All Entries Tagged With: "Oscar de la Hoya Pacquiao"

EXCLUSIVE: MANNY PACQUIAO GETS “BELTED” IN NEW YORK!

Manny Pacquiao finally received his Ring Magazine Jr. Welterweight belt, indicative of total supremacy at 140lbs. We have received an exclusive photo from the “belting.”

INTERVIEW WITH BRUCE MCTAVISH, CONCLUSION

In the last of my three part interview, Bruce McTavish talks more about the controversial WBC, then opens up about some of the more unusual places on the planet he has refereed fights, what a ref sees that fans don’t, and the prescription for fixing the sport of boxing. BY TED LERNER

INTERVIEW WITH BRUCE MCTAVISH, PART 2

In the second installment of a three part interview, referee Bruce McTavish brings up some of his favorite names from Philippine boxing history, discusses the blight caused by the proliferation of alphabet title belts, and says modern Philippine boxing owes everything to the great Manny Pacquiao. BY TED LERNER

INTERVIEW WITH REFEREE BRUCE MCTAVISH

Long time boxing referee Bruce McTavish opens up about a range of topics regarding the Sweet Science, including his favorite Philippine fighters, Manny Pacquiao, the proliferation of alphabet belts, his career highlights and low lights, and the WBC, of which he has been a member for nearly two decades.
BY TED LERNER

“NOTHING PERSONAL. IT’S MY JOB. NOW LET’S PARTY.”

Manny Pacquiao’s complete and utter destruction of Ricky Hatton has brought a new star into the world of sport; a mild mannered, God-fearing young man from the 3rd world streets who mows down opponents and then invites them to break bread. Boxing, and the sporting world, have never seen anything like him.

by TED LERNER

GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE

The fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton on Saturday will be the first test of where the sport stands after the retirement of Oscar De La Hoya. How will the boxing landscape look when this one is over? BY NIGEL COLLINS, Editor-in-Chief, The Ring Magazine

THE TOP FIVE FILIPINO BOXERS

Here’s my officially unofficial top five current Filipino boxers. Take a guess who’s number one?

PACQUIAO PULLS BACK FROM THE BRINK…AGAIN.

Smack dab in the midst of training for his May 2nd showdown with Ricky Hatton, Manny Pacquiao decided the $20 million he was about to earn wasn’t enough. The resulting turmoil back in the Philippines when he tried to switch television networks despite a signed contract nearly squandered his massive fan base. The Pacman retracted just in time. Or did he? — By TED LERNER

AS PACMAN POUNDS OSCAR, AETA TRIBALS GO WILD!

Ted Lerner watched Manny Pacquiao’s destruction of Oscar de la Hoya with native Aeta tribesmen in the Philippines. Here’s an account of a particularly happy Sunday morning in a remote Philippine province.