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MANILA — For Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, his showdown with Puerto Rican champion Miguel Cotto is still far away.
The pound-for-pound king has several commitments to attend to aside from finishing his film project. He said these things, however, should not cause his fans to worry.
“Don’t worry, we have plenty of time and we have enough. Everything is under control,” said Pacquiao in his col
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MANILA – As Manny Pacquiao nears his “retirement” from boxing, the world’s pound for pound king admits he cannot foresee a future far from the sports he loves.
Pacquiao has been fighting professionally for the past 14 years, winning five world titles aside from earning an extra lineal championship along the way. He may decide to hang his gloves in a year’s time.
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MANILA – The contract for the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto match up has finally been signed with the Puerto Rican’s World Boxing Organization belt at stake.
According to Philstar.com, Cotto has agreed to fight at 145 pounds with his title on the line on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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MANILA – The world’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, Manny Pacquiao, is set to embark on an arduous training for his November 14 fight against Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
“Right now the plans are to train in Baguio City in the Philippines at the Olympic Training Center,” trainer Freddie Roach told David Tyler of DoghouseBoxing.com. “Because of immigration laws he must spend five weeks trai
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MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao is walking around at 153 pounds and is in no hurry to kick off training for his Nov. 14 fight with Miguel Cotto.
Yesterday, during a break in the shooting of his latest movie, “Wapakman,” the best boxer in the world today said he doesn’t mind Cotto showing up at a gym in Puerto Rico last week to begin his three-month training.
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MANILA, Philippines – Freddie Roach can’t take his eyes off Floyd Mayweather Jr.
As Miguel Cotto opened the doors to his training camp the other day, three months before his scheduled bout with Manny Pacquiao, the three-time Trainer of the Year said he still considers Mayweather as the best fight out there for the Filipino boxing icon.
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MANILA, Philippines – Freddie Roach is already in the “planning stage” as far as Manny Pacquiao’s coming fight with Miguel Cotto is concerned.
The three-time Trainer of the Year told The Las Vegas Review Journal yesterday that he plans to visit the Philippines next month just to make sure that Pacquiao is on track heading to the big Nov. 14 showdown with the reigning WBO welterweight champion.
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MANILA, Philippines – It seems that Manny Pacquiao, Freddie Roach and Bob Arum are not on the same page.
A day after Pacquiao’s lawyer, Franklin Gacal, said Miguel Cotto should go lower than 144 lb to earn a shot at the Pinoy icon, Roach, the trainer, said he’s fine with 145, and added that he doesn’t even care if the champion from Puerto Rico goes way, way beyond that.
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MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao only has one option to settle his pending issues with either Juan Manuel Marquez or Floyd Mayweather Jr. and that is to face each of them separately inside the ring.
Marquez has been aching for a rematch after losing by split decision against Pacquiao last year while Mayweather Jr. wants to reclaim his former pound-for-pound title that the Filipino boxing icon currently hold
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In a surprising development, Ricky Hatton has reportedly picked boxing trainer Freddie Roach as his new coach according to Web site RingTalk.com.
“That’s right! The man that trained Manny Pacquiao, who destroyed Hatton in two rounds a month ago for the world 140 lb. championship, he will now train the lad from Manchester, UK,” said the article by Ring Talk News.
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