FILIPINO Icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao has a set of sparring partners lined up for him when he starts sparring on Monday at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Gym for his much-anticipated grudge rematch with World Boxing Council super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez on March 15 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.(more)

By Charles Raymond A. Maxey

JUAN Manuel Marquez vowed to show Manny Pacquiao what Mexican fighters are really made of when he steps into the ring to face the Filipino punching machine in an eagerly-awaited grudge rematch on March 15 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Marquez, the reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight champion, insisted Pacquiao is no Mexican assassin despite the Filipino pug’s destruction of Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera, two great Mexican fighters.(more)