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Manny Pacquiao once again put on a magnificent display of boxing skill, incredible hand speed, cat-quick movement, remarkable power and indomitable courage in pulverizing a hapless Antonio Margarito in 12 rounds on Saturday night at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Well known eye specialist Dr. Arnold Salud says the fractured eye socket injury suffered by Antonio Margarito as a result of the battering he received at the hands of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao is not as bad as the eye injury suffered by Sugar Ray Leonard in 1982.
World Boxing Council president Don Jose Sulaiman has referred to pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao as “the modern Henry Armstrong of the 21st century.”
Strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza said he’d like to see pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao give Juan Manuel Marquez one more chance after two fairly controversial fights so he could “shut him up once and for all” since Marquez keeps claiming he won both clashes with Pacquiao. Ariza added, let’s see who is the better man now.”
Roli Gasca of the ALA Gym has scored a stunning sixth round knockout over WBA No.3 ranked bantamweight Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat to win the Pan Asian Boxing Association title in Buriram, Thailand on Friday.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—Trainer Robert Garcia sees no other ending than a Manny Pacquiao crumpled on the canvas in the latter rounds of his fight with Antonio Margarito for the WBC super welterweight crown on Nov. 13.
Jonel “Mulawin” Alibio has won the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation featherweight title with a rousing sixth round knockout over champion Naoki Matsuda at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao has played down claims by trainer Freddie Roach, strength and conditioning guru Alex Ariza and even Top Rank promoter Bob Arum that his preparation for the showdown against the bigger and stronger Antonio Margarito has been plagued by distractions.
In a major breakthrough that is certain to take Philippine boxing to another level and enhance the growing emergence of the Waterfront Hotel & Casino as Asia’s counterpart of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, ALA Promotions and the Brave Heart boxing stable of former North Cotabato governor Manny Pinol have reached an agreement.
The head of the WBO Asia Pacific region, Leon Panoncillo, has accused Thai fighter Sanatanong Paiwan of impersonating the approved opponent of undefeated WBO Asia Pacific welterweight champion Steve Wills identified as Denkamol Kiatchanachai.