Recah Trinidad
1,137 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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MAKE MATURITY TRIUMPH HERE
FREDDIE ROACH scored it first for Manny Pacquiao when he honestly admitted how his most successful fighter, an eight-division world title winner, has lost his killer instinct. Pacquiao, of course, knows this…
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PACQUIAO SAILS THROUGH NASTY 1-2 BLOW
AFTER Manny Pacquiao, a playing coach in the PBA, was called a ?big joke?, the ageless freedom warrior Rene Saguisag dug in and said that, instead of Commissioner Chito Salud, it?s the…
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Can super fight live up to super hype?
AFTER the finest and foulest had been said, it?s worth pondering if the long-awaited super fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao could also live up to the super hype. There?s…
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Who?s afraid of BAP head Trillanes?
Trillanes. ?I AM a sports teacher for over 50 years and a sports teacher cannot teach without teaching values,? said Dr. Aparicio Mequi, who?s leading a crusade against what he called ?terrorist…
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Trillanes a lawmaker or basketball outlaw?
WITH his permission, Dr. Aparicio H. Mequi, PhD, is hereby being identified as the respected source behind the previous column entitled ?Terrorist threat in PH basketball.? The revealing conversation resumes: Dr. Mequi…
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Terrorist threat in PH basketball
THERE?S a terror threat in Philippine basketball, advised a respected sports authority, whose identity will have to be kept for the moment, as we start running a revealing conversation in the name…
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Is Pagara ripe (for the bigtime) like Duterte?
THAT was a crispy knockout delivered by Jason Pagara in Davao City on Saturday night. In fact, the sensational stoppage was followed by an announcement that the winner would next lead a…
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Who honestly wants the mega-bout?
BOB Arum, claiming the networks have struck a deal, said: ?We had four issues and we resolved two. Now we?re working on resolving the other two.? True or false? Answered Stephen Espinoza,…
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?Didn?t Floyd jolt and stun Manny?
VARIOUS self-styled experts stormed social media with their readings into the psyche of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. following their gripping sidecourt encounter in Miami recently. What would stand out was…
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Mayweather takes Round One
THAT ?done-deal?, sorry to say, is running wild again and playing harder to pin down, but wherever the wild chasing may end up, there?s reason to believe that ?Floyd Mayweather Jr. has…
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Getting to the truth in that Miami meeting
(SAVE P-NOY: Malacanang tried to brush off national displeasure over President Aquino?s unbelievable conduct, after he absented himself from the arrival honors for fallen members of the Special Action Force (SAF) at…
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Pacquiao: It?s now or never
Changing his desperate call, Manny Pacquiao shifted from ultimatum to a plea for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to please sign the contract (for their dream super fight) now. ?If this doesn?t happen now,…
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Chance of a mega bout all but gone
SLIM indeed, but there was one last chance the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. mega fight could be staged; although promoter Bob Arum may have blown this with his grudging refusal to step…
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But Khan poor Amir take a big one?
BEST seller in the Manila streetside tabloid stands on Friday was the headline which cried: Mayweather due for a ban. (Abante Tonite: ?Mayweather iba-ban?) Nothing new there, of course. The big question…
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?Mayweather afraid only of killer punch?
NOT easy to believe, but there was a wish--wild indeed?that the Pacquiao-Mayweather dream bout would be signed during the Pope?s visit to the Philippines. In fact, there were silent prayers from male…
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Pope?s visit: Pastoral host shines through
WHEN Pope Francis spoke about ?rejecting every form of corruption? in Malacanang on Friday, the television camera caught a dusky, shortish man in barong who reacted to the papal call with unsavory…
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SMC sets record straight on Samboy
Samboy Lim. DID Samboy Lim lapse into a coma, following a massive stroke, feeling betrayed? This had to be asked after word came out of Samboy?s hospital room that the legendary basketball…
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Calling on Erap, the POC and the PBA
THERE?S one urgent appeal for Pope Francis to kindly reconsider his decision to mingle with the tumultuous crowd on foot around the historic Rizal Park, and instead ride the bullet-proof Pope mobile,…
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?Why not ban Floyd Mayweather??
DON?T you think he?s been swindling all of us here? The sports year started at the Mandaluyong city wet market, an ever-busy area for gaming speculations, with that tiresome question on whether…
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2014: Super Fight = Super Scare
FLOYD Mayweather practically sounded the death knell for the dream Super Fight when the unbeaten American world welterweight boxing champion announced he would not risk getting hurt inside the ring by fighting…
