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Boom Boom destined to be champ ? Roach
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 26 Mar 2005
LOS ANGELES ? The first time he visited the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood shortly before the Manny Pacquiao-Erik Morales super-featherweight rumble, Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista was in awe of what he saw at the famed sweatshop owned and operated by Freddie Roach.
Bautista was coming off an impr Read Full Story >>>Who's Hot, Who's Not; March Edition Vol. 3
By Dr. Peter Edwards, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 26 Mar 2005
The third edition of this month's Who's Hot and Who's Not. In the edition, I don't hold any punches back from speaking my mind. Floyd Mayweather, Bernard Hopkins, Oscar De La Hoya, and many more land on the Who's Hot and Who's Not list.
Who's Hot
Floyd Mayweather - He finally stopped being "Mr Read Full Story >>> Picking Fights and Fighters an Inexact Science
By Jason Probst, MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 26 Mar 2005
There?s a running joke between Angel Rodriguez and I about who has to write which side of our Head To Heads, where each of us picks a fighter and then advocates how and why they will win that weekend?s bout.
There?s three classes of bouts: those we succinctly disagree upon (about 50 percent), th Read Full Story >>> A Week Full of Shenanigans/A Weekend Full of Memories
By Jake Donovan, The Sweet Science, Sat, 26 Mar 2005
Even with St. Patrick?s Day landing on Thursday last week, little transpired to cause us to believe we would be blessed with the luck of the Irish. In a span of less than a week, a notable heavyweight contest was postponed (Klitschko-Rahman), a potentially classic old-meets-new middleweight showdown Read Full Story >>> Murad Muhammad Strikes Back at Roach and Finkel
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 25 Mar 2005
International promoter Murad Muhammad yesterday hit back at Ring Magazine/IBA featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach and his new management team headed by Shelly Finkel for "grabbing at straws and trying to discredit me" by peddling lies which Murad said were unfortunately bei Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Morales Buyrate Beats Out Morales-Barrera 3
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 25 Mar 2005
International promoter Murad Muhammad today disclosed that the "initial pay-per-view figures" for the epic battle between Manny Pacquiao and Erik "El Terrible" Morales at the MGM Grand Garden Arena last March 19 "were better than those for the Morales-Marco Antonio Barrera fight" last November which Read Full Story >>> Post fight Pacquiao Vs Morales Mailbag: Part III
By Isaac Barrio, Hard Core Boxing, Fri, 25 Mar 2005
J R palaypayon:
Isaac, in the last round, when Erik gave Manny a chance to get a knockout and Manny landed some devastating punches, do you think if Manny used his own Reyes gloves and if he did'nt have his cut, do you think he would have been able to knock him out? And what will be your forecast Read Full Story >>> Top Rank pugs have Pacquiao under control
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 25 Mar 2005
LOS ANGELES ? First there was Agapito Sanchez. Then came Juan Manuel Marquez. And last weekend in Las Vegas, it was Erik Morales.
Manny Pacquiao seems to have problems dealing with fighters from the promotional outfit of Bob Arum as shown by Morales? masterful beating of the Filipino at the MGM G Read Full Story >>> One heck of a fight!
By Glenn Schouw, Daily News, Thu, 24 Mar 2005
Boxing still has an exciting place in our ever-changing modern society. This was spelt out with a fight that took place last weekend in Las Vegas - Erik Morales v Manny Pacquiao lifted ones spirits with the courage, guts, determination on display.
And, to think there was not even a title at stake Read Full Story >>> Morales-Pacquiao: Reflections on a Super-fight
By Jim Cawkwell, SaddoBoxing.com, Thu, 24 Mar 2005
Some things are too good to be true, and despite the pugilistic brilliance of the fight, the surrounding arguments and very public disputes between the two camps managed to taint Morales vs. Pacquiao. And Pacquiao, while undeniably courageous in finishing the fight while severely hampered by an eye Read Full Story >>> WBC News
15rounds.com, Thu, 24 Mar 2005
From Jose Sulaiman:
?I am very proud of the whole show that was presented on March 19 in Las Vegas, and especially the extraordinary fight between Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao. Morales showed that he is, without question, one of the the very best fighters pound-for-pound in the world.
?I w Read Full Story >>> Murad should repent for his 'sins' against Pacquiao
By Manolo Iñigo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 24 Mar 2005
ONE compelling reason why I sort of walked away from pro boxing is because of the presence of glib-tongued and cunning promoters like Murad Muhammad, the New Jersey-based wheeler-dealer who promotes Manny Pacquiao's most recent fights.
In my view, Pacquiao lost to Mexico's Erik Morales by a 12-ro Read Full Story >>> ?GIRLY GLOVES,? STUPIDITY, THOSE NEW CHOPPERS, & NOTES
By Pedro Fernandez, RingTalk.com, Thu, 24 Mar 2005
THE ?GIRLY GLOVE? FIASCO IS INDEED TELLING
If Erik Morales fighting Manny Pacquiao with ?Girly? gloves wasn?t such a big thing, then why did Erik?s guy Fernando Beltran put a clause in the contract which allowed him to choose the gloves the men would wear Saturday night? Getting gloves from Asi Read Full Story >>> PINOY?S VIEW OF PACQUIAO-MORALES
By Jason Aniel, RingTalk.com, Thu, 24 Mar 2005
BITTERSWEET NIGHT FOR ?PAC-MAN? FANS
At the end of 12 great rounds between two of the best fighters in the world in Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao, everyone in the audience was up on their feet and cheering. Everyone, except for myself and Rod Nazario, the man who handles Manny?s business matte Read Full Story >>> #11 SUZUKI FINISHES DELA TORRE IN TWO
By Joe Koizumi, Ring-Japan News, Thu, 24 Mar 2005
TOKYO, JAPAN-WBC#11/WBA#12 ranked 105-pounder Makoto Suzuki (17-8-2, 11 KOs), 105, chalked up a fine one-punch TKO over Philippine #5 contender Gilbert Dela Torre (6-3, 1 KO), 105, with a solid well-timed right at 2:36 of the second round on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. The 33-year-old ex-national cham Read Full Story >>> Revolutionary concept
By Al S. Mendoza, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 24 Mar 2005
THE CONCEPT automatically becomes a revolutionary because it is a first in the Philippines.
I refer to the Pay-Per-View (PPV) system that hit Angeles City and other parts of Pampanga province and the country during the classic Pacquiao-Morales fight last Sunday, March 20.
While most of Metro M Read Full Story >>> Pacman went through the wrong training, says ex-champ
By Glenn C. Michelena, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 24 Mar 2005
BATTERED and faultily trained.
These are the prime reasons that led to Manny Pacquiao’s debacle to Mexican Erik Morales last Sunday at the MGM Grand, said former World Boxing Council (WBC) super-featherweight champion Rene Barrientos.
“I think Pacquiao was over-trained going into Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao cries foul...again
By Glenn C. Michelena, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 24 Mar 2005
MANNY Pacquiao has had enough with Murad Muhammad.
In a television report last night, the Filipino expressed his dismay over the alleged mishandling of his blockbuster fight against Erik Morales by his former promoter.
Top in the grievance list was the failure to give Pacquiao a share of the Read Full Story >>> Post mortems on Pacquiao-Morales ring battle
By Manuel N. Oyson Jr., Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 24 Mar 2005
O, PRAISE Manny Pacquiao’s courage, ability and fighting spirit.” – PGMA. “For us, Manny is our champion. What Manny did is not something to be ashamed of.” – Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye.
“It seemed like we were seeing the Ninoy Aquino assassination al Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao a bigger loser -- to Murad
Roach: 'He makes Don King look like a saint'
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 24 Mar 2005
BEFORE losing by unanimous decision to Mexican Erik Morales last Sunday, Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao was already a bigger loser -- and of all people -- to his US promoter Murad Muhammad.
In an interview several days before the fight, Pacquiao's US trainer Freddie Roach had said Murad, contr Read Full Story >>>
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