HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (November 20, 2008) — Seer, soothsayer and two-time BWAA Trainer of the Year, World-Famous Freddie Roach, made another bold prediction at his Hollywood-based Wild Card Boxing Club, where he is training five-division world champion and No. 1 Pound-for-Pound fighter MANNY PACQUIAO for his 12-round welterweight super fight against “The Golden Boy” OSCAR DE LA HOYA..
“Oscar stated in his media conference call that training to fight Manny has put the fire back in his belly. If he thinks he has a fire in his belly now, wait until Manny starts landing right and left hooks there. Oscar’s belly will be a raging inferno,” Roach cooly stated. “I have never seen Manny look better. He is as close to a complete fighter as he has ever been. His speed, footwork and stamina are supreme. But it’s his power that has surpassed anything I could have hoped for. Manny is ready to fight a full three minutes of every round for as many rounds this fight goes. Oscar may look the part of a welterweight fighter by dieting down to a Twggy 145 pounds, but that doesn’t mean he can pull the trigger at his age and act the part of a welterweight fighter. Not against a Manny Pacquiao. Oscar will be carrying a suitcase full of blues when he enters his golden years of retirement as a fighter on December 6. But at least he’ll look fit and trim in his designer business suits.”
Manny Pacquiao will be getting into the Thanksgiving spirit This Sunday! November 23 at Noon PT, when he hands out free Norbest Tom Turkeys to the first 500 families who show up outside the Community Center at the City of Los Angeles Lake Street Park in Historic Filipino Town (227 North Lake Street, Los Angeles, Calif. 90057.)
HBO’s Emmy-Award-winning all-access franchise “24/7” returns with Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao in starring roles. The four-episode series “De La Hoya/Pacquiao 24/7” continues with a new episode This Sunday! November 23, at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on HBO.
FOWL PLAY for PACQUIAO!
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. (November 12, 2008) – Boxing’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter and five-division world champion MANNY PACQUIAO will give away free Norbest Tom Turkeys to the first 500 families who show up This Sunday! November 23, beginning at Noon, outside the Community Center at the City of Los Angeles Lake Street Park in Historic Filipino Town (227 North Lake Street, Los Angeles, Calif. 90057.) The turkeys, a Thanksgiving gift from Manny, is his way of thanking his loyal fans who have been so supportive of him as he trains for the biggest fight of his life, against 10-time world champion “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya.
“I have a lot to be thankful for and I can’t think of a better way to express my appreciation to my American-based fans, who have embraced me, than by sharing my good fortune with them,” said Pacquiao.
HBO’s Emmy-Award-winning all-access franchise “24/7” returns with Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao in starring roles. The four-episode series “De La Hoya/Pacquiao 24/7” continues with a new episode This Sunday! November 23, at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on HBO.
Freddie Roach – ‘Call Him Ishtar!’
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (November 18, 2008) – During his international media conference call yesterday, OSCAR DE LA HOYA stated that he would be “extremely disappointed” if his upcoming showdown with MANNY PACQUIAO did not end in a knockout. “It would be a total disaster. Pacquiao’s trainer, World-Famous Freddie Roach, empathized with The Golden Boy.
“Tell Oscar not to worry, the fight WILL end in a knockout. On December 6, Oscar’s going to think he’s back in the 1930’s when Manny airmails him into The Great Depression,” responded Roach. “I can see when the paperback version of Oscar’s autobiography comes out. It will begin by paraphrasing the opening line of Moby Dick. Only instead of starting with ‘Call me Ishmael,’ it will be ‘Call me Ishtar,’ one of the biggest box office flops in motion picture history. Mark my words he will flop too. Oscar can’t pull the trigger anymore. Losing all that weight doesn’t impress me. Twiggy is going to find out that looking the part is not equivalent to acting the part, a lesson Muhammad Ali learned when he fought Larry Holmes.”
Roach Has a Receipe for Cooking Oscar’s Golden Goose!
With less than three weeks to go until “D-Day” — Manny Pacquiao’s ring war with Oscar De La Hoya — Pacquiao’s gym general, World-Famous Freddie Roach, has cried fowl! “I’m glad to hear that Oscar’s diet has made him skinny,” said Roach, from his Hollywood-based Wild Card Boxing Club. “The photos of him at his media day have him looking like boxing’s version of Twiggy! If Oscar thinks he has it tough skipping Thanksgiving to train for this fight, wait until Manny cooks his golden goose on December 6. Manny’s recipe for success will have Oscar plucked and roasted within nine rounds.”
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Manny Pacquiao’s ONLY Los Angeles Media Day Workout, takes place Today! Monday, November 17, beginning at 1 P.M. PT at the Wild Card Boxing Club (1123 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Calif. 90038). Manny will do interviews BEFORE his workout.
HBO’s Emmy-Award-winning all-access franchise “24/7” returns with Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao in starring roles. The four-episode series “De La Hoya/Pacquiao 24/7” continues with a new episode This Sunday! November 23, at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on HBO.
“The Dream Match,” the welterweight collision between two of boxing’s biggest attractions, Olympic gold medalist and 10-time world champion “The Golden Boy” OSCAR DE LA HOYA and current Ring Magazine No. 1-ranked pound for pound champion MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO, is scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 6 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, the bout will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
Promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank, Inc., presented by Tequila Cazadores and sponsored by Ceverza Tecate, DeWalt Tools, Full Throttle Energy Drink, and Southwest Airlines, the fight sold out in hours, making it the second largest grossing gate in boxing history.
The De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao pay-per-view telecast will be available to more than 71 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. For De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao fight week updates, log on to www.hbo.com.