Wednesday, 29 July 2026 · Philippines

Sev Sarmenta

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Articles by Sev Sarmenta

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Pacquiao comeback to lift spirit

REGARDLESS of who you are, you were not spared from the pain and agony of the images of the devastation left by Superthypoon ?Yolanda? in th…

Tue, 19 Nov 2013
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Marquez vs Bradley? Oh, well ?

SO THE fights we want to see are not going to happen. The road to revenge for Manny Pacquiao looks like it won?t happen soon as Timothy Brad…

Tue, 07 May 2013
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No need to harvest boxing crop too fast

IMAGINE for a moment if Nonito Donaire Jr. had failed to stop the once-flamboyant Jorge Arce last week in their WBO super bantamweight duel.…

Sat, 22 Dec 2012
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What?s next for Pacquiao?

NOTHING prepared us for yesterday?s Juan Manuel Marquez Day. Manny Pacquiao dropping to the canvas in the third round was totally unexpected…

Mon, 10 Dec 2012
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Pacquiao: One final flourish

If I were to take it from colleague Chino Trinidad?s Facebook entries, Manny Pacquiao seems to tote a different, if not more relaxed, aura i…

Mon, 19 Nov 2012
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The hero has moved on

The hero is a compelling mythic archetype in literature and movies: The champion who fights for the oppressed or a cause, hurdles challenges…

Fri, 15 Jun 2012
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End of road for Manny?

IT WAS a scene repeated many times over throughout the country: Dejected Filipinos walking out of cinemas and wherever else they watched the…

Mon, 11 Jun 2012
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It?s Pacquiao vs Bradley, lest we forget

ON JUNE 9, eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao will stake his WBO welterweight crown against undefeated Timothy Bradley (28-0) at t…

Sat, 19 May 2012
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Pacquiao-Bradley: Fine for now

Whatever happens in the remainder of Manny Pacquiao?s career, it will not tarnish nor damage the following: His place in the Boxing Hall of …

Sat, 11 Feb 2012
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Boxing dreams begin on a weekend

Covering sports brings you to a multitude of interesting places. You usually start with a regular beat like a basketball league or a sport t…

Mon, 28 Nov 2011
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You won?t find the next Pacquiao

You don?t want the heyday of Manny Pacquiao to end but you know that the Pacman is only human and eventually he has to hang up his gloves. T…

Mon, 19 Sep 2011
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Waiting for Pacquiao?s next battle

The problem with every Manny Pacquiao fight is that it?s like waiting for the mid-year or Christmas bonus. It doesn?t come very often. The n…

Mon, 30 May 2011
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Pacman hot copy for US media

ARLINGTON, TEXAS ?When you cover a Manny Pacquiao fight like this one against Antonio Margarito, you are in awe that the international press…

Fri, 19 Nov 2010
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Boxing show brings out the best, worst

In our weekly boxing show, In This Corner (NBN, Sundays, 7 p.m.), we?ve covered a great number of slam-bang delights that have thrilled figh…

Tue, 19 Oct 2010
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Is Pacquiao a bore for Mayweather?

SO HAS it come down to Floyd Mayweather Jr. firing racial slurs to get Manny Pacquiao all riled up? Mayweather must be really bored, sick an…

Mon, 06 Sep 2010
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Pacquiao rumbles in House, quotes Frost

MANILA, Philippines?What do poet Robert Frost, professional ring announcer Michael Buffer and Spiderman have in common? Their famous lines h…

Wed, 28 Jul 2010
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Say it isn?t so, Floyd

THIS WEEK, I expect my usual share of questions from my basektball group at the Ateneo covered courts and regulars at coffee shops around to…

Mon, 19 Jul 2010
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Take your Hawaiian punch as you like it

THE TIME has probably come for us to take Brian Viloria for what he is. The former world champion, now trying to carve a comeback trail with…

Mon, 12 Jul 2010