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Oscar predicts long reign for Boom Boom

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Sun, 04 Jun 2006

Even as rising star Rey (Boom Boom) Bautista is still not a world champion, legendary fighter Oscar de la Hoya says the ascent to the top is inevitable and predicts a long reign for the unbeaten Bohol…

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SHOBOX AT CHUMASH CASINO, DAWSON DOMINATES HARDING

By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 04 Jun 2006

I took the wife today for a leisurely drive to Santa Barbara County for a well-deserved Friday afternoon. wine tasting sojourn. The Santa Barbara wine country is just a good hour and a half from our r…

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Finkel files $7.5M suit vs Pacquiao handlers

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Sat, 03 Jun 2006

In what could be a ploy to pressure Manny Pacquiao into extending his contract, American manager Shelly Finkel filed a $7.5 Million suit in Los Angeles last Tuesday against lawyer Franklin Gacal and m…

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Just Another Day at the Wildcard Gym

By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 01 Jun 2006

It was gorgeous day when I woke up early this morning to do my ritual 2 mile jogging amidst the hills in my neighborhood. Soon after the nice run, I thought I would just simply enjoy the day, take a d…

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GAB Manual of Operations; WIBA meeting

By Alex A. Paglumotan, GAB Commissioner, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 30 May 2006

For the first time in fifty five (55) long years since the establishment of the Games and Amusements Board as an agency tasked to competently regulate and supervise the conduct of all professional spo…

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Triumphant Gorres, ALA Team Leaves for the Philippines Today

By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 30 May 2006

Promoter extraordinaire, Sammy Gello-ani called me about noon today to touch base and inform me that the ALA Team and Z Gorres are boarding the Philippine Air Lines flight tonight, May 29th at 10 PM o…

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Z GORRES KEPT HIS PROMISE, WINS OVER RINCON MIRANDA

By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 29 May 2006

I always meant to say it since his victory against Tirado of Mexico at the Orleans Hotel last February and his recent hard-fought victory over a game Chuwatana of Thailand to capture the OPBF super fl…

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Morales rubber duel nearly a done deal

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Fri, 26 May 2006

Even as Manny Pacquiao is deep in training for his July 2 appointment with Oscar Larios, negotiations are underway to finalize his rubber match against Erik Morales on Oct. 7 at the Thomas and Mack Ce…

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Montiel - Gonzales / Gorres Press Con (with Photos)

By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 25 May 2006

Being my day off, I was just lounging at my back yard pool sipping ice-cold lemonade when Sam Gello-ani called up and informed me that the Press Con for the Montiel/Gonzales fight wherein our very own…

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'LITTLE BROWN DOLLS': A Gallery of Filipino World Boxing Champs

By Hermie Rivera, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 24 May 2006

THEY were called “little brown dolls,” but how they could fight! Twenty-seven world champions enshrined in the record books since the early ‘20s attest to the ability, speed, courage…

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A Few Moments with the Master

By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 24 May 2006

It was three o'clock Saturday afternoon and I was standing near the main entrance of the Staples Center with a couple of friends, Jhun Parungao of Woodland Hills, and his visiting friend from Manila, …

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Cebu honors SEA Games organizer

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Wed, 24 May 2006

The Sportswriters Association of Cebu (SAC) named the chairman of the provincial organizing committee for the recent Southeast Asian (SEA) Games as its Sportsman of the Year in the 24th All-Cebu Sport…

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IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED

By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 23 May 2006

As soon as Marisela, one of the members of my staff came in to work the Monday following the Friday WBC title fight between Marco Antonio Barrera and Ricardo Juarez, she came to me and said: "Hey Doc,…

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Gab and Jab at GAB

By Mortz Marcelo Ortigoza, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 20 May 2006

Gab and jab at GAB By Mortz Marcelo Ortigoza I felt sorry for the tragedy that basketball star Eugene Tejada of Purefoods succumbed. Jesus, his spinal cord was seriously dislocated. What added insult …

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Roach says Pacquiao will be ready for Larios

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Sat, 20 May 2006

Trainer Freddie Roach said yesterday Manny Pacquiao will be ready to beat Oscar Larios when they face off in a 12-round World Boxing Council International superfeatherweight title bout at the Araneta …

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Manny to train double for Larios

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Thu, 18 May 2006

With less than two months to train for Oscar Larios, Manny Pacquiao will double his effort in the gym to quash the possibility of an upset win by the Mexican in their 12-round bout at the Araneta Coli…

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Ring judge says Larios will fall

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Sun, 14 May 2006

Veteran boxing judge Gale Van Hoy of Texas isn’t giving Oscar Larios much of a chance to upset Manny Pacquiao in their 12-round bout at the Araneta Coliseum on July 2. Van Hoy, 72, should know. …

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GAB TO CREATE ILOILO OFFICE; COMMENDS GOV. TUPAS AND OTHERS

By Alex A. Paglumotan, GAB Commissioner, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 12 May 2006

The Games and Amusements Board headed by its ever dynamic and decisive sportsman Chairman Eric R.Buhain is set to establish an extension office here in Iloilo City to cater to the needs and the demand…

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Mayol tormentor may not fight again

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Thu, 11 May 2006

It was a high price to pay for victory. World Boxing Council (WBC) minimumweight champion Eagle Kyowa may be forced to retire if he is unable to recover from a cracked right orbital bone suffered in b…