Manny Pacquiao has finally re­alized that he has to revert to his old and unpredictable self when he locks horns with Juan Manuel Marquez for the fourth time on Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The past couple of weeks in Los Angeles, Pacquiao has been told and taught by trainer Freddie Roach to take a chapter from the days when his opponents were more concerned about dodging punches than throwing them.

MANILA (PNA) -- Three more Filipino fighters have earned a crack at the world champion­ships in their respective divisions next year following their recent victories. World Boxing Organization bantamweight champion Dayer Gabutan of Mountain Province and Ilocos Sur, who recently de­fended his OPBF 118-pound crown with a quick seventh round demolition of Indonesian Lande Olin, will be rewarded for his ef­forts by securing the right to  dispute the WBO belt against the winner of the Puenglong Sor Singyo-Paula Abunda title fight early next year.

The long-awaited matchup between Filipino champion Noni­to Donaire Jr. and Mexican slug­ger Jorge Arce will take place in December. Bob Arum of Top Rank was quoted as saying yesterday that the fight, shelved a couple of times before, will happen at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, and not in Mexico as previously planned.

MANILA via HAPPEE - Manny Pacquiao’s Los Angeles camp opened today with only one goal: how to beat Juan Manuel Mar­quez convincingly on their fourth encounter on December 8. At the Wild Card Boxing Gym in Hollywood with chief trainer Freddie Roach, the Filipino box­ing superstar did the usual road­work, punching the mitts, heavy bag, double end and speed ball and sparring. But the five-week, second leg of preparations in LA will focus on strategies on how to erase the doubts on the first three fights.

MANILA (PNA) -- A more power­ful, faster Manny Pacquiao reported at the Wild Card Gym Monday (Tues­day in Manila), thus, creating a good impression on those who witnessed him do the mitts and other gym ac­tivities in the very first day of his Los Angeles camp in preparation for his coming fight a month and eight days from now. The Filipino boxing treasure will be trying to bounce back from a controversial majority decision loss to American Timothy Bradley last June against Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez, who will be his dancing partner atop the square arena for the fourth time on December 8 in Las Vegas.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are settling a federal defamation case in Las Vegas, clearing a key hurdle to a long-awaited bout between two top fighters who’ve traded verbal jabs for years but have never met in the ring. Terms of the pretrial agreement cited in documents filed Tuesday in US District Court in Las Vegas are confidential, said Malcolm LaVergne, a lawyer representing Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s father in the case.

MANILA (PNA) -- “Walang dapat maaksayang oras sa pre­parasyon para sa susunod na la- ban (We will be wasting no time in our preparation for the next fight).”This, eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao vowed in reference to his preparation for his next bout with Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez on December 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

MANILA via PCSO - Eight-division world champion confirmed his next fight to be on December 8, but has not yet disclosed who he will face in the ring. The dethroned World Boxing Organization welterweight champion will either fight the still undefeated American Timothy Bradley,who won against the People’s Champ in June in a controversial split decision, or twice defeated Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez.