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If not Floyd, maybe Thurman for Manny?

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 13 Feb 2019

If Floyd Mayweather decides to stay retired, the man whom WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao could fight next is undefeated Keith Thurman whose nickname ?One Time? is supposed to herald his…

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Time to give back to Abainza

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 13 Feb 2019

For many years, veteran international boxing referee and judge Silvestre Abainza has made his country proud as one of the world?s top arbiters, working in fights all over the globe wherever the sound …

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Will Nietes turn Palicte away?

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 11 Feb 2019

There?s a possibility that WBO superflyweight champion Donnie Nietes will decline to face mandatory challenger and countryman Aston Palicte in a rematch and instead, battle WBA titlist Khalid Yafai in…

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Martin could be next Manny

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 11 Feb 2019

Gerry Penalosa (right) and Carl Jammes Martin. There?s a 19-year-old Ifugao fighter who could be the next Manny Pacquiao and WBO No. 10 bantamweight Carl Jammes Martin will try to live up to the billi…

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Gerry likes Garcia for Manny

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 08 Feb 2019

While Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is making up his mind whether or not to fight WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao, former two-time world titlist Gerry Penalosa said yesterday Philadelphia brawle…

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Magsayo in limbo

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 08 Feb 2019

WBC No. 1 featherweight Mark Magsayo of Tacloban City, Leyte, hasn?t fought in over a year and the inactivity has resulted in the WBO dropping him from No. 1 to No. 8. If he continues to stay idle, it…

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Palicte in lethal form

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 06 Feb 2019

Aston Palicte, fresh from demolishing Puerto Rico?s previously unbeaten Jose Martinez, is hungry for a world boxing title and if it means bowling over countryman WBO superflyweight champion Donnie Nie…

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Misguided Tepora must refocus

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 06 Feb 2019

It was supposed to be interim WBA featherweight champion Jhack Tepora?s coming out party. He was booked to receive a cool $100,000 for staking his crown against Mexico?s Hugo Ruiz in the undercard of …

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Appeal raised to Asian level

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 31 Jan 2019

Ed Picson. Last weekend, Southeast Asian boxing leaders got together in Bangkok to discuss a proposed appeal for the IOC and AIBA to reconsider the abolition of the lightflyweight and bantamweight div…

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It could've been a draw

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 30 Jan 2019

International matchmaker Sean Gibbons said yesterday if WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao didn?t finish strong in the so-called ?championship? rounds of his title defense against Adrien Br…

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Pinoy prospects cited

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 30 Jan 2019

L-R: Martin, Bornea and Cataraja. The Ring Magazine, the so-called Bible of Boxing, listed several Filipino fighters as top prospects in a section on the ?State of the Game? in its February 2019 issue…

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Age just a number (Photos)

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Tue, 29 Jan 2019

LAS VEGAS. It was vintage Manny Pacquiao who dazzled a sellout crowd of 13,025 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena here Saturday night to retain his WBA welterweight crown via a unanimous 12-round decision …

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Is Mayweather stalking Manny?

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 28 Jan 2019

Talk of a rematch between WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao and undefeated Floyd Mayweather, Jr. started to gain ground when the boxing icons got together in a supposedly accidental encoun…

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Funai next for Ancajas

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 28 Jan 2019

IBF superflyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas is set to make the seventh defense of his crown against mandatory challenger Ryuichi Funai of Japan and it appears the fight will be in the undercard of a ma…

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Suarez on fast track to world title bid

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 26 Jan 2019

Rio Olympian Charly Suarez isn?t wasting time to establish himself as a serious title contender and said yesterday two more fights are lined up within the next three months to short-cut his campaign f…

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Manny watches Warriors win

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 25 Jan 2019

WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao and wife Jinkee sat at courtside as the visiting Golden State Warriors crushed the Los Angeles Lakers, 130-111, in an NBA game at the Staples Center in Lo…

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Donaire aims for undisputed title

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 24 Jan 2019

LAS VEGAS. WBC diamond and ?super? WBA bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. is two wins away from claiming recognition as the undisputed 118-pound king, a feat that?s unprecedented in Philippine …

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Has Broner lost his mind?

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 23 Jan 2019

Adrien Broner said as obvious as everyone wants cheese on a burger, he beat WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao in their 12-round bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas last Saturda…

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Painful but not serious, says Fortune

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 23 Jan 2019

WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao laughed off the injury in his left eye, saying he endured the same minor corneal scratch in his other eye in a previous fight and assured fans there?s not…

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Manny delivered as promised

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 22 Jan 2019

LAS VEGAS. Adrien Broner woudn?t concede defeat even if it was obvious he was badly beaten by WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao in their 12-round bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena here la…