Recah Trinidad
1,137 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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How relevant is the Bobby Pacquiao win?
THERE OUGHT to be a legal limit to how far overage boxers should be allowed to sell themselves. Kevin Kelley had bragged that his duel with Bobby Pacquiao in New York yesterday…
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Look who’s out to kayo Manny Pacquiao
MANNY PACQUIAO is being robbed right in his own kitchen; our boxing hero is being cheated in his home turf. Pacquiao could lose by hometown decision, not against Oscar Larios, because that…
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Barrera is super fit — for retirement
THEY CLAIMED Marco Antonio Barrera, first Mexican to have made Manny Pacquiao super famous, would be defending his world title. Barrera was absent for that official chore on Saturday (Sunday morning in…
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Mayol doesn’t deserve his Japanese manager
BOXING patriot Rex Wakee Salud, who tried but luckily failed to bet on Rodel Mayol, said the failed world boxing title-seeker has been released from the Tokyo hospital to where he was…
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Why Mayol bungled his world title bid
TOKYO -- Rodel Mayol, who had looked every elegant inch the sure winner in the first six rounds, remained in the hospital yesterday, the morning after his tragic failure to capture the…
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Mayol loses title bid via decision
TOKYO—Rodel Mayol started out sharp and strong but faded rapidly against Eagle Kyowa in the later rounds to lose his first bout in 23 fights and drop his bid for the WBC…
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Mayol underdog in Tokyo title bid
TOKYO -- Everybody is going out, weather cool and crisp, Tokyo is in the grip of a spring fever but there'll be no walk in the park when Rodel Mayol of the…
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Mayol given fair chance to capture world crown
TOKYO -- Accidents do happen inside the boxing ring, but Rodel Mayol of the Philippines may no longer need one to succeed in his quest for a world crown tomorrow night at…
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Mayol: Underdog’s quiet quest for greatness
THERE COULD only be one valid reason why undefeated Rodel Mayol has been pegged an awful underdog in his quest for the World Boxing Council minimumweight title in Tokyo on Saturday. Mayol…
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Pacquiao fight tickets free, Wowwowee!
MANNY PACQUIAO has been behaving confused. If not, why was he worried sick about his forthcoming big fight at the Araneta Coliseum? There's a tested product: Pacquiao himself, the single most saleable…
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Boxer Paderna swims to world-class stardom
KULARBDANG KIATKRERIN sounds like a mouth-watering Thai dish. He's not. Jun Paderna defended his Pan Asian Boxing Association super featherweight title. He won but grabbed a rare crown. It was a forgettable…
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Elorde beats Pacquiao in two crucial tests
THE POET Cesar Ruiz Aquino wanted to know if a Gabriel “Flash” Elorde video is available on CD or DVD. Quite doubtful, he was informed. Aquino, a professor of literature at the…
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How to lose dirty by really trying
SO WHAT'S wrong with super fighter Zab Judah failing in his world title defense? Things simply went to form yesterday in glitter gambling town Las Vegas. No jackpot sirens were sounded. Judah…
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Stick-up: Old Mexican steak priced like gold
NOW COMES the charge that Mexico’s Oscar Larios, labeled as recycled old meat, is grossly overpriced. But before everything else, a word from our sponsor. Here's Peter Musngi of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp.:…
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Pacquiao hard-sells recycled Mexican meat
LAST-MINUTE calls were unnecessary. The grand media affair at the Manila Hotel last Friday was already a sellout even before organizers could announce it. Unlike with his beloved President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, there's…
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Once in a hundred years
HERMIE Rivera, the boxing man, calls this a lost message. He filed it from Las Vegas where he covered Manny Pacquiao's historic rematch with Mexico's Erik Morales last month. The good news…
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Morales rejects Pacquiao conquest
ERIK MORALES doesn't believe he had been vanquished by Manny Pacquiao in their second encounter in Las Vegas last month. That's for sure. Otherwise, the proud boxer fondly called the Aztec Warrior…
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First Gentleman also deserves a handshake
LOS ANGELES, California -- Years from now, when he's older, slimmer and, hopefully, wiser, Jose Miguel Arroyo, husband of Her Excellency, the President of the Philippines, will be telling his grandchildren what…
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You don’t like Manny Pacquiao?
LOS ANGELES, California -- There was this fellow, a former close-in driver of Manny Pacquiao around here, who told me how close the boxing hero had moved to death when he fought…
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Pacman the greatest, says Freddie Roach
LOS ANGELES, California—He did not promise another classic win to lift the Filipino people again but trainer Freddie Roach yesterday said greater things are in store for Manny Pacquiao. “He’s still young,…