Broner nears peak form

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 18:00:46 +0000

By Nick Giongco As Manny Pacquiao turns up the heat in his Manila training camp, Adrien Broner is doing the same thing in West Palm Beach in Florida as the two punchers prepare to lock horns for Jan. 19 in Las Vegas. Broner, who challenges Pacquiao in the Filipino star’s first defense of the World […]

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Duterte lauds Pacquiao for uniting Filipinos again in win vs Matthysse

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday congratulated Sen. Manny Pacquiao for winning the World Boxing Association (WBA) Welterweight Championship over Argentine Lucas Matthysse. “I would like to congratulate Senator Manny Pacquiao for giving us pride and bringing the Filipino nation together once more,” Duterte said in a statement. “You have proven time and again that you are not […]

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UPDATE 3: Pacquiao beats Matthysse for welterweight crown

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao defeated Lucas Matthysse via technical knockout (TKO) and wrested the World Boxing Association (WBA) crown from the big punching Argentine here on Sunday. With the win, Pacquiao, 39, also ended a nine-year knockout drought, as he showed flashes of his old form in knocking down his opponent […]

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Choice of referee vital in Pacquiao July 15 fight

By Nick Giongco A referee who won’t tolerate bruising and similar dirty tactics is being eyed to work Manny Pacquiao’s world welterweight title challenge of Argentine champion Lucas Matthysse on July 15 in Malaysia. “I am working that out,” said US boxing man Sean Gibbons, who is requesting the World Boxing Association to assign someone […]

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