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Return of the Prodigal Son: Donaire Back to Top Rank

By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 05 Jul 2011

In a week or two and after a little more fine-tuning, a new agreement between world bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. and his promoter, Top Rank, is expected to be signed ending months of inac…

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Mayol back in the gym, but can he get a title shot?

By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com Tue, 05 Jul 2011

Former WBC light flyweight champion Rodel Mayol responded to this writer?s e-mail query yesterday regarding his intention to fight WBA flyweight champion Hernan 'Tyson' Marquez of Mexico, which was po…

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INSIDE SPORTS - DEBACLE IN DUBAI

By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 05 Jul 2011

It is obvious that the PBA failed to conduct a background check and conduct due diligence on the ability of the promoter, in the much hyped PBA games in Dubai, the Filipino Basketball Center headed by…

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Third Man Is Not The Main Man

By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 05 Jul 2011

Salinas City, California - Edrin Dapudong, the second fighter from North Cotabato who attempted to win a world title, lost to Mexican titleholder Hernan "Tyson" Marquez in what could have been an exci…

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WE ARE TO BLAME FOR SETTING THE BAR TOO HIGH

By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 04 Jul 2011

The failure of Mark Melligen in San Antonio, Texas and that of Edrin Dapudong in Hermosillo, Mexico over the weekend as expected brought forth the usual Monday morning quarterbacks in many of us, the …

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Dreaming Beyond Our Lifetime

By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 03 Jul 2011

Shortly before noon Sunday, (July 3 in the Philippines), a 25-year-old poor boy from my province in Southern Mindanao who only managed to get to first year in college, will climb up the ring in the ci…

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Heavies back in limelight

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Wed, 29 Jun 2011

Finally, there?s a heavyweight fight that?s worth watching but the protagonists aren?t household names in the lucrative US market where the top ticket is still WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao…

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FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR IS CLEARLY CONFUSED

By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 29 Jun 2011

Maybe it?s the ambiance of the venue or the reported presence of the ?Mayweather?s Mafia? mentioned by Mike Marley that clouded Mayweather?s mind. I am sure it could not be delusions of grandeur. But …

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Saga of the Filipino Road Warriors

By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 27 Jun 2011

On the night of March 1, 1996, I sat at ringside with my bosom friend, Recah Trinidad, to do the commentary for Philippine television of the fight between defending featherweight champion Luisito Espi…

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Arum wary of Marquez' style

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Mon, 27 Jun 2011

MANILA, Philippines - Top Rank chairman Bob Arum knows that WBO welterweight champion Rep. Manny Pacquiao won?t take challenger Juan Manuel Marquez lightly because the Mexican?s style is tailor-fit to…

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DAPUDONG ROLLS THE DICE

By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com Mon, 27 Jun 2011

It has happened before but it is quite rare. That is why we remember those who succeeded in spectacular fashion. I?m talking about ?last minute? invitations for a world title fight. The Bad Boy from D…

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LONG, LONELY ROAD TO GLORY

By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 26 Jun 2011

Edrin Dapudong. Today, I will join a young boxer from my hometown in North Cotabato, flyweight Edrin Dapudong, on a long journey that will take us from the Southern Philippines to San Francisco in the…

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DODIE BOY JR AND THE PE?ALOSA LEGACY

By Chito Yu Katangkatang, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 25 Jun 2011

The surname Pe?alosa will always be a household name in the world of boxing and nothing can ever change that fact. From Mr. Carl Pe?alosa who started building the name as a regional champion and world…

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Saul ?El Canelo? Alvarez: This cinnamon needs spice

By Rich Mazon, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 24 Jun 2011

The red haired boxer from Guadalajara, Mexico is only a month shy of his twenty first birthday. Take away the stardom, the title and the sport out of him and he probably is a young student attending a…

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Has Manny lost killer's instinct?

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Fri, 24 Jun 2011

WBO welterweight champion Rep. Manny Pacquiao went the full route in his last three fights against Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito and Sugar Shane Mosley in that order. Clottey was never in danger o…

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Ball in Donaire's hands, says Arum

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Fri, 24 Jun 2011

Nonito Donaire Zoom MANILA, Philippines - Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said yesterday he?s hoping for a quick resolution of Nonito Donaire?s case so the WBC/WBO bantamweight champion can move forward in…

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Bracing for 'hard' fight

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Thu, 23 Jun 2011

There?s a noticeable trend in WBO welterweight champion Rep. Manny Pacquiao?s choice of opponents since he scored a split 12-round decision over Mexican whiner Juan Manuel Marquez in March 2008. Top R…

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Expecting A Joyous July

By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 22 Jun 2011

Filipino boxing fans await July with bated breath as two top Filipino flyweights figure in world championship battles against two Mexican titlists within two weeks of each other. Adding to the excitem…

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Manny's source of power

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Wed, 22 Jun 2011

WBO welterweight champion Rep. Manny Pacquiao couldn?t have said it better. In the 200-page book ?Box: The Face of Boxing? (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2010), Pacquiao is one of over 150 fighters …

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The Boys of Summer

By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 21 Jun 2011

On July 2, in faraway Mexico, a brown-haired young fighter from my hometown M'lang, North Cotabato will challenge World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight champion Hernan "Tyson" Marquez. Edrin Dapudo…