Ted Lerner, WPS Media Officer
206 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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FU XIAO FANG WINS CHINA OPEN GOING AWAY
(Shanghai, China)--Playing virtually mistake free 9-ball, and seemingly immune to the pressure, Fu Xiao Fang defeated fellow Chinese and defending champion Chen Siming 9-3 to capture the China Open championship Sunday afternoon…
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MELLING AND HSU MOTOR THROUGH TO THE FINALS
Hsu Kai Lan. PERFECT 9-BALL, SUMPREME CONFIDENCE BRING THE BRIT AND CHINESE-TAIPEI UPSTART TO THE BRINK OF GLORY IN CHINA OPEN (Shanghai, China)--Two relative unknowns on the 9-ball circuit. Two players playing…
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MEN’S FINAL FOUR COMPLETE WITH RED HOT CAST
MELLING, ALCANO, FEIJEN AND HSU ALL ON FIRE HEADING INTO SUNDAY'S CHINA OPEN SEMI-FINALS (Shanghai, China)--Great Britain?s Chris Melling proved that his current number 2 ranking on the brutally tough Euro Tour…
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CHEN STUNS OUSCHAN WITH IMPROBABLE COMEBACK
17 YEAR OLD WONDER KIND STEALS SEMIS, SETS UP ALL CHINESE FINAL WITH FU IN CHINA OPEN 9-BALL (Shanghai, China)--17 year old Chinese pool star and defending champion Chen Siming lived up…
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TAKING AIM AT A REPEAT; WOMEN’S SEMI FINALS SET AT CHINA OPEN
Chen Siming. CHEN SIMING EYES ANOTHER TITLE, BUT FACES RED HOT JASMIN OUSCHAN IN CHINA OPEN SEMI-FINALS. (Shanghai, China)--Going about her business with steely fortitude and dead-eyed accuracy, China?s 17 year old…
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FORTUNE SMILES ON THE BRAVE
PLENTY OF UPSETS, TENSE DRAMA AND FINE PLAY AS THE CHINA OPEN MEN'S FIELD IS DOWN TO 16 (Shanghai, China)--Shock upsets and plenty of tense drama filled the Shanghai Pudong Yuanshen Stadium…
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TIME FOR THE BUSINESS IN SHANGHAI
(Shanghai, China)--Chinese women pool players are massively popular throughout China, loved not just for their sporting prowess on the pool table, but also for a certain demeanor beloved by the local culture,…
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MANNA FROM HEAVEN: 16 MORE ADVANCE TO THE CHINA OPEN KNOCKOUT STAGE AS THE SKIES OPEN UP OVER SHANGHAI
(Shanghai, China)--The thick, hazy skies finally opened up over Shanghai this afternoon, bringing with it torrential downpours and booming sounds of thunder and lightning. Inside the Shanghai Pudong Yuanshen Stadium the unmistakable…
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THE 9-BALL BABY SHOW IN SHANGHAI
IMMONEN, ORCULLO AND SIX OTHERS THROUGH AS DAY 1 FINISHES AMIDST POMP AND PAGEANTRY AT THE CHINA OPEN (Shanghai, China)--Mika Immonen sure is getting a good workout here in Shanghai. Immonen, who…
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THE LEGEND AND THE UPSTART HEAD IN TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
57 YEAR OLD REYES CRUISES WHILE WORLD CHAMP SEE STUMBLES ON FIRST DAY OF CHINA OPEN IN SHANGHAI. (Shanghai, China)--57 year old Efren ?Bata? Reyes of the Philippines, perhaps the greatest player…
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LOOMING SHOWDOWN IN SHANGHAI
(Shanghai, China)--An all-star cast of the finest men and women professional pool players from around the world has finally arrived and settled in here in muggy and hazy Shanghai, China. The formalities…
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Special Report: Roach and Pacquiao are in perfect sync after 10 years
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines ? As the buzzer sounds inside the modern and clean Shape Up Gym in Baguio City, the two partners work on a veritable playbook of combinations and strategies. They…
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Special Report: THE RING tracks down Pacquiao as he begins training
RING correspondent Ted Lerner lives in the Philippines and has closely followed the remarkable rise of Manny Pacquiao, who has begun preparation for his fight against Shane Mosley on May 7 in…
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The Life of a Prizefighter
Down a narrow, muddy lane that cuts through a poor village near the center of General Santos City in the southern Philippines, former boxer Rolando Navarrete plows through his daily routine. Broke…
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Pacquiao sluggish for final day of training in Philippines
MANILA -- Somewhere over the Pacific Ocean this past Saturday night, perhaps shortly after the Philippine Airlines 747 had leveled off at 38,000 feet, and the flight attendants had begun to roll…
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One of a Kind
THE DAY after Francisco Bustamante won the World 9-ball Championship in Doha, Qatar, in June, he received a text message on his cell phone from none other than the President of the…
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Pacquiao in Baguio City: Serious sparring, boundless energy
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines -- Freddie Roach says that he likes to conduct Manny Pacquiao?s sparring sessions in private, not because he?s trying to hide anything in particular from the always-prying eyes of…
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Ariza integral part of Pacquiao’s formula for success
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines -- Old school, old school and new school. When the history of the great Manny Pacquiao is finally written in stone decades down the road, those three ingredients must…
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Pacquiao in Baguio City: Training camp begins
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines -- Manny Pacquiao came here ostensibly because he wanted to engage in several weeks of high altitude training for his fight against Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13 at Cowboys…
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MANNY PACQUIAO GETS “BELTED” IN NEW YORK!
If you saw Manny Pacquiao’s complete destruction of Ricky Hatton, you might recall seeing Manny hoisting up the Ring Jr. Welterweight belt immediately after the fight. Actually, that actual belt belonged to…
