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RP CHAMP BARCELONA JOINS MURAD MUHAMMAD
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Aug 2005
Philippine superfly champion Eric Barcelona, recently named Boxer of the Month by the Games and Amusements Board, has just joined the stable of American promoter Murad Muhammad and will soon start campaigning in the United States with no less than the World Boxing Association (WBA) 115-lb title of M Read Full Story >>>Sim-Espinosa: ex-champs collide!
FightNews.com, Wed, 17 Aug 2005
A battle of former two-time world champions will take place under the radar on Thursday at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, on Goossen Tutor's big "Night of the Olympians card. In a non-televised eight round lightweight clash, Lakva Sim (20-4-1, 17KOs) is slated to face Luisito Espinosa (47- Read Full Story >>> No more distractions, Pacquiao vows
By Yong B. Chavez, PhilippineNews.com, Wed, 17 Aug 2005
“No more distractions.”
That, Manny Pacquiao and his handlers said, is the crucial difference in his current preparations for an upcoming fight against another formidable boxing opponent.
On Sept. 10, he will go mano a mano with Hector Velasquez at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Ve Read Full Story >>> Failure to stage mandatory bout costs Marquez
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Wed, 17 Aug 2005
Juan Manuel Marquez's featherweight title reign ended with the hum of a fax machine, not the thud of a fist, on Monday.
Marquez, who unified the IBF and WBA titles in 2003, was stripped by the IBF because no promoter was willing to spend the minimum $50,000 on a purse bid for his mandatory title Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Morales rematch a done deal?
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Wed, 17 Aug 2005
The Manny Pacquiao-Erik Morales rematch late this year or early in 2006 appears to be already "a done deal " no matter what happens in Pacquiao’s fight against Hector Velazquez on Sept. 10 in Los Angeles.
Lawyer Nick Khan, who is part of Pacquiao’s management team, was quoted as sayi Read Full Story >>> This time, Pacquiao absorbs body punches
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 17 Aug 2005
LOS ANGELES — As temperatures begin to drop, the heat will intensify at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood in the coming days as Manny Pacquiao is set to work out with lanky lightweight Jose Sta. Cruz and Israel Vazquez leading to his Sept. 10 duel with Hector Velazquez.
On Monday, Pa Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Defensor: Authentic, not authentic
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 17 Aug 2005
ENVIRONMENT Secretary Mike Defensor may have not imagined it, but he had nearly landed his dear President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in the Guinness Book of World Records.
That wild, wild feat of the President being “on tape but not the one talking” could’ve earned Malaca?ang the Read Full Story >>> Erik Morales Update!
FightNews.com, Wed, 17 Aug 2005
Three-time world champion Erik 'El Terrible' Morales said today he expects Zahir Raheem "to be real quick in the ring on Sept. 10, so I'm preparing deal with it. If I can, I will take him out. If not, I'm prepared to go 12 rounds," said Morales, who today began his third week of training at the Cent Read Full Story >>> Dog Bites: Ranting and Raving – Edition 8
By Aaron Imholte, DogHouseBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Aug 2005
By a show of hands how many of you actually bought the Don King PPV? Yeah me too, but I had no choice; if you want to complain, rant and rave you have to witness it or be labeled extremely unprofessional.
This edition of Ranting and Raving will deal with the PPV, Mike Tyson and Clifford Etienne& Read Full Story >>> Santillan ‘ready’ to regain OPBF crown
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 16 Aug 2005
There was one thing on the mind of Rev “Gentle Giant” Santillan after he lost his Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation welterweight title – reclaim the belt and punish his tormentor.
In the scheduled mandatory rematch with Japanese champion Kazuhimo Hidaka on Dec. 3 at the Ko Read Full Story >>> For Pacquiao, Sunday is not a day of rest
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 16 Aug 2005
LOS ANGELES — Not even on Sundays.
Manny Pacquiao, set to fight Mexican Hector Velazquez on Sept. 10 at the Staples Center, got out of his room at 6:30 a.m. clad in jogging attire and ran around the Pan Pacific Park near his plush apartment at the Palazzo.
Pacquiao’s trainers ha Read Full Story >>> Pacman returns to La-la-land
By Jannelle So, The Philippine Star, Tue, 16 Aug 2005
LOS ANGELES — He’s back . . . and he brings with him lessons from the past.
"Actually, right now I’m not thinking about the rematch. I’m just very focused on my upcoming fight, I’m very concentrated on the (Hector) Velasquez fight," said two-time world champion Mann Read Full Story >>> RSR Mail Bag August 15, 2005
By "Bad" Brad Berkwitt and George Diaz Smith, RingsideReport.com, Mon, 15 Aug 2005
This weeks bag is chock full of questions to George about his Cotto Vs Mayweather piece that appeared on HBO last week. In addition, we have the Manny Pacquiao crowd as always, and an assorted bunch of other questions.
Isn't there some way we could get rid of the whole draw concept? Who wants to Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao wary of Velazquez
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 15 Aug 2005
LOS ANGELES — After a so-so performance in his first sparring session last Thursday against Israel Vazquez, Manny Pacquiao performed much better on Saturday when he worked out with Mexican lightwelterweight Juan Carlos “Panda” Martinez for six rounds at the Wild Card Boxing Club.
Read Full Story >>> Manny’s brod raring to work out at Wild Card
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 15 Aug 2005
LOS ANGELES — Bobby Pacquiao, the younger brother of boxing star Manny Pacquiao, will be arriving here sometime late this week in preparation for his tough outing against Carlos "Famoso" Hernandez of El Salvador on Oct. 8 at the Thomas and Mack Arena in Las Vegas.
Boxing agent Mike Koncz Read Full Story >>> The first cut is the deepest
By Homer D. Sayson, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 15 Aug 2005
CHICAGO – After Z Gorres was bashed by the media for a one-bout fling with mediocrity last July 31 in Manila, the expectation was that Gorres’ manager, boxing godfather Antonio L. Aldeguer, would blow a gasket and condemn those who sprayed graffiti on his fighter’s image.
Sorry Read Full Story >>> Hernandez, Pacquiao fight on
Sun.Star Davao, Mon, 15 Aug 2005
BOBBY Pacquiao, younger brother of world-rated Manny Pacquiao, will go up against Carlos "Famoso" Hernandez on October 8 in Las Vegas in the biggest fight of his life to date.
According to boxing website Fightnews.com, Top Rank had sealed the bout which is one of the undercards in the Diego Corr Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vows to take out Velazquez in style
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sun, 14 Aug 2005
LOS ANGELES — Manny Pacquiao doesn’t have to shut the daylights out of Mexican Hector Velazquez next month to seal the megabuck rematch with Erik Morales sometime in January of next year.
Lawyer Nick Khan, one of Pacquiao’s American handlers, told the Bulletin that the second Read Full Story >>> WBA CHAMP HIRES MEXICAN SPARMATES FOR GEJON BOUT
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 13 Aug 2005
World Boxing Association minimumweight kingpin Yutaka Niida of Japan has just hired a couple of Mexican sparmates as he plunges into the crucial stages of his preparation for the September 25 defense of his title against top-ranked Filipino Eribero "Yukka" Gejon.
The 26-year-old Niida, who goes Read Full Story >>> Velasquez wages war vs Pacman
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, The Freeman, Sat, 13 Aug 2005
Hector Velasquez of Mexico yesterday vowed there will be a lot of fireworks when he goes up in the ring against Filipino sports hero Manny Pacquiao in the co-feature of Top Rank’s “Double Trouble” boxing show on September 10 at the Staples Center - homecourt of NBA’s Los Ange Read Full Story >>>
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