Homer D. Sayson
695 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Sayson: Klitschko’s glass jaw
CHICAGO – Because of the recent Cesafi basketball brawl, plus a handful of other notable fights involving Pinoys and two of the heavyweight division’s best, I have managed my e-mails with loving…
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Sayson: It’s OK: When you can’t sting like a bee, fly like a butterly
CHICAGO – I hate to say this because he writes for a competing paper, but in Cebu’s widening alley of boxing reporting, Salven L. Lagumbay, to me, is the undisputed champion. And…
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When hands of stone aren’t enough
CHICAGO - Through the magic of television, Randy Suico’s fight at the Lyons Center inside the campus of the University of Southern California (USC) was beamed live in the comfort of my…
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Suico loses by majority decision; Gabi wins
CHICAGO – Randy Suico’s quest for stardom in the international stage suffered from a huge setback when the OPBF super-featherweight champion lost convincingly to veteran Javier Jauregui via 10-round majority decision last…
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One night with Gabi
CHICAGO – Out here in the belly of the great Midwest, we are peeling the last days of summer. It’s the time of year again when the sun gets lazy, rises late…
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To move up, Morales must scale down
TWO FOES? With the frenzy of last week’s scintillating 3-0 sweep at the Staples Center in LA still hanging in the air, my e-mail inbox is heavy with boxing questions. Here’s some…
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Left his heart in Candijay but LA is Rey’s lady
CHICAGO – Rey Bautista weighs only 118 pounds as a bantamweight, but with the smoldering hype and increased expectations that he carry, “Boom-Boom” felt as though he was a bloated 200-pounder when…
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Pacquiao triumps
CHICAGO - Hector Velazquez was a carefully chosen foe. He was the seal thrown into the hungry mouth of a shark, someone who was willing to stand in front of super featherweight…
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Go tell the Marine: Shed no tears for Boom-Boom
CHICAGO—At around 8 last night in Orange County, California, the lights went out in Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista’s room. In the solitude, he lay alone with his dreams and aspirations, the desire in…
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PacMan triumphant; sports column as drug of choice
CHICAGO – Judging from the 10 losses and two draws that blot his opponent’s overall record, Manny Pacquiao’s fight this Saturday night at the Staples Center in LA appears only as a…
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From Bohol to LA – Boom-Boom all the way
CHICAGO – Every world-caliber boxer faces a day that profoundly changes his career, a day that ushers one of several tests that will eventually define his place in the championship ladder. For…
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He says he’s lucky – he’s really good
CHICAGO – The life story of Rey Bautista fits perfectly as lyrics for a classic country song. It wafts with melancholy and bleeds from its many violent collisions with adversity. Yet beneath…
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The first cut is the deepest
CHICAGO – After Z Gorres was bashed by the media for a one-bout fling with mediocrity last July 31 in Manila, the expectation was that Gorres’ manager, boxing godfather Antonio L. Aldeguer,…
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Pacman loses bloody battle
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao?s steady rise in boxing?s dangerous ladder traces its roots to his power, speed, and dogged determination. But when he tried to scale another rung on the way…
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Bold as love: PacMan in 8
LAS VEGAS- I finally saw Erik Morales yesterday. Good-looking dude with charcoal black hair and thick eyebrows. If he had problems making the weight limit as many reports say, no such evidence…
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And so it begins, the countdown, I mean
CHICAGO ? As we enter Fight Week, featuring Manny Pacquiao versus Erik Morales, this column will appear daily in these pages until Monday next week. If you?re my fan, that means Nirvana,…
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Pacquiao-Morales coverage pre-production
CHICAGO ? It was Wednesday evening last week. I was watching the Bulls try to gore the Celtics on TV, my one-year-old son A.J. was playing with his stuffed toys by my…
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The mystery of Pacman: Will he or won?t he?
CHICAGO ? Keeping up with Manny Pacquiao?s ring schedule is like tracking the love chart of a playboy who dates a handful of hot chicks without us or the girls really knowing…
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Let People?s Champ?s people be the judge
CHICAGO ? Two judges pulled the plug on a well deserved Manny Pacquiao victory yesterday, preventing Pacman from annexing the WBA and IBF featherweight belts. But before we puncture their heads with…
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Sayson: Better than 100%
CHICAGO ? My attempt to nail a pre-fight interview with Manny Pacquiao yesterday turned out to be an uneventful TKO. The world?s best featherweight was out of his MGM Grand hotel room…