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ALL SET FOR ESPINOSA FUND RAISER
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
Fight for Love, a boxing card aimed at raising funds for former world champion Luisito Espinosa is all set to be staged in Manila on Oct. 22 with two Philippine championship fitghts as the main events.
Manila Mayor Lito Atienza, who has vowed to support the big boxing event, said the city will e Read Full Story >>>DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
From a distance, Pingping Tepora looks like a boy who has just finished high school.
Lanky and boyish-looking, one would never mistake him for a young man involved in a sport where cauliflower ears, crooked noses and scarred eyebrows are the common distinguishing marks of the members of the club Read Full Story >>> THE MANNY PACQUIAO-ERIK MORALES MAIL BAG
By Pedro Fernandez, RingTalk.com, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
Subject: Mexicans In L.A. Were Calling Zahir “Nigger”
If you received emails from what you allegedly described as racist Filipinos, I think you should've addressed these people personally and not jump at the opportunity to create another controversial write up that definitely stains Read Full Story >>> A Mexican's Evolution
By Teddy Molina, 15rounds.com, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
He is one of the sports most charismatic figures. The “Life & Times of Marco Antonio Barrera” would probably need a sequel to fully illustrate just how much the 31-year-old gladiator had to overcome to be where he is today.
Could you imagine what this sport would’ve missed out o Read Full Story >>> Batawang in Lapu tonight
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan-African light flyweight champion Bert Batawang will headline Sammy G. Gello-ani’s “Powerpunch” tonight at the Mandaue City Sports and Cultural Complex.
In a tune-up before he tries his luck in the US, Batawang will trade punches with former RP Read Full Story >>> Bohol roars as Boom Boom assures he's not from Cebu
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
CANDIJAY, Bohol--It took sensational Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista three rounds to stop his Colombian foe in California on Sunday, but he wasted no time Thursday to assure swarming Boholanos he did not migrate to Cebu and has remained their very own.
Bautista, who sparked the three-tiered knockout cel Read Full Story >>> Hero’s welcome awaits Ilocos-born boxing champ
By Gilbert G. Lazaro, ABS-CBN News, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
VIGAN CITY - A Hawaiian boxer born in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, awaits a hero’s welcome in the province after the members of the provincial board approved a resolution recognizing his notable achievement in boxing.
Brian Viloria—a native of Barangay San Jose, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur—kn Read Full Story >>> Hero’s welcome
Malaya, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
FILIPINOS hungry for heroes in the flesh ignored the unceasing rains and trooped to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport yesterday morning wanting to get a glimpse, if not actually touch, boxing icon Manny Pacquiao.
Pacquiao arrived Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao warms a rainy day
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
IT MIGHT have rained on Manny Pacquiao’s parade yesterday, but the motorcade went on. And though it was shortened owing to the inclement weather, the affair was long in the way of affection showered on the boxing idol.
Pacquiao, overwhelmed by the huge reception he received from adoring f Read Full Story >>> Fans give Pacquiao warm, wet welcome
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
Not even the rains could stop Manny Pacquiao fans from pouring out into the streets.
Pacquiao, the "people’s champion," returned home from the US yesterday and was greeted with a hero’s welcome the moment he set foot at the Centennial Airport.
Pacquiao, who knocked out MexicoR Read Full Story >>> Rain fails to dampen festive homecoming for Manny Pacquiao
By Raymund F. Antonio, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
Rain failed to dampen the festive homecoming of Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao, Manila’s adopted son, who was honored yesterday in a motorcade around the city attended by appreciative Manilans who cheered the boxer and the officials accompanying him.
Although the motorcade failed t Read Full Story >>> Manny arrives home, gets mobbed by fans
By Charles Raymond A. Maxey, Sun.Star Davao, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
A TRIUMPHANT Manny Pacquiao returned to the country from Los Angeles Friday morning and was a accorded a hero's welcome by Manila Mayor Lito Atienza and thousands of his adoring countrymen.
So beloved is Pacquiao that his throng of Filipino fans braved the morning rain just to have a glimpse of Read Full Story >>> To move up, Morales must scale down
By Homer D. Sayson, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
TWO FOES? With the frenzy of last week’s scintillating 3-0 sweep at the Staples Center in LA still hanging in the air, my e-mail inbox is heavy with boxing questions. Here’s some today, along with a few other readers’ views and questions.
1) Tiyoyex Ranara (xeyoyit@yahoo.com): Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao's knockout call: Unity, reconciliation for Pinoys
ABS-CBN News, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
Amid the political crisis gripping the government, boxing champion Manny Pacquiao on Friday called on fellow Filipinos to unite and reconcile each other's differences, whether in politics or other issues, to help move the country forward, DZMM reported.
Pacquiao's statement came days after he bag Read Full Story >>> Manny wary of Mexican spies
By Evelyn Macairan, The Philippine Star, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
Fearing that the "Mexican spies" would strike again, boxing champ Manny Pacquiao yesterday said he has decided to train behind closed doors for his upcoming bout.
Pacquiao yesterday told reporters at the Manila City Hall that his workouts would be off limits to the public amidst suspicion that H Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao says Mexicans 'spied' on him'
Sun.Star Manila, Sat, 17 Sep 2005
FILIPINO world boxing champion Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao said Friday that there were suspicious Mexicans who have constantly been "spying" on his training at the Wild Card Gym in the US prior to his fight against Mexican Hector Velasquez.
In an interview following a hero's welcome given to him b Read Full Story >>> MORALES - PACQUIAO PPV II... FOR 'SUCKAS' ONLY
By George Elsasser, braggingrightscorner.com, Fri, 16 Sep 2005
The purveyors of pugilism never sleep, well hardly ever. Too busy putting together insulting PPV fiascos littered with yesterday names that are no more than a shell of their former selves.
They stuff a card with a past champion, a couple of assorted familiar names, and as quick as you can shout G Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao back from US
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 16 Sep 2005
FILIPINO boxing icon Manny Pacquiao came home to a hero’s welcome early Friday following a successful stint in the United States in his bid to forge a grudge rematch with Mexican Erik Morales early next year.
Pacquiao was met at the arrival area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport by Read Full Story >>> ONE ON ONE WITH ROBERTO 'THE GHOST' GUERRERO
By Chris Robinson, braggingrightscorner.com, Fri, 16 Sep 2005
Lost a bit in between the madness of last weekend’s ‘Double Trouble’ card on HBO and this Saturday’s Vegas showdown between Jr. Lightweight champions Marco Antonio Barrera and Robbie Peden is another fight of noteworthy significance this weekend. Rising featherweight Robert & Read Full Story >>> Boxing power with no program in place
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 16 Sep 2005
IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY WE ALL FEEL super after the triple knockout triumph of Filipino boxers in California on Sunday.
Jim Murray, Pulitzer Prize winner and 14 times US national sports writer of the year, provided the answer in describing his own countrymen.
Americans, he said, worship power. Th Read Full Story >>>
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