Edwin G. Espejo
583 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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PACQUIAO WATCH: THE GOLDEN BOY BLINKS
IT seems a Dela Hoya-Pacquiao match is already a done deal except for the formalities and fine prints of the contract. Oscar dela Hoya should have known better. Reigning World Boxing Council…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: IF IT’S NOT OSCAR, IT’S ON WITH SOTO TO VANCOUVER
WITH Thursday (Friday, Manila time) now set by Oscar dela Hoya as his self-imposed deadline to name his next opponent, Team Pacquiao are biting their nails. For sure, if it is Manny…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: WHAT BETTER DEAL?
SO okay, a Dela Hoya-Pacquiao fight could be for real. It would not be a travesty of the sports and an insult to boxing fans even if the two are right now…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: One for the ages
SHOULD the Pacquiao-dela Hoya fight materialized, it will surely generate attention not only for jaded boxing fans but also from non-sports buffs. It is one match up that will defy boxing logic,…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Manny’s millions
AMAZING but come to think of it. Manny Pacquiao has already raked in more than one billion pesos in gross earnings over the last four years. Granting a half of them went…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: THE REBIRTH OF PACQUIAO
IN an impressive and superb display of boxing skills, speed and punching prowess, Manny Pacquiao showed why he now rightfully owns the distinction of being the world's best pound for pound boxer.…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Is Manny ‘lightweight’?
OUTSIDE of the boxing world parlance, a lightweight means ? well ? a lightweight. One that is to be taken seriously. Pales in comparison with the biggies. But when you go by…
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MEPRANUM OUTCLASSES TANZANIAN
MAASIM, Sarangani ? Richie Mepranum peppered his Tanzanian foe with lead lefts to the head and powerful hooks to the body over twelve rounds to capture the vacant World Boxing Organization oriental…
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THOSE WHO DID NOT MAKE IT
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- MANNY Pacquiao?s rise to pinnacle of boxing success has been well-chronicled. Yet, the lives and saga of more than a handful of would-have-been champion boxers from General Santos…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: ON THE CUSP
World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao is on the verge of breaking history and may well be on his way to becoming the world's Number One pound for pound…
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RICHIE’S DREAMS
It's a familiar storyline. A young kid growing up idolizing a world champion and striving hard to become one someday. Now, Richie Mepranum is taking that dream a few more steps closer.…
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NEW ARTIFACT SITE FOUND IN PINOL, SARANGANI
MAITUM, Sarangani (April 10, Special to PhilBoxing.com) ? An operator of a bulldozer on Saturday accidentally tumbled upon what possibly could be a repository of ancient skeletal remains that may date back…
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LGU, MILF Join Forces to Secure Artifact Site
MAITUM, Sarangani (April 10, Special to PhilBoxing.com) - In a rush to prevent a repeat of desecration and looting of Pinol cave over ten years ago, Maitum mayor Elsie Perrett on Wednesday…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Gamesmanship
MANILA visitor Juan Manuel Marquez, from whom Manny Pacquiao wrested the World Boxing Council super featherweight crown, was again in his element. He still refuses to accept the close split decision loss…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: What price is right?
GOLDEN Boy Promotion?s Richard Schafer just raised the ante when he offered Manny Pacquiao a guaranteed $6 million purse for an immediate with Juan Manuel Marquez. The offer goes beyond any weight…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Controversy good for Pacquiao
ALTHOUGH in my own scorecard Manny Pacquiao won in his rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez even if I may have erred in giving him the last round, it was a close decision…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Failed expectations?
HAS Manny Pacquiao become a victim of his own success? This might as well be the question that should be answered instead of endlessly and passionately debating whether he won or lost…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Sheer heart won it for Manny
A WEEK before Manny Pacquiao fought Juan Manuel Marquez for the World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight title, I did some scouting and laid down what it would take for both fighters…
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SWEET VICTORY
MANNY Pacquiao finally solved the puzzle that is Juan Manuel Marquez by eking out a close and exciting split decision victory to etch his name in the record books of professional boxing.…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Which punch to watch?
Two more sleeps and the whole world of boxing fans will be glued on to their television sets, live on cable and delayed telecast on free TV. Lest we forget to tell…
