ARE you confident that Manny Pacquiao will defeat his old foe, Juan Marquez, the reigning World Boxing Council superfeatherweight champ?

Well, Pacman has assured Filipinos that he will do just that on March 15 when he and Marquez clash at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Here are two videos taken by INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla during the press conference at Crowne Plaza.

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By Joey Alarilla
INQUIRER.net

EXPECT the fireworks to fly this Sunday, Dec. 9 at the “Ring of Fire: World Team Challenge” mixed martial arts competition which kicks off 1 p.m. at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City.

I was at the Crowne Plaza hotel with INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla and INQUIRER.net reporter Alex Villafania this afternoon for the press conference that formally introduced the fighters of the four teams competing in “Ring of Fire.”

Here’s a photo of (l-r) me, Erika, Royce Gracie and Alex taken by Rica Manalang, PR officer of Image Communicator, which is handling the publicity for the “Ring of Fire” event.

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By Joey Alarilla
INQUIRER.net

AS a longtime fan of mixed martial arts competitions, I can tell you it was a great pleasure to interview MMA fighters Kimo and Heath Herring. Kimo and Heath dropped by the INQUIRER.net office to help promote the “Ring of Fire: World Team Challenge” competition organized by Proelite.com and Platinum Fighting Productions, which will be held at 1 p.m. at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City on Dec. 9.

Here are two video clips taken by INQUIRER.net reporter Alex Villafania.

Here’s a clip of Kimo (left) and Benny Tuazon Jr., president of Fearless Fighting Productions, encouraging Filipino fans to watch “Ring of Fire” this Sunday.

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CONGRATULATIONS to Filipino boxing champs Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire and Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista, who both defeated their Mexican opponents to retain their belts.

“The Filipino Flash” stopped Luis “Titi” Maldonado in the eighth round in Mashantucket, Connecticut, while “Boom Boom” won via a unanimous decision over Antonio “Barrio” Meza at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City.

In the same Boom Boom-Barrio fight card, AJ “Bazooka” Banal retained his World Boxing Organization Youth super flyweight with a ninth-round technical knockout against Mexican Jovanny “Bambino” Soto.

Kudos to our Filipino boxers!