Fresh Fights

Here are some videos of the fights of Manny Pacquiao who will be on the ring again this time for a bigger opponent, David Diaz.

Enjoy watching…

Manny Pacquiao will be the first Filipino athlete to be featured in a series of special stamps that will be issued by the PhilPost (Philippine Postal Corp).

Pacquiao agreed to the proposal from PhilPost which in itself is regarded as a singular honor for an athlete who has helped restore international respect for the Philippines through boxing.

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Two world champions, at the top of their game, matching each other in speed, power, stamina and courage is a recipe for a great fight - Bob Arum

This is what Bob Arum referring to the Pacquiao vs Diaz Match. I believe many of us knows already Manny Pacquiao, but who is David Diaz?

David Diaz (34-1-1, 17 KOs) a Mexican-American from Chicago and a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic team. He is the current WBC lightweight champion and he will be making the second defense of his title in the Pacquiao vs Diaz Match.
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The Pacquiao vs. Diaz lightweight bout tickets, priced at $600, $400, $300, $200 and $100, will go on sale this coming Saturday, April 19, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.

The Pacquiao vs. Diaz fight ticket sales are limited to 8 per person.
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Marty Mulcahey of MaxBoxing.com has a great article on the greatest boxers that retires as World Champions and come up with the ten best boxers to retire with their title.

read the full article here

With the success of Invasion: Philippines vs. The World, Golden Boy Promotions announced that there would be a possible Philippines vs. Mexico Rematch 2008 World Boxing Cup and possibly it will going to be held here in the Philippines, so watch out for the development of this event.

Here are the result of each fight in Invasion: Philippines vs. The World

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The main event dubbed as Invasion: Philippines vs. The World will feature Gerry Penalosa of the Philippines vs. Rattanachai Sor Vorapin of Thailand. Penalosa was the current holder of WBO bantamweight belt while Rattanachai was also a former holder of that belt too. Ratanachai lost to Jhonny Gonzalez and Penalosa gets the title from Gonzales.
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The invasion begins at Araneta Coliseum - the home to the classic “Thrilla in Manilla” between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975, will once again hold a boxing event, the even is called “Invasion: Philippines vs. The World” an eight-bout event which will be held on April 6, 2008 8am Philippine time (broadcast time is 10am)

The main event will feature Gerry Peñalosa(52-6, 35 KO’s) vs. Ratanachai Sor Vorapin (71-9, 47 KO’s) of Thailand, Peñalosa will defend his title for the first time to Ratanachai Sor Vorapin. They already met in 2000 and Peñalosa won that fight via 6th round TKO.

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