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Hatton: “I Hope Mayweather Beats De La Hoya”
Undefeated Ricky Hatton moves back down to the junior welterweight division and challenges IBF champ Juan Urango on January 20 in Las Vegas. Not to look past Urango, Hatton tells the Sunday…
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BoxingScene Year-End Awards For 2006
Fighter of The Year - Manny Pacquiao If there was one man to make his mark in 2006, it was Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao. Big wins, big contracts and couple of lawsuits…
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John Whisler: Boxing had its 2006 highlights
Rocky Balboa came back. Evander Holyfield wouldn't leave. Zab Judah shouldn't have been given a choice. In a year marked by comings and goings, entrances and exits, boxing finished 2006 in much…
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The Sweet Science P4P Rankings for Asia
There are claims that boxing is dying. Hogwash. The heavyweight division isn’t the only division in boxing and 2007 promises to be a banner year in boxing; especially for boxers hailing from…
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FRANCISCO, FLORES WIN WBO TITLES
Undefeated Drian Francisco capped his impressive streak this year with a seventh round TKO victory over game Thai 16 year old Phichitchok Singmannasak to win the vacant WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title…
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Jhonny no va a Manila; Ponce duda<br>Demasiado riesgo: sus managers
Ciudad de México.- Aunque se habla de que Jhonny González podría reaparecer como campeón gallo de la OMB, en defensa contra el experimentado y recio filipino Gerry Peñalosa, en marzo en Filipinas,…
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The Most Exciting Prospects to Watch in ’07
Fifty-five (count ‘em, 55) prospects! I’ve got the names of 55 freakin’ prospects for you to review and commit to memory in this two-part feature of mine. (Tell me I’m not sick…
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Pacquiao calls for unity in 2007
Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao said the other day his new year’s resolutions are to do everything possible in his power to unite the Filipino people, to eliminate the heated issues that divide…
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Pacquiao given until Monday to accept offer
A DAY after offering Manny Pacquiao a tempting 50-50 purse split, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has given the Filipino boxing superstar only until Monday to either accept or reject a…
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GBP refuses to talk with Arum
IF Bob Arum thinks he can get a good deal with Golden Boy Promotions for the Manny Pacquiao-Marco Antonio Barrera rematch, he needs to think twice. Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer recently…
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Golden Boy issues Pacman ultimatum
MANNY PACQUIAO has until New Year’s Day to either “accept or decline” an offer made by Golden Boy Promotions to face Marco Antonio Barrera in a rematch set for March 17, 2007…
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Sayson: Fr. Batitz wonders about Pacman, MJ
CHICAGO - Fr. Jun “Batitz” Gutierrez of the Talamban Parish wrote me a nice e-mail yesterday. This time, though, my good friend wasn’t dispensing spiritual advice. He sought answers about a few…
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Pacquiao’s superstitious side
IT’S hard to imagine that someone as highly physical as Manny Pacquiao could be very spiritual too. It was therefore a big revelation when this aspect of Pacman’s nature became evident in…
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Finkel blasts Arum!
Top fight manager Shelly Finkel has denied the claim of Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum that his managerial deal with Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao ended last August. In an email…
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Pacman opens National Shooting Competition
Manny Pacquiao, World Boxing Council international superfeatherweight champion, on Saturday launched the first “Manny Pacquiao Cup” Level 2 National Shooting Competition in General Santos City. Pacquiao sponsored the competition, held at the…
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It’s not such a Golden week
When "Sugar" Shane Mosley lost back-to-back junior middleweight title fights to Winky Wright in 2004, it appeared to many experts his days as a world champion might be over. For a few…
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GOLDEN BOY WON’T NEGOTIATE WITH ARUM
The CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, Richard Schaefer says they “do not intend to negotiate” with Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and emphasized that it was not up to Arum to respond…
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BAUTISTA & Z GORRES: A NEW WAY TO MANAGE RP PUGS
"THE PINOY" LOOKS AT THE NEXT PACMAN? San Francisco, CA-Several weeks ago, SGG Promotions, headed by Sammy 'Don King' Gello-ani won the rights to promote Z Gorres’ WBO super flyweight title bid…
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Trainer of the Year: Freddie Roach
The quiet, bespectacled man present in two of boxing's most elite fighters corners does not look like he should be part of the fight game. Unassuming and slight, Freddy Roach is hardly…
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Ex-OPBF Champ Santillan Faces Kisaragi on Feb. 12!
Former Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) welterweight champion Rev 'Gentle Giant' Santillan sees action in a tune-up bout against Japanese Shana Kisaragi on February 12 at the Archaic Hall in Amagasaki,…
