Edwin G. Espejo
583 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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PACQUIAO WATCH: The fight is on (in Sarangani)
The Philippine election body (Commission on Elections – Comelec) recently dismissed the petition of the lawyers of Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao to disqualify Roy Chiongbian as candidate for the congressional seat…
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Richie faces tough undefeated Mexican
WORLD title hopeful Richie Mepranum will face the toughest fight of his career when he topbills a pre-Pacquiao fight in Grapevine, Texas on March 12 (March 13 Philippine time), the day before…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Manny in mind
EVEN in taking the Mosley fight, at the back of Floyd Mayweather Jnr’s mind looms the large shadow of Manny Pacquiao – the man who inherited his throne as boxing’s pound for…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Finally, a possibility
WHEN Manny Pacquiao walked away from the megafight that would have him and Floyd Mayweather Jnr earning at least US$40 million each, many thought the fight would never happen even though almost…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Manny headed for big box office hit
SOME 20,000 tickets were reportedly sold out within three hours after these went on sale Saturday. An indication that there is no letting up in Manny Pacquiao’s drawing appeal at the box…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Clottey is better than Hatton
FILIPINO superstar will find Joshua Clottey far more superior than Ricky Hatton whom he disposed in two rounds. In fact, he is tougher than Puerto Rican Miguel Angel Cotto although the Ghanian…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: First among equals
THE aborted Mayweather-Pacquiao showdown denied boxing fans from the world all over the chance to see who between the two boxers is the best in this generation. Both have arguments to make…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: The cat is out of the bag, Floyd don?t want to fight
NO matter how much Floyd Mayweather Jnr proclaims he is ready to fight Manny Pacquiao, there is no point in denying any longer that the collapse of his aborted March 13 mega-fight…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Floyd blew this one big time
Floyd Mayweather Jnr’s father and namesake Floyd Snr was right after all. The senior Floyd had gone on record that the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight wasn’t the right match-up and it won’t happen before…
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PACQUIAO, WATCH:, Curled, tailed, Floyd
Floyd Mayweather Jr’s uncompromising stand on the drug-testing issue that is now threatening to scuttle the biggest fight of the century – although this millennium is barely over a decade – may…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Manny will have the last laugh
SHAME on the Mayweathers, Oscars, Schaefers and Ellerbes. You made people believe sugar is as salty as the dead sea. Shame on you guys. You set different standards in picking a fight…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Spoiling my Christmas
IT’S Christmas Eve and all I would like to do was spend it quietly and vowed not to touch my keyboard for at least a day. But then this imbroglio about dope…
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Pacquiao Watch: Ways Mayweather will defeat Pacquiao
He ain’t big enough. He ain’t strong enough. He ain’t fast enough. Or so thinks Floyd Mayweather Jr of Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao. He said he has the recipe to defeat…
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Furious four weeks
Fame and notoriety sometimes come in tandem. For two of those four weeks beginning November 14, the Philippines saw itself thrown into world attention. By well over past noon of November 15,…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Rating Manny as a politician
MANNY Pacquiao is no longer a stranger to politics. In fact, the political trashing he received from Rep. Darlene Magnolia Custodio-Antonino should have already wised him up. Today, he is not wanting…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Best money for the fight
MARQUEE fights in boxing are unlike other ordinary cards. While promoters of boxing cards featuring unknowns and future stars scramble their way into squeezing a schedule in fight arenas with their own…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: A must see fight
FOR all of Manny Pacquiao’s 55 professional fights, I have only seen him live once. In 2006, when he tattooed the face of Oscar Larios over 12 rounds at the Araneta Coliseum.…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Why we should care
THERE have been many fans of Manny Pacquiao who insist that it is none of the business of anyone to question how the Filipino boxing icon spends his hard earned money. The…
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PACQUAIO WATCH: Spending Manny’s millions
The last piece before this article was about how much Manny Pacquiao would earn in agreeing to fight Floyd Mayweather for this era’s biggest boxing event. Now, let us conjure scenarios how…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Counting Manny’s dollars
REPORTS indicate that Manny Pacquiao was made an offer he was not able refuse when Top Rank’s Bob Arum recently visited him. It was for a US$50 million combined guaranteed purse to…