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MANNY Pacquiao fought a perfect and splendid fight en route to a lopsided ninth round stoppage of boxing’s ageing Oscar de la Hoya, showing the world that the sports of sweet science has found a new superstar.

The General Santos City boxing hero executed his fight plan to perfection baffling de la Hoya with his swarming speed and stunning him with well delivered combinations.

For eight action-packed rounds, Pacquiao reduced his more illustrious foe to a punching bag unable to hit back at its attacker. De la Hoya was throwing punches through thin air most of the time, unable to unload his vaunted left hooks and right straights and validating his coach’s statement that Golden Boy could no longer pull the trigger. In fact, Roach may as well have said Oscar did not have the guns anymore. read full story

Ninety million Filipinos saw their prayers answered and their dreams come true when ring idol and national treasure Manny Pacquiao put on a magnificent display of remarkable skill, blinding speed and awesome power to punish “The Golden Boy” and force him to quit at the end of eight rounds in their “Dream Match” which turned into a nightmare for the biggest name in boxing.

The large, flag waving crowd of Filipino fight fans at the Grand Garden Arena and millions more in theaters, restaurants, pubs and other venues across the Philippines cheered themselves hoarse as Pacquiao lifted their spirits and gave a nation and its people an early Christmas gift with his smashing victory. read full story

LAS VEGAS (AP)—At the merciful final bell, Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez both raised their arms in victory, just as they did after their first fight nearly four years ago.
Their cornermen boosted them into the air again, arms around their fighters’ blood-spattered trunks. Mexican and Filipino fans joined in another unified cheer for two of the world’s best boxers, whose rematch was worth every minute of the wait.

And by one point on one judge’s scorecard, Pacquiao was a champion again. Pacquiao won a split decision to claim Marquez’s WBC 130-pound title Saturday night in a sensational fight that left both men bleeding, battered and triumphant.
With outstanding action and clever tactics in nearly every round at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, the fight showed why both boxers are at the peak of their profession. Pacquiao (46-3-2) nearly had the fight won when he floored Marquez with a brutal