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Edwin Valero: "Manny Pacquiao is a Cab Driver"
By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 04 Jan 2007
Shortly after yet another first-round knockout, undefeated WBA super featherweight champion Edwin Valero (21-0, 21KOs) dared Bob Arum of Top Rank to sign a fight between him and Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao.
It only took him 72 seconds to crush Mexican Michael Lozada at the Ariake Coliseum in Tok Read Full Story >>>Will Japan Become the Land of My Rising ‘Son’?
By Doug Fischer, MaxBoxing.com, Thu, 04 Jan 2007
TOKYO, Jan. 3rd – Eleven hours and 45 minutes is a long time for an internet boxing writer to fly for only 72 seconds of ring action.
“My son” Edwin Valero, the WBA 130-pound title holder and undefeated knocko Read Full Story >>> The Cold War Continues
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Thu, 04 Jan 2007
Shows you what I know. In my latest '15 Rounds' column, I doubted that Marco Antonio Barrera would ever face Juan Manuel Marquez.
Well, on Tuesday afternoon, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer would tell Maxboxing, "Barrera Read Full Story >>> A Chat with Shelly Finkel!
By Lisa Scott, FightNews.com, Thu, 04 Jan 2007
On Wednesday, Fightnews contacted famed fight manager, Shelly Finkel to touch base with him on various boxing issues. Among such subjects discussed included the drama surrounding super featherweight dynamo, Manny Pacquiao and the faile Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO CHIDES BARRERA; VALERO WINS; MANSION-SLEEPING KONCZ HEADED TO U.S.
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 04 Jan 2007
WBA Super Featherweight Champion Edwin Valero proved once again that he belongs to the most elite of the game, stopping a couple of hours ago Mexican challenger Michael Lozada in the first round of a scheduled 12-rounder in his first titular defense at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan.
This Read Full Story >>> TigerBoxing's 2006 Boxing Awards
TigerBoxing.com, Thu, 04 Jan 2007
2007 is here and the votes are in from the TigerBoxing staff choosing the very best in boxing for 2006.
And the awards go to…
FIGHTER OF THE YEAR: MANNY PACQUIAO
Pacquiao single-handed Read Full Story >>> Pacman TV commercial shelved
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Thu, 04 Jan 2007
The planned San Miguel Beer TV commercial that would have featured Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao with his American trainer Freddie Roach and Mexican rival Erik Morales is off.
According to a very reliable source, people at San Miguel Corp. were "disappointed" when the plan for the shooting of th Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao set for Macau fight as Barrera opts out
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 04 Jan 2007
OSCAR DE LA Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions yesterday officially shut the door on a megabuck fight pitting Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera after announcing that a March 17 encounter between Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez on March 17 has been finalized.
The decision of Hoya’s Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Macau-bound: Barrera-Marquez face-off sealed
By Dante Navarro, The Philippine Star, Thu, 04 Jan 2007
Golden Boy Promotions on Tuesday finalized the fight between World Boxing Council super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez on March 17 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, thus denying Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao a shot at the world crown.
Saying Pacquiao seemed not Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao wins another award
Boxing icon named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 04 Jan 2007
NOT even the legendary Flash Elorde was able to win it.
The Ring magazine, acknowledged as The Bible of Boxing, has named Manny Pacquiao the 2006 Fighter of the Year, as the hard-hitting lefty became the first Filipino to win the coveted award.
"Although Pacquiao tallied three impressive vi Read Full Story >>> VALERO TKO'S FOE IN FIRST ROUND!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
WBA superfeatherweight champion Edwin Valero proved once again that he belongs to the most elite of the game, stopping yesterday Mexican challenger Michael Lozada in the first round of a scheduled 12-rounder in his first titular defense at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan.
Valero, who is bei Read Full Story >>> Praise for '06, hope for '07
The Times ranks the top boxers
By John C. Cotey, St. Petersburg Times, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
Top 10 pound-for-pound list with our previous rating
1 Manny Pacquiao (5)
Two impressive wins over Erik Morales have the Filipino star looking unbeatable.
2 Winky Wright (1)
Draw versus Jermain Taylor a bad call, but it's in the official books.
3 Floyd Mayweather (2)
He's so good Read Full Story >>> RING OFFICIALLY NAMES PACQUIAO FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
The respected Ring Magazine Editor-in-Chief Nigel Collins says the “Bible” of boxing has officially named Manny Pacquiao the “Fighter of the Year” for 2006, adding to the many accolades received by the Filipino ring idol.
In an email to Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today, Read Full Story >>> SGG Unveils First Card for 2007 in Borbon, Cebu
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
SGG Sports Promotions headed by international promoter, Sammy ?Don King? Gello-ani unveils its first boxing promotion of the year on January 6, 2007 at the Borbon Sports Complex, Borbon, Cebu.
Headlining the card will be Borbon-native Aljun Salogaol in a fistic battle against veteran journeyman, Read Full Story >>> GOLDEN BOY FINALIZES BARRERA-MARQUEZ
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
Golden Boy promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says he is “tired to wait around” and has “finalized today” the fight between WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez which is expected to take place on March 17 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Read Full Story >>> It's Oscar's Choice Now; Roach Not Qualified; Look At Pacman’s Flaws; I Will Sit On Oprah's Couch, Tell All If Lady Pays My Price
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
LAS VEGAS--Urgent memo to Oscar De La Hoya, Richard Schaefer, Golden Boy Building, Los Angeles: Mr. Floyd Joy Mayweather is waiting for your important call. Mr. Floyd Joy Mayweather's boxing calendar is rapi Read Full Story >>> Let's try to make 2007 a knockout
New York Daily News, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
I've never been much on looking back, fondly or with disdain. So I'm not inclined to do a best of 2006 in boxing. I like to look forward. In that spirit here are some of the things that I'd like to see in boxing in 2007. These are in no particular order, and of course this is a fantasy list because Read Full Story >>> Gejon Gets Offer to Vie for IBF Crown!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
Cebuano Eriberto 'Yukka' Gejon has been offered a fight with International Boxing Federation (IBF) minimumweight champion Muhammad Rachman sometime in the first quarter of this year as a mandatory challenger to the Indonesian world champ.
Gejon's manager, however, expressed reservation in pittin Read Full Story >>> TOP JAPANESE PROMOTER HONDA TO GRACE 'WORLD CUP'
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
When the 'World Cup' of boxing takes place on March 4 in Cebu City, expect Asia's most influential and biggest boxing promoter to be at ringside to watch all fistic action in what is groomed to be the biggest boxing spectacle in the history of Philippine boxing.
Japanese promoter Akihiko Honda, Read Full Story >>> Arum: Let MAB Lose To Marquez; It's Up To Pacquiao Now, We'll Name Manny's April Macau Opponent In Few Days
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 03 Jan 2007
I would hardly say that Golden Boy's announcement that Marco Antonio Barrera will defend his WBC title against Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas on St. Patrick's Day ruined Bob Arum's first day back in his Read Full Story >>>
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