Manny’s wife will not be around at ringside during the Dream Match

November 29, 2008 · Posted in Philippine News · Comment 

Jinkee Pacquiao will not be at the MGM Grand Hotel ringside when her husband fights Oscar de la Hoya on December 7 (December 6, US time).

Pacquiao is eight months pregnant with her fourth child with the Filipino world champion, making it delicate for her to watch a bout expected to be tenser than any of her husband’s previous fights.
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Pacquiao a Relentless Dynamo

November 16, 2008 · Posted in Philippine Sports · Comment 

According to famous journalist Nick Giongco, Oscar De La Hoya just can’t seem to get over the can’t-pull-the-trigger remark made by former trainer Freddie Roach.

“If he (Roach) thinks he knows me, he’s got another thing coming. Say that I am over the hill, come Dec. 6th, we’ll see what happens,” De La Hoya said in a segment of the HBO special feature on the De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao welterweight war at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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Roach No to Blame about Oscar’s lost to Mayweather Bout

November 11, 2008 · Posted in Philippine Sports · Comment 

MANILA, Philippines - If Oscar de la Hoya loses on December 6, Freddie Roach will surely don’t feel bad about getting blamed for it.

The Hall of Fame trainer said in an international media-conference call on Monday that de la Hoya blamed him for losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2007.

Roach rejected de la Hoya’s claims and said Oscar strayed from using his bread and butter, the jab.
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Roach Predicts a KO at Round 9!

October 26, 2008 · Posted in Philippine Sports · Comment 

Freddie Roach said that The Dream Match won’t go the distance.

In an interview with GMANews.TV, Manny Pacquiao’s trainer was asked to predict what round the Pacquiao-Oscar de la Hoya bout would end. He had an abrupt reply, in the “ninth round”.

Manny finished a five-round sparring session with light-middleweight Rashad Holloway and Roach was pleased with what he saw Thursday afternoon at his Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles.
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