Homer D. Sayson
695 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Sayson: Hanging out with Sammy, Salven and Dong
CHICAGO - It's a glamorous gig, one filled with excitement, action and unique perks. But once the show goes on the road, as it always does in this line of work, sportswriting…
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Barely legal, yet very lethal
TAMPA, Florida ? Under US laws, 20-year-old Rey ?Boomboom? Baustista is barely legal. He is allowed to keep a driver?s license and operate a vehicle, but he can?t drink alcoholic beverages yet…
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Tampa Diary (Day 3)
TAMPA, Florida ? The mornings of big fights are always the slowest. It?s the calm before the tempest. And that?s exactly the case yesterday as Boomboom geared for his Brazilian test under…
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BoomBooms space at the Hyatt
TAMPA, Florida -- The hotel rooms here at the Hyatt Regency were designed to be a place of refuge, windows and walls that allow peace and serenity for the thousands of guests…
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TAMPA DIARY (DAY 2)
TAMPA, Florida -- I began the day nursing a throbbing headache, a malady directly caused by jet lag, sleep deprivation and, ahem, a little intoxication. But like an NBA player who dutifully…
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Taking care of business
TAMPA, Florida - Given the magnitude of tomorrow night?s fight, a brutal bloodbath that could help chart the course of his promising career, I was expecting Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista to manifest traces…
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Tampa Diary (Day 1)
TAMPA, Florida - No thanks to a 6:30 a.m. departure, I reluctantly flung out of bed at 3 am. I then dutifully took a quick, warm shower before taking on a sleepy…
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Boomboom giddy to rumble
CHICAGO?"I'm back!" It was a bold declaration of readiness, a mammoth sigh of relief after months of being sidelined by a hairline fracture in his collarbone. But the roar was also a…
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The Los Angeles Diary: Day 2: The LA sojourn
LAS Vegas - I left LA shortly after 7 a.m. yesterday, stopped by Ontario to pick up AJ and Ermee from their visit with relatives, and then sped off towards Las Vegas…
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The moment of truth
LOS ANGELES- After months of anticipation, the Grand Finale, aka Pacquiao-Morales III, is finally near. ?Dalawang tulog na lang? as Jollibee loyalists would say. And while I still have to make my…
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Jimrex Jaca and the color of money
CHICAGO - Loyalty in boxing is more disposable than a pair of well-worn sparring gloves. Rex ?Wakee? Salud found that out recently when Jimrex Jaca tossed him by the wayside in the…
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Stamina, superstition and Pacman’s flaming trunks
CHICAGO - With Pacquiao-Morales III just around the corner, my Inbox is beginning to clutter with e-mails about the highly anticipated Nov. 18 fight. Allow me to share a few of the…
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Pacquiao training camp: Behind the doors
CHICAGO - Depending on which sports page or website you’re reading, Manny Pacquiao weighed somewhere between 136 to 138.5 pounds during a 30-day pre-fight weigh-in supervised by the WBC just recently at…
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Interview with Pacman
CHICAGO —He was already a world champ when I first met him in Memphis in June of 2002. And though wildly popular in the Philippines, he was neglected by the rest of…
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Dr. Chic Ezpeleta and the golden Pacman tickets
CHICAGO—Like cash swallowed by the hungry pockets of a crooked City Hall official, ringside tickets for Pacquiao-Morales III this Nov.18 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas have vanished. A…
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Hope among the heavyweights
CHICAGO —My last and lasting image of a heavyweight champion was Mike Tyson in his prime. Iron Mike, formerly the Baddest Man on the Planet, had bulging muscles, a chiseled physique, and…
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Meeting Don King
CHICAGO - If I had any doubts about Don King being the greatest salesman in the history of the world, it all vanished when I met him yesterday at the Skyline Room…
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Paclanders gobble up Homer…almost
CHICAGO – Except when I’m on the road for a huge NBA or boxing coverage, I’ve always tried to faithfully devote Saturdays as a time to do some e-mail bonding with you,…
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A ‘scapegoat’ called Ablaca
CHICAGO – He probably isn’t as creative as Buddy McGirt, and he definitely isn’t nearly as scientific as the prolific Freddie Roach, the ringmaster credited for turning Manny Pacquiao into The Destroyer.…
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The odds notwithstanding, it’ll be a brawl
CHICAGO – In their infinite wisdom, here’s how Las Vegas oddsmakers have pegged Randy Suico’s chances of winning the WBA lightweight title from Juan Diaz tomorrow at the MGM Grand Garden Arena…