9balllvr said:
Here's a previous thread about that event:
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=72993
Filipino Sports Competitors
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Here's a previous thread about that event:
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=72993
Renegade said:
Yes he did, and twice at that!
A 10th round TKO and a 3rd round KO! Here it is in DIVX:
Pacquiao/Morales II
http://stage6.divx.com/user/canflip/video/1068424/Pacman-vs-Eric-Morales-II
Pacquiao/Morales III
http://stage6.divx.com/user/canflip/video/1067928/Pacman-vs-Eric-Morales-III
Here's the latest from HBO Boxing regarding the fight, and Manny in particular...Tom
DON'T WORRY, MANNY IS OKAY
It has become a mantra in the boxing soap opera, "As Manny's World Turns." Trainer Freddie Roach gets a lot of air time on the show, but the line he most often has to say is, "Don't worry, Manny is okay." But is he? After going through more distractions for his Oct. 6 fight with Marco Antonio Barrera that any boxer in recent memory, many are wondering: will Manny Pacquiao have his head screwed on straight when he enters the ring.
by Nat Gottlieb
First the Cliff Notes on "As Manny's World Turns." Starting in May:
Manny falls in love with the notion of being a congressman. He campaigns hard in the Philippines, where he is a national icon, spends a ton of money, but the voters break his heart. They spurn him for another.
Manny perks up when Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank kiss and make up. He gets his second love, a rematch with Barrera. Manny is supposed to report to Roach's Wild Card Gym around the second week in July to begin preparing for his big night out. A plane with his Filipino training team and equipment is waiting for him on the runway. Manny backs out and cancels the flight in order to take care of a multitude of business deals he is involved in, including a movie he is filming with beautiful Filipino actress Ara Mina. The movie is an action/comedy. Mina plays a reporter covering an insurgency. Manny portrays a rebel and uses method acting.
Life back home continues to be so hectic that Manny keeps putting off his Wild Card arrival. He squeezes some training in between making commercials, filming the movie and signing product endorsements ranging from an herbal sleeping pill to beer, ice cream and vinegar. He also can't resist an old flame, basketball, which he plays when ever he can in a Filipino league.
Meanwhile, back in L.A., when asked about his boxing star's absence and his conditioning, Roach says: "Don't worry, Manny is okay."
Manny finally makes his fashionably late grand appearance in Los Angeles the second week of August for a press conference. Roach tells the media Manny will start working at the Wild Card the next day. Without informing Roach, Manny flies right back to the Philippines. When Roach contacts him, Manny tells him he went back because he was afraid there might be "Barrera spies" watching what he was working on in the gym. The mild-mannered Roach can only laugh and mutter "spies." For Manny's last three fights, Roach closed down the gym to outsiders.
Soon another reason for Manny's return to the Philippines surfaces. Manny, who is reported on daily more than Paris Hilton and Britney Spears combined, makes the Filipino scandal sheets. Rumors abound that he is having a romantic liaison with the sexy Ara Mina. His wife Jinkee is upset. Manny denies the affair emphatically, as does Mina, who says she often goes on "dates" with her leading men and crew members to build harmony on the set. Jinkee is mollified. All is well in the Pacquiao House. But Manny still balks at coming to L.A. He decides to train the first six weeks in Cebu City, the last two in the Wild Card and Vegas.
Unflappable Freddie tells the American media it's not a big deal, "Manny is doing fine."
Roach prepares to fly to the Philippines to train Manny. Manny has a change of heart. He says he is coming to L.A. after all. Roach unpacks. Two days later Manny has another change of heart. He is staying in the Philippines to train at friend and confidant Rex "Wakee" Salud's RWS Gym in Cebu. Roach repacks and flies to Cebu.
Training begins. Manny is happy. Roach is not. The trainer was assured security would keep out Manny's hordes of fans. They do not. The gym is filled with people who have flocked to Cebu to see their matinee idol. "Manny loves to play to the crowd. It is taking away from his focus," Roach tells the Filipino media. Roach threatens to pull out and return to Los Angeles unless security does its job. He gives Salud one last chance. "He's not focusing on the fight, he's focusing on the fans. If nothing happens, I am going home."
Order is restored at the gym. The fans are kept out. Roach stays. Manny is training well. Then on Friday, Aug. 31, he comes down with a contagious flu that was making the rounds of Cebu. His doctor prescribes medicine, two days rest and tells Manny to avoid contact with people. There was no indication from Manny what he found hardest: taking the pills, missing training or avoiding contact with his fans.
By Sunday Manny is feeling better. The doctor okays a walk around the hotel. Roach waits in his own room for a call from Pacquiao to inform him he was ready to go for the walk. No call comes. It was 10 a.m. Roach figured Pacquiao was still sleeping. He was not.
Feeling better, Manny sneaks out of the hotel, drives to Cebu City Sports Complex where he plays a game of basketball against the Cebu media. When he gets back to the hotel, Roach is told by Manny "he only ran up and down the court a little." What he doesn't tell Roach is he scored 30 points.
Manny returns to training hard and is looking good. So well that by the end of the week Manny feels he can take the weekend off to sign an agreement with GMA 7, which will telecast the fight, and to ink a deal to host a sports-oriented reality show and a possible telenovela.
Roach assures the media that Manny was back in Cebu on Sunday evening and was in bed by 9 p.m. On Monday, Manny returns to the gym for sparring. Roach, in his daily report to the hordes of Filipino media says: "Manny went ten good rounds," and indicated the workout was "pretty good for a Monday," considering he took the weekend off.
Manny is training now with great intensity and everybody in the Pacquiao camp is happy.
Meanwhile, Manny's opponent is working in total isolation in the high altitude mountains of Guadalajara. He allows no distractions.
Why is any of this important? Because both fighters have said they each lost a major fight because of outside distractions.
Pacquiao blames his loss in his first fight with Erik Morales in 2005 on distractions. Pacquiao blames his loss in his first fight with Erik Morales in 2005 on distractions. Every day the Wild Card was packed with his fans who cheered Manny's every move. Hangers on jammed his hotel suite. When he wasn't training, he was meeting with lawyers and managers to develop a strategy to sever ties with his then promoter, Murad Muhammad, whom Manny's team claims was shortchanging him on purse money.
Ron Borges, who writes for HBO, filed this post-fight account after Morales won: "As the days wore on, Pacquiao wore down. His focus on Morales seemed to slip away until he appeared to be only a shadow himself when Fight Night finally came. He fought bravely, as always, but he did not fight well and he was punished for it. Pacquiao's tactics seemed nonexistent, and his stubborn insistence on finding a way to knock out the resilient Morales with one punch led him to a painful defeat."
Barrera blames his TKO loss to Manny in 2003 on distractions. The Mexican fighter is very addicted to routine. His training camps are scripted the same way down to the T. He does not like change. For the first fight with Manny, Barrera went through the mother of distractions.
He was undergoing a painful professional divorce from longtime manager/promoter Ricardo Maldonado. The separation meant that Barrera also lost the services of his longtime trainer, Oscar Maldonado, who is Ricardo's son.
Then, while training in the mountains of Big Bear Lake in California, Barrera was blindsided when Maldonado leaked information to the media that the boxer had undergone brain surgery two years ago. Barrera, who trains with tremendous focus and intensity, had to deal with an onslaught of media questions. He explained that the surgery was very minor to remove a small cyst. In the middle of this circus, Barrera had to evacuate his camp when wild fires threatened Big Bear.
When the fight came, Barrera looked lethargic and unfocused in the ring, and was dominated by the underdog, Pacquiao. In the post-fight press conference Barrera would say: "I couldn't see a lot of things. I wasn't concentrating. I wasn't feeling like myself. I don't know what went wrong, but it wasn't me (in the ring)."
This time, Barrera has had no distractions. He has talked about retiring, and this may be his last fight. He sounds like a man on a mission.
"I am not just fighting for personal revenge. I'm fighting for my country and my fellow Mexican fighters who have fallen victim to Pacquiao," the Mexican said from training camp. "I am training harder than I ever have. I want to beat Manny so badly I can taste it. This goes beyond being personal. For me, this fight is about restoring national pride."
As for Manny, it was recently announced that he would be starring in a sitcom with another beautiful Filipino actress, Rufa Mae Quinto. His producers promise this will not disrupt the schedule of his training. Taping of the sitcom will start only after the Barrera fight. Manny has taken a similar stance about finishing the movie with Ara Mina.
According to a recent report in the Philippine Inquirer, shooting of the film will resume only after the fight. The movie will be entered in the Manila Film Festival in December. Asked to comment on his kissing scene with Ara Mina, "Manny responded with a shy grin."
Recently this comment surfaced from Oscar De La Hoya, who promotes Barrera through his company, Golden Boy Promotions. When asked what he thought of Barrera's chances to beat Pacquiao, De La Hoya was quoted as saying: "The more I hear about Pacquiao's distractions, the more I think he (Barrera) can pull off the upset."
Stay tuned.
DON'T WORRY, MANNY IS OKAY
It has become a mantra in the boxing soap opera, "As Manny's World Turns." Trainer Freddie Roach gets a lot of air time on the show, but the line he most often has to say is, "Don't worry, Manny is okay." But is he? After going through more distractions for his Oct. 6 fight with Marco Antonio Barrera that any boxer in recent memory, many are wondering: will Manny Pacquiao have his head screwed on straight when he enters the ring.
by Nat Gottlieb
First the Cliff Notes on "As Manny's World Turns." Starting in May:
Manny falls in love with the notion of being a congressman. He campaigns hard in the Philippines, where he is a national icon, spends a ton of money, but the voters break his heart. They spurn him for another.
Manny perks up when Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank kiss and make up. He gets his second love, a rematch with Barrera. Manny is supposed to report to Roach's Wild Card Gym around the second week in July to begin preparing for his big night out. A plane with his Filipino training team and equipment is waiting for him on the runway. Manny backs out and cancels the flight in order to take care of a multitude of business deals he is involved in, including a movie he is filming with beautiful Filipino actress Ara Mina. The movie is an action/comedy. Mina plays a reporter covering an insurgency. Manny portrays a rebel and uses method acting.
Life back home continues to be so hectic that Manny keeps putting off his Wild Card arrival. He squeezes some training in between making commercials, filming the movie and signing product endorsements ranging from an herbal sleeping pill to beer, ice cream and vinegar. He also can't resist an old flame, basketball, which he plays when ever he can in a Filipino league.
Meanwhile, back in L.A., when asked about his boxing star's absence and his conditioning, Roach says: "Don't worry, Manny is okay."
Manny finally makes his fashionably late grand appearance in Los Angeles the second week of August for a press conference. Roach tells the media Manny will start working at the Wild Card the next day. Without informing Roach, Manny flies right back to the Philippines. When Roach contacts him, Manny tells him he went back because he was afraid there might be "Barrera spies" watching what he was working on in the gym. The mild-mannered Roach can only laugh and mutter "spies." For Manny's last three fights, Roach closed down the gym to outsiders.
Soon another reason for Manny's return to the Philippines surfaces. Manny, who is reported on daily more than Paris Hilton and Britney Spears combined, makes the Filipino scandal sheets. Rumors abound that he is having a romantic liaison with the sexy Ara Mina. His wife Jinkee is upset. Manny denies the affair emphatically, as does Mina, who says she often goes on "dates" with her leading men and crew members to build harmony on the set. Jinkee is mollified. All is well in the Pacquiao House. But Manny still balks at coming to L.A. He decides to train the first six weeks in Cebu City, the last two in the Wild Card and Vegas.
Unflappable Freddie tells the American media it's not a big deal, "Manny is doing fine."
Roach prepares to fly to the Philippines to train Manny. Manny has a change of heart. He says he is coming to L.A. after all. Roach unpacks. Two days later Manny has another change of heart. He is staying in the Philippines to train at friend and confidant Rex "Wakee" Salud's RWS Gym in Cebu. Roach repacks and flies to Cebu.
Training begins. Manny is happy. Roach is not. The trainer was assured security would keep out Manny's hordes of fans. They do not. The gym is filled with people who have flocked to Cebu to see their matinee idol. "Manny loves to play to the crowd. It is taking away from his focus," Roach tells the Filipino media. Roach threatens to pull out and return to Los Angeles unless security does its job. He gives Salud one last chance. "He's not focusing on the fight, he's focusing on the fans. If nothing happens, I am going home."
Order is restored at the gym. The fans are kept out. Roach stays. Manny is training well. Then on Friday, Aug. 31, he comes down with a contagious flu that was making the rounds of Cebu. His doctor prescribes medicine, two days rest and tells Manny to avoid contact with people. There was no indication from Manny what he found hardest: taking the pills, missing training or avoiding contact with his fans.
By Sunday Manny is feeling better. The doctor okays a walk around the hotel. Roach waits in his own room for a call from Pacquiao to inform him he was ready to go for the walk. No call comes. It was 10 a.m. Roach figured Pacquiao was still sleeping. He was not.
Feeling better, Manny sneaks out of the hotel, drives to Cebu City Sports Complex where he plays a game of basketball against the Cebu media. When he gets back to the hotel, Roach is told by Manny "he only ran up and down the court a little." What he doesn't tell Roach is he scored 30 points.
Manny returns to training hard and is looking good. So well that by the end of the week Manny feels he can take the weekend off to sign an agreement with GMA 7, which will telecast the fight, and to ink a deal to host a sports-oriented reality show and a possible telenovela.
Roach assures the media that Manny was back in Cebu on Sunday evening and was in bed by 9 p.m. On Monday, Manny returns to the gym for sparring. Roach, in his daily report to the hordes of Filipino media says: "Manny went ten good rounds," and indicated the workout was "pretty good for a Monday," considering he took the weekend off.
Manny is training now with great intensity and everybody in the Pacquiao camp is happy.
Meanwhile, Manny's opponent is working in total isolation in the high altitude mountains of Guadalajara. He allows no distractions.
Why is any of this important? Because both fighters have said they each lost a major fight because of outside distractions.
Pacquiao blames his loss in his first fight with Erik Morales in 2005 on distractions. Pacquiao blames his loss in his first fight with Erik Morales in 2005 on distractions. Every day the Wild Card was packed with his fans who cheered Manny's every move. Hangers on jammed his hotel suite. When he wasn't training, he was meeting with lawyers and managers to develop a strategy to sever ties with his then promoter, Murad Muhammad, whom Manny's team claims was shortchanging him on purse money.
Ron Borges, who writes for HBO, filed this post-fight account after Morales won: "As the days wore on, Pacquiao wore down. His focus on Morales seemed to slip away until he appeared to be only a shadow himself when Fight Night finally came. He fought bravely, as always, but he did not fight well and he was punished for it. Pacquiao's tactics seemed nonexistent, and his stubborn insistence on finding a way to knock out the resilient Morales with one punch led him to a painful defeat."
Barrera blames his TKO loss to Manny in 2003 on distractions. The Mexican fighter is very addicted to routine. His training camps are scripted the same way down to the T. He does not like change. For the first fight with Manny, Barrera went through the mother of distractions.
He was undergoing a painful professional divorce from longtime manager/promoter Ricardo Maldonado. The separation meant that Barrera also lost the services of his longtime trainer, Oscar Maldonado, who is Ricardo's son.
Then, while training in the mountains of Big Bear Lake in California, Barrera was blindsided when Maldonado leaked information to the media that the boxer had undergone brain surgery two years ago. Barrera, who trains with tremendous focus and intensity, had to deal with an onslaught of media questions. He explained that the surgery was very minor to remove a small cyst. In the middle of this circus, Barrera had to evacuate his camp when wild fires threatened Big Bear.
When the fight came, Barrera looked lethargic and unfocused in the ring, and was dominated by the underdog, Pacquiao. In the post-fight press conference Barrera would say: "I couldn't see a lot of things. I wasn't concentrating. I wasn't feeling like myself. I don't know what went wrong, but it wasn't me (in the ring)."
This time, Barrera has had no distractions. He has talked about retiring, and this may be his last fight. He sounds like a man on a mission.
"I am not just fighting for personal revenge. I'm fighting for my country and my fellow Mexican fighters who have fallen victim to Pacquiao," the Mexican said from training camp. "I am training harder than I ever have. I want to beat Manny so badly I can taste it. This goes beyond being personal. For me, this fight is about restoring national pride."
As for Manny, it was recently announced that he would be starring in a sitcom with another beautiful Filipino actress, Rufa Mae Quinto. His producers promise this will not disrupt the schedule of his training. Taping of the sitcom will start only after the Barrera fight. Manny has taken a similar stance about finishing the movie with Ara Mina.
According to a recent report in the Philippine Inquirer, shooting of the film will resume only after the fight. The movie will be entered in the Manila Film Festival in December. Asked to comment on his kissing scene with Ara Mina, "Manny responded with a shy grin."
Recently this comment surfaced from Oscar De La Hoya, who promotes Barrera through his company, Golden Boy Promotions. When asked what he thought of Barrera's chances to beat Pacquiao, De La Hoya was quoted as saying: "The more I hear about Pacquiao's distractions, the more I think he (Barrera) can pull off the upset."
Stay tuned.
Ivory pointed Judd.Oddball said:
Now owned by some rich Arabian.
He had a draw against JMM when he those foot-blisters.Renegade said:
He lost to Morales when he went up in weight and fought Morales at 130 for his first fight at 130.
He knocked him twice after that first fight.
JAM said:Manny is one tough competitor. I'll be watching the fight this weekend. Go MANNY!
Check out out this picture. He's a man on a mission!
I'd kill to have those six-pack abs.
JAM
Very simple to do, just not easy. Try about 5,000 situps a day. A six pack will show up. Currently I have a keg!
Renegade said:
It's supposedly the gloves. He wears Cleto Reyes (a mexican brand), puncher's gloves in most of his fight, but the contract in that fight had him wearing Champion brand, softer gloves.
Yes, he avenged his lost twice already with 2KOs.
Winning brand gloves from Japan. Made of layered synthetic foam.crosseyedjoe said:
Cleto Reyes is thinner and softer b/c it has horsehair padding over the knuckle area.
Classic comedy when Pac said after the second fight in which he won, " I like my cleeeto reees gloves ".
I interviewed Roach before that first fight with EM for prizefightnews.com.
There was more to that loss than the gloves.
crosseyedjoe said:
It's Winning gloves joe, a product of Japan and usually the choice of boxers
with brittle hands because of their softer padding, while the Mexican made
Cleto Reyes gloves is the preferred choice of the heavy hitters, and is made
of horse's hair...
Manny Pacquiao and Pool
This guy is like a 'god' in the Philippines....last two fights he had..the 'entire' Philippines literally stopped to watch his fight...zero crime for about an hour....everyone united and even churches gave way to even show it in churches,,,,
crazy ain't it???
...well , i do not have tv in the house( we decided to just spend family time instead of watching(wasting) time on tv)...
for the first time...i bought the biggest tv (a DLP) and i am hosting a big party in my house tomorrow night with about 200 guest to watch this guy,,,i've never been a boxing fan but this guy is good and so exciting to watch,,i have been holding my breath fot the past 4 months now....
....on pool relation....yes he's holding a big 9 ball tournament in the Phil. just after his fight and is open to all ( i heard mika is playing)...
...this guy loves pool and plays pretty good actually....but he is also a businessman....i think that manny in about two years as his boxing career winds down can possibly be a big pool investor that might just take pool where we want to see it....
btw...manny has the potential to become the greatest boxer of all time....it is yet to be seen..
This guy is like a 'god' in the Philippines....last two fights he had..the 'entire' Philippines literally stopped to watch his fight...zero crime for about an hour....everyone united and even churches gave way to even show it in churches,,,,
crazy ain't it???
...well , i do not have tv in the house( we decided to just spend family time instead of watching(wasting) time on tv)...
for the first time...i bought the biggest tv (a DLP) and i am hosting a big party in my house tomorrow night with about 200 guest to watch this guy,,,i've never been a boxing fan but this guy is good and so exciting to watch,,i have been holding my breath fot the past 4 months now....
....on pool relation....yes he's holding a big 9 ball tournament in the Phil. just after his fight and is open to all ( i heard mika is playing)...
...this guy loves pool and plays pretty good actually....but he is also a businessman....i think that manny in about two years as his boxing career winds down can possibly be a big pool investor that might just take pool where we want to see it....
btw...manny has the potential to become the greatest boxer of all time....it is yet to be seen..
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My work is overflowing, and I have to work this weekend. However, I am getting up early tomrorow morning and get my daily quota done because I am not going to miss this fight.
I'm having a party here at my house, too. We are looking forward to this boxing match and will be glued to the tube.
My sources tell me that Manny is determined in his training regime and is looking GREAT! Another Manny picture taken this week, gearing up for the big event!
JAM
I'm having a party here at my house, too. We are looking forward to this boxing match and will be glued to the tube.
My sources tell me that Manny is determined in his training regime and is looking GREAT! Another Manny picture taken this week, gearing up for the big event!
JAM
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you won't be dissapointed
...i guaranty you , no one fights like manny,,,america will fall in love with manny ..soon he will be very popular here..he is actually now,,,he draws payper view like noone ... very exciting boxer to watch and very colorful outside the ring,,, always something exciting going on with this guy...
i like him alot because he's rag to riches story almost a replica of mine...when i was small (5 yrs old),,, i used to sell anything in the market to survive up to my college years....
we might as well get used to him now coz this guy loves pool...at one point he was critized for playing pool too much and not practicing for his upcoming fight...this guy spends his money - lots of money - for this big 9-ball tournament -just his way of saying thanks....
i won't be able to sleep tonight
JAM said:My work is overflowing, and I have to work this weekend. However, I am getting up early tomrorow morning and get my daily quota done because I am not going to miss this fight.
I'm having a party here at my house, too. We are looking forward to this boxing match and will be glued to the tube.
My sources tell me that Manny is determined in his training regime and is looking GREAT! Another Manny picture taken this week, gearing up for the big event!
JAM
...i guaranty you , no one fights like manny,,,america will fall in love with manny ..soon he will be very popular here..he is actually now,,,he draws payper view like noone ... very exciting boxer to watch and very colorful outside the ring,,, always something exciting going on with this guy...
i like him alot because he's rag to riches story almost a replica of mine...when i was small (5 yrs old),,, i used to sell anything in the market to survive up to my college years....
we might as well get used to him now coz this guy loves pool...at one point he was critized for playing pool too much and not practicing for his upcoming fight...this guy spends his money - lots of money - for this big 9-ball tournament -just his way of saying thanks....
i won't be able to sleep tonight
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HBO PAY-PER-VIEW: MANNY PACQUIAO VS. MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA
Superstars Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera collide in a 12-round super featherweight title fight, Saturday, October 6
Pacquiao-Barrera is a battle between legendary three-division world champions. Pacquiao (44-3-2, 35 KOs), of General Santos City. The Philippines, defeated Barrera (63-5, 42 KOs), of Mexico City, Mexico, in their exciting first encounter in 2003, claiming the 'Baby Face Assassin's' featherweight title. Pacquiao is considered by many, boxing's pound for pound most exciting fighter.
"Fighting Barrera is a career highlight for me," said Pacquiao. "He has already beaten great world champions like Erik Morales, Naseem Hamed and Johnny Tapia and I know I am going to have to train harder than I ever have before to beat him. But I am fully prepared to sacrifice and do everything necessary to beat him. And I will. It's going to be another exciting night for fight fans."
"Pacquiao and I have one thing in common and that is this is the fight we have most wanted," said Barrera. "But Pacquiao should have been more careful for what he wished for because he is going to be in the fight of his life. The battle is on and I am going to leave the ring as boxing's new No. 1 pound for pound fighter."
"This fight is what the fans have been asking for and I'm excited that we will be able to deliver this bout between these two all-time great champions," said Oscar de la Hoya, President of Golden Boy Promotions.
"For Manny Pacquiao this is an essential fight so he can demonstrate, once and for all, that he is the king of the division," said Bob Arum, CEO, Top Rank.
Dubbed "Republica Enemy No. 1," Pacquiao has blitzed through the best fighters Mexico had to offer since 2003, including Morales (KO 3, TKO 10), Barrera (TKO 11), Oscar Larios (W 12), Emanuel Lucero (TKO 3), Hector Velazquez (TKO 6) and Jorge Solis (KO 8). The only "blemish" was a draw against Juan Manuel Marquez in 2004, where Pacquiao sent Marquez to the canvas three times in the first round.
Pacquiao, was named "2006 Fighter of the Year" by the Boxing Writers Association of America and The Ring magazine for his two spectacular knockout victories of Mexican icon and three-division champion Erik Morales and his dominating 12-round unanimous decision over former world champion and current No. 1 contender Oscar Larios. The hard-hitting southpaw has only lost once in his last 21 bouts, a close decision in 2005 to Morales in their first encounter.
The Pacquiao-Morales trilogy produced over one million pay-per-view sales, a record for the lower weight divisions proving that Pacquiao is a pay-per-view star. The live attendance for their rubber match rumble last November produced a live gate of 18,276, fifth-best on Las Vegas' all-time list.
Known as the "Baby Faced Assassin." Barrera has provided boxing fans with more exciting moments than anyone of his era. In his own world championship trilogy against Erik Morales, fought in three different weight divisions, Barrera proved to be the better man twice. Those fights alone garnered him numerous accolades from The Ring, including "Fight of the Year" (2000, 2004), "Round of the Year" (5th in 2000, 11th in 2004), and "Comeback of the Year" (2004).
Barrera has never avoided a worthy challenge and his resume is a testament to a future Hall of Fame career. He has defeated many of the top fighters in his divisions, including current or former world champions Morales and Naseem Hamed, both undefeated when he faced them, Robbie Peden, Paulie Ayala, Kevin Kelley, Johnny Tapia , Enrique Sanchez, Jesus Salud, Jesse Benavides, Kennedy McKinney, Agapito Sanchez, Frankie Toledo, Daniel Jimenez, and Eddie Cook. In a streak that started in December, 2000, with the Salud fight, and lasted for four years, Marco fought nine current or former world champions in a row.
Barrera made his professional debut in 1989 and won his first world title in 1995, dethroning WBO jr. featherweight champion Daniel Jimenez., the beginning of three separate reigns as that champion. In 2001, he tagged the undefeated IBO featherweight champion Hamed with his only career loss via a dominating unanimous decision. One year later, he added Morales' WBC featherweight title to his trophy case, avenging a previous loss while spoiling Morales' perfect record which had endured nine years and 42 bouts. Barrera would win the rubber match in 2004, while claiming Morales' WBC super featherweight championship belt.
The Pacquiao vs. Barrera pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT, has a suggested retail price of $49.95, will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to more than 61 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry.
HBO PAY-PER-VIEW: MANNY PACQUIAO VS. MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA
Superstars Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera collide in a 12-round super featherweight title fight, Saturday, October 6
Pacquiao-Barrera is a battle between legendary three-division world champions. Pacquiao (44-3-2, 35 KOs), of General Santos City. The Philippines, defeated Barrera (63-5, 42 KOs), of Mexico City, Mexico, in their exciting first encounter in 2003, claiming the 'Baby Face Assassin's' featherweight title. Pacquiao is considered by many, boxing's pound for pound most exciting fighter.
"Fighting Barrera is a career highlight for me," said Pacquiao. "He has already beaten great world champions like Erik Morales, Naseem Hamed and Johnny Tapia and I know I am going to have to train harder than I ever have before to beat him. But I am fully prepared to sacrifice and do everything necessary to beat him. And I will. It's going to be another exciting night for fight fans."
"Pacquiao and I have one thing in common and that is this is the fight we have most wanted," said Barrera. "But Pacquiao should have been more careful for what he wished for because he is going to be in the fight of his life. The battle is on and I am going to leave the ring as boxing's new No. 1 pound for pound fighter."
"This fight is what the fans have been asking for and I'm excited that we will be able to deliver this bout between these two all-time great champions," said Oscar de la Hoya, President of Golden Boy Promotions.
"For Manny Pacquiao this is an essential fight so he can demonstrate, once and for all, that he is the king of the division," said Bob Arum, CEO, Top Rank.
Dubbed "Republica Enemy No. 1," Pacquiao has blitzed through the best fighters Mexico had to offer since 2003, including Morales (KO 3, TKO 10), Barrera (TKO 11), Oscar Larios (W 12), Emanuel Lucero (TKO 3), Hector Velazquez (TKO 6) and Jorge Solis (KO 8). The only "blemish" was a draw against Juan Manuel Marquez in 2004, where Pacquiao sent Marquez to the canvas three times in the first round.
Pacquiao, was named "2006 Fighter of the Year" by the Boxing Writers Association of America and The Ring magazine for his two spectacular knockout victories of Mexican icon and three-division champion Erik Morales and his dominating 12-round unanimous decision over former world champion and current No. 1 contender Oscar Larios. The hard-hitting southpaw has only lost once in his last 21 bouts, a close decision in 2005 to Morales in their first encounter.
The Pacquiao-Morales trilogy produced over one million pay-per-view sales, a record for the lower weight divisions proving that Pacquiao is a pay-per-view star. The live attendance for their rubber match rumble last November produced a live gate of 18,276, fifth-best on Las Vegas' all-time list.
Known as the "Baby Faced Assassin." Barrera has provided boxing fans with more exciting moments than anyone of his era. In his own world championship trilogy against Erik Morales, fought in three different weight divisions, Barrera proved to be the better man twice. Those fights alone garnered him numerous accolades from The Ring, including "Fight of the Year" (2000, 2004), "Round of the Year" (5th in 2000, 11th in 2004), and "Comeback of the Year" (2004).
Barrera has never avoided a worthy challenge and his resume is a testament to a future Hall of Fame career. He has defeated many of the top fighters in his divisions, including current or former world champions Morales and Naseem Hamed, both undefeated when he faced them, Robbie Peden, Paulie Ayala, Kevin Kelley, Johnny Tapia , Enrique Sanchez, Jesus Salud, Jesse Benavides, Kennedy McKinney, Agapito Sanchez, Frankie Toledo, Daniel Jimenez, and Eddie Cook. In a streak that started in December, 2000, with the Salud fight, and lasted for four years, Marco fought nine current or former world champions in a row.
Barrera made his professional debut in 1989 and won his first world title in 1995, dethroning WBO jr. featherweight champion Daniel Jimenez., the beginning of three separate reigns as that champion. In 2001, he tagged the undefeated IBO featherweight champion Hamed with his only career loss via a dominating unanimous decision. One year later, he added Morales' WBC featherweight title to his trophy case, avenging a previous loss while spoiling Morales' perfect record which had endured nine years and 42 bouts. Barrera would win the rubber match in 2004, while claiming Morales' WBC super featherweight championship belt.
The Pacquiao vs. Barrera pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT, has a suggested retail price of $49.95, will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to more than 61 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry.
gopi-1 said:Here's the weigh-in pics from Vegas that was taken an hour ago JAM. Check
out the Pacman's six pack and abs, scary!!!
Manny's muscles on his arms look MUCH stronger than the other guy. Look how defined Manny's body is. Manny's is going to win this one, I'm sure. The other guy looks a little whimpy, compared to Manny!
Hey, that's Oscar de la Hoya in the background. I heard he was at the training place watching Manny this week. In fact, Oscar trained at the same facility before his fight recently.
JAM