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CHICAGO - Following his latest triumph in Tampa, Florida, I posed this question in one of my columns: Is Rey ?BoomBoom? Bautista ready for a title shot against Daniel Ponce De Leon?…
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Battle Between De La Hoya and Arum Get in Way of Barrera?s Revenge?!? Barrera v. Marquez in a Battle for Mexico City Bragging Right?!? Valero v. Pacquiao?!! Enter Electric Haired King?!?!
By Ricardo Lois
Los Angeles ? Filipino journalist Ronnie Nathanielsz reports in the Manila Standard Today that Juan Manuel Marquez might be Marco Antonio Barrera?s opponent for March 11th, 2006. Quoting Nathanieslz, ??Viva Sports/Standard Today…
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Marco Antonio Barrera’s Time is Running Out
Over three years and counting. The amount of time that has passed since Marco Antonio Barrera was unexpectedly dominated by Manny Pacquiao on route to being knocked out in eleven rounds. Barrera…
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Fighter of the year
WITH no other major bouts scheduled for the rest of the merry month of December, it?s safe to declare Manny Pacquiao as 2006?s best fighter. The Pacman gobbled up the great Mexican…
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CHRISTMAS WISH LIST: GUZMAN WANTS A PACQUIAO FIGHT
Only 10 shopping days until Christmas and only three shopping days until boxing's most popular attraction, Manny Pacquaio, celebrates his 28th birthday. Undefeated WBO super featherweight champion Joan Guzman will face Antonio…
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Laurente, Tepura Vie for Titles in Thailand
Two Filipino fighters close out the year and hope to do it with a big bang when they take on separate Thai opponents for important regional titles in different venues in Thailand.…
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‘RAPID FIRE’ GONZALES CONGRATULATES JOAN TIPON
Pro fighter Glenn "Rapid Fire" Gonzales has nothing but praises for his former arch rival in the Philippine Boxing Team, Joan Tipon after the latter won the gold medal in the Asian…
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Delada Defends RP ‘Light’ Crown Tonight!
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY--Dynamite-fisted Philippine lightweight king Dexter 'Dinamita' Delada of the Wakee Salud Stable defends his national 135-lb tiara tonight in a 12-round rumble with challenger Arnel Porras at the Gusa…
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EX-WBF CHAMP MAGAHIN’S BIG COMEBACK
By Alex A. Paglumotan, GAB Commissioner
No one can stop a man's destiny really. Man's luck always comes in so many ways and forms regardless of his past and sad experiences. This writer is referring to the former…
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Suico, Domingo To See Action in Japan
Both OPBF lightweight champ Randy 'Komong Bato' Suico and RP bantamweight champion Michael Domingo are set to ply their trade in Japan when they clash with separate opponents next month in Tokyo.…
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WBC PURSE BID WOULD SCREW PACMAN VS. BARRERA
By Jason Aniel
WBC WANTS PACMAN-BARRERA II ASAP! San Francisco, CA-In a press release, the World Boxing Council (WBC) has scheduled a purse bid between their titleholder, Marco Antonio Barrera, and number one contender, Manny…
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Roach, Finkel to the rescue?
CELEBRATED trainer Freddie Roach is arriving in Manila on Saturday along with the head of Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao?s management team Shelly Finkel and a longtime friend Billy Keane to attend…
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Blessing, baptism set on Pacman?s b-day
By Abac Cordero
Manny Pacquiao is so busy preparing for his grand birthday party in Gen. Santos City this coming Sunday that he doesn?t have time to think about anything concerning his boxing career. "I?m…
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FREE THINKER” TAKES ON SYSTEM & REFEREE LAURENCE COLE
By Leo Lawton
LEO "OUTRAGED" COLE WORKED ON HBO! Ogdensburg, NY?I am aghast that I saw Laurence Cole as the referee in an HBO televised boxing match only two weeks after his stunning statement to…
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Pacquiao gives ma ?old? car plus driver and guard
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- When Filipino boxing idol Manny Pacquiao?s bank account became fatter after he floored Mexican Erik Morales Nov. 19 in Las Vegas, his mother Dionisia said she only wanted…
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POUND FOR POUND: WHO STAYS, WHO GOES, WHO ARE THE YOUNG PROSPECTS
By Tom Dickey
'Pound for pound' it's one of the most used and favorite terms of Boxing media and fans. As the year winds down here's how I see the end of the year 2006…
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TUNACAO IN OPBF TITLE BOUT AGAINST ROLLY MATSUSHITA!
Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) bantamweight champion Malcolm Tunacao will defend his title for the first time against a compatriot when he takes on Rolly Matshushita(formerly Lunas) in a 12-round tiff…
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Mayor godfather of Pacquiao child
Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia will be one of the principal sponsors at the christening Mary Divine Grace "Princess", only daughter of Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao at the Our Lady of Peace and Good…
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HBO Pay Per View: Caveat Emptor
I’ve always been fascinated by mathematical and scientific principles. For example, y = mx + b represents the general equation for a straight line, while f = mxa allows you to determine…
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THE GAB MANUAL OF OPERATIONS
By Alex A. Paglumotan, GAB Commissioner
In response to the growing demand of enhancing professional sports in the Philippines with GAB as the Presidential agency tasked to regulate and supervise all its conduct to include adjudication of problems…