Editorial
83 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Jessie Cris Rosales: A Plea for Compassion and Safety in the Ring
The fate of Cebuano boxer Jessie Cris Rosales hangs in the balance as the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) in the Philippines faces mounting concerns regarding his well-being. Rosales, a resilient pugilist,…
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Chino Trinidad for GAB Chairman
It's been half a year since the new administration of president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has taken over the reigns of government but the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairmanship is still vacant.…
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Can Manny Pacquiao KO his political rivals?
Sport is often thought of as a young person's endeavour, all too often built on cruelly short careers. But for a few whose accomplishments are so great, worldwide fame and respect follow…
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Redundant, one-eyed sports body
The Senate has thoughtlessly and unnecessarily rushed the passage of Senate Bill 1306 to establish a ?Philippine Boxing and Combat Sports Commission.? We can understand the enthusiasm of the senators for the…
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Our gratitude & support whatever he decides
THERE was something for everyone in Manny Pacquiao?s win over Argentine Lucas Matthysse in their ring fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight crown last Sunday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. When…
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EDITORIAL – The next generation
The odds were stacked heavily against Australian schoolteacher Jeff Horn as he waded into the ring to fight Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao yesterday in Brisbane. In a stunning upset, however, the…
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Editorial: World title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn a massive coup for Queensland
CONFIRMATION today that the world title boxing fight between Manny Pacquiao and Brisbane?s Jeff Horn at Suncorp Stadium on July 2 is a wonderful outcome for Queensland. It is testament to the…
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We must start now
THE Philippine campaign in the Rio Olympics comes to an end today when the last of the 13 Philippine athletes competes in the taekwondo competition. We have one silver medal to our…
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Carl Frampton well on his way to superstardom
He scored a clear points victory over Leo Santa Cruz to win the WBA world featherweight championship in what experts regarded a 'superb' boxing encounter. Earlier this year Frampton beat Scott Quigg…
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Muhammad Ali: A great American who never surrendered In the ring, or out
Draw up a list of Americans who lived great lives and there you must find the name of Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay. Here was a man who personified strength of body…
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Pacquiao and Rio
Baron Pierre de Coubertin and the last of his disciples, Avery Brundage, must be turning in their graves. The last bastion of amateurism, which they nurtured and so jealously guarded in the…
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EDITORIAL ? World class
After an epic blunder by host Steve Harvey, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines was crowned Miss Universe yesterday. The victory for Wurtzbach ended a 42-year drought for the Philippines in the…
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Once and future prince
Nonito Donaire Jr.?s latest triumph marks the return to relevance of one of boxing?s former pound-for-pound stars. His unanimous-decision victory over Mexican Cesar Juarez, who proved as tough as raw hide, bids…
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Editorial: Tu?acao?s case
LOST in the outrage over the killing of Karen Kaye Montebon in Lapu-Lapu City last Tuesday was another incident that drew the attention of the sporting world here and abroad. Former world…
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EDITORIAL – Stop this Pacquiao-Mayweather 2 folly
Let sleeping dogs lie. The sad and sorry episode that was the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight is best left forgotten. Not even the disclosure that Mayweather had several illegal intravenous procedures just prior to…
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Editorial: Celebrating ?close enough?
MANNY Pacquiao returned to the country the other day, after facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the fight that was billed as the ?Fight of the Century?. The Pambansang Kamao was given a…
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Pacquiao in a bind
Last week in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather did for 12 rounds what he had been doing for five years?run away from Manny Pacquiao?turning the promised ?Fight of the Century? into the ?Sleeper…
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Editorial: Pacquiao?s predicament
AFTER the high induced by his participation in the richest fight in the history of boxing last Sunday, Manny Pacquiao?s fortunes are taking a dive. The downturn was triggered by his admission…
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The other Mayweather-Pacquiao fight
aturday's championship bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao generated an estimated $475 million in ticket sales and pay-per-view fees, a tribute to the promoters' ability to frame the long-delayed fight…
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Editorial: Fight is over, time to move on
FANS of Manny Pacquiao, including many of us Filipinos, have understandably cried foul over how the judges in his fight against American Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas,…
