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Will Margarito retreat or freeze, and other run-run events
MANNY PACQUIAO has been listed among the entries (10K) in Sunday?s ?Run for the Pasig 10.10.10? that aims to break a Guinness World Record for the most number of runners in a…
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Salute to explorer John Arum; shame on Floyd Jr.
THE INITIAL reports were not quite right. It was not during a hike that 49-year-old John Arum had gone missing. John, first-born of boxing promoter cum laude Bob Arum, fell while scaling…
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Did President Noynoy do a Mayweather?
ONE GREAT possibility has been established in the confused aftermath of the Quirino Grandstand hostage-taking tragedy last Aug. 23. Like it or not, President Noynoy Aquino can only be expected to score…
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Whatever happened to Boom Boom, Noy?
They both submitted tragic, embarrassing results in their first big fight. It has thus become inevitable that President Aquino be likened to the comebacking boxer Boom Boom Bautista. Bautista, his injured punching…
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Do we have someone worse than Concepcion?
THANK GOD indeed for Nonito Donaire Jr., who prevented a Philippine shutout in Puerto Rico. But who?s going to save us from a raging anomaly by the name of Bernabe Concepcion? Donaire…
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Boxing?s barefoot prince opens door for poor brothers
That was not exactly a fairytale ending last Sunday for Edrin Dapudong, the new World Boxing Council flyweight silver champion. But it?s worth noting that the poor boy from M?lang, North Cotabato,…
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Dapudong of M?lang, North Cotabato, stings Mexico
EVEN IN HIS earlier fights in Mindanao, Edren Dapudong appeared frail and malnourished, visibly unfit for man-size combat inside the ring. He?s known as the son of a poor farmer from M?lang,…
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President Obama could teach Floyd Mayweather Jr. to behave
YOU WERE surprised Floyd Mayweather Jr. has emerged the initial oddsmakers? favorite in his proposed summit clash against Congressman Manny Pacquiao? A Sportsbook list which came out the other day pegged Mayweather…
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Pacquiao?s greatest win of all time
MANILA, Philippines?Bigger than all his great wins, all his seven world championships combined. That, in a golden nutshell, was how an ecstatic Manny Pacquiao rated his latest triumph. It was another sensational…
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Pacquiao and Pinoy voter share same victory stand
They used to celebrate victory from separate ends of the stadium. The luminous winner would erupt ecstatic atop the ring while fans stayed on the floor from where they cheered their champion.…
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What the world wants from Manny Pacquiao
MANNY PACQUIAO never fails to draw record pay-per-view buys because of his fearless fighting style. But what about Floyd Mayweather, why is he just as hot and sensational among fight fans? ?Floyd…
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Make way for the world?s Punch-for-Punch King
It resulted in a mismatch, but prizefight sage Larry Merchant took extra care and gave Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s regal resurgence a different label. Always sharp and straight to the point, Merchant congratulated…
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Why go for it half-baked?
THERE?S NOTHING MORE startling to ringsiders like a great knockout?right in the first round! A happy stampede instantly results from this sort of stoppage. Drian Francisco, thinking he had scored one, jumped…
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Olympic quest hinges on a sure standard
One of three statements made at the close of the China Open boxing championships last week can, hopefully, put on track the country?s desperate quest for its first Olympic gold medal. The…
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Give this boxing dreamboat the toughest test
MANILA, Philippines?There?s actually no reason to worry how Fil-Am boxer Julian Chua can come over to Manila to display his wares and, in the process, try out for the national boxing team…
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Pacman still has some unfinished business?
It landed hard on target. But that knockout shot that Manny Pacquiao delivered when he said he planned to retire from boxing failed to gain a unanimous nod here at home. Responses…
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Pacman sweeter the second time around
(Salute: Juan Abello Lim, 66, will be laid to rest on Tuesday at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani in Taguig City after ceremonies befitting the gentleman and soldier who spent his life…
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Should Joshua Clottey, like SkyCable, apologize?
AFTER PUTTING up a rotten show on Sunday, Joshua Clottey now blames a rotten stomach for his heartless stand against Manny Pacquiao in Dallas. You think Clottey’s tough, tested countrymen back in…
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How, why Pacquiao failed fans
Manny Pacquiao on Sunday made a classic demonstration of why he’s the greatest boxer in the world, but there’s the danger of his unanimous decision victory over Ghanaian Joshua Clottey in Texas…
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Arnel Pineda scores a knockout
This nameless fan had a point when he said the Journey’s Arnel Pineda outshone Manny Pacquiao out there in Arlington, Texas, last Sunday. Pineda, who delivered with gusto in singing the national…