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by Dennis dSource Guillermo

“The Republica Strikes Back”

After shocking the boxing world and making his name known especially among the Mexican fight fans, Manny Pacquiao was on cloud nine. He went back home and was greeted like a conquering hero in the Philippines as he was honored by the Phillipine government for his accomplishment. The Mexican fight community also honored Pacquiao by giving him the distinction of being hailed as the nation’s “Republica Enemy No.1″ for destroying Barrera the way he did in November of 2003.

Pacquiao definitely became a marked man among the Mexican boxing community which boasted the best the lower weight classes had to offer and hailed Barrera as one of their most revered fighters for his exploits inside the ring. The way Pacquiao manhandled the future Hall of Famer left a bitter taste in

by Dennis Guillermo

After Manny Pacquiao’s four impressive knockout victories since the draw against Agapito Sanchez in San Francisco, Pacquiao was not only starting to make boxing fans look, he was also starting to catch the attention of big names in the sport. One of those big names was Marco Antonio Barrera. Barrera noticed Pacquiao and said to have seen something in the explosive Filipino that reminded him of himself.

The only difference was that Pacquiao isn’t Mexican. Barrera at that time had just signed with Golden Boy Promotions had requested Richard Shaeffer to arrange a fight against Pacquiao as the Mexican legend did not enjoy watching Pacquiao demolish his Mexican countryman Emmanuel Lucero.

At the time, Pacquiao was being promoted by Murad Muhammad. Muhammad had lofty goals for Pacquiao as he had envisioned for “The Destroyer” to

by Dennis Guillermo

“The Exodus”

Five months after Manny Pacquiao burst in the American boxing scene by annihilating Lehlohonolo Ledwaba at the MGM in Las Vegas and capturing the IBF super bantamweight belt, Pacquiao faced the rugged and game WBO super bantamweight champion Agapito Sanchez at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California. It was the Bay Area’s first live glimpse of the Pac Man who is now beloved and has throngs of fans in the area as evidenced by the massive crowd that showed up and cheered Pacquiao just a little over a month ago when Pacquiao threw the ceremonial pitch at the San Francisco Giants’ game against the San Diego Padres.

Pacquiao entered the ring with his now signature smile and

by Dennis Guillermo

“Introduction”

Around 10 years ago in September of 1999, Manny Pacquiao was at a crossroads of his career. He had just lost his WBC flyweight belt to Medgoen Singsurat in Thailand after getting knocked out by a body shot. Pacquiao had stayed too long at the 112 division and was dehydrated and struggled to make weight for his title defense. It was Pacquiao’s last campaign below 120 pounds as he jumped 10 pounds for his next fight and captured the WBC international super bantamweight belt.

It was a wise career decision for Pacquiao as it marked the beginning of what would be boxing’s most impressive run in the past decade. Pacquiao would go on to make five successful defenses of his

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao made it to Forbes magazine’s list of highest-paid athletes in the world, tying for the sixth spot with basketball phenom Lebron James and golfer Phil Mickelson.

According to Forbes, Pacquiao is the highest-ranking among four newcomers to the list, raking in a total of $40 million in the past 12 months. The boxing star is among the eight non-Americans on the list, which had golf icon Tiger Woods ($110 million) at the top.

“Pac-Man hogged the boxing spotlight over the past year with victories in two blockbuster fights against Oscar De La Hoya in December and Ricky Hatton in May that combined for more than $100 million in pay-per-view revenue in the US,” Forbes said in a brief write-up.

“The two blockbuster fights garnered more than 2 million pay-per-view buys in

By Daniel Poland, Doghouse Boxing

Manny Pacquiao, the pound for pound king of boxing has given out the orders to promoter Bob Arum to get him a mega fight with WBO Welterweight champion Miguel Cotto.

Pacquiao was ringside for Cotto’s hard fought victory over Joshua Clottey and has immediately told Arum to make the fight happen. Has Pacquiao seen a weakness that he will be able to exploit?

It was thought Pacquiao would hold out to fight the winner of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight on July 18th, but a Mayweather injury has postponed the fight till September and it looks as though The Pac Man doesn’t want to wait that long before making a decision.

Shouts for a fight with “Sugar” Shane Mosley have died

MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao, who received the 2008 Fighter of the Year award Friday evening in New York, will join the ranks of Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard and Evander Holyfield if he continues to shine in 2009.

Ali, Frazier, Leonard and Holyfield are so far the only fighters to have won the award three times since the Boxing Writers Association of America started giving the award in 1938, the year heavyweight Jack Dempsey won it.

Pacquiao was BWAA top fighter in 2006, when he knocked out Erik Morales twice, and was named the best for 2008, the year he defeated Juan Manuel Marquez, David Diaz and Oscar dela Hoya in different weight classes.

No fighter in history has won the BWAA

NEW YORK (AFP) – – Manny Pacquiao will be sitting at ringside to watch Miguel Cotto defend his welterweight crown Saturday against Ghana’s Joshua Clottey, the Filipino superstar sizing up his potential next opponent.

Puerto Rican star Cotto, 33-1 with 27 knockouts, will face Clottey, 35-2 with 20 knockouts, on the eve of the annual Puerto Rican Day parade in New York – a date that has become a fight tradition for Cotto at Madison Square Garden.

Pacquiao is considered boxing’s pound-for-pound champion after knocking out Britain’s Ricky Hatton in the second round last month at Las Vegas.

“It was very good and a very strong moment for Pacquiao in that fight,” Cotto said.

While fight fans hunger for a Pacquiao showdown against unbeaten US star Floyd Mayweather Jnr, who

MANILA, Philippines – After burning the lines with his promoter, his adviser and an emissary from Malacañang, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao agreed to cut short his scheduled family vacation, fly straight to the Big Apple and receive his Fighter of the Year award from the Boxing Writers Association of America on Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

Pacquiao reportedly had second thoughts on personally receiving his second Fighter of the Year award from the BWAA, and in fact flew to Bohol yesterday morning after spending a night in Cebu City with his family, including wife Jinkee and kids Jimuel, Michael, Princess and Queen Elizabeth, and close friends.

Pacquiao said in a TV interview last Tuesday his trip to New York has been postponed, raising speculations that

MANILA, Philippines – “We’ve found the new Manny Pacquiao,” gushed promoter Sammy Gello-ani as teenaged “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona sent Thai veteran Wandee Singwancha to dreamland with a vicious left uppercut at 1:49 of the second round to claim the vacant WBO Oriental flyweight crown before 2,000 believers at the Cebu Coliseum two weeks ago.

“Sonsona has Pacquiao’s power and the moves of (IBF flyweight titlist Nonito) Donaire,” said Gello-ani. “I never expected him to dispose of Wandee so easily. He may be skinny and lanky at 5-7 but he hits like a mule. He’s mature for his age. He’s ready for a world title shot.”

Gello-ani said yesterday he is close to finalizing negotiations for Sonsona to challenge WBO superflyweight champion Jose (Carita) Lopez of Puerto Rico on