Edwin G. Espejo
583 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Coin toss earns city council seat for Pacquiao?s brother
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines ? He lost in South Cotabato?s congressional race in May but won re-election as chairperson of Barangay Apopong in October. Now, Rogelio ?Roel? Pacquiao, younger brother of the…
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Is Pacquiao covering up his money woes?
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines - Is Manny Pacquiao losing money? Beleaguered Pacquaio has been alternating between saying all his tax woes are being taken care of and refuting claims he owes the…
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Pacquiao Watch: The cookie crumbles
Is the glass tower slowly crumbling? A report is out that the Internal Revenue Service of the US is after all running after Manny Pacquiao for tax deficiency to the tune of…
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Pacquiao Watch: Honeymoon over
Is his honeymoon with the Philippine press over? Hardly has Manny Pacquiao savored his sweet return to boxing spotlight with a masterful win over game Brandon Rios, he is now finding himself…
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Pacquiao overcomes demons, humbles tough Rios
MACAU ? Manny Pacquiao took a big leap forward when he scored a convincing and well-earned 12-round unanimous victory over tough Brandon Rios Sunday afternoon at the Cotai Arena With the win,…
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Pacquiao Watch: D-Day for Manny
Finally, it is fight day. After yesterday?s weigh in, many grizzled sports writers cannot help but notice some of the contrasting demeanor and physical get-up of today?s main attraction (is there any…
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Roach on Pacquiao?s ?state of mind?
MACAU ? One of the best I?ve seen. This was how Freddie Roach described how Manny Pacquiao is psyching up for Sunday?s clash with American Brandon Rios. Pacquiao woke up early and…
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Manny is still good ? Rios trainer
MACAU ? Robert Garcia, who trains Brandon Rios, says Manny Pacquiao is still good but no longer the best he was some four years ago when the Filipino boxing icon was knocking…
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Pacquiao Watch: Stoking the fire
The episode at the gym of the The Venetian yesterday where former Pacquiao conditioning coach Alex Ariza kicked Freddie Roach only underscores how important the fight on Sunday will be for both…
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Pacquiao Watch: Rios? flawed gameplan
The camp of Brandon Rios is promising an action packed affair when he squares off against Manny Pacquiao on Sunday (Macau time). At this stage and for this very important match for…
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Pacquiao leaves for Macau Monday
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines (UPDATED) ? Team Pacquiao is leaving Monday, November 18, on a chartered flight to Macau where he faces the acid test of proving he still has what it…
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Pacquiao Watch: Who sings the national anthem?
Unlike his previous fights in the US, we are clueless who will sing the national anthem when Manny Pacquiao makes his comeback fight a week from now in Macau. There have been…
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Pacquiao Watch: Donaire?s lead
Nonito Donaire again struggled to find his rhythm before catching Armenian Vic Darchinyan with his patented left hook in the 9th round to earn a hard earned TKO victory, seven months after…
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Pacquiao Watch: No free live feed in Gensan ? almost
Solar Sports, which owns the exclusive television broadcast rights to boxing fights Manny Pacquiao, almost denied the city government of General Santos live feed to his November 24 bout with Brandon Rios.…
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Roach now a ?son? of Gensan
Multi-awarded boxing coach Freddie Roach, who molded Manny Pacquiao into a fearsome knockout machine, has been adopted ?son? of General Santos City. In a resolution passed this morning?s 17th regular session of…
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Pacquiao watch: Road to Cotai
Three weeks from now, boxing fans will know if Manny Pacquiao still has what it takes to be on the top of the heap again after a disastrous 2012 campaign that was…
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Pacquiao continues to build political base
With his boxing career momentarily detoured, Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao is back building and consolidating his political base in nearby General Santos City where, some say, he has set his eyes someday.…
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PACQUIAO WATCH: Back in serious training
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? With just two months left before his anticipated return to the ring, Manny Pacquiao plunged into serious training last week and was back on the oval track after…
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No letting up for hungry Pacman
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines ? With just two months left before his anticipated return to the ring, Manny Pacquiao plunged into serious training this week and was back on the track after…
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Pacquiao Watch: Mayweather hates competition
I purposely avoided writing a piece on the Mayweather-Alvarez fight knowing that the flamboyant American will make the Mexican look pedestrian despite the latter?s impeccable ring record. In boxing, records can be…
