Sev Sarmenta
63 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Gerry Pe?alosa knows what it takes
By Sev Sarmenta
If there?s one former fighter who can break down and appreciate IBF World Super Flyweight champion Jerwin Anacajas? excellent technical boxing skills, it?s former two-division champion Gerry Pe?alosa. Pe?alosa was in the…
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There will be no ?next Pacquiao?
By Sev Sarmenta
Sports is replete with the search for new heroes. The United States, the grazing land of sports heroes of all kinds, searched for alternatives when larger than life champions struck out or…
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Are we still into Pacquiao?
By Sev Sarmenta
It could be a diminishing interest curve or the result of recent events, but the question begs to be asked: Are we still interested in Manny Pacquiao and his upcoming ?last? fight…
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Pacquiao deserves one final hurrah
By Sev Sarmenta
IT?S NOT surprising that Manny Pacquiao has said that his last fight will be with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mayweather has supposedly retired but another huge payday and the call of battle can…
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Let Manny recover
By Sev Sarmenta
We?ve said it many times in this space: The joy of sports is having an opinion and tossing it into the ring and mixing it up with others who have similar or…
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It?s all business for Manny and Floyd
By Sev Sarmenta
The biggest fight of this generation is still two weeks away and we can?t wait anymore. Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. are deep into training, keeping the talking to a minimum…
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No stopping Nietes now
By Sev Sarmenta
When you stage an international boxing card, there?s always the risk that one side of the equation won?t create balance. Because you can research all you want on the Internet and check…
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Wait till they?re standing in front of each other
By Sev Sarmenta
Here we go again ? and again. Sports news last Sunday showed that discussions are ongoing to get Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao inside the ring sometime this year. There?s already…
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Mommy D had a better plan
By Sev Sarmenta
Chris Algieri?s corner kept on saying in-between rounds that their fighter was ?right where we want to be.? This was all right in the early rounds against Manny Pacquiao. And even when…
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Pacquiao still the barometer
By Sev Sarmenta
There seems to be a palpable feeling going about that most folk are not too keen about Manny Pacquiao?s upcoming welterweight battle against the undefeated (20-0) Chris Algieri on Nov. 23 in…
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Joy, sorrow in our national pastime
By Sev Sarmenta
Arguably, national teams arousing passion are found today in basketball and football. Occasionally, an individual athlete like boxers Manny Pacquiao and the late Gabriel ?Flash? Elorde, sprinter Lydia de Vega-Mercado, billiards aces…
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When will they ever fight?
By Sev Sarmenta
Aren?t you sick and tired of it? Every time Floyd Mayweather Jr. finishes off one of his hand-picked opponents to stretch his unbeaten record, he calls out to any one who?s listening…
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Much ado about many
By Sev Sarmenta
There is a ton of concern whenever boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao decides to take on something new in his life. It?s as if people want Pacquiao to do nothing more than take…
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Never forget our past sports heroes
By Sev Sarmenta
One of our shortcomings is our inability to preserve many of the artifacts of our colorful history. Artworks, literary and journalistic pieces as well as photographs often lay rotting in badly maintained…
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Why they won?t fight here for now
By Sev Sarmenta
WE CAN wish all we want but unless some dramatic changes happen in our hotel and leisure infrastructure, our major Filipino boxing heroes won?t be fighting anytime soon on local shores. Manny…
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What Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather could do
By Sev Sarmenta
This is not likely to happen given the large throngs of people that surround them. But here?s an option that eight-time world champion Manny Pacquiao and undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. could do…
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No more surprises this time, again
By Sev Sarmenta
MOMMY Dionisia?s fervent ringside prayers helped but it was her son who did all the punching to hammer out a well-deserved unanimous decision in Las Vegas. Truly, God helps those who help…
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Timothy Bradley should worry
By Sev Sarmenta
If Manny Pacquiao is now training with the same concentration and passion when he prepared for Brandon Rios, then Timothy Bradley should be worried. Pacquiao learned his lesson from that less-than-stellar performance…
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Only Manny can decide on retirement
By Sev Sarmenta
Manny Pacquiao has other problems in his mind after finishing off Brandon Rios in Macau last weekend. A tax issue, a visit to the typhoon victims, congressional duties and the next fight…
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No surprises this time
By Sev Sarmenta
THE MANNY Pacquiao-Brandon Rios fight was not a Philippines-Korea basketball game where Filipinos would storm ahead and then the Koreans would find some miracle to beat us in the end. If you…