Maloney L. Samaco
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SPORTS SHORTS 199: WHO IS YORDENIS UGAS? HE IS NOT GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX SAYS TIMOTHY BRADLEY AND TRAINER ISMAEL SALAS (FOURTH OF A SERIES/CONCLUSION)
Yordenis Ugas, the 35-year-old Cuban who is 26-4 with 12 knockouts, will stake his WBA (Super) welterweight title against the man whom the governing body stripped the same belt and declared "champion…
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SPORTS SHORTS 198: WHO IS YORDENIS UGAS? TBRB#4, BOXREC#5, RING#5, AND ESPN#6 WELTERWEIGHT FIGHTER (THIRD OF A SERIES
Yordenis Ugas is ranked among the top ten welterweight fighters by the four major independent ranking bodies independent from the four alphabet boxing organizations. * * * In the ESPN rankings, he…
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SPORTS SHORTS 197: JOHN RIEL CASIMERO TRIUMPHS OVER GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX WHO THRIVES ON “HIT AND RUN” BOXING IN A HISTORIC BORING FIGHT
John Riel Casimero (31-4, 21 KOs) retained his WBO world bantamweight title defeating Guillermo Rigondeaux (20-2, 13 KOs) by split decision at the Dignity Health Sports Park in California on Saturday, August…
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SPORTS SHORTS 196: JOHN RIEL CASIMERO VS. GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX TALE OF THE TAPE
John Riel “Quadro Alas” Casimero and Guillermo “El Chacal (The Jackal)” Rigondeaux are ready to rumble for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) world bantamweight title after passing the official weigh-in at the…
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SPORTS SHORTS 195: GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX’S AMAZING AMATEUR RECORD
Guillermo Rigondeaux, who will combat with John Riel Casimero on Saturday, August 14 (Sunday Philippine time), has a very amazing amateur boxing record. * * * As a professional, the Cuban was…
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SPORTS SHORTS 194: WHO IS YORDENIS UGAS? THE FIGHTER WHO LOSSES TO SHAWN PORTER IN A CONTROVERSIAL SPLIT DECISION (SECOND OF A SERIES)
Yordenis Ugas fought Shawn Porter of Cleveland, Ohio for the WBC welterweight title on March 9, 2019 at the Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California. Porter retained his WBC welterweight title after…
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SPORTS SHORTS 193: WHO IS YORDENIS UGAS? MANNY PACQUIAO’S NEXT OPPONENT AFTER ERROL SPENCE WITHDRAWS (FIRST OF A SERIES)
Yordenis Ugas will replace Errol Spence, Jr., who was forced to withdraw from his August 21 title fight against Manny Pacquiao because of a retinal tear in his left eye. The main…
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SPORTS SHORTS 192: PHILIPPINES FINISHES 11TH AHEAD OF POWERHOUSES KAZAKHSTAN, AUSTRALIA, INDIA AND THAILAND IN OLYMPIC BOXING MEDAL STANDINGS
Carlo Paalam, Nesthy Petecio and Eumir Marcial placed the Philippines once again in the Olympic Boxing map. Before the Tokyo 2020 Games, the country won a medal 25 years ago in 1996…
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SPORTS SHORTS 191: TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FOR THE PHILIPPINES AS THE TOP SOUTHEAST ASIAN TEAM
The most unique and pandemic-threatened Olympics came to a close after 17 days of competition from July 23-August 8, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. * * * The Philippines ended its Tokyo Olympics…
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SPORTS SHORTS 190: CARLO PAALAM BRINGS HOME THE SILVER MEDAL BUT FOR THE PHILIPPINES IT SHINES LIKE GOLD
Carlo Paalam's Tokyo 2020 Olympics campaign culminated in a silver finish after losing to Galal Yafai of Great Britain via a 4-1 split decision in the boxing men's flyweight final on Saturday…
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SPORTS SHORTS 189: CARLO PAALAM BATTLES FOR THE GOLD MEDAL VERSUS GALAL YAFAI OF GREAT BRITAIN
Filipino flyweight finalist Carlo Paalam aims for the Philippines' second gold medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with the final bout scheduled today, Saturday, at 1:00 p.m. Philippine time. * * *…
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SPORTS SHORTS 188: CARLO PAALAM DEFEATS HOMETOWN HERO AND IS ASSURED OF SILVER MEDAL , EUMIR MARCIAL LOSSES TO “THE NEW LOMACHENKO” OF UKRAINE
Carlo Paalam will fight for the Olympic golden glory in the men's flyweight final after successfully hurdling his opponent, the hometown hero in Ryomei Tanaka of Gifu, Japan at the 2020 Tokyo…
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SPORTS SHORT 187: CARLO PAALAM VS. RYOMEI TANAKA OF JAPAN AND EUMIR MARCIAL VS. OLEKSANDER KHYZHNIAK OF UKRAINE FOR THE SILVER MEDAL
Carlo Paalam clinches a sure bronze at the same time giving a third boxing medal for the Philippines when he defeated 2016 Rio Olympics gold medalist and 2019 world champion Shakhobidin Zoirov…
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SPORTS SHORTS 186: NESTHY PETECIO GOES FOR THE GOLD AGAINST JAPANESE SENA IRIE, CARLO PAALAM TRIES FOR THE BRONZE VERSUS SHAKHOBIDIN ZOIROV OF UZBEKISTAN
Nesthy Petecio will fight tooth and nail to seize another gold medal for the Philippines in the Tokyo Olympics that has already been unmatched. * * * Home favorite Japanese Sena Irie…
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SPORTS SHORTS 185: EUMIR MARCIAL DESTROYS ARMAN DARCHINYAN IN THE FIRST ROUND, FACES TOP SEED OLEKSANDER KHYZHNIAK OF UKRAINE IN THE SEMIFINALS
Eumir Marcial once again proved that he is a contender for the Olympic gold medal when he knocked out Armenia’s Arman Darchinyan in the men’s middleweight semifinals, assuring himself of at least…
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SPORTS SHORTS 184: NESTHY PETECIO EDGES IRMA TESTA OF ITALY AND ENTERS THE GOLD MEDAL MATCH, CARLO PAALAM DOMINATES MOHAMED FLISSI OF ALGERIA
Nesthy Petecio is a win away from capturing the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medal in boxing and the second gold overall for the country. Petecio dominated her taller opponent Irma Testa of…
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SPORTS SHORTS 183: EUMIR MARCIAL STOPS ALGERIAN NEMOUCHI IN THE FIRST ROUND, FACES ARMENIAN ARMAN DARCHINYAN, VIC’S NEPHEW, IN THE QUARTERFINALS
Eumir Marcial made an explosive Olympic debut as he stopped Younes Nemouchi of Algeria late in the first round of their men’s middleweight bout in the round of 16 at the Tokyo…
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SPORTS SHORTS 182: NESTHY PETECIO WINS OVER CASTANEDA OF COLOMBIA AND IS ASSURED OF A BRONZE, WILL FIGHT ITALIAN TESTA FOR THE SILVER MEDAL
Nesthy Petecio is now assured of at least a bronze medal after outpointing Yeni Arias Castaneda of Colombia in the women’s featherweight quarterfinal of the 2020 Olympics at the Kokugikan Arena in…
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SPORTS SHORTS 181: HIDILYN DIAZ WINS THE PHILIPPINES’ FIRST OLYMPIC GOLD AFTER 97 YEARS, CARLO PAALAM AND NESTHY PETECIO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND
It's been 97 years since the Philippines participated its first Olympics with lone entry sprinter David Nepomuceno. Now the almost never-ending wait for an Olympic gold medal is over after Hidilyn Diaz…
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SPORTS SHORTS 180: IRISH MAGNO DOMINATES KENYAN CHRISTINE ONGARE, CARLO PAALAM FIGHTS IRISH FOE, TEAM USA LOSSES TO FRANCE
Irish Magno advanced to the round of 16 of the women's flyweight event in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics boxing competition on Sunday, July 25, at the Kokugikan Arena. Magno won via unanimous…
