Pacquiao Will Fight Cotto at 145!
The long wait is over after Manny Pacquiao finally agreed to fight Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico at a catch weight of 145 lbs. In a private conversation via long distance call with Top Rank promoter Bob Arum over the weekend, this was confirmed that the fight should happen in November 14 at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, USA.
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Roach wants a 3rd round KO win for Manny
With only less than five weeks of preparation with the most anticipated fight of the year between the current pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton, Manny is looking very sharp in his preparations leading up to the fight.
Roach, who added predicting how his prized ward’s fights would end to his resume, said Pacquiao’s May 2 (May 3 in Manila) fight against Ricky Hatton would end early when asked by reporters during “The Battle of East vs. West” promotional tour in Hollywood.
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Manny’s wife will not be around at ringside during the Dream Match
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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Oscar Wants a Knockout and Roach Promises One
During a conference call happened yesterday, Oscar De La Hoya talked about the need to win by knockout, claiming it would be a disaster if he didn’t. In light of those comments, Freddie Roach today had some things to say to his former student.
“Tell Oscar not to worry, the fight will end in a knockout,” Roach said through ace publicist Fred Sternburg yesterday from the Wild Card Boxing Club, the hotbed of Southern California fisticuffs.
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Pacquiao a Relentless Dynamo
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
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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Filipinos Need to Make a Room for Mexican Pac Fans
December 6 mega fight is coming up and there is a little fight set to happen in Las Vegas. Two of the most famous fighters in the world, Manny Pacquiao, 47-3-2, 35 KO’s, will be taking on Oscar De La Hoya, 39-5, 30 KO’s.
Oscar has long been the biggest draw in the sport and has been a part of record breaking pay per views. But joining him will be another big star and a man gaining fans every fight, Manny Pacquiao. That will be a huge fight.
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Mexicans Wants Manny to Win against Oscar
It began when Mexico’s greatest fighter Julio Cesar Chavez assailed Oscar De La Hoya who had beaten him twice. Then after a dominating win in a rematch against tough Matt Vanda, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr picked it up from his father and said in a post-fight interview that his money was on Pacquiao.
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Roach Predicts a KO at Round 9!
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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Pacman’s Power Stops Sparmate
Manny Pacquiao again biffed his third sparring partner as he intensified his training on his showdown against an American superstar Oscar De La Hoya on Dec. 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. His sparring partner named Marcus McDaniels, a junior middleweight fell back against the ropes and dropped his hands, prompting the Filipino ring hero to stop the onslaught and Manny had asked him if he’s OK. It was the same gesture recalled on how Pacquiao reacted after he sent the former WBC lightweight champion David Diaz to the canvas for good during their June 28 fight for the World Boxing Council lightweight championship.
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