box news of august 31, 2007:

GEJON, NIIDA MAKE WEIGHT! By Salven L. Lagumbay, 08/31/07 SALUD CONFIDENT GEJON WILL WIN WORLD TITLE By Ronnie Nathanielsz, 08/31/07 ROACH: PACQUIAO IS A LITTLE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE By Ronnie Nathanielsz, 08/31/07 AUSTRALIANS WAKE UP TO MISMATCHES By Ronnie Nathanielsz, 08/31/07

box news of august 30,2007:

"KUMBINASYON" By Manny Pacquiao, 08/30/07 PACQUIAO FEELS GOOD By Ronnie Nathanielsz, 08/30/07 SOLAR TO AIR GEJON-NIIDA REMATCH By , 08/30/07

Roach threatens to bolt camp

By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, The Philippine Star, Tue, 28 Aug 2007
American trainer Freddie Roach yesterday threatened to pack his bags and leave for the US with Manny Pacquiao as Cebu fans continued to flock the Rex Wakee Salud gym and defy his “Off-Limits” policy. Roach had been trying in vain to train Pacquiao in seclusion as the Filipino boxing Read Full Story >>>

Gejon on pace to make weight for title fight

By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 28 Aug 2007
WORLD title challenger Eriberto “Ioka” Gejon is on schedule as he successfully passed the required five-day pre-fight weight imposed by the World Boxing Association for the WBA minimum weight championship fight on Sept. 1 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. According to trainer Bri Read Full Story >>>

INSIDE SPORTS: HOMETOWN DECISIONS

By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Aug 2007
Filipino boxing fans and even journalists in our country often complain about how some of our fighters are “robbed” in hometown decisions when they fight in places like Thailand, Japan, South Korea, South Africa. We often also complain about decisions in fights in the US that don’ Read Full Story >>>

Barrera looks down at Pacquiao’s punch

By Dennis Principe, Business Mirror, Tue, 28 Aug 2007

DESPITE the beating he absorbed from Manny Pacquiao, Marco Antonio Barrera continues to belittle the Filipino sensation’s smashing victory against the Mexican superstar nearly four years ago. In an article th Read Full Story >>>

Speed makes Pacman dangerous – Barrera

By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 28 Aug 2007
SPEED COUPLED with power is what makes Manny Pacquiao dangerous in the ring, Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera told the sports daily Esto over the weekend. "Pacquiao has lightning-fast speed," said Barrera in Spanish when asked to comment on why the Filipino southpaw stands out during a break in h Read Full Story >>>

Boom Boom and the RP team: Learning from mistakes

By Recah Trinidad, Inquirer News Service, Tue, 28 Aug 2007
LOS ANGELES -- Let’s try and call this petty quiz, Learning from Mistakes. OK, between Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista and the San Miguel-RP national basketball team, whose defeat proved more devastating to the Filipino sports lover? Boom Boom’s disgusting fall, right in the firs Read Full Story >>>

Batawang and Quijano Take a Long Deserved Sunday Break

By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Aug 2007

With his scheduled fight on September 16th still in limbo, Bert Batawang was feeling a little disappointment and wanted to do something for a change in an effort to keep his spirits up. Batawang called this writer lat Read Full Story >>>

Basketball? Like Vegas, only one showman

By John Pages, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 28 Aug 2007
I LIED. In this box two days ago, I vowed to stay five feet away from Manny Pacquiao when I’ll guard him in basketball. But when we met last Sunday morning from 10 to 12 at the Cebu Coliseum—his Team Pacquiao vs. our Cebu Sports Media squad—we collided. Literally. It happen Read Full Story >>>

The Last Round gets posterized

By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 28 Aug 2007
HIS eyes seemed to bore through me like knife through butter. I tensed and felt the adrenaline rush through my veins, including the ones on my swollen right foot. It seemed surreal, but yes, Manny Pacquiao was in front of me, dribbling a basketball. I’ve guarded them all. Ex-PBA players, v Read Full Story >>>

BACK IN THE SADDLE

By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 27 Aug 2007

Boxing fans around the world were ecstatic when they heard the news that Manny Pacquiao was back serious training. He is still a boxer after all. Politics are a thing of the past. He belongs to the world of action, not to Read Full Story >>>

Peñalosa Gets Hometown Hero's Welcome

By Jojo Salvador, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 26 Aug 2007

Gerry Peñalosa, the new WBO Bantamweight Champion of the World is accorded with a surprised hero's welcome in his native city of San Carlos, Negros Occidental. It was 3 days after he grabbed the WBO Bantamweight Belt in S Read Full Story >>>

Vargas-Mayorga on September 8th is postponed.

By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 26 Aug 2007

Reports coming out from many sources indicate that the showdown between two former champions, two-time world champ Fernando Vargas and three-time world champ Ricardo Mayorga has been postponed indefinitely because Vargas has som Read Full Story >>>

what's with ROACH?

ROACH THREATENS TO GO HOME! By Ronnie Nathanielsz, 08/27/07 ROACH SHOCKED BY GYM TURNOUT TODAY! By , 08/27/07 Bleacher Talk: Train in Peace By Rico Navarro, 08/27/07 Pacman KOs Cebu Media Anew in Friendly Hoop Game By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, 08/27/07 NIETES NEARS DREAM AFTER CALDERON VICTORY By Salven L. Lagumbay, 08/27/07 BACK IN THE SADDLE By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., 08/27/07

Barrera to lay all his cards to pacquiao!

PEÑALOSA VS CONCEPCION IN EXHIBITION BOUT By Ronnie Nathanielsz, 08/26/07 Barrera to Retire if He Loses to Pacquiao By Hermie Rivera, 08/26/07 Peñalosa Gets Hometown Hero's Welcome By Jojo Salvador, 08/26/07 Vargas-Mayorga on September 8th is postponed. By Ed de la Vega, DDS, 08/26/07 SUICO RETAINS OPBF TITLE WITH KO WIN By Ronnie Nathanielsz, 08/26/07 Pacman "Fans Day" Today at the Cebu Coliseum By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, 08/26/07 WBC OFFICIAL SAYS VERANO DESERVED DRAW VS SASAKUL By Ronnie Nathanielsz, 08/26/07

pacquiao, suico, jaca, and more...

SUICO, JACA RETAIN TITLES IN CONTRASTING FASHION! By Salven L. Lagumbay, 08/25/07 ROACH WANTS FANS OUT WHILE PACQUIAO TRAINS By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, 08/25/07 ABS-CBN WEEKLY SHOW TO FEATURE BAUTISTA TODAY By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, 08/25/07 Don't Blow Up 'Child Support' Issue, Appeals Peñalosa By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, 08/25/07 'ONE MORE ROUND' EXPECTED TO GIVE HELL TO BARRERA By Salven L. Lagumbay, 08/25/07