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Biggest name in boxing in biggest US stadium
ARLINGTON, Texas — The brand new and extremely modern Dallas Cowboys Stadium easily stands out here in Arlington.
The $1.2 billion-stadium is the home of the popular Dallas football team, but this Saturday (Sunday in Manila), it plays host to the boxing championship fight of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey from Ghana.
The stadium [...]
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Clottey eyes Pacquiao defeat in 6 rounds
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Joshua Clottey is looking to bring home the biggest boxing victory to his home country of Ghana when he faces the world’s best boxer Manny Pacquiao this weekend.
So confident is Clottey’s coach Lenny de Jesus that the Ghanaian has the skill and power to put down the Pacman that he is willing [...]
Pacquiao-Clottey bout to push through; challenger makes weight limit
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It’s all systems go for the slugfest between Filipino boxing icon Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao and challenger Joshua Clottey, after the latter made the weight limit for the bout.
GMA News’ Chino Trinidad reported over dzBB that Clottey came in right on the welterweight limit of 147 pounds, while Paquiao was slightly over 145 pounds.
"I feel [...]
Arnel Pineda arrives in Texas for Pacquiao fight
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MANILA, Philippines – Arnel Pineda, the Filipino frontman of rock band Journey, is excited to sing the Philippine national anthem before a potentially sold-out crowd in the March 13 bout between Pinoy boxing champ Manny Pacquiao and Ghanaian challenger Joshua Clottey.
Pineda arrived in Dallas, Texas less than 2 days before the Pacquiao-Clottey fight. The [...]
Manny, Clottey face off sans trash talk
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DALLAS – There’s just too much respect between these two fighters it may take a little while before they start hurting each other inside the ring.
They smiled at each other, shook hands and embraced like they were friends more than foes. They looked very comfortable standing beside each other, then face-to-face, against their backs. [...]
Kwaku Gyamfi: ‘Pacquiao will end up in hospital’
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DALLAS – He must have had a drink too many for him to say some nasty things about Manny Pacquiao.
“Manny’s going straight to the hospital after the fight,” Kwaku Gyamfi, a member of Team Clottey, told Pinoy scribes, who chanced upon him at the cozy Silver Bar of the Gaylord Texan Hotel Tuesday evening.
It [...]
Clottey: I’m gonna crush Pacquiao
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MANILA, Philippines – Just like Manny Pacquiao, Joshua Clottey has been in Texas for the past 2 days.
On Tuesday, the mild-mannered Clottey accidentally met Pacquiao’s coach Freddie Roach. Despite belonging to opposing camps, the 2 men warmly greeted each other and even posed for pictures.
In an interview with ABS-CBN, Clottey said he is grateful [...]
Clottey’s lethal weapons – uppercut, headbutt – Roach
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DALLAS – Freddie Roach said there are only two things to avoid when you’re up against Joshua Clottey.
One, the uppercut, and two, the headbutt.
“If you fall into the pocket with him, his best punch is an uppercut and his second best punch is a headbutt,” said Roach Tuesday when Manny Pacquiao held a media [...]
Jerry Jones wants another Manny bout
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DALLAS – Jerry Jones, the Texas billionaire, is hoping that this won’t be the first and last time he’d see Manny Pacquiao fight at the Cowboys Stadium.
In fact, word leaked out a few days ago that the 67-year-old owner of the NFL team and its $1.2 billion stadium had sealed a deal to host the [...]
Clottey eyes KO to prove critics wrong
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DALLAS – It seems that Team Clottey knows exactly what to do.
“We’ll hit him right, knock him out, and win the fight,” said Joshua Clottey’s chief trainer for Saturday’s big fight, dubbed “The Event,” at the Cowboys Stadium which should fill close to 45,000 people on Saturday.
Lenny de Jesus, who worked as Pacquiao’s cutman [...]
Jet-setting Pacquiao touches down in Dallas
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This historic city of Texas finally welcomed boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, who arrived in Dallas late Monday night five days before squaring off with Joshua Clottey for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title.
The 31-year-old southpaw was with trainer Freddie Roach, strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza, along with a host of others who make [...]