Ricky Hatton facing the winner between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar dela Hoya is not a sure thing.
While there’s nothing in the Pacquiao-Dela Hoya contract that calls for an immediate rematch between the two, Top Rank big boss Bob Arum said you just couldn’t discount that possibility.
“There is none,” Arum said recently when the ageless promoter [...]
Inamin ni Oscar Dela Hoya na hindi siya komportableng labanan ang mga mabibilis na boksingerong kagaya ni Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao.
Kabilang sa mga maliliksing nakalaban na ng 35-anyos na si Dela Hoya na nagbigay sa kanya ng sakit ng ulo ay sina light middleweights Sugar Shane Mosley, Floyd Maywether, Jr. at middleweight Bernard Hopkins.
Kung balak ni Manny Pacquiao na umakyat sa light welterweight division, mayroon na siyang kaagad na makakasagupa.
Sinabi kahapon ni world light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton ng Great Britain na nais niyang makaharap sa boxing ring ang sinumang mananalo sa non-title welterweight fight nina Pacquiao at Oscar Dela Hoya.
Save for the height and weight difference between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao, everything appears to be even as far as legendary trainer Angelo Dundee is concerned.
Hindi alintana ng 22-anyos na si Filipino super bantamweight sensation Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista ang pagiging beterano ng 31-anyos na si Mexican Heriberto “Cuate” Ruiz.
Sa panayam kahapon ni Dennis Principe sa kanyang ‘Sports Chat’ program sa DZSR Sports Radio mula sa Las Vegas, Nevada, sinabi ni Bautista na hindi niya kinatatakutan si Ruiz.
Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker Sampson Lewkowicz is convinced Oscar dela Hoya will surprise Freddie Roach in the coming fight against Manny Pacquiao with tactics the trainer never saw when he worked with the 1992 Olympic gold medalist for the Floyd Mayweather bout last year.
Lewkowicz was recently in Manila for a brief visit on the way [...]
Oscar De La Hoya doesn’t intend to stay on top of the ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena long on Dec. 6.
The Golden Boy wants to call it a night after five rounds with Manny Pacquiao.
Thailand’s Saddam Kietyongyuth, who last week issued a public challenge on OPBF lightweight king Randy Suico, said he is still waiting for a definitive answer from Suico and his handlers regarding a proposed fight.
One clear victim of a mismatch was Dodong Donaire, father and former trainer of world flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr.
The poor father has flown back to Cebu after a breakup with his son, the world champion who had a so-so second defense of his 112 lb crown recently.
It was Oscar dela Hoya’s media day, and it was Freddie Roach’s turn to take some punches.
For the first time since he started training for the Dec. 6 “Dream Match” with Manny Pacquiao, boxing’s Golden Boy opened the doors to his Big Bear camp last Tuesday in California.
More than a hundred members of the media [...]
IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr.’s manager Cameron Dunkin said yesterday it’s in the best interest of the Filipino Flash to move forward in his career without father and trainer Nonito Sr. in the team.
Donaire Jr. confirmed that he will no longer work with his long-time trainer because of personal differences.
As he looked forward to Manny Pacquiao’s Dec. 6 fight with Oscar dela Hoya, trainer Freddie Roach also looked back to the Golden Boy’s showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. last year.
Oscar de la Hoya is expected to be a serious threat in the first three rounds which experts consider critical for Manny Pacquiao to survive in their “Dream Match” at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Events Center in Las Vegas on Dec. 6.
Sportsman Rodrigo Salud, who crafted the by-laws of the World Boxing Council (WBC) in the 1960s, yesterday came to the rescue of Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao on the alleged unpaid sanction fees being demanded by WBC president Jose Sulaiman.
