Tag: boxing
Marquez to fight Bradley next, not Pacquiao: report
LOS ANGELES, (AFP) – Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez and unbeaten US boxer Tim Bradley, who each beat Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao last year, will fight each other in September, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. Promoter Bob Arum told the newspaper that Marquez would take on Bradley in Las Vegas on September 14 for the [...]
Magbabalik na sa Pechanga ang World Championship ng WCK Full Rules Muay Thai
Ang World Championship Muay Thai, na itinatag ni Dennis Warner at In Sync Productions, ay magdaraos ng kanilang championship fight sa Abril 6, 2013 sa Pechanga Resort & Casino. Ang WCK Full Rules Muay Thai ay unang nagpalabas sa Pechanga Resort & Casino noong Hulyo 19, 2008 kung saan ay pumasok sa labanan ang tatlo [...]
WCK Full Rules Muay Thai comes back to Pechanga for the World Championship
The World Championship Muay Thai, founded by Dennis Warner and In Sync Productions, will hold their championship fight on April 6, 2013 at the Pechanga Resort & Casino. WCK Full Rules Muay Thai made its first appearance at Pechanga Resort & Casino on July 19th, 2008 as three legendary fighters from Thailand: Kaensak Soh, Kongnapa [...]
Donaire says he learned from Pacquiao’s mistake
MANILA, Dec 19 (Mabuhay) –A victorious Nonito Donaire Jr. returned to the Philippines Wednesday, following his third-round KO of Jorge Arce in a successful defense of his WBO and Ring Magazine Super Bantamweight title, and told reporters that he had picked up a few pointers from Manny Pacquiao’s loss to Juan Manuel Marquez. “Alam ko [...]
Pacquiao camp accused of attacking photographer
MANILA, Dec 13, 2012 (AFP) – A Philippine media union demanded Thursday that Manny Pacquiao punish two members of his camp after they allegedly assaulted a photographer moments after his brutal knockout in Las Vegas. Widely circulated photographs showed a man in a training suit lashing out with a leg from inside the ropes at [...]
The Champ Bows and Cries
SO LA -By Jannelle So The Champ Bows and Cries He is an 8-division world champion; has ended the careers of boxing greats such as Oscar dela Hoya and Shane Mosley; is feared for his speed and punching power. Philippine boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is idol to many; but the Philippine Congressman also admits [...]
Pacquiao plans to pick up pace against Marquez
LOS ANGELES, Nov 21, 2012 (AFP) – Manny Pacquiao says Juan Manuel Marquez won’t be able to out run him because he plans to fight at a faster pace when the two veteran boxers clash for the fourth time on December 8 in Las Vegas. “He is a good counter-puncher,” Pacquiao said of Marquez. “He [...]
Pacquiao-Marquez IV: ‘It’s déjà vu all over again’
By DAVID CASUCO LOS ANGELES, Nov 15 (Mabuhay) — How do you solve the problem like Juan Manuel Marquez? Manny Pacquiao, 33 going 34, who is Boxing Writers of America Fighter of the Decade is thinking knockout even as Freddie Roach, his Hall of Fame trainer, admits that the Marquez puzzle is not the kind [...]
Calls for Pacquiao to retire snowball
MANILA, Dec 11, 2012 (AFP) – Philippine media commentators have put pressure on boxing great Manny Pacquiao to retire after his heavy defeat in Las Vegas, with one comparing him to Parkinson’s disease sufferer Muhammad Ali. The southpaw, who turns 34 next Monday, has vowed to fight on. But many suspect that nearly 18 years [...]