Edwin G. Espejo
583 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Pacquiao heavily favored
GENERAL Santos City boxing idol Manny Pacquiao is heavily favored when he goes up against World Boxing Council No. 10 ranked Mexican super featherweight boxer Hector Velasquez on September 10 (Sunday, September…
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Pacquiao heavily favored
GENERAL Santos City boxing idol Manny Pacquiao is heavily favored when he goes up against World Boxing Council No. 10 ranked Mexican super featherweight boxer Hector Velasquez on September 10 (Sunday, September…
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Pacquiao heavily favored
GENERAL Santos City boxing idol Manny Pacquiao is heavily favored when he goes up against World Boxing Council No. 10 ranked Mexican super featherweight boxer Hector Velasquez on September 10 (Sunday, September…
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Pacquiao in top shape
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- With still over a month to go before he steps into the ring again Filipino boxing idol Manny Pacquiao claims he is already in top shape. "One hundred…
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Braves edge Mayor’s squad, captures title
THE North Cotabato Braves overcame a fierce rally from the gritty Mayor's Squad of Digos City to win by the slimmest margin, 65-64, and capture the inaugural Manny Pacquiao Open Basketball Tournament…
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Growing up pains of Manny
THIS writer finally caught up with Manny Pacquiao over brunch at his modest residence in Barangay Labangal. The night before, we bumped into each other at Mike Calixto's Cassado Bar where the…
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Gallant in defeat
IT WAS one of those rarities where you hate either fighter to lose a fight. But close to Saturday midnight in Las Vegas, Nevada, many Filipino boxing fans all over, including this…
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Gallant in defeat
IT WAS one of those rarities where you hate either fighter to lose a fight. But close to Saturday midnight in Las Vegas, Nevada, many Filipino boxing fans all over, including this…
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Gallant in defeat
IT WAS one of those rarities where you hate either fighter to lose a fight. But close to Saturday midnight in Las Vegas, Nevada, many Filipino boxing fans all over, including this…
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Sunday’s big event
ALL roads will be empty on Saturday evening in Tijuana in Mexico and General Santos City in the Philippines (Sunday mid-morning to afternoon). It is the day of reckoning. Two of the…
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Pacquiao watch
BY THE time this column sees print, Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao should have already sparred nearly 130 rounds against an assortment of sparring mates. Next week, he will taper off with…
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Oddsmakers bet
WITH just under three weeks before the mega-clash between our very own Manny Pacquiao and Mexico's Erik Morales, odds makers in Las Vegas, the world's gambling capital, still favor the Filipino boxing…
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Roach’s gambit
RENOWNED trainer Freddie Roach is deviating from his usual guarded assessment whenever Filipino boxing idol Manny Pacquiao takes on an opponent. With dethroned World Boxing Council super featherweight Erik "El Terrible" Morales…
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Redemption or validation?
FRUSTRATION coupled with desire to take a tighter grip of his own destiny could be two of the several reasons why Filipino boxing idol Manny Pacquiao made a surprise decision to sign…
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Megafight of the year
ON JANUARY 26, Manny Pacquiao finally held his first sparring session with a Mexican super featherweight who goes by the name of Raymundo "Sugar" Beltran, for three rounds. His sparring session was…
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Pacquiao dragged into slay of Army sergeant
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Controversy continues to hound Filipino boxing idol Manny Pacquiao as he is now being implicated in another murder case, this time involving the slaying of a former Army…
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Manny peaking in time for May 8 bout with Marquez
CONSENSUS world featherweight boxing champ Manny Pacquiao is just two pounds over the 126-pound limit with three weeks to go before he climbs the ring in Las Vegas, Nevada to fight World…
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Elaborate welcome awaits Manny in General Santos
AN ELABORATE welcome awaits boxing hero Manny Pacquaio when he arrives here Tuesday, said city hall sources. Mayor Pedro Acharon Jr. had ordered a hero's welcome for Pacquaio, in tribute to the…
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Pacquiao pummels Barrera, wins by TKO in 11th
GENERAL SANTOS -- He promised war. And what a war he gave. Filipino super bantamweight boxing champion shocked boxing aficionados throughout the world Sunday noon by totally dominating and outclassing fancied featherweight…
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Pacquiao squares off with Barrera Sunday
THE rest of the country will be glued to their television sets Sunday morning, November 15, when reigning International Boxing Federation (IBF) super bantamweight champion Manny Pacquaio traded bombs with Mexican Antonio…