Joaquin Henson
2,829 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Top Rank grooms Arce for Donaire
When Top Rank chairman Bob Arum has a blockbuster match in mind, he usually pits the protagonists against separate opponents on the same card as a teaser. That?s his way of gauging…
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Nothing to lose for Manny
The conventional wisdom is Manny Pacquiao has nothing to lose and everything to gain against Oscar de la Hoya in their blockbuster 12-round duel at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las…
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Zander?s ring comeback
It was in 1979 when 22-year-old Alex Wangkay, fresh from graduating at the Mindanao Aeronautical Technical School in Davao City, took a slow boat to Manila in search of fame and fortune.…
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ALA?s once best-kept secret
Now it can be told. A week ago, trainer Freddie Roach?s best friend Billy Keane phoned from Los Angeles asking if he could sign up WBO Oriental bantamweight champion Michael Domingo. It…
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Fr. Suarez KOs Manny
WBC lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao was knocked out flat on his back by healing priest Fr. Fernando Suarez without taking a punch during a solemn pray-over in suite No. 2420 at the…
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Unbeaten Kenyan tests Balweg
There?s no turning back for rising star Balweg Bangoyan who will be put to an acid test when he challenges unbeaten WBC International superbantamweight champion Sande Otieno of Kenya in a 12-round…
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Pe?alosa girds for title defense
It?s almost a done deal for WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Pe?alosa to stake his crown against dangerous Mexican challenger Abner Mares in the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Oscar de la Hoya mainer…
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Odds will even out for Manny-Hoya tiff
Although the early betting line installed Oscar de la Hoya an 8-5 favorite over Manny Pacquiao, the consensus is the odds will even out as wagers from Filipino fans pour in during…
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Jaro vows to dethrone Sosa
Oriental champion Sonny Boy Jaro of Silay City, Negros Occidental, said yesterday he?s not intimidated by facing WBC lightflyweight champion Edgar Sosa in Mexico City on Sept. 27 and vowed to bring…
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How Fr. Marlon met Manny
Last Monday?s The STAR sports story about Fr. Marlon Beof advising Manny Pacquiao to spend more time in training, to be more dedicated than ever and stay focused on God in preparing…
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Fr. Marlon advises Manny to keep focus
The Catholic priest who celebrates Holy Mass before and after Manny Pacquiao?s fights in his hotel suite said yesterday to beat Oscar de la Hoya in their blockbuster duel on Dec. 6…
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Rumble in Mis-Or
CAGAYAN DE ORO ? There was a bit of Las Vegas at the Atrium in the Limketkai Mall here the other night as Misamis Oriental Gov. Oscar Moreno gave a Mandalay Bay…
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Donaire defends title vs S African
After a series of failures to book a date, IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. finally sealed a deal to stake his crown against South African mandatory challenger Moruti (Babyface) Mthalane at…
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Olympic boxing unkind to Pinoys?
Since Onyok Velasco and Elias Recaido made it to the quarterfinals of the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, no Filipino fighter has advanced as far as the round-of-8 in the Summer Games. Beijing…
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Overhaul boxing program, says Lim
Tagbilaran City Mayor Dan Neri Lim said yesterday lightflyweight boxer Harry Ta?amor?s early exit in the Beijing Olympics should trigger a call for a back-to-basics grassroots program to involve a nationwide search…
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Salud likes Manny?s chances
Former World Boxing Council (WBC) secretary general Rudy Salud said the other day, if Oscar de la Hoya isn?t able to control his weight, he?ll be in deep trouble against Manny Pacquiao…
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Will Harry break 12-yr drought?
Since the Philippines sent a platoon of four fighters in the country?s Olympic boxing debut in 1932, the sport has accounted for two silver and three bronze medals. The record shows 71…
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MANNY DESERVES OLYMPIC HONOR, SAYS MONICO
[Special to PhilBoxing.com] -- Never in the history of the Olympics has a professional boxer been accorded the honor of being the flag bearer for a country in the traditional inaugural parade…
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Donaire to stake crown in Macau
IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. said yesterday he is booked to stake his crown against mandatory South African challenger Moruti (Babyface) Mthalane at the Venetian Hotel in Macau on Oct. 11…
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Who?s afraid of Oscar?
Lawyer and TV talk show host Romy Macalintal, a dyed-in-the-wool boxing aficionado, texted the other day his comments on a possible Manny Pacquiao-Oscar De la Hoya fight. Pacquiao is now in Las…
