ESPN (Free subscription) | yesterday
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Top Rank's Bob Arum met Wednesday and formally opened negotiations for a Dec. 6 megafight between Oscar De La Hoya, boxing's biggest star, and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
As expected, Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao remained atop the pound-for-pound list according to critics.
SI.com (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
At 4 p.m. Wednesday, a contingent from Top Rank, led by CEO Bob Arum, will arrive at the Los Angeles offices of Golden Boy Promotions to begin -- and hopefully finalize -- negotiations with Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer for a December welterweight bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Paquiao.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Philippine flag-bearer Manny Pacquiao believes the country's Olympians will do well in their quest for medals as he wished them the best of luck a day before he sets off to join them in Beijing.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Session was temporarily halted at the House of Representatives in Quezon City Wednesday after Manny Pacquiao arrived to receive a congressional award as a boxing champion.
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Jesse Owens, baby. He ran things at the 1936 games, and in a bigger way that capturing a boatload of gold medals. Stop Mike Lupica and Canadian DJM are back with their country-by-country breakdown of the games. These are funny. Thank you all for your nice support in the comments yesterday. Today we will repeat [...]
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
You are a qualified central heating engineer who could earn a million or two to box for a living. Do you bite off the offering hands, or say: 'My country needs me'.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Letran star player RJ Jazul got a most-deserved praise as most valuable player while PCU's Beau Belga earned a negative mark in a collegiate basketball Web site's review of round 1 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball tournament.
BuddyTV (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Daisy De La Hoya was one of the 20 hopefuls that fought for rock star Bret Michaels' heart on the VH1 reality dating series Rock of Love 2. She ended up in the final two but lost to Ambre Lake,...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
By Karen Robes Meeks LONG BEACH - A boxing star's housing development company could punch up a corner of North Long Beach if talks go well between the company and redevelopment officials.
EmailWire.Com (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
(EMAILWIRE.COM, August 05, 2008 ) Fans may call it Manchester Muscle vs. New York Flash, England vs. The United States, or Brawler vs. Boxer. Regardless of how it is described, the Junior Welterweight World Championship unification bout between England's Ricky The Hitman Hatton...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Manny Pacquiao's American promoter is set to meet with the big boss of Golden Boy Promotions, Richard Schaefer, on Wednesday to push negotiations for the proposed fight that would pit the Filipino ring icon against GBP's Oscar de la Hoya on December 6 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
BBC Sport catches up with GB's Olympic boxers in Macau
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
News from the build-up to the Olympics
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Stepping inside the ropes with Oscar De La Hoya, who set a sport back on its feet American Son: My Story Oscar De La Hoya with Steve Springer HarperCollins: 286 pages, $25.95 F or decades, the health of boxing depended on the presence of a crossover star-the pugilist who could compel non-boxing fans to hit the pay-per-view button. In the late '80s and '90s, Mike Tyson was the magnet, but by the time...
