Sev Sarmenta
63 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Pacquiao comeback to lift spirit
By Sev Sarmenta
REGARDLESS of who you are, you were not spared from the pain and agony of the images of the devastation left by Superthypoon ?Yolanda? in the Visayas. Yes, Luzon and Metro Manila…
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Marquez vs Bradley? Oh, well ?
By Sev Sarmenta
SO THE fights we want to see are not going to happen. The road to revenge for Manny Pacquiao looks like it won?t happen soon as Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez…
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No need to harvest boxing crop too fast
By Sev Sarmenta
IMAGINE for a moment if Nonito Donaire Jr. had failed to stop the once-flamboyant Jorge Arce last week in their WBO super bantamweight duel. Hard to think of it given Donaire?s hand…
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What?s next for Pacquiao?
By Sev Sarmenta
NOTHING prepared us for yesterday?s Juan Manuel Marquez Day. Manny Pacquiao dropping to the canvas in the third round was totally unexpected. Deep inside we knew that Marquez had no real knockout…
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Pacquiao: One final flourish
By Sev Sarmenta
If I were to take it from colleague Chino Trinidad?s Facebook entries, Manny Pacquiao seems to tote a different, if not more relaxed, aura in training camp at the Wild Card Gym…
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The hero has moved on
By Sev Sarmenta
The hero is a compelling mythic archetype in literature and movies: The champion who fights for the oppressed or a cause, hurdles challenges and adversity and then comes home triumphant. To many…
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End of road for Manny?
By Sev Sarmenta
IT WAS a scene repeated many times over throughout the country: Dejected Filipinos walking out of cinemas and wherever else they watched the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley fight Sunday morning. Their champion was…
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It?s Pacquiao vs Bradley, lest we forget
By Sev Sarmenta
ON JUNE 9, eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao will stake his WBO welterweight crown against undefeated Timothy Bradley (28-0) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Since we cannot have the Pacquiao-Floyd…
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Pacquiao-Bradley: Fine for now
By Sev Sarmenta
Whatever happens in the remainder of Manny Pacquiao?s career, it will not tarnish nor damage the following: His place in the Boxing Hall of Fame; His legacy as one of the greatest…
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Boxing dreams begin on a weekend
By Sev Sarmenta
Covering sports brings you to a multitude of interesting places. You usually start with a regular beat like a basketball league or a sport that the senior scribes have already been through.…
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You won?t find the next Pacquiao
By Sev Sarmenta
You don?t want the heyday of Manny Pacquiao to end but you know that the Pacman is only human and eventually he has to hang up his gloves. There is nobody quite…
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Pacquiao-Marquez III is a Pinoy action flick
By Sev Sarmenta
They don?t make them anymore but a Filipino action picture with a hero, guns, fistfights, a love interest, a comic sidekick and a catchy title always had its loyal followers. Whether it…
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Waiting for Pacquiao?s next battle
By Sev Sarmenta
The problem with every Manny Pacquiao fight is that it?s like waiting for the mid-year or Christmas bonus. It doesn?t come very often. The nature of the fight game, especially at the…
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Pacman hot copy for US media
By Sev Sarmenta
ARLINGTON, TEXAS ?When you cover a Manny Pacquiao fight like this one against Antonio Margarito, you are in awe that the international press is covering a Filipino. All the boxing writers of…
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Boxing show brings out the best, worst
By Sev Sarmenta
In our weekly boxing show, In This Corner (NBN, Sundays, 7 p.m.), we?ve covered a great number of slam-bang delights that have thrilled fight fans in Cebu, General Santos, Mandaluyong, Binangonan, Bi?an,…
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Is Pacquiao a bore for Mayweather?
By Sev Sarmenta
SO HAS it come down to Floyd Mayweather Jr. firing racial slurs to get Manny Pacquiao all riled up? Mayweather must be really bored, sick and tired dealing with questions about fighting…
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Pacquiao rumbles in House, quotes Frost
By Sev Sarmenta
MANILA, Philippines?What do poet Robert Frost, professional ring announcer Michael Buffer and Spiderman have in common? Their famous lines have found their way into boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao?s first privilege speech as…
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Say it isn?t so, Floyd
By Sev Sarmenta
THIS WEEK, I expect my usual share of questions from my basektball group at the Ateneo covered courts and regulars at coffee shops around town about why Pacquiao-Mayweather isn?t pushing through, again.…
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Take your Hawaiian punch as you like it
By Sev Sarmenta
THE TIME has probably come for us to take Brian Viloria for what he is. The former world champion, now trying to carve a comeback trail with tune-up fights, should be appreciated…
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Pacquiao, Mayweather have nowhere else to go
By Sev Sarmenta
Okay, now that we?re done picking and fretting that the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight didn?t happen, can those who have the power to make this fight happen please get on their…