Homer D. Sayson
695 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Second Overtime: Kai Sotto: It will take time but this NBA dream is close to reality
CHICAGO -- Many have tried. None were taken. Seeing a full-blooded Filipino make it to the NBA is a national aspiration for a basketball-crazy country like the Philippines. As if bound by…
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2020 All-Star Weekend — NBA takes Chicago by storm (PHOTOS)
CHICAGO -- A blast of below zero degrees wind chill enveloped this city on Friday but it could not freeze the excitement of the NBA All-Star weekend that landed here for the…
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Second Overtime: Thanks for all the memories, Kobe
CHICAGO -- My friendship with Kobe Bryant was neither personal nor familial. It was professional, one confined in the workplace of an NBA galaxy where he was a shining bright star and…
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Second Overtime: Another golden chance slips past Jhack Tepora
CHICAGO - Jhack Tepora had no business losing this fight. His opponent was a recycled, calcifying 35-year old journeyman who had lost his previous three fights by knockout and had been inactive…
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Tepora suffers shocking first round KO defeat
CHICAGO - Jhack Tepora's career path took another complicated turn moments ago when he lost to unheralded Oscar Escandon via first round knockout at the Toyota Arena in Ontario California. A liver…
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Second Overtime: Jhack Tepora puts weight issues behind as road to redemption continues (PHOTOS)
Jhack Tepora and Oscar Escandon at Friday's weighin. CHICAGO -- According to weather.com, the sun will rise with a glorious smile at Ontario, California this Saturday. It almost always does in that…
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PhilBoxing Exclusive: Ancajas talks about his recent triumph and future plans
CHICAGO -- In the beautiful land of tacos and tequilas, Jerwin Ancajas threw a punch party where he celebrated the eighth successful defense of his IBF super flyweight title. Days after coming…
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Second Overtime: Make it eight for Jerwin the great
CHICAGO -- In a matter of hours, Jerwin Ancajas will climb the ring at the Auditorio GNP Seguras in Puebla, Mexico to defend his IBF super flyweight title for the eighth time.…
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MISSION POSSIBLE: Conquering Zolani Tete
CHICAGO -- When he was only 12 years young, John Riel Casimero used to fight on the mean streets of Ormoc City, his hometown in the province of Leyte, Philippines. On a…
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Column — Triple G and the missing sportswriter
CHICAGO -- When Boss Dong Secuya decided to green light my request to attach an NBA page to his world-famous PhilBoxing.com website back in April 2011, Nicholai Rhiz Roska was the first…
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Pacquiao Foundation partners with LHF in turkey giveaways
CHICAGO - Days before America's biggest holiday --- Thanksgiving ---- the Pacquiao Foundation, in association with the Local Hearts Foundation of Long Beach, California brought smiles to at least one thousand families…
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Column: Donaire is a legend, but Inoue is one scary Monster
CHICAGO - When Nonito Donaire climbed the ring at Saitama Super Arena in Japan on Thursday, he carried with him 277 rounds worth of baggage and damage as a pro fighter for…
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Mike Tyson “eager to help” Pacquiao foundation
CHICAGO -- Misery, the saying goes, loves company. Apparently, so does charity. After UFC president Dana White pledged to donate $10 thousand to help the victims of the Mindanao earthquake, another big…
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Column — Good things happen to those who wait (PHOTOS)
CHICAGO -- Small beads of sweat begin to form around the temples of Jerwin Ancajas. As the soft, cool Santa Monica Bay breeze blows, the champ lunges at a phantom foe, rippling…
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Dana White pledges $10k for earthquake victims in the Philippines
CHICAGO -- The recent earthquake that ravaged Mindanao in the Philippines inflicted the kind of wrath that paralyzed a communities, affecting 146,700 lives, causing seven deaths and injuring 327. According to a…
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Second Overtime: (The (broken) hand that lays the golden 3s
CHICAGO -- After moving across the Bay from Oakland to San Francisco, the Golden State Warriors now play at a state-of-the-art downtown facility. Built for $2 billion, the Chase Center is shiny…
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D-Rose sends special greeting to Pacquiao (VIDEO)
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan -- The Detroit Pistons training facility, which sits next door to the team's now-closed former home, The Palace, is 251 miles away my humble abode in Chicago. But I…
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A heavyweight star is born
CHICAGO - Once upon a time in the distant past, the title as "heavyweight champion of the world" was bestowed with the same reverence as a head of state. Respect. Adoration. And…
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If this Floyd-Pacman spat is meant to sell a rematch, it’s not getting it done
LAS VEGAS - When used properly, words can be an effective tool for persuasion. Unlike Latin, a dead language, English is a vibrant form of expression that can cleanse ugly truths and…
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Thurman ‘not 100 percent, taking cortisone shots’ ahead of Pacquiao fight
LAS VEGAS - Keith Thurman is guaranteed to earn a $2.5 million purse when he squares off against Manny Pacquiao on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena here…
