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LISTEN TO BAUTISTA ENTRANCE MUSIC!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 06 May 2007
A few hours from now, undefeated Filipino Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista will go up against unbeaten Argentinian Sergio Manuel Medina.
To be part of the excitement, listen to Bautista's entrance music by clicking on the link on the upper right hand portion of Philboxing.com.
Read Full Story >>>HOPKINS, WRIGHT COMING TO FIGHT!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 06 May 2007
LAS VEGAS--Undisputed light-heavyweight king Bernard 'The Executioner' Hopkins and the legendary Winky Wright took part in today's press conference for their July 21 'Coming to Fight' pay-per-view card at the Mandalay Bay.
Th Read Full Story >>> Beyond the Philippines: How Manny Pacquiao Has Won Over the World
By George Diaz Smith, RingsideReport.com, Sun, 06 May 2007
Sometimes being gutsy, with an extreme amount of skill that exceeds the realms of a speeding comet, can baffle the most astute boxing viewer from absorbing the bigger picture. Certainly it isn?t what defies in a self-absorbing notion that may come to you about lefties being drowned at birth, or even Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya At Ease Before Mayweather Clash
By Kieran Mulvaney, TigerBoxing.com, Sun, 06 May 2007
Oscar De La Hoya has a reputation, not exactly undeserved, of being a little too rehearsed.
Frequently approachable, and almost always ready to flash his golden smile, he nonetheless too often gives the impression of giving the answers he thinks he should be giving, or that he feels are in best Read Full Story >>> 'THE WORLD AWAITS' LOADS UP ON STARS
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 May 2007
LAS VEGAS--Puerto Rican salsa singer and actor Marc Anthony will be at ringside for today's Oscar De La Hoya versus Floyd Mayweather Jr. battle as he has been tapped to sing the national anthem.
Anthony, who will be accompanied by his superstar wife Jennifer Lopez, is just one of the many A-list Read Full Story >>> Mayweather admits tonight's foe was an early inspiration
By Jim Jenkins, SacBee.com, Sat, 05 May 2007
LAS VEGAS -- At the final news conference for both fighters this week, Richard Schaefer, chief executive officer for Golden Boy Promotions -- Oscar De La Hoya's company -- made an admission difficult to debate.
He said that for all of De La Hoya's magnetic popularity, tonight's World Boxing Counc Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya's demeanor at his weigh-in indicative of his desire
By Paul Gutierrez, SacBee.com, Sat, 05 May 2007
LAS VEGAS -- From the moment Oscar De La Hoya won an Olympic gold medal in Barcelona 15 years ago, questions about his desire to become one of boxing's truly greats have dogged him.
Was he a fighter or a musician? Did he care more about being a man-about-town or training for the next fight?
H Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Darlene meet after alleged slay plot
GMA News Online, Sat, 05 May 2007
A week after exchanging heated words through the media, boxing champ Manny Pacquiao and Rep. Darlene Antonino-Custodio finally came face to face Saturday, though not for long.
QTV-11 television's Balitanghali reported Saturday that the two congressional rivals both attended a forum sponsored by a Read Full Story >>> DE LA HOYA 154, MAYWEATHER 150 LBS!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 May 2007
LAS VEGAS--The Golden Boy Oscar De la Hoya came in at a perfect 154 lbs at the official weigh-in moments ago at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, while challenger Floyd Mayweather Jr checked in at a fit 150 lbs before uttering profa Read Full Story >>> BAUTISTA, MEDINA MAKE WEIGHT, AND ALMOST COME TO BLOWS!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 May 2007
LAS VEGAS--Both Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista and his undefeated opponent Sergio Manuel Medina easily made weight at 122 lbs moments ago at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, and then almost came to blows moments after coming off t Read Full Story >>> ?THE WORLD AWAITS? ? FINAL CHAPTER
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 May 2007
When you really get down to analyze tomorrow?s showdown between two of the greatest fighters of our time ? six division champion Oscar De La Hoya who is a handsome man and a truly talented fighter and four division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr whose ?Pretty Boy? nickname is both a reflection of his Read Full Story >>> DE LA HOYA-MAYWEATHER: WHAT DOES THE WORLD AWAIT?
By Pedro Fernandez, RingTalk.com, Sat, 05 May 2007
OSCAR & FLOYD ALL OVER TALK RADIO
San Francisco, CA- As a guest on the Gary Radnich mid-morning show on KNBR radio in San Francisco Friday, Radnich, himself the son of a professional fighter, put forth a couple of questions that went like this: Does the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather fight bri Read Full Story >>> 2 ALA boys to fight in South Korea
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 05 May 2007
ALA Boy Robert Allanic and Cebuano slugger Fernando Otik will vie for the vacant WBO Asia-Pacific Interim Bantamweight and WBO Asia Pacific Superfeatherweight Youth titles respectively on May 20 in South Korea.
The fight, a co-promotion of Cebu?s SGG Sports Promotion and Korea?s Boxing Plaza, is Read Full Story >>> Banal to go for broke in US debut
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 05 May 2007
Superflyweight prospect A. J. Banal is out to prove he deserves trainer Freddie Roach?s billing as the Filipino fighter with the most potential to become a world champion.
Banal, 18, takes on Mexico?s Juan Alberto (The Monster) Rosas in a 10-round bout immediately before ALA stablemate Rey (Boom Read Full Story >>> Thirty Milliion Bucks, Riding In Brinks Truck, So No Way De La Hoya Loses!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 05 May 2007
LAS VEGAS ? Six and one-half hours before the Ladies Delight, the 2 pm weigh-in open to the public in the MGM Grand Garden Arena. That?s when Floyd and Oscar strip down to their skivvies and possibly less. What better time for me to present my Top Ten reasons why De La Hoya can win this fight?
1. Read Full Story >>> For De La Hoya?s Trainer, Every Day Is the Fight of His Life
By Richard Sandomir, The New York Times, Sat, 05 May 2007
LAS VEGAS, May 4 ? Freddie Roach had an eight-year career as a boxer, mostly as a lightweight, but it was not until two years after he retired, in 1988, that he started feeling the symptoms of Parkinson?s syndrome.
?I sprained my leg running, and it just triggered it,? said Roach, who was hired t Read Full Story >>> THE FLOYD & OSCAR SHOW: BOXING IS BUSINESS!
By Leo Lawton, RingTalk.com, Sat, 05 May 2007
"FREE THINKER'S" THOUGHTS ON MEGA-BOUT
Ogdensburg, N Y- Boxing is a business, and the fight this Saturday night between Oscar De La Hoya (38-4-0, 30 KOs) and Floyd Mayweather (37-0-0, 24 KOs) is the business being pursued to a top (spell that elite) position. Promotion has been raised to a new Read Full Story >>> Vegas Diary Day 3: What happens here, stays here
By Homer D. Sayson, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 05 May 2007
LAS VEGAS ? Everytime I glance at my wedding ring, I am reminded to always walk the righteous path and behave in a manner worthy of winning the Most Faithful Husband of the Year award.
Sadly, it is a challenge to do that here in Las Vegas, a modern-day Garden of Eden inhabited by luscious brunet Read Full Story >>> CAZARES A MARKED MAN IN TODAY'S DEFENSE
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 May 2007
LAS VEGAS--When Mexican Hugo Cazares defends his WBO light-flyweight crown today against Wilfredo Perez, expect a handful of Filipino fans and boxing personalities to be at the Grand Ballroom of MGM Grand's Conference Center to do some scouting.
Top Filipino promoter Sammy Gello-ani revealed tha Read Full Story >>> Faster, younger Floyd too much for aging Oscar
By Mike Dunn, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 04 May 2007
There hasn't been as much buzz about a non-heavyweight fight like this for a long time, at least since Oscar De La Hoya took on the unbeaten Felix Trinidad in 1999. Oscar vs. Floyd actually goes beyond that, though. It reminds me of the hype and atmosphere that surrounded Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Rober Read Full Story >>>
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