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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 [...]

Manny, Clottey face off sans trash talk

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’

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

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

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

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

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

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 [...]

Arnel Pineda to sing anthem in Pacquiao-Clottey bout

Arnel Pineda, the Filipino front man of popular American rock band "Journey," will sing the Philippine national anthem in Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao’s much-awaited fight with Ghanaian Joshua "The Grand Master" Clottey on March 13 (March 14 in Manila) at the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas.
In an exclusive interview with abs-cbnNEWS.com, Pineda confirmed that he was [...]

Team Pacquiao heads to Texas for final countdown of Clottey bout

The road to Arlington, Texas begins for Team Pacquiao Monday (Tuesday in Manila) as it heads there for the final countdown of the Filipino ring idol’s 12-round showdown against Joshua Clottey of Ghana.
A chartered plane that leaves Los Angeles at around 3 p.m. Monday will bring Manny Pacquiao and around 150 people to Arlington, [...]

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