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Pacquiao, Bradley to share spotlight BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) – Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr. both realize almost every boxing fan wishes Floyd Mayweather Jr. had been standing next to Pacquiao at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Tuesday. But when Pacquiao and Mayweather failed to make a deal for the fight everybody wants to see, Pacquiao moved down the list of contenders to make a fight...
Boxing reforms
Manila, Philippines – The Games and Amusement Board will institute major reforms in boxing as precautionary measures to prevent ring death in the future. “A boxer will be asked to undergo CT scan and chest x-ray to determine their physical condition,” said Commissioner Aquil Tamano in yesterday’s PSA Forum at Shakeys in Ermita. “What happened to Karlo Maquinto should not be repeated....
Pacquiao invited
Manila, Philippines – Boxing icon and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao has been invited to grace the “Be Honest Fun Run” which kicks off on March 17 at the Mall of Asia with more than 5,000 runners expected to compete. “We believe that Rep. Pacquiao is a role model for Filipinos, having raised his family and helped his countrymen through honest and truthful efforts,” said race organizer...
Donaire fights at Cowboys Stadium
By NICK GIONGCO Manila, Philippines – Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum is putting together a slambang show for July 14 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas featuring Filipino four-division champion Nonito Donaire. Arum told the Bulletin from Los Angeles on Monday afternoon (Sunday night in the US) that Donaire, fresh from crowning himself as the World Boxing Organization super-bantamweight king,...
SCOOP: Casimero recalls Argentine nightmare
Manila, Philippines – More than a week after his tumultuous 10th round technical knockout victory over Argentine Luis Lazarte, Fiipino International Boxing Federation interim lightflyweight champion John Riel Casimero still nurses aches all over his body. Not from the punishment he received from Lazarte, which was minimal, but from the injuries inflicted by the violent proArgentine crowd who...
Elorde awards set March 25
Manila, Philippines – Five Filipino fighters who won nine of 13 title bouts in 2011 will be honored as most outstanding boxers of the year in the 12th Gabriel “Flash” Elorde Boxing Awards/Banquet of Champions on March 25 at the grand ballroom of the Dusit Thani Hotel. The boxers are WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, WBC/WBO bantamweight ruler Nonito Donaire, WBO flyweight king...
Pacquiao-Lin NY meet mulled
By NICK GIONGCO Manila, Philippines – Plans are afoot for Manny Pacquiao and Jeremy Lin to meet up on Wednesday in New York a day before the Filipino’s scheduled press conference there and the New York Knicks guard’s match with the Atlanta Hawks at Madison Square Garden. Pacquiao is now in the US to fulfill a myriad of commitments from having his deposition taken in relation with the defamation...
Casimero assault fuels RP protest
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – The Philippines filed a diplomatic protest to the Argentine government after a Filipino fighter was attacked in the ring by fans unhappy he had won a title bout. John Riel Casimero and members of his team were kicked and assaulted when fans hurled chairs and stormed the ring following his 10th-round knockout of local fighter Luis Alberto Lazarte in the IBF junior...
Floyd to taste Manny’s ‘punches’
Manila, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao gets the chance to ruffle Floyd Mayweather’s feathers on Friday (Saturday in Manila) in Las Vegas when he takes his deposition in connection with the defamation case he filed against the outspoken American boxer. A deposition is a sworn testimony that is taken before a trial and Pacquiao will be joined by his competent American lawyers during the legal...
