
Arum: Pacquiao Better Step Up, Margarito is a Real Danger
MANILA—Take it from venerable promoter Bob Arum.

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MANILA—Take it from venerable promoter Bob Arum.

MANILA—The looming typhoon expected to hit Northern Luzon late Sunday or early Monday is threatening to alter the schedule of Manny Pacquiao’s last week of training in the country.

THOSE OF us who have diligently followed the career of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao are concerned about how his preparation has been going for the fight against Antonio Margarito at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium on Nov. 13.

Filipino ring idol and pound-for-pound hero Manny Pacquiao is pushing himself relentlessly to apparently make up for lost time and distractions and has so far done well by all accounts.

Promoter Gabriel “Bebot” Elorde Jr has asked WBC president Don Jose Sulaiman for a review of the fight between WBC International super flyweight champion Sylvester Lopez and Juan “Goofy” Montes in a WBC super flyweight eliminator last October 2 in Mexico.

Celebrated trainer Freddie Roach wants Manny Pacquiao’s weekend trips to Manila stopped and said no matter whether Pacquiao rests by sleeping in his car “it is definitely tiring and won’t do him any good.”

POUND-FOR-POUND king Manny Pacquiao isn’t fooling around and is actually training hard for his WBC super welterweight title fight against Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13.

Hard-luck fighter Michael Domingo who has several times been denied a chance for a world title shot either by illness or opponents not willing to fight him, will get a chance to make headway when he fights Vusi Malinga in South Africa for the IBF No.1 bantamweight ranking.

MANILA—Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao looked far from impressive in six rounds of sparring against undefeated Glen Tapia and Michael Medina at the Shape Up Gym in Baguio City Saturday.

Jimrex Jaca scored a 6th round TKO over Korea’s rugged Jong Yoon Choi in a ten round bout in Zamboanga City in a card headlined by former two division world champion Gerry Penalosa in his farewell fight.