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
World Boxing Council super featherweight champ Manny Pacquiao acknowledged that he has been dubbed "the Mexican destroyer" for effectively silencing fighters from Mexico in his last fights. He, however, said that he was just "plain lucky" in previous victories.
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.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
During his last day's workout at the Gerry Peñalosa Gym in Mandaluyong City and hours before his departure for the US, Manny Pacquiao leaned over the ropes and kissed his charming wife, Jinkee, and smiled before getting back to his training regimen.
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.
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.
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, [...]
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) | 05/11/2008
Manny Pacquiao chose to play basketball in a neighborhood court over gracing a send-off party at his home in General Santos City Saturday.
The BN Village (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... He must surely now stand comparison to the greatest lower-middle weight fighters in history. 2. Manny Pacquiao - Super-featherweight Philippines (46-3-2, 35KOs) The all-action Pacquiao pipped Mexico's Juan Manuel 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,...
Boxing Blog - TheSweetScience.com (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Friday night's professional card will feature one of the world's best junior lightweights, undefeated Mexican Urbano Antillon (22-0, 15 KOs). This fan-friendly brawler has five straight knockouts, all in the first three rounds. Antillon is in the hunt for a world title shot and is ranked number two in the WBC behind Manny Pacquiao. In March, he defeated Bobby Pacquiao with an impressive...
