooka? Banal who fell short of his target last week, but the whole Team Philippines in the World Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation.
Hours before the Banal suffered an embarrassing 10th-round KO in front of a jam-packed crowd at the Cebu Coliseum, Team Philippines also had to Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO CAMP PRESENTS COUNTER-PROPOSAL
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 02 Aug 2008
The camp of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao has presented a counter-proposal to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum for transmittal to Golden Boy Promotions regarding a much-talked-about fight against Oscar De La Hoya on December 6.
Pacquiao?s business manager Eric Pineda who returned to Los Angeles Read Full Story >>> BOOM-BOOM: A WARRIOR REBORN
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 02 Aug 2008
Broken bones when healed are much, much stronger. The same is true with defeat?in life as well as in boxing. After his first-round defeat in the hands of World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de L Read Full Story >>> 3 Top NorthCot Boxers Meet Thai Fighters
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 02 Aug 2008
Kidapawan City, North Cotabato - Three outstanding young boxers from North Cotabato will see action Aug. 9 against foreign opponents in the picturesque town of Magpet at the foot of the majestic Mt. Apo.
Bantamweight Glenn Porras fights Thailand's Jockeylec Sit-soie in a 10-round main event of th Read Full Story >>> BOBPAC VS THAI TODAY IN CEBU
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 02 Aug 2008
CEBU CITY--Bobby "The Sniper" Pacquiao will attempt to win the prestigious WBO Asia Pacific lightweight title when he takes on Thailand's Decho Bankluaygym in the main event of tonight's "Road to Redemption" card at the Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya-Pacquiao talks to intensify next week
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sat, 02 Aug 2008
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Top Rank's Bob Arum will meet in Los Angeles on Wednesday to try to hammer out an agreement for Oscar De La Hoya to meet pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas.
"I am going to meet with him and if we can work out a deal that is Read Full Story >>> Oscar de la Hoya Enshrined in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 02 Aug 2008
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. ? Boxing legend Oscar de la Hoya has been named a member of the 2008 United States Olympic Hall of Fame, joining an accomplished class of athletes from both the winter and summer Olympic Games. The 2008 Ha Read Full Story >>> Donaire to stake crown in Macau
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 02 Aug 2008
IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. said yesterday he is booked to stake his crown against mandatory South African challenger Moruti (Babyface) Mthalane at the Venetian Hotel in Macau on Oct. 11 and will train two months at the Aldeguer gym in Cebu to prepare for the fight.
Although Donaire Read Full Story >>> CONCEPCION MAY FIGHT RUIZ IN REMATCH
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 02 Aug 2008
North American Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion Bernabe Concepcion may fight Juan Ruiz in a rematch in Macau which Top Rank promoter Bob Arum plans to stage at the Venetian on October 6.
In an overseas telepho Read Full Story >>> Kirilov Must Be Better
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 02 Aug 2008
Trainer Freddie Roach doesn't just think that IBF super flyweight champion Dimitri Kirilov will be a far superior fighter than the one that struggled to retain his title this past February in New York (where he was held to a majorit Read Full Story >>> ?I can beat De La Hoya?
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 02 Aug 2008
FILIPINO ring idol Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao believes that he has an excellent chance in defeating the legendary ?Golden Boy? Oscar De La Hoya even if the odds are stacked against him.
Pacquiao is smaller, shorter and has a huge disadvantage in reach but he has put a lot of thought into it and fee Read Full Story >>> Margarito's next opponent won't be Williams
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 01 Aug 2008
In the wake of Antonio Margarito knocking out Miguel Cotto last week in a fabulous fight, attention has quickly turned to the next fight for the "Tijuana Tornado."
Who will Margarito face next when he returns Nov. 1, the date Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is focused on for his next bout, one he dre Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO'S MOM TO HER SON: DON'T BET YOUR LIFE FOR MONEY
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 01 Aug 2008
Dionisia Pacquiao.
Cebu City -- Manny Pacquiao's mother, Dionisia, strongly objects to her son fighting against Oscar de la Hoya saying that the Golden Boy is too big for him and advises her son to "not bet his Read Full Story >>> PANCHO VILLA?S 117TH BIRTHDAY AUGUST 1
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 01 Aug 2008
LOS ANGELES, California ? The first Asian world boxing champion, Francisco "Pancho Villa" Guilledo, was born 117 years ago (August 1, 1901) in Ilog, Kabankalan, Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
Villa was world flyweight ch Read Full Story >>> Excuses, excuses -- is De La Hoya ducking Margarito?
By Robert Morales, CBS SportsLine.com, Fri, 01 Aug 2008
It was July 21 at the Montebello Police Athletic League gym, located just blocks from the city limits of East Los Angeles, where Oscar De La Hoya grew up. It was five days before Antonio Margarito would beat Miguel Cotto to a pulp on the way to an 11th-round technical knockout and another welterweig Read Full Story >>>
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