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Michael Marley’s Pacman Primer: Everything You Always Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask
As the Pacman sage continues, I want to see if I can clarify some aspects of the fascinating fight among the promoters, managers, the trainer and various agents...so here goes. Q. Some…
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Pacman To Speak Thursday In Manila (With Uncle Bob Arum At His Side?)
Reliable sources indicate that Manny Pacquiao will speak to the media Thursday in Manila and that Top Rank honcho Bob Arum will be at his side. And the winner is...at least in…
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IN HUDDLE: Pacman tales
PEOPLE FROM Metro Manila who went to General Santos the other weekend to attend the three-in-one celebration of Pinoy boxing icon Manny Pacquiao had some interesting tales to tell. For starters, I…
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Arum up against odds in deal with Pacquiao
Bob Arum has thousands of souls to contend with as he tries to convince Manny Pacquiao to honor a four-year contract with Top Rank, which the Filipino fighter signed almost two months…
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No deal with Arum, yet — Pacman
MANNY PACQUIAO confirmed the presence of Top Rank big boss Bob Arum in General Santos City but made it clear that a deal hasn’t been forged between the Filipino puncher and the…
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Roach: Arum can’t do anything
TRAINER Freddie Roach said he has no idea what Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is doing in General Santos City, where he met with Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao. In an overseas…
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RSR’s 2006 End Of The Year Awards
The boxing year of 2006 is at its end. The year could have been better. Many of the most anticipated fights fell through and even the big PPV fights that did happen…
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Fighter of the year: My five candidates
In retrospect of the year 2006, someone rises and someone falls. Cause and effect are an infinite cycle. Today, I pick up five fighters who have been on the rise this year…
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Thoughts in the off season
Our thoughts this time of year tend toward reflection, trying to summarize and evaluate the events that made up the fabric of another year now dimming, rain washed, snowbound, closing. In boxing,…
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Boxing, basketball, billiards steal show
FOR most of the year, Philippine sports was a blast, thanks to a few young men—and a girl barely in her teens—whose feats made the rest of the world sit up and…
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Final 2006 Tabulations for Pound-for-Pound Best
This is the final listing for my best fighters pound-for-pound in the world. What does it mean? If all these fighters below weighed the same, this is the order I believe represents…
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MORE THRILLAS AROUND MANILA AS ARUM JETS INTO PACMANLAND
The Battle for Pacman took a one-day Christmas break but the kettle is steaming again with the arrival in the Philippines of Top Rank's Bob Arum. Arum is planning to meet as…
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Philippines Boxing Update!
Pacquiao update Filipino boxing promoter Wakee Salud has denied any involvement in the decision-making of Manny Pacquiao. "I’m not taking part in this issue. There are two cases pending before the courts…
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Manny Pacquiao trader of the year?
THE Philippine Sportswriters Association is having a hard time picking the singular performer who will be declared Athlete of the Year. No, not because we are lacking in deserving big winners. In…
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King Told The Truth About Never Contacting Pacman
NEW YORK --Don King told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Go back and read that line again because it may be historic. But King did speak "the…
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In and out, up and down with Manny Pacquiao
Most of us thought Manny Pacquiao would hook up again with WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera, but Golden Boy Promotions is saying that Barrera will fight WBO champion Juan Manuel…
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Ricardo Lois’ Best of Boxing 2006<br>Don’t Expect Manny, Do Not Expect Much – Didn’t Ya’ Hear, Boxing is Dead
Los Angeles -- I am not really sure what drives the need for human beings to develop and read year end awards and lists. Years and years ago some hack at a…
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Pacquiao deal within Arum’s reach
Top Rank top honcho Bob Arum reportedly arrived in Manila the other day, and is now in Gen. Santos City for a crucial meeting with Manny Pacquiao late last night. According to…
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Arum visits Pacquiao in General Santos City
ALARMED by the growing consensus favoring his rival promoter – Top Rank founder and president Bob Arum slipped into the country unannounced last Monday to talk about his “contract” and the future…
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Arum in town to woo Pacman
SENSING THAT Golden Boy is making inroads in the race to promote Manny Pacquiao’s coming bouts, sources close to the famed puncher revealed that Top Rank big boss Bob Arum has arrived…
