Edwin G. Espejo
583 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Fil-Am wins World Series for Giants
Filipino-American Tim Lincecum pitched magnificently for six scorelessinnings before surrendering a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. But by then, his team, the San Francisco Giants were already ahead…
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More road work for ALA boys
Members of the ALA Promotions boxing stable in Cebu are, technically-wise better, boxers. But it is time to alter and make drastic, if not revolutionary changes, in their training regimen. Not a…
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Pacquiao Watch: Perpetual motion
While Antonio Margarito is bigger and taller than Manny Pacquiao, he is slow and very hittable. The Tijuana, Mexico native knows only one fighting style. Move forward and look to engage his…
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Fil-Am is pitching in the MLB World Series
Filipino-American Tim Lincecum is the ace in the San Francisco Giants pitching staff and, despite a shaky start in the first game of the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series, he just…
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Pacquiao Watch: The (mis)fortune of Margarito
Poor Antonio Margarito. If his fight with Manny Pacquiao happened before he was knocked almost out of the ring by Shane Mosley, he would have been the heavy favorite heading into their…
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Pacquiao Watch: Hollywood frenzy
Manny Pacquiao?s enigmatic pull was again evident Sunday as horde of sports scribes descended LA airport to get the best quotes and angles from the arriving Filipino boxing champion. Pacquiao, now a…
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Richie gets a new lease
Manny Pacquiao? adopted town mate Richie Meprnaum gets another chance to hit pay dirt as he is penciled to fight in the undercard of the Pacquiao-Margarito super welterweight championship. For Richie, this…
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Pacquiao, Watch: Will the fire keep burning?
Coach Freddie Roach recently told ESPN that he sees Manny Pacquiao retiring earlier than anticipated. More than 15 years after he first fought as a sixteen year old professional boxer, Manny has…
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Pacquiao Watch: Tiger lesson
GOLFING superstar Tiger Woods was reported to have settled his divorce suit with wife for a cool US$100 million. Tiger of course is a sports icon in the US and all over…
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Pacquiao Watch: When shorter is stronger
No. This is not about Manny Pacquiao?s height or lack of it against Antonio Margarito. Over the years, Manny has been known for his lunging combinations anchored on powerful left straights. Of…
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Gerry Pe?alosa: Going out on his own term
Very few boxers can boast that they walk away from boxing on their own terms, especially those who tasted what it is to be in the limelight and earn huge stack of…
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Pacquiao Watch: Danger lurking
Exactly a month from now, Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao will tread into a dangerous territory no other boxer before him has ever done. And perhaps, will ever do. For the record,…
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Pacquiao Watch: Manny and Robert Frost
In two or three years, Manny Pacquiao will walk away from boxing with certainty that he will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame of boxing five years after his retirement. There…
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Pacquiao Watch: The bigger they are the harder they fall
Mexico?s Antonio Margarito is priding himself as the bigger and stronger man when he fights the Philippine?s lone champion boxer-legislator in November. He is right. By far the tallest opponent that Manny…
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Pacquiao Watch: Assessing Margarito?s chances
World pound for pound boxing king Manny Pacquiao is a prohibitive favorite against Mexican Antonio Margarito whom he will do battle for the alphabet soup World Boxing Council super welterweight crown on…
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Pacquiao Watch: Mayweather takes a beating
Floyd Mayweather Jr just shot himself on his foot twice in a span of one week and chances are he may be forced to fight Manny Pacquiao to remain relevant and redeem…
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Pacquiao Watch: Will Maragarito fight sell?
Over the last five years, Philippine Rep. Manny Pacquiao steadily built his reputation not only as a feared boxer but also as a big live gate draw and even bigger pay per…
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Pacquiao Watch: Digging his own grave
Floyd Mayweather Jr?s racial-laden diatribes against Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao can only come from a man totally afraid of his own ghost. Like I said, Mayweather needs Pacquiao to make his…
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Pacquiao Watch: Quest for 8th title is hallow
I would rather that Filipino lawmaker Manny Pacquiao?s November 13 fight against Mexico?s Antonio Margarito be treated as an ordinary, although intriguing, event. Not the one hyped as a world title fight…
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Pacquiao Watch: Floyd yet in another crazy detour
He is sounding more irksome than a broken vinyl record. Having announced a few months back that he is done with boxing for the year, Floyd Mayweather Jr is now saying he…
