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Humberto Soto Tackles Questions From Boxing Confidential’s Readers Boxing Confidential, Fri, 08 Jun 2007 On Saturday night on the under card of Miguel Cotto-Zab Judah, Mexico’s Humberto Soto battles Filipino Bobby Pacquiao in a super featherweight showdown. The action will be carried on HBO Pay Per View and promoted by Top Rank.
Days away from his fight, which could potentially catapult Soto t Read Full Story >>>ARUM SAYS MANNY PACQUIAO-SOTO FIGHT A POSSIBILITY By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 07 Jun 2007
In what appears to be a changing situation from day to day Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says “it’s a pretty good possibility” that Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao will fight WBC No. 2 super feather Read Full Story >>> 10M dollar for Barrera fight By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 07 Jun 2007 MANNY Pacquiao has arrived in New York and while he will be busy shaking hands and hobnobbing with his fans and other boxing luminaries, his mind will have to process endless possibilities in the next few days.
Sun.Star Cebu learned form a source that aside from Golden Boy Promotion’s prom Read Full Story >>> Humberto Soto Answering Reader Questions! By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 07 Jun 2007 Super featherweight contender Humberto Soto finds himself in New York awaiting his Saturday night battle with Bobby Pacquiao. The action takes place at Madison Square Garden with all the festivities being aired on HBO pay per view.
Mr. Soto has agreed to answer questions from Boxing Confidential Read Full Story >>> Jaca to Defend Title in Russia By Salven L. Lagumbay, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 07 Jun 2007 World Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia Pacific super-featherweight champion Jimrex Jaca will defend his title against undefeated Alisher Rahimov on June 30 at the Olympisky Sport Hall in Moscow, Russia. The bout will be Jaca's first appearance since winning the title on a seventh-round knockout over Read Full Story >>> Waiting in line By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Thu, 07 Jun 2007 A new name has surfaced in the Manny Pacquiao sweepstakes. The latest to join the derby is European superfeatherweight champion Alex Arthur who was mentioned the other day as a candidate in the search for Pacquiao’s next opponent.
Michael Koncz, one of Pacquiao’s boxing advisers, said Read Full Story >>> AN INTERVIEW WITH LEON PANONCILLO, THE MAN BEHIND WBO ASIA PACIFIC SUCCESS By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 06 Jun 2007
Panoncillo (C) poses with AJ (L) and Rey in Las Vegas.
We all know that Fil/Am Hawaiian based WBO Asia Pacific chairman Leon Panoncillo has done a lot for Philippine boxing, but how far has he gone so far? In a e Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO CAN'T AVOID GIVING DEPOSITION By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 06 Jun 2007
Arum (L) and Pacquiao in a Manila presscon.
Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao cannot avoid giving his deposition in connection with the case filed by Golden Boy Promotions against Top Rank promoter Bob A Read Full Story >>> ROACH SAYS BOBBY WILL GO FOR A KNOCKOUT By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 06 Jun 2007
Bobby Pacquiao.
Celebrated trainer Freddie Roach says Bobby Pacquiao has the power to knock out Humberto Soto and they were “definitely going for it” when the younger brother of Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao t Read Full Story >>> FILIPINO BOXER KO’D IN JAPAN MISMATCH By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 06 Jun 2007 In a story headlined “Another Mismatch Looms in Japan” last May 22, Manila Standard Today warned that Filipino flyweight Gilbert De La Torre who was scheduled to fight undefeated Japanese Shigetaka Ikehara in an eight round bout at the famous Korakuen Hall was involved in a mismatch.
Read Full Story >>> Greatest Filipino Boxers of All-Time By John Gregg, BoxingTimes.com, Wed, 06 Jun 2007
San Francisco, California-- There is a long history of outstanding Filipino boxers dating back almost ninety years to when Francisco Guilledo better known as Pancho Villa, first captured the world's fly Read Full Story >>> 4 Pinoy champs in 2007? By Dennis Principe, Business Mirror, Wed, 06 Jun 2007 IF everything goes on as planned, the Philippines will have four boxing world champions before the end of the year.
Topping the list is Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista, the mandatory challenger of World Boxing Organization (WBO) super-bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon of Mexico.
Read Full Story >>> Red carpet set for Pacman’s US visit By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 06 Jun 2007 TOP RANK is rolling the red carpet in New York for Manny Pacquiao, who arrives in the Big Apple on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) to begin exploratory talks with Bob Arum in relation with plans for his October 6 fight.
Top Rank publicist Lee Samuels said Arum has booked the Filipino at the ove Read Full Story >>> ONE ON ONE WITH FREDDIE ROACH By Brad Cooney, BoxingTalk.com, Wed, 06 Jun 2007
Freddie Roach sat down with Boxingtalk this afternoon and gave us a good update on his lengthy stable.? Roach talks about what Bobby Pacquiao must do in order to get by a very difficult fighter in Humberto Soto.? Roach also tou Read Full Story >>> Suico to defend title in Cebu By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 06 Jun 2007 RANDY “Kumo’ng Bato” Suico will have his hands full when he defend his Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) lightweight belt against No.2 Japanese challenger Koji Samejima here in Cebu on July 21.
Promoter Rex “Wakee” Salud is yet to announce the venue.
Read Full Story >>> Soto prepares for lefty Pacquiao By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 06 Jun 2007 HUMBERTO SOTO doesn’t hide the fact that he is not at ease fighting southpaws.
So in preparation for Filipino Bobby Pacquiao this Saturday in New York, the Mexican hotshot has spent most of his time training in Tijuana sparring with left-handers as his chief trainer Pancho Valenzuela, in Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO’S DEPOSITION TAKEN NEXT WEEK By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 05 Jun 2007 Manny Pacquiao is expected to face a crack legal team of Golden Boy Promotions when his deposition is taken next week in Los Angeles.
Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer informed Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today that Pacquiao’s deposition is in connection with the case filed by Golden Boy aga Read Full Story >>> MANNY PACQUIAO BRINGS PRIDE TO BOXING ... By Danny Leigh, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 05 Jun 2007 Do promoters really give boxing fans what they want to see?
The truth is hard to find in boxing, but the internet makes it pretty hard to hide as well.
No is unfortunately the answer. Marquez vs Pacquiao II isn't even on the drawing board. Fans aren't even likely to get the consolation prize of Read Full Story >>> The Cuban Secret Uncovered (Or Why Philippine Sports Sucks) By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 05 Jun 2007 It was the week of Easter in 2005 when I and my bosom friend, Recah Trinidad of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, took a long trip from Los Angeles, California to Havana, Cuba passing through Mexico City.
It was a trip that I had long wanted to make in my desire to discover what makes this small an Read Full Story >>> EAGLE KEEPS WBC 105LB BELT By Joe Koizumi, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 05 Jun 2007 YOKOHAMA, JAPAN -- WBC 105-pound champ Eagle Kyowa (18-1, 6 KOs), 105, kept his belt as he swept almost all rounds, dropped Japanese challenger Akira Yaegashi (6-1, 5 KOs), 104.5, with a countering right in the tenth and pounded out a lopsided decision over twelve rounds on Monday in Yokohama, Japan Read Full Story >>>
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