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CISO MORALES IMPRESSES GBP EXECSPhilBoxing.com, Tue, 08 Apr 2008
Golden Boy Promotions COO David Itskowitch and Vice President Eric Gomez were pleased of Ciso "Kid Terrible" Morales performance last Sunday and had offered on showcasing Morales in more Golden Boy shows. In an intervi Read Full Story >>>

JUAN GULAMAN
By Ed Picson, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 08 Apr 2008
It’s fairly common for kids at play to get into arguments that would lead to one running home sobbing to Mama. That’s understandable when you play without referees and judges and kids with immature minds double up as such. Th Read Full Story >>>

Bob Arum, Mender Of Broken Hearts, Has Advice For Lovesick JM Marquez!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Tue, 08 Apr 2008
You know that old soul song with the catchy lead. I think it’s The Four Tops. “What becomes of the broken-hearted…?”As I walk this land with broken dreams I have visions of many things Love's happiness is just an illusion Filled with sadness and confusion, What becomes of the broken hearted Read Full Story >>>

Pacman’s ‘Kadaugan’ to have smaller budgetInquirer News Service, Tue, 08 Apr 2008
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – The Kadaugan Festival in Lapu-Lapu City will have to operate on a smaller budget as the City Hall prioritizes other projects to boost its recent status change to a highly urbanized city. “From about P2 million in 2007, this year we will only have a budget of about P1 Read Full Story >>>

AGELESS and FEARLESS
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 08 Apr 2008
It was a mismatch. WBO Bantamweight titlist Gerry Penalosa’s knock out of Thai challenger Ratanachai Sor Vorapin was something to be expected. I was even surprised the fight lasted eight rounds. He knocked out the same T Read Full Story >>>

MARQUEZ INSISTS HE IS NOT CRYING BUT PACQUIAO IS RUNNING
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 08 Apr 2008
Former WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez who dropped what many fight fans believe was a controversial split decision to Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao has responded to Pacquiao’s appeal to him to stop Read Full Story >>>

‘Mexican’s visit a low blow’
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Tue, 08 Apr 2008
Freddie Roach said yesterday Juan Manuel Marquez’ surprise visit to confront WBC superfeatherweight champion Manny Pacquiao and try to prick his pride in agreeing to a third meeting was a low blow. Roach, who arrived on the same Philippine Airlines flight from Los Angeles as Marquez last Sunday m Read Full Story >>>

Purse to decide Manny-Marquez III
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Tue, 08 Apr 2008
It’s the money on the table, nothing else and no one else, which will decide whether or not Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez will fight a third time. “At the end of the day, money talks,” said Golden Boy chief operating officer David Itskowitch Sunday as talks of a Pacquiao-Marquez Part 3 f Read Full Story >>>

Champs in our midst as ALA boys arriveSun.Star Cebu, Tue, 08 Apr 2008
ALA boys Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista and teenage boxing sensation AJ “Bazooka” Banal, along with their chief trainer Edito Villamor, arrived in Cebu City yesterday from Manila after their conquest in the “Invasion: The Philippines vs. The World” at the Araneta Coliseum the other day. Reigning World Read Full Story >>>

CONCEPCION RETURNS APRIL 26 AGAINST DANIELS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 08 Apr 2008
If the fight record of his opponent Torrence Daniels as reported by boxrec.com is any indication, then North American Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion Bernabe Concepcion should have an easy fight when he clashe Read Full Story >>>

POSTSCRIPT: PACQUIAO VS MARQUEZ II
By Nick Alejo, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 08 Apr 2008
After Pac demolished Erik Morales in their epic third fight, I felt contented watching on the super delayed feed from our local channel for his next fights. Reason for that is, I felt Pacman was losing his focus on boxing and Read Full Story >>>

Five exciting stars and the paths the lie ahead…
By Michael Montero, EastSideBoxing.com, Tue, 08 Apr 2008
I wanted to take a look at five of my favorite fighters to watch and talk about what lies ahead for each of them. Where do I see their careers going over the immediate future? Which fights make the most sense financially? Which do the fans want to see? What don’t we want to see?? ISRAEL VASQUEZ: Read Full Story >>>
Marquez here to shoot commercialBy Roy Luarca, Inquirer News Service, Tue, 08 Apr 2008MANILA, Philippines—Other than pursuing his bid for a rematch with tormentor Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez has another reason why he is in Manila. On Sunday, hours after blowing into town, the former World Boxing Council super featherweight champion from Mexico announced on national televis Read Full Story >>>

Why Does Boxing Have 17 Weight Classes?
By Antonio Andres Carriedo, TalkingBoxing.com, Tue, 08 Apr 2008
Many ideas have been thrown around over the years about how to improve the sport of boxing. One that I'd like to address is the subject of weight in fights. We all fundamentally understand the fact that boxers rarely fight at the advertised weight limit. They weigh in 24+ hours before the fight and Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO WATCH: Gamesmanship
By Edwin G. Espejo, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
MANILA visitor Juan Manuel Marquez, from whom Manny Pacquiao wrested the World Boxing Council super featherweight crown, was again in his element. He still refuses to accept the close split decision loss he suffe Read Full Story >>>

Abner Mares Set To Step Up Sooner Than LaterWill He Be Gerry Peñalosa's Sooner Than Later?
By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
The bantamweight division is full of names that are hard to pronounce. Sometimes I feel as if I need to have my tongue severed or twisted in order to correctly pronounciate the names of the men who patrol the 118 pound landscape. Then there is Abner Mares, a name which rolls so easily off of my bili Read Full Story >>>

One fight and two punching picnics
By Recah Trinidad, Inquirer News Service, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
MANILA, Philippines—Contrary to what people in our respective neighborhoods had been warned, there was no fearsome threat of a boxing invasion from the world Sunday. Fine, three of our world-ranked boxers scored an overwhelming 3-0 sweep of their foreign foes. But it cannot be honestly stated Read Full Story >>>

6 Pinoys outclass boxing 'invaders'
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
QUEZON CITY—Once again Gerry “The Fearless” Peñalosa, 35, defied all odds and brought glory to the country as he and his fellow Filipino warriors fended off all the foreign invaders with knockout victories in yesterday’s “Invasion: The Philippines vs. The World” at the Araneta Coliseum. In the e Read Full Story >>>

3 Filipino boxing champs triumph
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Three Filipino world champions boomed with their fists yesterday, scoring abbreviated victories to retain their titles at the Araneta Coliseum. Leading the Filipino charge was Gerry Peñalosa, who remained on track for high-profile fights against high-profile fighters by hammering out an eighth r Read Full Story >>>

Peñalosa stops Thai challenger, keeps belt
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Slowly but surely, Gerry Peñalosa brought down Thai challenger Ratanachai Sor Vorapin yesterday, kept his WBO bantamweight crown and drew a perfect 10 from his American mentor Freddie Roach. Fighting before his cheering countrymen, the 35-year-old Peñalosa turned Sor Vorapin’s head and body into Read Full Story >>>

Why Gerry Peñalosa is a joy to watch
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
GERRY Peñalosa will always be my favorite Filipino boxer. Only a very select few are gifted with the prescient ability to anticipate what his opponent is about to do. That’s why as a counter-puncher he is sui generis. Ratanachai knows this all too well and so for the first round, he doesn’t bamb Read Full Story >>>

Aldeguer not rushing Banal
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
ALA stable owner Tony Aldeguer said he’s not rushing a world title shot for A. J. Banal even as the Bohol superflyweight appeared ripe for a crack after halting previously unbeaten Uruguayan Caril Herrera in the fourth round at the Big Dome yesterday. “A. J.’s only 19,” said Aldeguer. “Herrera wa Read Full Story >>>

Bautista, Banal make heads turn
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Both young and deadly, super-bantamweight Rey Bautista and super-fly AJ Banal made a lot of heads turn with impressive abbreviated victories underneath the Gerry Peñalosa-Ratanachai Sor Vorapin world bantamweight title duel at the Araneta Coliseum yesterday. Bautista, who plans to appear once mo Read Full Story >>>

What the invasion meant
By Bill Velasco, The Philippine Star, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Invasion: Philippines vs the World set some new parameters for professional boxing, and sent a good signal to the international boxing community. Of course, the sweep of Filipino boxers (even the non-televised swing bouts against a Thai and Indonesian were won by Filipinos Michael Domingo and Bert B Read Full Story >>>

Masarap Mag-aral
By Manny Pacquiao, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY—Magandang araw po sa inyong lahat. I hope everyone is doing well. I wish everybody is healthy in mind, body and spirit. Napakasarap pala mag-aral. Ito po iyong matagal ko nang hinahangad mula pa noong mawalay ako sa aking mga magulang, umalis ng bahay noong nagbibinata pa lang Read Full Story >>>

MARQUEZ IN MANILA; MEETS PACMAN FACE-TO-FACE
By Dennis Principe, SportsNews.ph, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
EVEN for lesser money, Juan Manuel Marquez is willing to face Manny Pacquiao for a third time anytime soon. So determined that Marquez, 34, planed in Sunday morning and personally challenged Pacquiao for another encounter. Marquez arrived with Mexican promoter Jaime Quintana then went to the Aran Read Full Story >>>

JM Marquez Must Be Temptations Fan, Ain't Too Proud To Beg Manny!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Juan Manuel Marquez must be a fan of The Temptations. He must be. Why do I say this? Because the Mexican fighter has just proved that he certainly “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg.” Marquez and handler Jaimie Quintana jetted into Manila Sunday and went to the big Golden Boy-promoted Gerry Penalosa boxi Read Full Story >>>

Marquez dares Manny to a third fight
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Juan Manuel Marquez badly wants a third fight with Manny Pacquiao – anytime, anywhere, any price. The 34-year-old Mexican who flew thousands of miles just to get here, yesterday said he deserves a rematch because until now he believes that he won his March 15 battle with Pacquiao in Las Vegas. Read Full Story >>>

Invaders repulsed
By Charles Raymond A. Maxey, Sun.Star Davao, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
GERRY Peñalosa scored a sensational eight round technical knockout (TKO) win over Ratanachai Sor Vorapin of Thailand to keep his World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight crown and cap a courageous Sunday for Filipino boxers at the historic Araneta Colisem in Quezon City. The 35-year-old Peña Read Full Story >>>

Marquez has to wait — Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Manny Pacquiao is not running away from a third fight with Juan Manuel Marquez. But it will have to take some time before the bitter rivals can get it on once again. But again, it’s not going to take four years for the two to face off for the rubber match, Manny Pacquiao told a pair of scribes Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao is scared of me, says MarquezThe Manila Bulletin, Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Juan Manuel Marquez knows exactly why there is no glow in Manny Pacquiao’s eyes when he is asked about a third fight with him. "I think he is scared of me. I don’t know why he doesn’t want to give me a rematch," Marquez told a horde of Filipino scribes while watching the fights at the Araneta Read Full Story >>>

Marquez asks Manny for rematchBy Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 07 Apr 2008MANILA–Juan Manuel Marquez wants a rematch with Manny Pacquiao so bad he personally came to the Philippines to try to convince the World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight champion to agree to a fight. But the Filipino boxing superstar’s camp is apparently still set on letting Pacquiao fig Read Full Story >>>