Joaquin Henson
2,829 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Proudly Pinoy in Dubai
n the 27th edition of the ?Pinoy Pride? boxing series, ALA Promotions president Michael Aldeguer took the event overseas for the first time and Dubai was a perfect choice as the destination.…
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Algieri says he?s got power, too
The rap on WBO lightwelterweight champion Chris Algieri is an apparent lack of power, indicated by a low knockout rate in his record of only eight stoppages in 20 fights but he…
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Manny listed among greatest
There?s no doubt that inevitably, Manny Pacquiao will be named to the Boxing Hall of Fame where only three Filipinos Pancho Villa, Flash Elorde and promoter Lope (Papa) Sarreal, Sr. have so…
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Is Manny next for Money?
WBA/WBC welterweight and WBC lightmiddleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is expected to walk all over Argentine challenger Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas this morning (Manila time).…
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How durable is Algieri?
Chris Algieri may be unbeaten with a 20-0 record but the only test of durability he has undergone came in surviving 12 rounds with the rugged Russian tank Ruslan Provodnikov in Brooklyn…
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Kia scores KO in draft
Kia Motors got what the Kamao wanted in the first round of the PBA draft at the jam-packed Robinson?s Place Manila last Sunday. Playing coach Manny Pacquiao was picked in absentia and…
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Viloria heeds Freddie?s advice
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach was back in former WBC/IBF lightflyweight and WBA/WBO flyweight champion Brian Viloria?s corner for his fight against Mexico?s Jose Alfredo (Diablito) Zuniga at the Cotai Arena…
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Unbeaten champ in Manny lottery
From out of nowhere, a clinical nutritionist with a Master?s degree has emerged from a recent career-defining test to barge into the sweepstakes as a hot pick for Manny Pacquiao?s opponent in…
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Farenas bowls over foe to earn title shot
MANILA, Philippines - Sorsogon slugger Michael Farenas hardly raised a sweat in trouncing previously unbeaten Mark (Too Sharp) Davis of Ohio as he scored a convincing technical knockout with referee Steve Smoger…
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Farenas in make-or-break bout
There?s no reason why Michael Farenas shouldn?t win over unbeaten Mark (Too Sharp) Davis in their scheduled 12-round IBF super featherweight title eliminator at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, Wednesday…
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DONAIRE BACK IN OCTOBER
WBA featherweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. said recently he?ll stick it out in the 126-pound division to clean up the ranks before moving up to the super featherweight class with his next…
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For whom the bell tolls
The confusion on why Puerto Rican referee Luis Pabon ordered the ringing of the bell to start the fifth round in the WBA featherweight title bout between Nonito Donaire, Jr. and Simpiwe…
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Vetyeka deserves no sympathy
Former two-time world boxing champion Gerry Pe?alosa said the other day newly-crowned WBA featherweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. is under no obligation to offer dethroned titlist Simpiwe Vetyeka a rematch. After wresting…
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Will the real Marquez rise?
Mexican fighter Juan Manuel Marquez? showing in outpointing Mike Alvarado recently has revived suspicions that he may be taking anabolic steroids or performance-enhancing-drugs (PEDs) particularly as he works closely with controversial conditioning…
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Vetyeka not in Donaire?s class
MANILA, Philippines - Newly crowned WBA featherweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. offered Simpiwe Vetyeka a rematch in a display of sportsmanship after dethroning the South African on a unanimous technical decision in…
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Bashing Manny bashers
Boxing fans who make it a habit to bash and criticize got one flush on the chin from the fighting election lawyer Romy Macalintal who recently took a swipe at detractors who…
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DONAIRE GUARANTEES VICTORY
It won?t be a cakewalk for sure but challenger Nonito Donaire, Jr. guaranteed a victory over South Africa?s Simpiwe Vetyeka to wrest the WBA featherweight championship when they face off in a…
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Donaire submits to anti-doping test
Three-time world boxing champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. was subjected yesterday to Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) tests by phlebotomist Jennifer Hunter who flew in from Newport Beach, California, to administer the extraction of…
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Manny to form fighting Kia team
WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will definitely take an active role in molding the Kia franchise into a future PBA championship contender and his associate Eric Pineda, groomed to be team manager,…
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Olympic hero interred today
The first Filipino Olympic silver medalist Anthony Villanueva will be interred at the Loyola Memorial Park in Paranaque this afternoon after a Requiem Mass and cremation with his widow Liezel relieved that…
