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Fijilive (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Oscar de la Hoya saw a statue of his likeness unveiled in front of Staples Center arena Monday, while Manny Pacquiao kept a relatively low profile as both boxers prepared to head to Las Vegas for their "Dream Match" mega fight on Saturday."Golden Boy" De la Hoya was his usual outgoing self as fans turned out to see the statue unveiled before the arena in downtown Los Angeles, home of the National Basketball...
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Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
AMIR Khan has returned from Los Angeles as a vastly-improved boxer... if somewhat smaller.
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PRO MMA (Free subscription) | yesterday
It seems Anderson Silva had plans to go to Thailand to work on his Muay Thai after UFC 90 but issues with his Green Card have delayed the trip. He also recently got turned away at the Canadian border and denied entrance to the country possibly for the same ...
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The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
6:00am-6:18am How Say You Adam gives insight to phobic blow hards of the world. 6:25am-6:40am How Say You We get a heated review of Four Christmases, and the trouble Ace went through to see it. 6:46am-6:58am Freddie Roach Boxing Coach Freddie Roach gets on the blower to talk about the De La Hoya Vs. Pacquiao fight. 7:04am-7:25am Teresa’s News Terrorism in India, it’s Cyber Monday, and [...]
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Boxing Blog - TheSweetScience.com (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
ROACH CANCELS MONDAY’S PACQUIAO PUBLIC SEND-OFF! “It’s Time to Get Down to Business” HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (November 29, 2008) – The public send-off for Manny Pacquiao, scheduled for Monday, December 1 at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, has been CANCELLED by Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach. ...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
OSCAR De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank Inc., headed by Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum, supposedly ended their feud over Manny Pacquiao in the summer of 2007. But lingering hard feelings are starting to surface now that De La Hoya and...
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Philippine Sports Update (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Freddie Roach is confident that Manny Pacquiao will beat Oscar De La Hoya in Las Vegas on December 6. The Filipino icon's trainer won't let up in his war of words with De La Hoya, this time stating that age is catching up with the 35-year-old. Roach was in De La Hoya's corner when the 'Golden Boy' dropped a split decision to Floyd Mayweather Jr back in May 2007. And he hasn't been afraid to make bold...
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Philippine Sports Update (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao generously gave away Thanksgiving turkeys earlier this week. On America's most important holiday, Freddie Roach won't be too considerate of his ward. Roach stressed on Wednesday that he and Manny Pacquiao will continue to train on Thursday. The venerable trainer has set up a sparring session for his prized boxer worth eight rounds. "Business goes on as scheduled,"...
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Re-cycle of Life (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
A mystery around the Amir Khan camp ahead of his next fight. On a visit to the Wild Card Gym, the Los Angeles base of trainer Freddie Roach, last week several British journalists, including myself, found Gary Stretch, the former British light-middleweight champion, and Hollywood actor, had been added to the Khan corner. Stretch appeared to have a good handle on Khan's weaknesses, spoke some real sense...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Freddie Roach Amir Khan's coach is one of those cerebral trainers who applies sports science to the sweet science.
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Bloody Elbow (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
As if Anderson Silva's opponents needed more reason to worry, Anderson Silva began training with Freddie Roach today. The fact that Roach is becoming more and more involved with MMA is an interesting story in and of itself, but Silva may also be doing this in order to see where he stands for a potential boxing career once he's done with MMA. On another note, Silva has definitely been tapped for the...