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Life After the KO
SO LA – by Jannelle So It was the outcome boxing fans were hoping to see; although not from the man many were expecting it come from. The much-anticipated fourth battle between champions Manny Pacquaio and Juan Manuel Marquez ended in the most convincing way – a knockout… not from Pacquiao; but from Marquez who [...]
Old Pacquaio vs New Marquez
By Jannelle So Relaxed, calm and sometimes flashing his signature mischievous grin, 8-division world boxing champion and Philippine Congressman Manny Pacquiao faced the press at the Wild Card Gym last Wednesday for his Media Day, a couple weeks before he faces rival Juan Manuel Marquez for the fourth time at the MGM Grand Garden Arena [...]
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 [...]
Pacquiao primed for title fight against Mosley
By Greg Heakes HOLLYWOOD, April 21, 2011 (AFP) – Filipino pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao will need find his killer instinct again if he is to become the first boxer to knock out former four-time world champion Shane Mosley. The eight-division world champion Pacquiao, whose last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision over Antonio Margarito, will [...]
UFC champ Georges St-Pierre meets Manny Pacquiao
By Thomas Gerbasi Georges St-Pierre and Manny Pacquiao. To fans of combat sports, their names are royalty. But for a few minutes in September, they were just two fighters talking shop while St-Pierre went on a tour of the Philippines and Pacquiao prepared for his November bout against Antonio Margarito. Even now, over two months [...]
