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Pacquiao return is delayed
The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 15 Sep 2005
MANILA CITY Hall has stepped up preparations for a “champion’s welcome” for Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao on Friday even as Mayor Lito Atienza ordered organizers to take advantage of the one-day delay of Pacquiao’s flight back to Manila.
Pacquiao, who was initially Read Full Story >>>Pacquiao arrival reset tomorrow
By Evelyn Macairan, The Philippine Star, Thu, 15 Sep 2005
Manila Mayor Lito Atienza said yesterday they would step up preparations for a "champion’s welcome" for Manny Pacquiao tomorrow after the people’s champion postponed his arrival from Los Angeles for a day.
Atienza said reception for the 26-year-old boxing includes a city-wide motorca Read Full Story >>> HEROES' WELCOME AWAIT PACQUIAO, BAUTISTA
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
Filipino pound-for-pound icon Manny Pacquiao will return from battle today, and will be accorded a red-carpet reception befitting a warrior who is coming home after a monumental victory.
Pacquiao, together with his team, planes in today at 5:30 AM on board a PAL flight.
From the airport, Pac Read Full Story >>> “Red carpet” awaits Boom Boom tom’row
By Manny P. Bautista, The Bohol Chronicle, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
After a rousing debut in the US mainland last Sunday, reigning World Boxing Organization Asia-Pacific bantamweight champ Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista will arrive here tomorrow amids a hero’s welcome from his fellow Boholano fight fans.
The 20-year-old world boxing prospect who hail Read Full Story >>> DOUBLE STRUGGLE, TRIPLE FEAT
By Dan Dan A. Bantugan, The Bohol Chronicle, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
Pardon us if we succumbed into the fancy of highlighting Manny Pacquiao and Rey Bautista only in last Sunday’s fight as little was known that Bryan Villoria will also fight parading the national colors.
So we wrote last Sunday that it was a double struggle for both the Pacman and Boom Boom Read Full Story >>> "THE PINOY" ON "DOUBLE TROUBLE" & NOTES!
By Jason Aniel, RingTalk.com, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
PACQUIAO DID WHAT HE HAD TO DO
After an unexpected slow start, there was Manny Pacquiao circling and trying to find the proper range against an awkward and frankly cheating Hector Velazquez. The first mirrored much of Pacquiao’s ugly draw against Agapito Sanchez back in 2001, where Sanch Read Full Story >>> BOXING REMAINS PREDICTABLY UNPREDICATBLE
By Cliff Rold, RingTalk.com, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
OLYMPIC PEDIGREE STILL MATTERS!
The Liberty Bell gave a shout out on Saturday night when Philadelphia’s Zahir Raheem (27-1, 16 KO’s) upset the big money apple cart of the sport with his win over Mexican great Erik Morales (48-3, 34 KO’s). I mention the Liberty Bell because R Read Full Story >>> The Time Tunnel: Muhammad Ali - Shades of Greatness
By Kevin Kincade, EastSideBoxing.com, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
09.14.05 – By Kevin Kincade: I don’t know how many times I started to write this piece only to rip it to shreds and start over again. It seems no matter what words I put to paper, nothing comes remotely close to adequately portraying one of, if not “The Greatest of All Time” Read Full Story >>> Erik Morales – A Storied Career Winding Down
By Matthew Hurley, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
Unfortunately for Zahir Raheem, despite the best performance of his career, his was not the top story in his upset victory over Erik Morales. Even though many gave the flashy speedster a legitimate shot in Erik’s first foray into the lightweight division, his victory was overshadowed by the fa Read Full Story >>> Suico vs. Jauregui Bout Moved to Sep. 23 as Telefutura's Main Event
FightNews.com, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
Ah, fall. The leaves are starting to turn color, children are back at school, and thoughts turn to the upcoming holidays. Yet while most people also associate the season with dropping temperatures, the heat is only going to get turned up on Friday, September 23, when Golden Boy Promotions kicks off Read Full Story >>> Rey back in Cebu today
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
Coming from his smashing victory over Felix Murillo last Sunday, WBO Asia-Pacific bantamweight champion Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista will arrive in Cebu today.
Bautista will arrive at 9:30 a.m. from the US and his homecoming will be a lot warmer than when he arrived from his first US fig Read Full Story >>> WBC' Sulaiman Shows Respect For Luisito Espinosa
By Rey Danseco, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
THE World Boxing Council (WBC) has voiced their intention of assigning the title of WBC Ambassador to former WBC featherweight champion Luisito Espinosa. However, WBC president Jose Sulaiman advised him to retire.
In a letter dated September 12 and addressed to this writer as a response to inquir Read Full Story >>> ‘Champion’s welcome’ awaits Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
A TICKER-TAPE parade awaits Manny Pacquiao when he returns Thursday from Los Angeles, site of his recent victory over Mexican slugger Hector Velazquez.
Manila Mayor Lito Atienza has prepared a "champion’s welcome" for the 26- Read Full Story >>> Nation to fete returning hero
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
LOS ANGELES — Manny Pacquiao will come home to a hero’s welcome as he arrives tomorrow before a throng of adoring fans expected to greet the ring gladiator from General Santos City.
Pacquiao, back on the world boxing stage after knocking out Hector Velazquez of Mexico in the sixth ro Read Full Story >>> Arroyo should've declared a holiday
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
SO WHAT DO YOU SAY IS THE BIGGEST weapon this government could wield against those working to put it down?
Definitely not the ever-soaring oil prices.
Not the chaos and corruption in the overall system.
Not the choking pollution and rampant criminality.
Not Juetenggate and the exiled mem Read Full Story >>> A taste of harmony
By Dan Mariano, The Manila Times, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
FOR several hours last Sunday dri?ving on the Manila North Road from the Agoo-Baguio Highway in La Union all the way to North Luzon Expressway felt like a motorist’s dream come true. Traffic was light, extremely light.
Hardly any buses were stopping willy-nilly to load and unload passenger Read Full Story >>> Even experts make mistakes
By Beth Celis, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
TOO BAD MIKE Pangilinan's budding career as a self-styled seer and boxing analyst got busted. Correction: Delete the words "too bad," since the entire Filipino nation is happy that his prediction didn't come true. The prophet of doom had picked Hector Velasquez to win over our very own Manny Pacquia Read Full Story >>> Manny vows to do away with liquor
By Charles Raymond A. Maxey, Sun.Star Davao, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
AFTER punching his way to victory atop the ring just days back, Manny Pacquiao vows to win another battle off the ring: do away with liquor.
Pacquiao made the vow in a television interview with ABS-CBN Monday night, two days after stopping Hector Velazquez of Mexico in the 6th round to win the W Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao sees futureinside fortune cookie
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
LOS ANGELES — There maybe some truth to what is written inside a fortune cookie.
Back in Nov. 2003 in San Antonio, Texas, where Manny Pacquiao put on a memorable showing against Marco Antonio Barrera, the Filipino fighter revealed that a few days before dealing the Mexican the worst beati Read Full Story >>> First Gent: Manny’s win a unifying factor
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Wed, 14 Sep 2005
LOS ANGELES–First Gentleman Mike Arroyo has lauded Manny Pacquiao for his resounding victory, which could well serve as a unifying factor for all Filipinos.
"What he did was for the Philippines. Whatever he did there, we’re proud of him. He’s very courageous," said the First Ge Read Full Story >>>
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