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Pacquiao fans find Soto an unworthy opponent
By Dennis Principe, Business Mirror, Tue, 12 Jun 2007
Promoter Bob Arum may have been successful in goading Manny Pacquiao to face Mexican Humberto Soto next. But for thousands of Pacquiao fans, a bout with Soto is still one of the least fights they want to see once their boxing idol steps into the ring sometime soon.
In an ongoing poll conducted by Read Full Story >>>IBF REQUESTED TO ALLOW CONDES TITLE FIGHT IN MANILA
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 12 Jun 2007
Obviously disgusted over the delaying tactics and the confusion over the IBF minimum weight title fight between the Philippines Florante Condes and Indonesian champion Muhammad Rachman which the Indonesians want to postpone once again, Condes’ co-manager Aljoe Jaro and associates are asking th Read Full Story >>> GANOY LOOKING FOR A BIG FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 12 Jun 2007
IBF Pan Pacific lightweight champion Ranee “KO Kid” Ganoy says he is looking for a big fight and would love to demonstrate his explosive punching power before hometown fight fans in the Philippines.
Ganoy arrived Read Full Story >>> PACMAN IN AMERICA -- PART TWO
How Pacquiao Has Changed the Lives of Filipinos in America
By Bob Chan, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 12 Jun 2007
For my wife Kathy, my partner in crime, who does not know thing-one about boxing but never fails to come with me to Vegas to watch Pacquiao fights. A big THANK YOU.
It started as an ordinary day in 1998, I a Read Full Story >>> Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao coming to Vancouver?
canada.com, Tue, 12 Jun 2007
Filipino boxing great Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao's next fight may be in Vancouver.
PhilBoxing.com is reporting that Vancouver businessman Geoffrey Hughes is behind efforts to stage the fight in Vancouver against either Mexican Humberto Soto or WBO champion Joan Guzman of the Dominican Republic.
Read Full Story >>> Pacman aching to avenge brother’s defeat
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, The Freeman, Tue, 12 Jun 2007
Filipino ring superstar Manny Pacquiao expressed his desire to fight next WBC No.3 super featherweight contender Humberto Soto with hopes of avenging the brutal defeat suffered by his younger brother Bobby at the hands of the Mexican power puncher.
Pacman was at the ringside when Soto punished Bo Read Full Story >>> Arum keeps mum on Pacman’s next foe
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Tue, 12 Jun 2007
Is there something going on that Bob Arum defers naming Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent?
After Pacquiao said last Saturday in New York that he’s ready to rumble with Mexico’s Humberto Soto, the legendary promoter from Top Rank pulled the reins on the Filipino superstar.
“ Read Full Story >>> World Cup team to Sacramento
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 12 Jun 2007
HE SEEMED quite excited for the press conference to start and when it did, he wasted no time informing those assembled at the Sugbahan Restaurant that the planned World Cup of boxing will be held not here in our shores, but at Sacramento California, USA on Aug. 11.
This writer had raised a call Read Full Story >>> Manny eager to test brother’s tormentor
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 12 Jun 2007
PROBABLY angered by the loss of his younger brother Bobby to Humberto Soto and pestered by the victor’s challenge, Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao has accepted the call of Mexican right after the conclusion of the card at the Madison Square Garden last Sunday in New York.
ABS-CBN’s Read Full Story >>> Saturday Night, Boxing Flexed Some Muscle
By Mike Lynch, The Sweet Science, Tue, 12 Jun 2007
This Saturday night boxing flexed some legit muscle. And with any luck, the best is yet to come.
At a teeming Madison Square Garden on Saturday night boxing was more than alive and well. It was important. It was an athletic spectacle. It was a proud display of why there is still no sporting exper Read Full Story >>> Pacman the main man
SuperBoxing, Tue, 12 Jun 2007
Junior lightweight star Manny Pacquiao has received the Edward J Neil Fighter of the Year award for 2006. His trainer, Freddie Roach, has also been honoured.
The Filipino fighter won the main award at the 82nd annual Boxing Writers Association of America’s dinner at the Copacabana, New York Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Vs. Soto - Will Manny Fall To Humberto Too?
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Tue, 12 Jun 2007
We all saw what the excellent Humberto "La Zorrita" Soto did to Manny Pacquiao's brother, Bobby, at the weekend. The question is, will the Mexican tough guy be able to do the same thing to the pound-4-pound great? In fact, Read Full Story >>> Sultan Flies to France on Monday!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 11 Jun 2007
World Boxing Foundation welterweight champion Dondon 'Supremo' Sultan will leave for France on Monday, ready and in prime shape to defend his title against Hamza Issa in Calais, France on June 23.
Sultan will be accompanied in his France sojourn by top Filipino promoter Sammy Gello-ani.
Renown Read Full Story >>> JACA-RAHIMOV SHOWDOWN SET IN MOSCOW
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 11 Jun 2007
Filipino Jimrex 'The Executioner' Jaca will defend his WBO Asia Pacific superfeatherweight on June 30 against unbeaten Russian Alisher Rahimov at the Olympisky Sport Hall in Moscow, Russia.
The 12-round fight will also stake the vacant IBF Intercontinental superfeatherweight crown.
The bout Read Full Story >>> PACMAN IN AMERICA -- PART ONE
How Pacquiao Has Changed the North American Boxing Landscape
By Pete Escobar, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 11 Jun 2007
This is the first in a six part collection of regional anecdotes on how Manny Pacquiao has affected the North American boxing landscape and the Filipinos living in America. I have asked fellow Paclanders pound4pound1 of Sou Read Full Story >>> "From Pillar to Post" - Zab Could've Quit, But He Didn't
By Ryan Songalia, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 11 Jun 2007
Sometimes you don't know what you have until you lose it.
That's exactly what must've been going through Zab Judah's head as he sat in the corner after the ninth round of what may be the last significant bout of his pro ca Read Full Story >>> A Star is Born: Miguel Cotto emphatically KO’s Zab Judah and Becomes a Star
By David Gottlieb, RingsideReport.com, Mon, 11 Jun 2007
WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto, 30-0, 25 KO’s, catapulted himself into boxing stardom last night, with an exhilarating eleventh round technical knockout over the dangerous Zab Judah, 34-5, 25 KO’s, at Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight was close early, with both boxers Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Stars At BWAA Awards Dinner
SecondsOut.com, Mon, 11 Jun 2007
Super featherweight sensation, Manny Pacquiao, was the toast of the 82nd Annual Boxing Writers Association of America’s Awards Dinner, held at the Copacabana in New York City.
The Pilipino star, also known as “Pac Man,” received the Edward J. Neil Fighter of the Year honor for Read Full Story >>> SOTO PRAISES BOBBY PACQUIAO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 11 Jun 2007
Humberto Soto who took one step closer to a possible showdown with “Fighter of the Year” Manny Pacquiao by scoring a seventh round knockout over younger brother Bobby Pacquiao paid tribute to his opponent after the Read Full Story >>> Soto’s KO win completes the Arum script
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 11 Jun 2007
MANILA, Philippines -- Manny Pacquiao’s scheduled conquest of New York City failed to fully materialize after younger brother Bobby was knocked out Sunday at the historic Madison Square Garden.
It would have been a perfect feast for the visiting Filipino boxing hero had Bobby, say, survived Read Full Story >>>
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