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Sunday, July 02, 2006 (Philippines)
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| Philippine champion Manny Pacquiao, right, batters his Mexican challenger Oscar Larios with a flurry of left-right combinations in the penultimate round of their scheduled 12-round WBC international super-featherweight title bout dubbed "Mano-A-Mano" Sunday. (AP photo) |
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MANILA (Updated 4 p.m.) -- Manny Pacquiao gave home fans plenty to cheer about Sunday, battering Mexico's Oscar Larios to claim a unanimous decision and retain his WBC International super featherweight title.
In the same arena where Joe Frazier and Muhammed Ali slugged it out in the "Thrilla in Manila" 31 years ago, the 27-year-old Pacquiao repeatedly showed off his speed and power in the 12-round bout, knocking down Larios twice while raising his record to 42-3-2.
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