Tag: Pacquiao

Horn not done title fight homework – Pacquiao team

BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Australian challenger Jeff Horn has made a massive blunder by not training against superior sparring partners in the United States in preparation for Sunday’s title fight, Manny Pacquiao’s team says. The legendary 38-year-old Filipino, one of the greatest fighters of his generation, is widely tipped to overcome the unbeaten Horn in front of an expected 50,000 people at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium. Pacquiao’s Australian strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune said Thursday […]

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Mananalo si Pacquiao kay Khan – Mayweather

Naniniwala ang American boxer na si Floyd Mayweather Jr. na mananalo si Sen. Manny Pacquiao sa laban nito kay Amir Khan. Wala umanong nakikita si Mayweather na Tyansa na mananalo ang 30-year-old na si Khan sa 38 anyos na si Pacquiao. Ang Pacquiao-Khan fight ay isasagawa sa Mayo 20.  

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Pacquiao moves to cite Dayan for contempt for evading to tell the truth

  (Eagle News) — Senator Manny Pacquiao moved to cite Ronnie Dayan for contempt after expressing exasperation with him for not allegedly revealing the whole truth during the Senate inquiry into the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa. Pacquiao said his head was aching whenever he would question Dayan at the Senate investigation. “Sumasakit ulo ko,” the senator said. “I move that Dayan be cited for contempt.” Senator Panfilo Lacson then asked if there […]

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Boxing champ Pacquiao arrives with PNP chief “Bato”

  (Eagle News) — Filipino boxing champion Senator Manny Pacquiao arrived early Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at a Manila airport thanking everybody who supported him. Pacquiao, arrived with Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa, who watched the fight at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, where the senator defeated Jessie Vargas, taking his WBO welterweight title.

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Pacquiao reclaims WBO title for third time

  by Greg Heakes LAS VEGAS, United States | AFP | — Filipino star Manny Pacquiao reclaimed the World Boxing Organization welterweight title for the third time with a unanimous decision victory over former champion Jesse Vargas in his comeback fight on Saturday. The 37-year-old Pacquiao, who announced his retirement seven months ago after beating Timothy Bradley, knocked Vargas down in the second round en route to a decisive victory at the Thomas & Mack […]

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Jessie Vargas, isu-surprise raw si Pacquiao sa laban

Kakaibang Jessie Vargas umano ang posibleng makakaharap ni Filipino Boxing Champion at Senator Manny “Pacman” Pacquaio. Ito ang tiniyak mismo ng trainer ni Vargas na si Dewey Cooper, dahil sa kakaibang ensayo at mas mataas na level rin ng training na kanilang ipinapatupad para kay Jessie. Sinabi pa ni Vargas, ang bilis na ipinakita ng kaniyang alaga na tumalo kay Sadam Ali ang isa sa target nila na mahigitan pa. Ang sagupaang pacquiao kontra Vargas […]

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Philippines’ gold dream fades as Pacquiao rules out Rio

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao said Friday he would skip the Rio Olympics even if professionals were allowed to compete, knocking out the Philippines’ best chance of winning its first gold medal. Pacquiao, who was this month elected to his nation’s Senate and harbours dreams of becoming president, said he wanted to instead focus on his political career. “I have decided to prioritise my legislative duty as I owe it to the […]

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Boxing: Mayweather hints at chance of ring return

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Floyd Mayweather teasingly hinted Saturday that he might be tempted to return to the ring, but said only a “nine-figure” payday could lure him out of retirement. The 39 year-old Mayweather, who walked away from boxing eight months ago with a perfect 49-0 record, was on hand as a promoter of Badou Jack’s majority draw with Lucian Bute in a super middleweight world title fight at the DC Armory in Washington. […]

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Poe, Escudero make courtesy call to INC Executive Minister

  QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) —  Presidential aspirant Senator Grace Poe and her running-mate Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero visited the Iglesia Ni Cristo Central Office in Quezon City on Monday to make a courtesy call to the INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. Poe, who is running as an independent, came to the INC office earlier than Escudero. Both were welcomed at the INC’s Bulwagan room by Brother Eduardo who heard the tandem’s platforms. […]

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Philippines celebrates Pacquiao’s bitter-sweet final victory

by Mynardo Macaraig MANILA, Philippines  (AFP) — With a mixture of pride and sorrow, millions of Filipinos Sunday celebrated victory for their boxing hero Manny Pacquiao in what he has called his final fight. Pacquiao, 37, easily won his third battle with American Tim Bradley in Las Vegas, capping a 21-year professional career with 66 bouts under his belt. He has said he will now retire despite hints by some associates that he could be lured […]

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Boxing: Vintage Pacquiao wins farewell fight against Bradley

  by Rob Woollard LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Manny Pacquiao scored an emphatic victory over American Tim Bradley here Saturday, sealing his 21-year professional career with a vintage performance in his farewell to boxing. Pacquiao, fighting for the first time since his defeat to Floyd Mayweather last May in the “Fight of the Century”, knocked down Bradley twice on his way to a comfortable unanimous decision. The judges’ scorecards at the MGM Grand Garden […]

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