
Inside Sports: Pinoy Warriors of The Finest Kind
Whenever a fighter enters the ring the recent history of ring deaths and the physical damage to fighters indicates he realistically puts his life on the line.

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Whenever a fighter enters the ring the recent history of ring deaths and the physical damage to fighters indicates he realistically puts his life on the line.

Manny Pacquiao, the reigning pound-for-pound king and boxing icon will get cracking in his preparation for “The Event” with former world champion Joshua Clottey at the state-of-the-art $1.2 billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium on March 13, on Tuesday, Manila Time.

Manny Pacquiao, the reigning world pound-for-pound king looks like “he didn’t take time out” after his 12th round TKO victory over WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas last November.

Former IBF light flyweight champion Brian Viloria is “doing great” according to his manager Gary Gittelsohn who was at his bedside after a little rest following Viloria's title fight when he collapsed in his dressing room and had to be rushed to hospital for a series of CT Scans and other tests, Saturday, Manila Time.

Brian Viloria who lost his IBF light flyweight title to Carlos Tamara of Colombia in a stunning TKO at 1:45 of the 12th round is reported in “stable condition” at the Makati Medical Center where he was transferred to from the San Juan De Dios Hospital near the Cuneta Astrodome where the fight took place.

Former world title challenger Z “The Dream” Gorres continues to show his fighting spirit as he recovers from brain surgery following his last fight against rugged Luis Melendez of Colombia at the Mandalay Bay House of Blues in Las Vegas last November 13.

Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao’s training at the Wild Card Gym has been delayed by another day while challenger Joshua Clottey’s training which began last week has been disrupted after his trainer was temporarily refused a visa by the US Embassy in Accra, Ghana.

IBF light flyweight champion Brian Viloria tipped the scales without any trouble at 108 pounds in the official weigh-in at the Centennial Hall of the historic Manila Hotel but mandatory challenger Carlos Tamara of Colombia had to strip down completely after he initially weighed half-a-pound over the limit but made 108 on his second try.

The training camp of pound-for-pound boxing hero Manny Pacquiao opens on today at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles and according to conditioning expert Alex Ariza that’s when Pacquiao sets aside the fun and games and begins to train relentlessly.

The Executive Director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission has effectively cleared “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya of insinuations that he may have been on performance enhancing drugs before fights against Bernard Hopkins and Felix “Tito” Trinidad.