Edwin G. Espejo
583 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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PACQUIAO WATCH: It’s Personal This Time
WHEN Manny Pacquiao and reigning World Boxing Council super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez climb to the ring this Sunday morning (March 16, Manila time), they will have their respective countrymen rooting…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Recipe for victory
Is the defeat of Rafael Marquez in the hands of Israel Vasquez for the super bantamweight crown on March 2 a portent of things to come for his brother?s fate against Manny…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: How To Beat Manny
I have always said that the only way to beat Manny Pacquiao is to crowd him from the inside and deny him the leverage to unload his powerful left bombs. You have…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Focus and Attention
World boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao's demeanor in and outside the ring is a study in contrast. Ever since he got derailed by Juan Manuel Marquez when they fought to a controversial draw…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: If I Were a Betting Man
WITH not much from Team Pacquiao from Los Angeles, most articles posted in Pacland (mannypacquiao.ph) lately were about Z Gorres' quest for glory when he trades leather with Nonito Donaire knockout victim…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Battle of Strategies (and Tactics)
It is often said that style makes a fight. So when an aggressive and exciting knockout artist goes up against a sweet counterpunching boxer, expect a lot of fireworks and a slambang…
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Mepranum Retains RP Flyweight Title
MAASIM, Sarangani - Rising boxing sensation Ritchie Mepranum on Tuesday (January 15) eked out a convincing unanimous decision over game but outclassed Allan Ra?ada to retain his Philippine Boxing Federation flyweight title.…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: The Guessing Game
Any day soon, promoters of the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez II fight will hold a press conference to officially announce the March 15 "For all the Marbles" rematch in Las Vegas. Everybody…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Who Will Beat Pacquiao Down The Road?
Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao has been inked to fight at least three times this year, including his March 15 rematch with Mexican World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight champion Juan Manuel…
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FEATURE ARTICLE: PHILIPPINE BOXING RENAISSANCE
Well into the first decade of the new millennium, a renaissance of sort in Philippine professional boxing was ushered by Manny Pacquiao's brutal demolition of Mexican boxing great Marco Antonio Barrera in…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: BOXING’S BEST
Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather?s 10th round demolition of erstwhile unbeaten Ricky Hatton of England safely kept his pound for pound ranking intact, for now at least. Mayweather is undoubtedly today?s most skillful…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: The Mad Dash for Pacquiao
As expected, everybody is lining up for a megabuck fight with Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao after Juan Manuel Marquez did his part of the bargain in handing Rocky Juarez an neat…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Why a Diaz Will Be Next
The die has been cast. Manny Pacquiao will be back atop the ring on March 1 next year in another HBO pay per view offering. The only missing links are that his…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: The PPV myth
As soon as Manny Pacquiao disposed Marco Antonio Barrera, some scribes immediately worked their math and suggested that the Filipino southpaw earned something like $7 million or a staggering P308 million for…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Who Will Get the Next Crack?
Manny's less spectacular conquest of Marco Antonio Barrera has driven many in the super featherweight and lightweight classes scampering to the beeline. Everybody wants to get a piece of Manny and of…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: MANNY RUNNING OUT OF MONEY FIGHTS
WITH Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera sipping tequila into the sunset, Manny Pacquiao is fast running out of iconic foes in the super featherweight division. Just a couple of years ago,…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: DISSECTING MANNY
As usual many are proffering their thoughts on how Manny Pacquiao fared in his second conquest of Marco Antonio Barrera. The blood-thirsty Pacman fanatics were surely disappointed Manny was not able to…
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Pacquiao Watch: Relentless pressure will do it
SOMEONE said Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao's ultimate strength is not really his tremendous punching power but rather from where this emanates from ? his calf and legs. Manny owns the one…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: No way but up
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/29 Sept) – Regardless of what happens this Sunday, Manny Pacquiao will have to eventually come to terms that his young body and the unforgiving regimen of keeping up…
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Pacquiao Watch: No walk in the park
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- When Filipino whirlwind of a lefty Manny Pacquiao goes up against his one-time knockout victim Marco Antonio Barrera, he will do so as an odds-on favorite to do…
