Pacquiao Experimenting with Chemistry

By TK Stewart, BoxingScene.com, 14 Mar 2007

Have a look back at the career of any great prizefighter and you’ll see that when they were at their best and in perfect mix, that everybody around them had a purpose and the chemistry surrounding that fighter was one of perfect composition. Muhammad Ali kept the potent mix of master chemists Angelo Dundee, Bundini Brown and Herbert Muhammad as part of his potent recipe for nearly 20 years. They all served as integral p

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Marquez: The Bridge between Anonymity and Icon

By Troy Ondrizek, BoxingScene.com, 14 Mar 2007

For years anonymity is where Juan Manuel Marquez dwelled. A fighter never wants to be in the realm of the unknown, but Marquez can only blame himself for his current popularity residence. Blessed with an abundance of skill and willing to put in the long hours to hone his craft, Marquez has forged himself into a formidable adversary for anyone near the featherweight weight-class. Marquez is one of the best counter-punchers i

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GMA-7 to air Pacquiao fight

By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard Today, 14 Mar 2007

SOLAR Sports, which paid a whopping P40 million for the TV rights for Manny Pacquiao’s showdown with undefeated but unknown Mexican featherweight Jorge Solis at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, will telecast the April 14 fight card on GMA-7। Viva Sports/Standard Today learned that Solar officials had finalized details with officials of GMA Network on Monday and an official announcement is expected within a day or two. The fight will be replayed on RPN-9, where Solar Sports has a ma

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REMARKABLE TV RATINGS FOR ‘MOMENT OF TRUTH’

By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 14 Mar 2007

The superbly staged boxing extravaganza “Moment of Truth” held last Feb. 24 at the Cebu City Sports Complex which was put together by respected boxing patron Tony Aldeguer, his son Michael and promoter Sammy Gello-ani and telecast by the giant broadcast network ABS-CBN produced remarkable ratings beating arch rival GMA 7 in the process. The WBO super flyweight title fight in which Z “The Dream” Gorres

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HUMBERTO SOTO BATTLES BOBBY PACQUIAO JUNE 9

By Salven L. Lagumbay, Boxing Confidential, 14 Mar २००७

In what would be the biggest break in his boxing career, Bobby Pacquiao hopes to step out of his more illustrious brother's shadow when he takes on WBC no। 2 Humberto Soto in a 12-round showdown on June 9 at the Madison Square Garden in New York, USA। The Soto-Pacquiao showdown will be the chief support to the huge Miguel Cotto-Zab Judah title bout promoted by Bob Arum's Top Rank. According to a source, Arum had given the younger Pacquiao two choices for his next fight: a bout on April 27


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Barrera Knows Marquez, which is Why He Knows it Will be a Great Fight

By Doug Fischer, MaxBoxing.com, 14 Mar 2007

Marco Antonio Barrera doesn’t need Juan Manuel Marquez। He doesn’t need this fight that the sport’s most diehard fans are salivating over। World-class boxers in the featherweight and junior lightweight divisions need a fight with Marquez like you need a massive case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Barrera’s not dumb – he’s actually one of the smarter prize fighters to come around in the past 25 years – so he knows what a tough fight he will have with


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Barrera-Marquez LA Presser!

By David Finger, FightNews.com, 14 Mar २००७

For a fight that some experts have already billed as "the biggest fight ever for Mexico," there was no question that both Juan Manuel Marquez (46-3-1, 35 KO's) and Marco Antonio Barrera (63-4, 42 KO's) were living up to the billing of "Fearless" as both fighters held a press conference in Los Angeles yesterday before heading out to Nevada। Both Marquez and Barrera appeared to be the picture of confidence

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Pacquiao: Barrera has the edge!

By Dennis Principe, FightNews.com, 14 Mar २००७
Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao believes ex-foe Marco Antonio Barrera has what it takes to win over another former rival Juan Manuel Marquez this coming weekend। In a long distance telephone interview Pacquiao said Barrera throws more quality punches apart from having better ring craft compared to the usually rugged Marquez। “Barrera has the edge and I guess he will win this fight,” said Pacquiao a few h


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Walking the tightrope

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, 14 Mar 2007

Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao must like living dangerously. He’s got less than a month to train at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles for Mexican mystery fighter Jorge Solis but that doesn’t seem to bother him. Pacquiao battles Solis in San Antonio on April 14 and it’s a must-win situation for the Pinoy idol. A loss would be devastating not only for his career as a prizefighter but also for his campaign to unseat Darlene Antonino-Custodio as congressman in the first district of

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