Recah Trinidad
1,137 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Pinoy road warrior a confirmed great champ
THE DISCREPANCY in build, experience and firepower painted an impending punching picnic for the Philippines? Johnriel Casimero in the first defense of his IBF world flyweight crown in London on Sunday. Casimero?s…
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RELEVANCE PUMPED INTO PACQUIAO BOUT
SEN. Manny Pacquiao was scheduled to leave Wednesday night for Beverly Hills, California, to link up with WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas in a press conference scheduled on Friday. The affair can…
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Enter a sparkling Pinoy world champ
IT WOULD not be fair to call Jerwin Ancajas just another Filipino world champ, although he did join a gang of reigning Pinoy world titleholders with a sensational triumph before his countrymen…
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So who needs this no-glory Pacquiao fight?
QUESTIONS continued to be raised on the relevance of Manny Pacquiao?s fight against the clearly inferior Jessie Vargas in Las Vegas on Nov. 5. The latest one came from Fight Saga, which…
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Abap told of what it did wrong
TO THE question on where they went wrong in the Rio Olympics, the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (Abap) received a jolting jab and wake-up reply. Filipino boxers, said the…
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WHO CARES ABOUT PACQUIAO-VARGAS?
WHO the hell is Jessie Vargas? The sidestreet Pinoy boxing fanatic wants to know the caliber of this fighter whom Manny Pacquiao will meet in a championship duel in Las Vegas on…
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USA quintet, doubted, has the last word
THE USA Olympic men?s basketball team was performing below par but, as a result of its overwhelming gold-medal win over tough Serbia, the momentary dip in the American game?which touched off worldwide…
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Dalupan: Legacy of a hardboiled warrior
Dalupan. ASKED for a line on the coaching immortal Virgilio Dalupan, all this retired basketball reporter could mutter was, ?Great, unyielding mentor and maestro, the greatest coach I?ve come to know.? How…
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Abap: Where did we go wrong?
Ed Picson. THE ASSOCIATION of Boxing Alliances of the Philippines (Abap) honestly feels it has done everything possible under the sun for its medal quest in the Rio Olympics, but explains that…
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We must build our own boxing academy
When the current set of national amateur boxing officials took over nearly eight years ago, this reporter had mulled lending them the formula for a successful program adopted by world boxing power…
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Boxing needs total reprogramming, genuine change
IT MAY be a disaster, a debacle, an anomaly, disgrace and scandal. By any name, the shameful showing of the two over-hyped, over-traveled, overfed Filipino boxers in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics…
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Philippine boxing disaster
REUTERS reported that Brazilian police have arrested a 22-year-old boxer, the flag bearer for the Namibia national team, on suspicion of attempting to sexually assault a room maid in the Olympic Village.…
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Boxers will make us proud
LIGHTWEIGHT Charly Suarez will throw the first punch for the two-man Philippine boxing team in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics early today. It better be a big punch. Suarez looms as the…
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WE NEED A STRONG OLYMPIC BOXING PROGRAM
SHOULDN?T Filipino sports leaders and fans start feeling good over the apparent onset of a great new era in Philippine boxing, now that the country has gathered together a total of four…
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TAPALES BEST OF 4 PINOY WORLD CHAMPS?
It was indeed a hard, hard climb for the Mindanao warrior Marlon Tapales, who had to get up from two knockdowns in the fifth round to stop his fearsome Thai foe and…
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Let?s all ask Sen. Pacquiao first
(HISTORIC SHOT: Congratulations to the multi-awarded photographer Raffy Lerma of the Inquirer, who scored what could be equal to a world championship knockout punch with his front-page picture of a weeping woman…
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Would Crawford stay with Pacquiao?
TERENCE Crawford, as reported by former LA Times sports editor Bill Dwyre, drew a $1.7 Million windfall from his lopsided win over Viktor Postol of Ukraine to unify the WBO and WBC…
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This is a must-see war for Pacquiao
World boxing great Manny Pacquiao, officially retired, may be busy following the progress of President Duterte?s furious all-out war against the rampant drug menace in the country. But there?s another war, scheduled…
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Should Abap be facing a blank wall?
Ricky Vargas. THE HEAD of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (Abap) was being cautious and kind in commenting about the final result of the Philippine bid to qualify fighters…
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SEN. PACQUIAO SHOULD FIGHT FOR THE POOR
IS Manny Pacquiao a senator or a boxer? This question was raised by journalist John Pages in an item in the Sun Star of Cebu yesterday. From the point of view of…
