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Top Rank inks Donaire!
FightNews.com, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
Hall of Fame Top Rank promoter Bob Arum announced today the signing of flyweight world champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire in Las Vegas. Donaire, the reigning IBF and IBO titleholder, won the belt with a spe Read Full Story >>>WILL THE FREIGHT TRAIN KNOWN AS PACQUIAO KEEP ROLLING OR WILL THE LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION GET ROCKED AGAIN?
By Tom Dickey, braggingrightscorner.com, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
This Saturday night Manny Pacquiao will be making his first splash into the lightweight division. In a career which started back in the Bantamweight division, the fighter known as Pacman will try to take the WBC lightweight title from champion David Diaz.
Pacquaio has fought his last several fig Read Full Story >>> ROACH: "PACQUIAO WILL EAT DIAZ'S LUNCH AND HAVE BILLY FOR DINNER!"
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
LAS VEGAS, NEV. -- If World-Famous Freddie Roach has his way, there will be a fourth man in the ring Saturday night when his star pupil, WBC super featherweight champion MANNY PACQUIAO, challenges WBC lightweight titleist David Diaz. A ma?tre d'!!!
"I have Manny ready to go," said Roach. "Manny's Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao seeks to keep win streak alive in battle of southpaws
Agence France Press, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
LAS VEGAS (AFP) ? Filipino champion Manny Pacquiao, who has won his last seven consecutive fights, faces World Boxing Council lightweight title holder David Diaz Saturday at the Mandalay Bay hotel.
An icon in the Philippines, Pacquiao (46-3-2, 25 KOs) enters his fight against Diaz trying to compl Read Full Story >>> LIFTING UP THE VEIL ON THE PACQUIAO - DIAZ MATCH UP...
By Ricky Ray Taylor, braggingrightscorner.com, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
Look up the word FALLACY in the dictionary and you'll get "a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc." Perhaps the updated version should take it a step further and place this Saturdays PACQUIAO/DIAZ match-up as a footnote!
Truth said, I've been hard pressed to jump on the Pacquaio Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao: Let?s see who?s better
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
LAS VEGAS?For Manny Pacquiao, it?s Drive for Five.
Though Pacquiao is officially listed as a three-time world champion gunning for his fourth, the Filipino ring icon already considers himself a four-time world titlist.
That is if you include the unofficial People?s Champion tag bestowed on him Read Full Story >>> Diaz wants title fight with Pacquiao to be a "war"
By Kieran Mulvaney, Reuters, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Holder David Diaz wants Saturday's World Boxing Council lightweight title fight against super featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao to be a "war."
"I want it to be a great fight," Diaz told reporters at the Mandalay Bay Resort venue. "I want it to be a war.
"I want it to Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao fight a dream come true for Diaz
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
The U.S. Olympic boxing team won only one gold medal in 1996. That belonged to David Reid, who would go on to win a junior middleweight world title. But the squad also produced other top pro Read Full Story >>> Roach Confident of a Pacquiao Victory
By Igor Frank, 411mania.com, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
Now that all the promotional tours are completed and all the press conferences are over and both combatants are in Las Vegas patiently waiting for their upcoming bout called:
"Lethal Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao looks to keep on making history
Bad Left Hook, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
It's really a pretty familiar storyline by now, isn't it?
In this corner, the underdog. WBC lightweight titlist David Diaz is a +350 bet on Saturday night, a fighter that has only recently started garnering any attention. For a guy who teamed with Floyd Mayweather, Jr., and Antonio Tarver in the Read Full Story >>> Manny warned not to be lulled by odds
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
With the Las Vegas betting line showing Manny Pacquiao a heavy favorite over David Diaz, IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. yesterday advised the Filipino icon to ignore the odds, which could create a false sense of security.
Filipino fans began arriving from Manila a few days ago and are Read Full Story >>> Diaz traveled tough road back to ring
By Robert Morales, Press Telegram, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
When people want to know the name of Manny Pacquiao's opponent on Saturday and they are told, "David Diaz," they usually say, "Who?"
Diaz is a 32-year-old southpaw who will put his lightweight world title on the line against Pacquiao at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Diaz also is the man who quit Read Full Story >>> Crack at history fires up Pacquiao
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao said Wednesday he will keep on punching until David Diaz goes down and out as Freddie Roach had predicted the other day.
?I will do everything I can,? said Pacquiao before he left the Events Center where the final press conference for Saturday?s WBC lightweight title sh Read Full Story >>> The longing in Diaz?s heart
By Ed Picson, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
David Diaz has his work cut out for him. He realizes even though he is the champion going into the fight Sunday, he is the underdog and Manny Pacquiao, his opponent, is the star of the show.
That is, unless he steals the Pacman?s thunder when the bell rings.
For any which way you look at it Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao says: 'I want to make history'
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Regardless of what happens Saturday night, Manny Pacquiao?s place in the annals of ring history is secured.
But despite the many accolades he has received the past ten years, Pacquiao remains driven to succeed.
And this weekend?s clash with dangerous David Diaz of the US is not a Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Diaz Las Vegas Week Blog
By Mario Ortega, Jr., 15rounds.com, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
This Saturday, June 28th, at the Mandalay Bay Resort Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Manny Pacquiao attempts to wrest the WBC Lightweight title from underdog champion David Diaz. The Vegas fight weekend will be kicked off tonight at the Orleans Hotel & Casino, as Anthony Peterson takes on Fernando Trej Read Full Story >>> David Diaz: 'If I Were Manny Pacquiao, I Would Be Concerned'
By Michael David Smith, AOL Sports, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
Chicagoan David Diaz will be a huge underdog when he steps into the ring with the Philippines' Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night, but he's talking like a guy who exudes confidence.
Speaking at a press event yesterday where the reporters were much more interested in talking to Pacquiao, Diaz said t Read Full Story >>> DAVID DIAZ: "THIS FIGHT IS DEDICATED TO MEXICO"
By Sean Malone, FightHype.com, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
As you listen to David Diaz speak, it's incredibly hard not to silently root for him to emerge victorious on Saturday night when he takes on the unenviable task of defending his WBC lightweight title against the whirling dervish Read Full Story >>> Manny's quest for greatness
By Charles Raymond A. Maxey, Sun.Star Davao, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
ALMOST five years ago, little-known Manny Pacquiao moved up in weight to fight Mexican great Marco Antonio Barrera in a featherweight showdown he wasn't expected to win.
Written off by many, including the so-called boxing experts, Pacquiao climbed the ring in faraway San Antonio, Texas a heavy u Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao must bring A-game
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 27 Jun 2008
LAS VEGAS ? From what David Diaz said during a free-wheeling discussion with the press on Wednesday afternoon (Thursday morning in Manila), Manny Pacquiao need not only get into the ring armed to the teeth but should come up with a performance never before seen from him.
Diaz puts his World Box Read Full Story >>>
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