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Boxing Buffet with Morales and Pacquiao
By Rick Folstad, The Sweet Science, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
I’m guessing the most expensive enchilada on the Las Vegas Strip might be the one Erik Morales gulps down on his way through the buffet line prior to the weigh-in for Saturday night’s fight against Manny Pacquiao.
According to Pacquiao and the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Morales o Read Full Story >>>JACA FACES HERNANDEZ; 'THE BATTLE' CARD IS COMPLETE
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--Jimrex "The Executioner" Jaca, the only Filipino seeing action this Sunday, has been assigned a new foe once again in his eight-round debut fight in the United States underneath the mammoth Erik Morales-Manny Pacquiao rematch at the Thomas and Mack Center here.
The 22-year-old Read Full Story >>> VILORIA ALL PRIMED UP TO ANNOTATE PACQUIAO-MORALES FIGHT
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
LAS VEGAS--World Boxing Council junior flyweight champ Brian Viloria arrived here a few hours ago with his father, Ben, ready to serve as commentator for this Sunday's Manny Pacquiao-Erik Morales rematch for Solar Sports with popular Filipino sporscaster Quinito Henson.
Viloria, who was also acco Read Full Story >>> BUHAIN: PHILIPPINES WILL BE A BIG HIT IN PRO BOXING IN 2006
By Alex A. Paglumotan, GAB Commissioner, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
The ever active and dynamic chairman of the Games and Amusements Board Eric R. Buhain is very confident that the Philippines, under the GAB leadership, will be a big hit in professional boxing this year.
A day before he left for Las Vegas, USA, to watch and closely monitor the Paquiao-Morales sen Read Full Story >>> Jaca’s foe replaced
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
Philippine super-featherweight champion Jimrex Jaca will fight a new opponent in the undercard of “The Battle,” which will feature Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales in the main event.
Jaca will face a much tougher and taller foe this Sunday at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas as Read Full Story >>> Morales-Pacquiao is what true fights are all about
By Richard O'Brien, Sports Illustrated, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
Believe me, I'm not in the habit of thinking about what boxing promoter Lou DiBella does with his Saturday nights. Frankly, I don't want to know.
But I hope this Saturday night DiBella is in Las Vegas, seated ringside at the Thomas & Mack Center for the rematch between junior lightweight superst Read Full Story >>> Roach: Manny will win!
FightNews.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
"I'm confident Manny will win - and don't be surprised if Manny wins by a big knockout," predicted a confident chief trainer, Freddie Roach, today in a press conference at Wynn Las Vegas. Roach said two-time world champion Manny Pacquiao had Read Full Story >>> Steward Sees A Pacquiao Victory
By Scoop Malinowski, EastSideBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
Hall of Fame trainer and HBO boxing analyst Emanuel Steward thinks Manny Pacquiao will avenge last year's decision loss to Erik Morales in this weekend's big rematch showdown in Las Vegas.
"I'm going with Pacquiao," says Steward. "I think he will win because I think he learned from seeing Morale Read Full Story >>> It's Elvis vs. Elvis Saturday Night in Vegas
By Kieran Mulvaney, TigerBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
Pre-fight press conferences are almost always routine affairs, their dullness generally directly proportionate to the amount of time they consume. They’re pretty rote affairs: the promoter introduces, in turns, a representative of t Read Full Story >>> Fearless forecast: Morales out on 8th
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
LAS VEGAS – While almost everybody said the fight could last the distance, at least there was someone bold and more specific predicting a Manny Pacquiao victory inside eight rounds.
"Put your money on the smart place. It’ll be an eighth-round knockout by Pacquiao," Gary Shaw, the Ame Read Full Story >>> Morales can't remember a heavy Pacquiao punch
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
LAS VEGAS -- If there’s one fighter who had hit him hard, real hard, Erik Morales said it definitely was not knockout star Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines.
It was Junior Jones, Morales confided to a handful of media people at the end of the press conference for "The Battle" at the Wynn ho Read Full Story >>> What they should, shouldn't do
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao (pronounced Pack-key-ow) is "fast, fast, fast and gets out of the gate quickly to charge at his opponent in a hell-bent-for-leather manner. He moves in behind a sharp right jab, often doubling it up, then follows with a powerful left -- including hooks and uppercuts -- wh Read Full Story >>> Erik to invade heavier class
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
LAS VEGAS–Unless he loses to Manny Pacquiao on Saturday, Erik Morales said Wednesday he might push through with his plans to go a division higher by the end of the year.
"I’m just going to follow the road and see what’s available out there," said the former three-time champion Read Full Story >>> Mexican downplays Manny’s power
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
Erik Morales said he has little respect for Manny Pacquiao’s power and insinuated it’s overrated in an interview published in the February 2006 issue of KO Magazine.
The comments added fuel to the fire that’s expected to trigger an explosion when Pacquiao and Morales face off i Read Full Story >>> Morales says he's too good for Pacquiao
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
LAS VEGAS -- Erik Morales, future Hall of Fame inductee, apologized to the Filipino people yesterday.
Sorry, he said, but there's nothing he could do about it. He's coming in twice as sharp and prepared as he was last year.
In short, he will be just too good for Manny Pacquiao.
"The jab wil Read Full Story >>> MANNY PACQUIAO HITS THE BIG SCREEN IN SM MEGAMALL
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
MOVE over King Kong, Exodus and Enteng Kabisote. Manny Pacquiao, the boxer not the actor, hits the big screen Sunday morning at SM cinemas nationwide.
Solar Sports, in partnership with SM, will show the live satellite feed of Pacquiao's super featherweight rematch with Eric Morales of Mexico in s Read Full Story >>> Pacman, El Terible promise great fight
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- With the boxing gloves issue finally settled, Manny Pacquiao and Erik "El Terible" Morales faced the media yesterday at the Wynn hotel here for the final press conference of this Saturday's big rematch (Sunday in Manila) at the Thomas and Mack Center at the University of Las Veg Read Full Story >>> Vegas grapevine: Mrs. Pacquiao steals show
By Homer D. Sayson, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
LAS VEGAS — Gore, violence, greed and betrayal. That’s just some of the poisoned watercolors that paint the ugly world of professional boxing.
But during yesterday’s Pacquiao-Morales II press conference at the Mouton Ballroom of the Wynn Resort and Casino, beauty made a very we Read Full Story >>> Morales bares deadly plan against Pacquiao
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
LAS VEGAS – Erik Morales let it known during Wednesday’s press conference how he intends to beat Manny Pacquiao in their rematch on Saturday at the Thomas and Mack Center here.
"I will lead him on. Then what I want to happen on the ring will happen," said Morales, surrounded by media Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Morales Fever Heats Up
The Sweet Science, Fri, 20 Jan 2006
As Manny Pacquiao vs. Erik Morales inches closer, the enthusiasm of the Filipino boxing fans and boxing press is irresistable. (Before any Mexican fight fans leave angry comments below, that’s simply a reference to the amount of Pacquiao coverage in the boxing press right now and the amount o Read Full Story >>>
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