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                    [Title] => Merchant likens Mayweather-Pacquiao to Tyson-Lewis
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Respected boxing color commentator Larry Merchant tempered the expectations of fight fans in the much anticipated May 2 showdown between undefeated Floyd Mayweather and eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-02 10:55:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1114268 [AuthorName] => Alder Almo [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20150302/larry-merchant-pacquiao-mayweather.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1428267 [Title] => HBO analysts ecstatic for Mayweather-Pacquiao bout [Summary] =>

HBO boxing analyst Roy Jones Jr. likened the much anticipated megabuck showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.  to a game between Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, while fellow panelist Max Kellerman labeled it as the biggest fight since the the first Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier tussle 44 years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-27 15:52:37 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1114268 [AuthorName] => Alder Almo [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20150227/roy-jones-mayweather-pacquiao.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1262466 [Title] => Ang Lee to shoot Thrilla in Manila here [Summary] =>

At an open forum Thursday afternoon, multi-awarded Taiwan-born Hollywood director Ang Lee said without giving details that he was going to shoot a movie in Manila, saying only that it’s going to be “about boxing.”

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1697794 [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 856643 [Title] => Thrilla in Manila on GMA News TV [Summary] =>

GMA News TV airs tomorrow the Thrilla in Manila – the classic match between boxing greats Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, which is widely regarded as the greatest heavyweight bout of all time.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 856317 [Title] => Romy's encounter with Ali [Summary] =>

In 1975, well-known election lawyer Romy Macalintal was a 27-year-old UE second year law student when he sought out to meet Muhammad Ali who was in Manila for his epic battle against Joe Frazier Macalintal was an Ali fan since his high school days in the ‘60s and painstakingly, made a scrapbook of newspaper and magazine articles about the fighter’s life.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 748049 [Title] => Ali among boxing greats paying respect to Frazier [Summary] =>

With his championship belt and a pair of gloves draped over his casket, Joe Frazier was going one more round.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-15 10:26:45 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 747236 [Title] => Arum blasts HBO 'Thrilla in Manila' film [Summary] =>

Bob Arum provided the fireworks during Wednesday’s final press conference.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 745945 [Title] => Marcos used Thrilla in Manila fight as distraction [Summary] =>

The epic 1975 Thrilla in Manila focused the world's attention on boxing greats Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-09 12:19:43 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 745627 [Title] => Pacquiao on Frazier's death: Boxing lost a great champion [Summary] =>

The country’s boxing icon and world’s pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquaio said the death of former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier today brought a great lost to the sports.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-08 15:23:03 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1434772 [AuthorName] => Jun Pasaylo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 745609 [Title] => Smokin' Joe loses bout with cancer, dies at 67 [Summary] =>

Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion who handed Muhammad Ali his first defeat yet had to live forever in his shadow, died Monday night after a brief final fight with liver cancer.

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