Posts Tagged ‘manny’

By Patricia Esteves (The Philippine Star)

MANILA, Philippines – The Singapore government will give Filipino boxing icon Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao a welcome fit for a king when he visits Singapore today. Read the rest of this entry »

By Joaquin M. Henson | The PhilStar

MANILA, Philippines – Calling out opponents has become a favorite pastime of top-echelon contenders ready to break out and take away the limelight from marquee fighters. It’s called the daring game. Read the rest of this entry »

By Michael Marley | Examiner.com

He was born into a dysfunctional family and certainly that is not his fault.

But where is it written that Floyd Joy Mayweather gets special privileges because he is an undefeated boxing champion and multimillionaire? Read the rest of this entry »

By Lem Satterfield | Fanhouse

Manny Pacquiao was sworn into the Philippines’ House of Representatives on Monday (Sunday in America) and now officially holds a congressional seat in his native Sarangani province.

“I’m very excited. I was very overwhelmed today at the swearing in because this has been the culmination of a longtime dream of mine to be a public servant to my people,” said Pacquiao, in an exclusive statement to FanHouse. “Now that I’ve been sworn in, the dream has been achieved. Now, I am actually a congressman.” Read the rest of this entry »

source: Dennis “dSource” Guillermo – Examiner

Pound for pound king and BWAA Boxer of the decade Manny Pacquiao tries for his second consecutive ESPY Fighter of the Year award after being nominated together with his nemesis Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC welterweight champion George St. Pierre. Read the rest of this entry »

source: Abac Cordero | Philstar

MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao wouldn’t mind facing Ricky Hatton a second time, just in case any of the other fights being lined up for the Filipino superstar doesn’t shape up.

“He can have a rematch,” said Pacquiao in a television interview upon his return from the United States, where he received the Boxer of the Decade award from the prestigious Boxing Writers Association of America. Read the rest of this entry »

One can make viable and laudable arguments why Pacquiao deserves the honor of being named the Fighter of The Decade. He has impressive wins over legendary figures of the sport. His wars with Mexico’s finest are in the record books and will be known to future generations. His climb through the weight scales and the fashion of which he conquers a division is matched only by a handful.

Long before he was called the Pacman, Pacquiao is baptized as the Destroyer. And aptly so. As young boxer, Pacquiao’s wins were garnered by the raw power of his left hand. But through this past decade, we all saw how Manny became the man he is and the complete boxer we might never witness. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao should come out smoking when he receives his Fighter of the Decade award from the prestigious Boxing Writers Association of America on Friday evening at the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan.

No less than Joe Frazier, the former world heavyweight champion otherwise known as “Smokin Joe,” will present the award to the 31-year-old Filipino champion who, as far as the BWAA is concerned, is second to none this decade. Read the rest of this entry »

INSPIRATIONAL: Donaire says Manny shows nothing is impossible

THE cream of the Philippines crop contains more than just Manny Pacquiao. Nonito Donaire burst onto the scene with an unexpected, yet brilliant, one-punch knockout of the heavily favoured IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan in 2007. The clinical nature of his victory attracted praise and attention, yet served to repel the desired signatures of lucrative opponents. But the delightfully talented 27-year-old, who lives in California and now holds the interim WBA super-flyweight title, is determined to follow his countryman – and idol – “Pacman” into the big pay leagues, just like he has joined him in the pound-for-pound listings. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao’s willingness to undergo blood tests 14 days before the fight is no assurance that his megabuck showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going to happen in November. Read the rest of this entry »

Never before has boxing had so much in common. Hurdles, here, there and everywhere…

The main hurdle to making the November 13 Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather has seemingly been traversed, as the Congressman from Sarangani province said, hard and fast, that he is open to undergoing random drug and urine testing 14 days before the fight. Read the rest of this entry »

Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KO’s) is the world’s top boxer today. Eight years ago nobody would have even considered him among the ten pound-for-pound best boxers.

Certainly not Mexico’s beloved son Marco Antonio Barrera and his handlers, including Golden Boy Promotions’ top honcho Oscar dela Hoya. Barrera does not have a track record of avoiding tough opponents, Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao thinks he can stop Floyd Mayweather Jr.

If they ever collide on the ring.

The 31-year-old Pacquiao, who missed catching Mayweather’s fight with Shane Mosley live last Sunday, caught tiny bits of the 12-round contest, and said he can succeed where Mosley failed. Read the rest of this entry »

Pound-for-pound king and “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao has vehemently denied a report filed by a certain Timothy James on one of the Pacquiao websites claiming that he had agreed to Floyd Mayweather Jr’s demand for a 14 day cut-off for random blood tests for a fight to push through. Read the rest of this entry »

The legal match between boxing champion Manny Pacquiao and businessman Roy Chiongbian ended in a draw after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) junked the disqualification cases they filed against each other.

The Comelec, in an en banc resolution, has junked with finality Pacquiao’s petition to disqualify Chiongbian in the 2010 congressional race. Read the rest of this entry »