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![]() | | All articles by Emmanuel Rivera, RRT
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Displaying articles 1 to 10.Pacquiao’s Legacy in Motion: PacMan contra El Azteca
Thu, 17 Jul 2025
Art of Jun Aquino (Courtesy of Manny Pacquiao Foundation)
July 16, 2025
Let’s not call it a comeback — the kind that heavily leans on memory. Manny Pacquiao isn’t stepping into the ring for nost
Because Comebacks Matter: Pacquiao Fights for Us All
Wed, 16 Jul 2025
Art of Jun Aquino.
When Manny Pacquiao enters the ring on July 19, 2025, at 46 years old, it won’t only be Mario Barrios standing across from him. Something greater waits there too. It’s the weight of memory, t
Champion Forever: A Century On, ‘The City By The Bay’ Honors Francisco Guilledo
Tue, 15 Jul 2025
July 14, 2025, San Francisco, California --- Every ship that crossed the Pacific from the Philippines to San Francisco— long before and long after the iconic bridge— entered the city the same way…through t
Ringside, Still: Remembering Chino Trinidad
Sun, 13 Jul 2025
July 13, 2025
Manolo “Chino” Trinidad lived life to the fullest. Every day seemed like the perfect broadcast. He moved through the world with that signature bounce in his step, carrying a microphone, a smile, and a purp
FULL CIRCLE AT WILD CARD: Jhay Otamias’ Tribute to a Fighter and a Fanbase
Mon, 30 Jun 2025
Fifteen years. Thousands of shutter clicks. One unforgettable moment.
Jayson “Jhay Oh” Otamias, the quiet Filipino-American photojournalist who built his name one frame at a time, recently returned to the famed Wild C
Guro Dan Inosanto: Guardian of the Filipino Fighting Spirit
Fri, 27 Jun 2025
Marina del Rey, California (June 21, 2025)
Guro Dan Inosanto remains as sharp as the blades he’s mastered, and his presence still moves with the calm precision of someone who has studied rhythm all his life. At eighty-
Sol Levinson: The Man Whose Gloves Elevated Boxing
Tue, 06 May 2025
Behind every devastating punch is an organic hero— the gloves. Solomon “Sol” Levinson understood this better than anyone.
He set out to change the fight game by crafting the best fighter’s gloves possible.
In bo
Dreamland: Where Filipino Fists Lit Up San Francisco Nights
Mon, 28 Apr 2025
Before the condos and skyscrapers rose like silent monuments to the wealthy, before memory gave way to glass and steel, there was a place in San Francisco where fists, not fortunes, determined your worth.
A place called
A Seat at the Table of Antonio Lopez Aldeguer: A Reminiscence
Fri, 25 Apr 2025
On March 22, 2024—on the eve of the Gala of Champions—I met Antonio Lopez Aldeguer in person for the first time.
We sat quietly in the Ambassador Suite at the Manila Grand Opera Hotel. The celebration was still a day away
Young Gildo: The Baguio Bearcat
Tue, 22 Apr 2025
If you were a fight fan in the 1920s or ‘30s, you couldn’t miss the name Young Gildo. He was everywhere—Manila, Australia, Japan, Hawaii—taking on anyone who would stand in front of him. He fought like a man who
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