Edwin G. Espejo
583 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Pacquiao Watch: The beginning of the end
Many boxing aficionados who watched Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s fight last Sunday are almost in agreement that the Filipino boxing icon has finally met his unbeatable nemesis – Father Time. Even Manny himself…
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Pacquiao Watch: One more before curtain call
There is no arguing Manny Pacquiao will call it a day and slip into retirement with the comfort that his legacy is already cemented. If there is a Mt. Rushmore in boxing,…
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Pacquiao Watch: Overthinking Manny’s August 22 fight
The buzz around Pacland is that Errol Spence’s injury may be a fake to camouflaged a possible Spence-Crawford fight that will surely bring more glitter and therefore more moolah to promoter Floyd…
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Pacquiao Watch: Dashing hopes
Some in Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s camp must be disappointed that the title fight against welterweight champion Errol Spence has been dropped after the latter suffered a retinal tear injury on the left…
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Pacquiao Watch: Golovkin ain’t no mountain high
Long time Pacquiao coach Freddie Roach stirred a flurry of conversation when he said his former ward may go for middleweight banger Gennady Golovkin instead of a unification bout with Terence Crawford.…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: There is no stopping Manny
There is no slowing down Boxing Hall of Fame shoo-in Manny Pacquiao who dug deep into his reservoir of speed and stamina to outhustle and outwit a guy who is 10 years…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Thurman is hittable, beatable
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 02 June) ? Watching few videos of Keith Thurman fights makes you agree he packs a wallop. His unbeaten record in 22 fights makes him scarier on…
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Pacquiao Watch: A step closer
Deep within him, Sen. Manny Pacquiao knows his time is almost done or even past due. At age 40, everything physical about him 10 or 15 years ago is slipping. He no…
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Philippine president, Malaysian PM at Pacquiao fight ringside
KUALA LUMPUR ? Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is among the very important personalities who will be at the ringside when Manny Pacquiao, a senator in his home country, tries to wrest the…
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Manny in the company of many
A few months back, I wrote about the three great athletes that broke into the sporting world at about the same time. That was in 1996. Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods and Derek…
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ANCAJAS: New Kid on the Block
Being southpaws are about the only similarity between boxing's new kid on the block Jerwin Ancajas and all-time great Manny Pacquiao. Manny was an energy bunny who overwhelms his opponent with volume…
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Roach explains why Pacquiao KOs have not been coming
BRISBANE, Australia -- Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach?s squirm was barely noticeable after fellow trainer Glenn Rushton boldly predicted the latter?s Australian ward Jeff Horn will stop Filipino boxing icon Manny…
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Pacquiao fights to entertain, Horn to raise his hands
BRISBANE, Australia (MindaNews / 28 June) ? Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao declined to predict the outcome of his championship fight but promised to give an entertaining fight against hometown favorite Jeff…
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Merry mix of politics and religion at Pacquiao’s 37th birthday
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines ? It was an "austere" party compared to similar gatherings in the last 5 years, but the birthday celebration of Sarangani Representative Manny Pacquiao on Thursday, December 17,…
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No Manny, Rody doesn?t need you more than Binay
A Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) story has reported that Rep. Manny Pacquiao is sticking with Vice President Jejomar Binay, to whom he had pledged to support for the 2016 presidential elections. While…
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Saturday boxing in Gensan: Basadre falls, fails again
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines - The first time, the referee?s stoppage was a tad too early and a controversial one at that. The rematch, however, was clean and may have come a…
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Pacquiao Watch: Political fortunes and misfortunes
With Interior Secretary Mar Roxas today bagging the endorsement of President Benigno Aquino III at the historic Club Filipino, the presidential race for the 2016 elections is off to a very fluid…
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Pacquiao Watch: When titles no longer matter
Quite a number Filipino boxing fans shared the links to the story that Floyd Mayweather Jr was stripped of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title but failed to appreciate what goes…
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The search for the new Pacquiao
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines ? In the far away corner of Sanman Gym, John Vincent Moralde is lazily hitting the double ended punching ball. Moralde has yet to figure in a fight…
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Controversial stoppage mars Gensan boxing
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? A questionable referee decision to stop the fight with only 6 seconds left in the second round sent plenty of boxing fans fuming and disappointed. Boxing hopeful Daryl…
