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Somodio says Ancajas can't take Conlan lightly

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 18 Nov 2017

LOS ANGELES. Boxing trainer Freddie Roach?s chief assistant Marvin Somodio said IBF superflyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas is up against a durable challenger when he battles unbeaten Jamie Conlan at t…

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Belfast awaits Ancajas

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 08 Nov 2017

Ancajas after his win in Brisbane, Australia. IBF superflyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas is ready to tackle whatever unpredictable challenger Jamie Conlan brings into the ring in terms of style and st…

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China market opens for Manny

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 03 Oct 2017

BEIJING. The pay-per-view system hasn?t been tried in the vast Chinese market but its potential as a huge sales drawer is undeniable. So far, big sports events are shown on Chinese TV free-to-air. Som…

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Gibbons seals Ancajas defense

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 03 Oct 2017

BEIJING. It didn?t take long for Las Vegas matchmaker Sean Gibbons to book IBF superflyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas? third title defense against Jamie Conlan in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Nov. 18…

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Manny transports Vegas glitz to Beijing

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 02 Oct 2017

BEIJING. Sen. Manny Pacquiao brought a taste of Las Vegas to this Chinese capital as he put on a glittering event of nine fights, highlighted by the pro debut of Rio Olympian Lu Bin, with bright light…

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Together again

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 01 Oct 2017

BEIJING. Sen. Manny Pacquiao and Ever Bilena CEO Dioceldo Sy, who owns the Blackwater franchise in the PBA, go back a long way. They were introduced to each other in 1997 and developed a special frien…

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Manny says he wants to fight in China

By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star Sun, 01 Oct 2017

BEIJING ? Sen. Manny Pacquiao announced last Thursday that he plans to fight in China but held back in divulging who the opponent could be and when it may happen as a packed audience burst into applau…

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Donaire ready for title shot

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 27 Sep 2017

Fresh from a dominant showing against Mexican warrior Ruben Garcia-Hernandez in San Antonio, Texas, over the weekend, Nonito Donaire, Jr. said yesterday he?ll be ready for another crack at a world tit…

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Manny no stranger to bum verdicts

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 24 Sep 2017

Sen. Manny Pacquiao recently sent out a tweet of exasperation in the wake of the split draw that was announced at the end of the Gennady Golovkin-Saul Alvarez fight in Las Vegas last Saturday. While t…

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Donaire faces rugged, awkward foe

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 24 Sep 2017

Nonito Donaire, Jr. takes on dangerous Ruben Garcia-Hernandez in a 10-round bout for the vacant WBC silver featherweight title in San Antonio, Texas, this morning (Manila time) with his sights set on …

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Black eye for boxing

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 20 Sep 2017

Last Saturday, two fights were held on opposite sides of the globe and brought back the excitement of high-quality competition in the sport whose popularity has been severely challenged by the raw act…

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Barriga to headline China card

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 18 Sep 2017

Mark Anthony Barriga. It will be a leap of faith for London Olympian Mark Anthony Barriga as he engages battle-scarred Thai veteran Wittawas Basapean of Thailand in only his seventh pro fight for the …

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?Go For Gold? re-launched soon

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 17 Sep 2017

Butch Ramirez. ?Go For Gold,? the grassroots amateur boxing discovery program that produced three Filipino Olympic medalists in 1988-96, will be back on track before the year ends, it was announced by…

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Manny says GGG has slight edge

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 14 Sep 2017

Sen. Manny Pacquiao expects a humdinger of a fight between unbeaten WBA/WBC/IBF/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan and Mexican challenger Saul (Canelo) Alvarez at the T-Mobile Ar…

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Viloria on track for title shot

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 13 Sep 2017

Former WBC/IBF lightflyweight and WBO/WBA flyweight champion Brian Viloria is in line for a shot at another world title with his Los Angeles manager Gary Gittelsohn now evaluating options to seal the …

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Manny to push Anta

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 06 Sep 2017

Sen. Manny Pacquiao plans to relaunch Anta in a big way here early next year as his management group takes over the Philippine distribution of the Chinese sports apparel and footwear brand. Anta is pr…

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GAB, DOH set free med exams

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 05 Sep 2017

Mitra. GAB chairman Abraham Mitra yesterday set a target date of Sept. 18 for the effectivity of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that the government agency signed with the Department of Health (DOH)…

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Manny's league won?t compete with PBA

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 03 Sep 2017

Sen. Manny Pacquiao said the other day he has no intention for the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL), his latest sports venture, to compete with the PBA where the boxing icon is listed as p…

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Big test for Marcial ahead

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 31 Aug 2017

Eumir Marcial. Philippine boxing coach Elias Recaido said yesterday SEA Games middleweight gold medalist Eumir Marcial has the potential to qualify for the Olympics but his big test will be to overcom…

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Donaire sets comeback

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 30 Aug 2017

Nonito Donaire, Jr. will end a 10-month layoff to take on dangerous Mexican Ruben Garcia in a 10-round bout for the vacant WBC silver featherweight title in San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 23. Donaire, 3…