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BAY AREA BASED FILIPINO HEADS SHO BOX CARD
Temecula, CA-With Saturday night’s Manny Pacquiao-Erik Morales rematch a little more than a heartbeat away, Filipino boxing fans are like ticking bombs! Maybe the fact another Filipino, and native of Pacquiao’s hometown…
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MORALES FAN MOCKS PACQUIAO ON STAGE!
SPLIT IN FANS FOR FIGHT OBVIOUS ALREADY! Las Vegas, NV-During yesterday’s final Erik Morales-Manny Pacquiao press conference, at the Wynn Hotel, a Morales fan tried to get under the skin of Pacquiao…
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Boxing Buffet with Morales and Pacquiao
I’m guessing the most expensive enchilada on the Las Vegas Strip might be the one Erik Morales gulps down on his way through the buffet line prior to the weigh-in for Saturday…
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JACA FACES HERNANDEZ; ‘THE BATTLE’ CARD IS COMPLETE
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA--Jimrex "The Executioner" Jaca, the only Filipino seeing action this Sunday, has been assigned a new foe once again in his eight-round debut fight in the United States underneath the…
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VILORIA ALL PRIMED UP TO ANNOTATE PACQUIAO-MORALES FIGHT
LAS VEGAS--World Boxing Council junior flyweight champ Brian Viloria arrived here a few hours ago with his father, Ben, ready to serve as commentator for this Sunday's Manny Pacquiao-Erik Morales rematch for…
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BUHAIN: PHILIPPINES WILL BE A BIG HIT IN PRO BOXING IN 2006
The ever active and dynamic chairman of the Games and Amusements Board Eric R. Buhain is very confident that the Philippines, under the GAB leadership, will be a big hit in professional…
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Jaca’s foe replaced
Philippine super-featherweight champion Jimrex Jaca will fight a new opponent in the undercard of “The Battle,” which will feature Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales in the main event. Jaca will face a…
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Morales-Pacquiao is what true fights are all about
Believe me, I'm not in the habit of thinking about what boxing promoter Lou DiBella does with his Saturday nights. Frankly, I don't want to know. But I hope this Saturday night…
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Roach: Manny will win!
"I'm confident Manny will win - and don't be surprised if Manny wins by a big knockout," predicted a confident chief trainer, Freddie Roach, today in a press conference at Wynn Las…
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Steward Sees A Pacquiao Victory
Hall of Fame trainer and HBO boxing analyst Emanuel Steward thinks Manny Pacquiao will avenge last year's decision loss to Erik Morales in this weekend's big rematch showdown in Las Vegas. "I'm…
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It’s Elvis vs. Elvis Saturday Night in Vegas
Pre-fight press conferences are almost always routine affairs, their dullness generally directly proportionate to the amount of time they consume. They’re pretty rote affairs: the promoter introduces, in turns, a representative of…
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Fearless forecast: Morales out on 8th
LAS VEGAS – While almost everybody said the fight could last the distance, at least there was someone bold and more specific predicting a Manny Pacquiao victory inside eight rounds. "Put your…
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Morales can’t remember a heavy Pacquiao punch
LAS VEGAS -- If there’s one fighter who had hit him hard, real hard, Erik Morales said it definitely was not knockout star Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines. It was Junior Jones,…
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What they should, shouldn’t do
LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao (pronounced Pack-key-ow) is "fast, fast, fast and gets out of the gate quickly to charge at his opponent in a hell-bent-for-leather manner. He moves in behind a…
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Erik to invade heavier class
LAS VEGAS–Unless he loses to Manny Pacquiao on Saturday, Erik Morales said Wednesday he might push through with his plans to go a division higher by the end of the year. "I’m…
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Column
Mexican downplays Manny’s power
Erik Morales said he has little respect for Manny Pacquiao’s power and insinuated it’s overrated in an interview published in the February 2006 issue of KO Magazine. The comments added fuel to…
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Morales says he’s too good for Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS -- Erik Morales, future Hall of Fame inductee, apologized to the Filipino people yesterday. Sorry, he said, but there's nothing he could do about it. He's coming in twice as…
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MANNY PACQUIAO HITS THE BIG SCREEN IN SM MEGAMALL
MOVE over King Kong, Exodus and Enteng Kabisote. Manny Pacquiao, the boxer not the actor, hits the big screen Sunday morning at SM cinemas nationwide. Solar Sports, in partnership with SM, will…
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Pacman, El Terible promise great fight
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- With the boxing gloves issue finally settled, Manny Pacquiao and Erik "El Terible" Morales faced the media yesterday at the Wynn hotel here for the final press conference…
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Vegas grapevine: Mrs. Pacquiao steals show
LAS VEGAS — Gore, violence, greed and betrayal. That’s just some of the poisoned watercolors that paint the ugly world of professional boxing. But during yesterday’s Pacquiao-Morales II press conference at the…
