GENERAL SANTOS — The hometown crowd roared in jubilation when Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao retained his international WBC Super Featherweight title with an eighth-round knockout of Jorge Solis.

The streets essentially turned empty of vehicles as residents watched their townmate from their television sets, in cafeterias and at the Lagao gymnasium, where a giant television screen was set-up by the City Government. (more)

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines stopped Jorge Solis with a powerful right hand in the eighth round Saturday after struggling through the opening five rounds and being cut by a head butt in the sixth.

Pacquiao (44-3-2, 34 knockouts) holds the WBC international super featherweight belt, and is the WBC’s No. 1 contender to the super flyweight title held by Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico. Solis, the brother of IBF light flyweight champion Ulises Solis, lost for the first time in 35 fights.(more)

MEXICAN boxer Edgar Sosa won by unanimous decision over Filipino-American Brian Viloria after their 12-round bout for the World Boxing Council light flyweight title.(more)

SAN ANTONIO — Pre-game distractions are a common obstacle to championships. Then there’s the world of Manny Pacquiao.

His world is brimming with out-of-the-ring activity as he mounts the latest defense of his WBC international super featherweight title against undefeated - yet unheralded - Jorge Solis. It’s scheduled for 12 rounds Saturday. (more…)

FORMER world champion Jesse James Leija predicted a knockout win for the Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao this Sunday at the Aladome in San Antonio, Texas in the US.

“With what I see on the conditioning and fitness of Manny, I am confident that he can knock out Solis in five or six rounds,” said Leija in an interview with a GMA-7 news crew in Texas.

Leija, also known as “The Texas Tornado,” once ruled the WBC super featherweight division, the same class that Pacquiao and challenger Jorge Solis is fighting this April 15 (RP time) at the Alamodome in Texas. (more)