Edwin G. Espejo
583 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Pacquiao Watch: Where Floyd?s greatness is measured
Flamboyant American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr has been whining about how he is not getting the kind of respect an undefeated champion deserves. After all, at 41-0 (win-loss), he still considers himself…
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Pacquiao Watch: Different package
It will be a vastly different Manny Pacquiao that will greet Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez when they meet for the third, and maybe, last time in November. First, he will be facing…
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Pacquiao Watch: Pacland creator deserves respect
The creator of the website that has become a repository of all articles and links about Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao finally broke his silence over repeated attempts of an American to…
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Pacquiao Watch: Broke or not, there?s more that meets the eye
The reported termination of the services of VisionQwest Resource Group as retainer of Rep. Manny Pacquiao for his financial interests in the US appears to be one of the many impulsive moves…
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Pacquiao Watch: Wheels of fortune
A decade ago, before boxing icon Manny Pacquiao became the big crossover star that he is today, he was just another Filipino fighter with some special talent. Few ever thought he would…
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Pacquiao Watch: Is Khan his ?righty? double?
Boxing?s latest toast Amir Khan is showing a boxing repertoire that has uncanny resemblances to that of reigning pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao. The head movement, the lunging straights and the…
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Pacquiao Watch: Marquez fooling himself
If Juan Manuel Marquez thinks his one-round demolition of unknown Likar Ramos will boost his stock and confidence when he fights nemesis Manny Pacquiao in November, he is dead wrong. If it…
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Pacquiao, Dominguez to trade places in 2013
Gov. Miguel Rene Dominguez and Rep. Manny Pacquiao have formalized their political alliance by agreeing to trade positions in 2013. During a meeting at the farm of Paquiao in Malungon Wednesday, all…
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Sarangani guv takes the Pacquiao challenge
Sarangani Governor Miguel Rene Dominguez is standing up to the challenge of Rep. Manny Pacquiao and it may cost him and the province between P200 to P300 million. The date is set…
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Pacquiao Watch: ?Tres? passing Marquez
Juan Manuel Marquez finally gets the third, and safe to say last, fight he has been moving heaven and earth to have before he retreats to the sunset. There is not much…
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Another Pe?alosa making mark in boxing
Former amateur standout Dodie Boy Pe?alosa Jr hopes to keep the championship line in the family going when he squares off with Jeffrey Jimenez in only his fifth bout as a professional…
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Pacquiao Watch: A decade old demand
The country?s working class has found an ally in Rep. Manny Pacquiao in their never ending quest for a P125 across-the-board legislated nationwide wage hike. Pacquiao, whose working class origin has been…
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Petalcurin KOs overmatched Thai
Randy Petalcurin barely sweated as he knocked out a smaller and obviously overmatched Thai Yodching Sithikonnapha who fought for only the third time in his professional career at the Lagao Gym in…
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Pacquiao Watch: The offer that never was
The networld lapped it up when a Mexican billionaire reportedly made Manny Pacquiao an offer nobody in his right mind will ever refuse unless he is Floyd Mayweather Jr. Now, everybody who…
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Pacquiao politics: Reality bytes and bites
Rep. Manny Pacquiao?s honeymoon with the press as a member of Philippine Congress may have already ended with his bold attempt to interpellate veteran lawmaker Rep. Edcel Lagman of Albay. It is…
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Petalcurin, Lumacad headline June 11 title cards in Gensan
Flyweight hopeful Randy Petalcurin continues his quest for a rise in the world rankings when he goes up against Thai boxer Veeradej Manopkarnchang for the vacant World Boxing Council Asian light flyweight…
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Donaire odyssey: Stroke of luck
For a while, it looked like Nonito Donaire Jr?s career will hang in the balance. He was supposed to fight a unification bout against Anselmo Moreno on May 28. Nonito captured the…
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Pacquiao vs Salonga: Who wins?
Two Filipino celebrities who have brought prestige and honor to the country are on collision course. Broadway superstar Leah Salonga, who won several awards for her performances in the hit musical Miss…
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Pacquiao Watch: The best Manny
I will concede that Manny Pacquiao, who just recently dismissed Shane Mosley, is physically in his prime today and is virtually unbeatable among welterweights. Too bad. Nobody in the horizon can really…
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Pacquiao Watch: The mistake that never came
Shane Mosley waited and waited for Manny Pacquiao to commit the mistake that never came. Instead, he found himself making one that changed the rest of his evening in yet another futile…