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Hatton was trapped, says Hermie Rivera
UNLIKE election lawyer Romy Macalintal, boxing scholar Hermie Rivera, who joined Team Pacquiao at the Wild Card gym a couple of weeks before the Hatton fight, didn?t have the extra $5 to…
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Big heart behind big win
GIVE ME one reason why he should go on fighting,? Freddie Roach demanded. Roach, a shoo-in for his fourth Trainer of the Year plum (after making rival Floyd Mayweather Sr. look silly…
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For Gerry: Disneyland or Valley of the Damned
IT?S TOO late, there?s no way we can stop it now, so let?s all join hands and pray, fervently please, that Gerry Pe?alosa comes out of the mismatch in one piece. Dear…
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Pacquiao or Hatton: Who?s truly tough?
MANILA, Philippines - Last week's boxing puzzle had experts wondering why the great Juan Manuel Marquez was left out in the list of Manny Pacquiao?s potential year-end foes. Don?t ask matchmaker cum…
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Pointers for peace and humility
MUHAMMAD ALI was aptly called a one-man festival during his prime. Ali, the greatest, was not exaggerating when he said he could stop the world whenever he fought. So, where does this…
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Salud: There?s evident fraud
MANILA, Philippines?ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. could be liable for fraud in Manny Pacquiao?s failed bid to switch channels in the coverage of his big fight on May 2 against Ricky Hatton, a respected…
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?Pacific Storm? now a Philippine anomaly
Mark this as a season of disgrace for the poor Filipino. Nick Bruan, a lean, dusky, overworked daily wage-earner who had pinned his hopes on Manny Pacquiao, woke up feeling downcast yesterday.…
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No Manny Pacquiao in the Olympics, please
Ed Picson, Filipino boxing official of the hour, is a card-carrying Manny Pacquiao fanatic. So what?s this we hear that he has started to distance himself from the Pacman? Has the pudgy…
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Pointers on how Hatton can beat Pacquiao
No beating around the bush: Ricky Hatton can beat Manny Pacquiao. But hold it, not so fast please. For that bizarre event to happen, it would require an upheaval, a very personal…
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Gerry needs a legit tune-up, not a chase
MANILA, Philippines?The visiting Mexican boxer, falsely labeled panteonero or grave digger, failed miserably in his job to provide Gerry Pe?alosa a legit workout. But it?s not that simple. German Meraz, 22, also…
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No punching picnic for the Pacman
MANILA, Philippines?If Ricky Hatton stands tough and firm inside the ring, the way he did in the screaming purse tug-of-war against Manny Pacquiao, then we?ll have a hell of a fight come…
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Smart, Pacman need a safe Olympic vessel
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines?The best news to come out of our country?s desperate drive for a first Olympic gold medal is not the P12-million incentive dangled by tycoon Manny V. Pangilinan in this…
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Where?s Dodie Boy Jr.?
(WIN-LOSS: Daniel Ferreras of Bulusan, Sorsogon beat defending titlist Danilo Pe?a to capture the RP super flyweight boxing crown at the Ynares Sports Complex in Binangonan, Rizal on Saturday. The 20-year-old new…
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HBO crew told: Bare Wild Card incident
MANILA, Philippines?An HBO Sports crew has been requested to tell the truth in the case of a former friend of world boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao who has sued trainer Freddie Roach for…
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Arum must try this Solomonic solution
(BIG RACE: Over 300 cyclists, led by members of the national team, competed in yesterday?s Inaugural Race of the Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines, in a People Power support for the…
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Of course, Ricky Hatton has a chance
MANILA, Philippines?Ricky Hatton, no matter what Freddie Roach predicts, will not convert into a brother or distant cousin of Manny Pacquiao?s last two victims. Remember Pacquiao?s sensational knockout wins, against David Diaz…
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Concepcion ready for WBC Int?l title bid
MANILA, Philippines?Torrid, toe-to-toe action which Filipino fight fans missed in last month?s Dream Match in Las Vegas could be enjoyed when hard-hitting Filipino Bernabe Concepcion fights for the vacant WBC International featherweight…
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Boxing king is emperor of street booze?
MANILA, Philippines?Honestly speaking, Nonoy Occena of Hulo, Mandaluyong, said it was a hopeless bout between a goat and a bull. The fish vendor with thick brows on a brown, serious face claimed…
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Looks like another KO year in boxing
MANILA, Philippines?Unlike the coming of the New Year?may 2009 be glorious for you all, dear friends?the decision by the young boxer tagged as Marvelous Pacquiao to remain amateur is not irrevocable. Yes,…
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?Marvelous Pacquiao? makes pro debut
MANILA, Philippines?He looks every inch a young college student, which he is. Quiet and clear-eyed, he gleams in a gold-hued basketball jacket at the head table, beside RP featherweight sensation Mike Fare?as,…