Homer D. Sayson
695 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Boxing Diary: Vegas wining and dining
LAS VEGAS – The weather continues to be strangely frigid in this desert as the mercury refuses to rise to a more desirable level. I come from the belly of the Midwest,…
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Pacman modified: From brawl to box
LAS VEGAS – Famous Filipino faces have began to surface in this vacation paradise. All of them gathering here to bear witness to one of our country’s historical sports moments – Manny…
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Boxing Diary: A Filipino feast in Vegas
CHICAGO – My hotel room at Excalibur’s mammoth Tower II hovers directly above the swimming pool. As I woke up and undid the shades to get some patches of sunlight, two brunettes…
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Vegas grapevine: Mrs. Pacquiao steals show
LAS VEGAS — Gore, violence, greed and betrayal. That’s just some of the poisoned watercolors that paint the ugly world of professional boxing. But during yesterday’s Pacquiao-Morales II press conference at the…
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Boxing diary: Homer arrives in Sin City
LAS VEGAS — The Airbus 320 departed promptly at 6:50 a.m. Chicago time. Amid overcast skies and some light fog, the jet was supposed to fly the 1,415 miles in three hours…
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Keyed up for a West Coast swing
CHICAGO – Besides the charm, the explosive wit, and the fact that he is a ratings magnet, there’s a much weightier reason why dyAB manager Leo Lastimosa gets the big bucks and…
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Homer earns another milestone
CHICAGO — When I enter the Thomas and Mack Center Jan. 21 to cover the Manny Pacquiao versus Erik Morales rematch, I will be just one small fish in an ocean of…
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Triangulating Nevada and California
CHICAGO – I am about to embark on a long journey to Nevada and California, where I will be on assignment covering three of the biggest sports stories of the year. The…
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PacMan winning, and funds misuse
CHICAGO — With the highly anticipated Jan. 21 rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales inching closer with each passing day, PacMan fever is in the air once again, and the frenzy…
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Good year in 2005, better year ahead
CHICAGO — To borrow Frank Sinatra’s words, my 2005 was “a very good year” for me as a Sun.Star Cebu sports columnist. It started with a bang in March 19 at the…
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Love and the perks money can’t buy
CHICAGO — While covering Pacquiao vs. Morales I last March 19, 2005 at the MGM Grand, Bzac Credentials, the outfit tasked to handle the avalanche of media requests from all over the…
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Boom-Boom explosion
CHICAGO - From Bohol to Singapore. From the United Kingdom to the rest of the world, Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista’s name is uttered by the sweet lips of every Pinoy boxing fan. Move…
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The magic words
CHICAGO – As Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista navigated the short steps from his locker room to the ring apron for his promising career’s toughest test thus far, ALA stable owner Antonio L. Aldeguer…
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Bautista wins despite getting knocked down
SAN DIEGO – Unbeaten in 18 bouts with 14 kayoes, the career of Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista has produced more highlights than a Hollywood flick. But his show-stopping Dec. 23 conquest of a…
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How a knockdown helps a knockout artist
CHICAGO – Sitting at my ringside seat for the Rey Bautista-Gerardo Espinoza fight last Dec. 23, I heard the distinct crack of a glove coming into contact with a jawbone. What followed…
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Faces in the crowd
SAN DIEGO – It was 6:14 p.m. when Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista was officially introduced atop for his encounter with Gerardo Espinoza at the Showcase Theater of Sycuan Resort and Casino in El…
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Rey ‘must avoid’ opponent’s jab
SAN DIEGO – “This is his toughest test so far. We’ll soon find out whether he has it or not.” Those words by ALA stable owner Antonio L. Aldeguer pretty much sums…
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What Rey must learn
SAN DIEGO – Wearing nothing but a pair of jet-black underwear, he stepped gingerly on the scale for his fight’s official weigh-in at around 5:15 in the afternoon yesterday. Beads of sweat…
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Bautista’s hearty meal
SAN DIEGO – Since coming over here in the United States early this December to prepare for today’s fight, God knows how many times Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista wanted to feast on a…
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No more zzz’s in Z Gorres’ Mandaue fight
CHICAGO - Although Z Gorres waltzed to an easy unanimous decision triumph in his last outing a few months ago, he was rendered black and blue by a slew of unfair criticisms…