ABS CBN (Free subscription) | yesterday
World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao will try to go for an early knock out against reigning WBC lightweight champion David Diaz when they square off on June 28 at the Mandalay Bay casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | yesterday
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says that when Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao battles WBC lightweight champion David Diaz in a showdown titled "Lethal Combination" at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel & Casino on June 28 "it will be a fight for the ages."
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
It may have only been a press conference but from the looks of it, both Manny Pacquiao and David Diaz already bared their plans to outfight each other for the June 28 title clash dubbed "Lethal Combination" at the Mandalay Bay Hotel Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
He is the last Diaz standing among the lightweights. The smart money follows his opponent next month, Manny Pacquiao. But David Diaz will not go away easily, Bart Barry says, won over by Diaz's personality and knowledge of the game.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao visited Gerry Peñalosa's gym in Manila for one last training session Monday afternoon before flying to the US to promote his upcoming fight with World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion David Diaz.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao is confident that WBC lightweight champion David Diaz will be no match for his speed.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao's childhood friend and trainer, Restituto "Buboy" Fernandez, cautioned him "not to be overconfident" in his WBC lightweight title fight against champion David Diaz on June 28 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | yesterday
... champ wrote the column in Los Angeles, California while training for his June 28 challenge against David Diaz at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 31-year-old WBC lightweight king fights out of Chicago, Illinois but is a Mexican-American.Among the Mexicans previously defeated by Pacquiao were Juan Manuel Marquez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Jorge Solis, Erik Morales and...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... and finishing his studies.” Asked about her feelings on the fight against WBC lightweight champion David Diaz, Jinkee said, “I am relaxed, not nervous because saw his fight against Ramon Montano on the undercard of the Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fight and I know Manny can handle him easily. I am one hundred percent sure because of his skill and power.”
General Santos, Philippines (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Manny Pacquiao chose to play basketball in a neighborhood court over gracing a send-off party at his home in General Santos City Saturday. As Pacquiao’s bout with WBC lightweight champ David Diaz gets near, Pacman's family offered a thanksgiving mass and a despedida party for him Saturday evening. Everyone wished him well and prayed for his win, [...]
The BN Village (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... Marquez in March to claim the WBC super-featherweight crown and faces WBC lightweight champion David Diaz in June. 3. Joe Calzaghe - Super-middleweight Wales (45-0, 32KOs) Calzaghe outpointed Bernard Hopkins on his US and light-heavyweight debut to remain undefeated and may now fight the great Roy Jones Jr later this year. 4. Miguel Cotto - Welterweight Puerto Rico (32-0, 26KOs) Former...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Manny Pacquiao chose to play basketball in a neighborhood court over gracing a send-off party at his home in General Santos City Saturday.As Pacquiao's bout with WBC lightweight champ David Diaz gets near, Pacman's family offered a thanksgiving mass and a despedida party for him Saturday evening.Everyone wished him well and prayed for his win, but Pacman was nowhere to be found in his...
