Recah Trinidad
1,137 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Can Pacman convert into a thinking typhoon?
MANNY Pacquiao, trying to run to the summer when he was only 25, made an unscheduled pause last week to explain he may no longer have to really go back that far.…
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Pacquiao goes for KO: What else is new?
No question about it, Manny Pacquiao needs to do something different, something new?if possible?please. This, of course, may not be the case with crafty Juan Manuel Marquez, who has vowed to give…
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Thank God indeed for Doc Agoncillo
KNOWING Doc Agoncillo, he would?ve readily batted for and come to the aid of yet another suffering underdog. Of course, you don?t know Doc. His name is Ephraim Agoncillo, lean and handsome…
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Farewell to Maui, born fighter and cycling legend
THREE-time national cycling marathon champion Jesus Garcia Jr. yesterday wondered why there has been no line in the top-selling Inquirer on the passing of cycling legend Manuel ?Maui? Reynante. Reynate, 67, suffered…
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MVP fails our sports revolucionarios
IT may not be right to call it a revolt. But on Monday, a good number of national sports association (NSA) heads attended a dinner and formalized their intention to join a…
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Tracing the tricks and treachery at POC
THE chance for the long-delayed change in Philippine sports was traced in a change of text messages that was started on Saturday and culminated at press time yesterday. National track and field…
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MVP calls for real-life Katipuneros
THERE was an original battle plan to host an early dinner, an informal gathering among national sports association heads. Initially scheduled for Oct. 15, this was postponed at the last minute. Before…
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From Top Rank: The warrior as worm
WHERE in the world, wondered a nosy, world-class boxing chronicler, can you find a fighter with great credentials that could land only 49 punches in one bout? That Japanese boxer had been…
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?Peping Cojuangco a gentleman warrior?
SOMEWHERE not too far from the Rizal Memorial Coliseum, there must be some kindly souls raring to take the cudgels for the ?much-maligned? president of the Philippine Olympic Committee. One of them,…
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Will MVP agree to subsidize a scandal?
THEY find it necessary to conduct regular pulse surveys which, of late, have further boosted people?s trust and approval for President Noynoy Aquino. Just fine, but regarding major players and people around…
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Memo to MVP: Revolt brewing at POC
AN outright power grab, a coup, was unthinkable. But, just the same, there has always been this urgent clamor for positive leadership change in the Philippine Olympic Committee. This call reached an…
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No limit to LA Tenorio heroics?
LA Tenorio nearly had a double-double?9 rebounds and 10 assists--in his victorious debut for Barangay Ginebra on Sunday. Those were indeed terrific statistics, but nobody also seemed to mind that the spitfire…
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PBA goes all out for flag and fans
THERE?S no reason to doubt the PBA can come up with a dream perfect road show in the new season that opens with people?s favorite Ginebra taking on Global Port, pro league…
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How Smart-Gilas fell off the Summit
THANK God, indeed, for the Smart Gilas-Pilipinas team and the PBA for that unforgettable spell, capped by the recent championship triumph in the Jones Cup tournament. All of sudden, when it was…
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Pacman: Is a KO the only right last card?
THERE are, to tell the truth, several ways Manny Pacquaio can/could beat the unsinkable Juan Manuel Marquez. Pacquiao could, in fact, take a shallow, predictable stand the way he did in their…
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Can Pacquiao profit from Chavez loss?
IN that speed test inside a Las Vegas boxing ring on Sunday, Sergio Martinez enjoyed every minute of it while his foe, to put it mildly, was a fish out of water.…
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Distress: PH calling MVP
COMPROMISE is a no-no. Moving in and working for sweeping competent reforms in the Philippine Olympic Committee is the crying need of day. This is the only way Philippines sports can be…
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Bata needs miracle to regain magic
THERE?S more than meets the eye in the latest international flop featuring the favorite Philippine billiards tandem of Efren ?Bata? Reyes and Francisco ?Django? Bustamante. Bata and Django, after having scored two…
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Pacquiao has honest right to reject Bradley
WHATEVER happened to the glib, unbeaten Tim Bradley? Fraudulent as his title-taking effort against Manny Pacquiao was, Bradley had always loomed a strong bet to land a return bout with the Filipino…
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Who’s afraid of Peping Cojuangco”
TO paraphrase what everybody who truly cares has been praying for, it's time to get a new coach for Philippine sports. The call becomes extremely urgent following the shameful showing of the…
