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MANILA – Conditioning coach Alex Ariza said Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao has become stronger than he was when he fought former junior welterweight champion Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton 5 months ago.
In a report posted on sports Website Insidesports.ph, Ariza said Pacquiao “looked good and strong” with six weeks left before the November 14 “Fire Power” showdown with WBO welterweight champion Miguel
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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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Ring Magazine columnist Michael Rosenthal listed his best pound-for-pound fighter in each of the past 10 decades and guess who is on his roster?
Manny Pacquiao, that’s who. The Pacman, today’s universally-acknowledged P4P king, earned Rosenthal’s nod as the top fighter for 2000s with the comebacking Floyd Mayweather, Jr. as runner up.
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MANILA, Philippines – British fans are embracing Manny Pacquiao not just as the world’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter but as a man who wears his heart on his sleeve – because what you see is what you get.
It was during Pacquiao’s recent promotional tour in London where the Filipino icon swept the hard-to-please British press off their feet. And when he knocked out Manchester’s Ricky Hatton, who once
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LOS ANGELES – Manny Pacquiao left Las Vegas late Sunday afternoon, and left Ricky Hatton’s future hanging in the cold Nevada air.
Less than 24 hours following his earth-shaking knockout of the British superstar, Pacquiao boarded the huge bus that bore his images, and headed back to LA with his family and close friends.
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MANILA, Philippines – After his merciless disposal of erstwhile 140-lb division boss Ricky Hatton, Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao declared he’s ready to take on all comers in both the light-welterweight and welterweight divisions.
And oh, you can even add the lightweight rank in that list. “Depende sa timbang na paglalabanan, pero puwede naman akong lumaban sa 145 to 147,’ said the pound-for-pound king.
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MANILA, Philippines – Who says the Pacquiao-Hatton fight was a battle between the East and the West? For The Independent’s James Lawton, the match was “more like a collision between Earth and Mars.”
Lawton compared Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao to the red planet, named after the Roman god of war.
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LAS VEGAS – Based on his guaranteed purse of $12 million, Manny Pacquiao technically earned $2 million per minute for his two-round demolition of Ricky Hatton at the MGM Grand.
While it should be not computed by the dollar, by the minute, by the round, especially after the huge tax deductions, the training and travel expenses, or once everything else comes in, Pacquiao still made a huge killing this time.
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Manny Pacquiao says he will climb back into the ring in October to fight Floyd Mayweather, or whoever his promoters deem fit after the Philippino boxing superstar took a sixth world title.
The awesome “Pacman” knocked out Ricky Hatton with a devastating left hook in the second round in Las Vegas for his 10th triumph in a row and claimed the Briton’s International Boxing Organisation junior welterweigh
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Manny Pacquiao prides himself as a smart businessman who knows how to play poker. Let future opponents beware: He walked out of the MGM Grand casino-hotel this weekend with a stack of chips.
A record-tying world title in a sixth division. A fourth consecutive victory in a different weight class. And a one-sided performance in a major fight that, compared to the Tyson-Spinks mauling and George Foreman’s “
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Kim Chiu:
Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu (born April 19, 1990), better known as simply Kim Chiu, is a Filipina actress. Chiu was the first winner of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Ed...
Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr.:
Eduardo Murphy Cojuangco, Jr. (born June 10, 1935), also known as Danding Cojuangco, is the chairman of San Miguel Corporation, the largest food and beverage ...
