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PH boxing team could try new tack
Ed Picson. A DISMAYED head of the national amateur boxing team to the last Olympic Games swore and called out the name of Manny Pacquiao in desperation close to the end of…
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Are we close to a Pacquiao -vs- Mathysse clash?
FOR the first time, Manny Pacquiao has admitted there?s nothing final regarding his announced world title fight against WBA welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse of Argentina. This was reported by veteran sportswriter Nick…
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Will Arum, Roach be out for good?
GOLDEN Boy, not Top Rank, will be helping promote Manny Paquiao?s next fight in Kuala Lumpur. The announcement was brief, firm, definite: ?MP Promotions of Sen. Manny Pacquiao and Golden Boy Promotions…
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POC and Milo: Terrific timing
Ricky Vargas. Philippine Olympic Committee president Ricky Vargas walked up to his predecessor, Peping Cojuangco, and both gentlemen shook hands as a sign of reconciliation, the Inquirer reported yesterday. A report in…
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Did both Arum and Pacquiao tell the truth?
VETERAN promoter Bob Arum has been saying that Manny Pacquiao?s demotion to an undercard role was not the honest reason the eight-division world title winner from the Philippines has pulled out from…
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Paging Sen. Pacquiao: Mr Roach calling, calling
IN a report by the eminent Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times, it was asked if Freddie Roach has been fired as trainer of Filipino world boxing legend Manny Pacquiao. The…
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Nietes storms elite circle with venom KO
WHILE Manny Pacquiao was not looking, the usually subtle Donnie Nietes of the Philippines scored a stormy knockout victory in California on Sunday to retain his IBF world flyweight title. A picture…
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When is Manny Pacquiao fighting?
IF he?s indeed fighting on April 14, as offered by Bob Arum, shouldn?t Manny Pacquiao be back training by now, or hitting the road last week yet? Top Rank announced it has…
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Urgent call: Make it Pacquiao vs. Matthysse
VETERAN promoter Bob Arum made a promise to provide something unique (and nice) for Manny Pacquiao?s next fight. After a long wait, it turned out the unusual opponent Arum meant was former…
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Great win, but not everybody thrilled
The chief handler of Jerwin Ancajas has given the new Filipino boxing sensation a grade of 7 (in a scale of 10) for his successful defense of the IBF super flyweight crown…
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Yes, Ancajas is his own kind of warrior
JERWIN Ancajas didn?t have to make a pre-fight announcement that he would go and fight in his own way. Manny Pacquiao himself called Ancajas minutes before last Sunday?s title defense in Texas…
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Good indeed: Can Ancajas really go great?
HE said he still has a lot to show, IBF junior bantamweight titlist Jerwin Ancajas of the Philippines admitted upon arriving in Texas for a fourth title defense on Sunday. Not that…
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Jerwin Ancajas seeks confirmation in Texas
JERWIN Ancajas of the Philippines, reigning IBF super flyweight champion, has flown from California to Texas for a fourth defense of his crown this weekend. The title bout marks his US debut,…
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Recognizing also the forgotten and obscure
It?s not the fault of the irrepressible Mocha Uson if her sudden fame and closeness to the Duterte administration had excited a usually staid sector of the academe. Maybe the president of…
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The dead match-up that keeps shuffling
THE oddly proposed bout between Manny Pacquiao and Vasyl Lomachenko was stopped on its feeble tracks. It was slammed as wholly ?INSANE?. The off-ring stoppage was scored by Igas Klimas, Lomachenkoi?s manager…
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McGregor then Lomachenko, so who?s next?
THIS is no longer funny. The morning after it was alleged Manny Pacquiao was in talks to fight Vasyl Lomachenko, the manager of the Ukrainian pound-for-pound star came up with a sweeping…
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Boxing mirror, who?s the dumbest of them all?
IT could be late autumn in Manny Pacquiao?s career calendar. But the question is who?ll end up as Pacquiao?s opponent in his targeted return to the ring next summer? Odd, but it?s…
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The PSA scores big, too
Secretary Manny Pi?ol. SHOULDN?T President Duterte be the one getting the most outstanding achiever award for that triumphant war he declared from out of nowhere in Marawi City? Remember that Mr. Duterte…
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Naming two winners who also merit recognition
Mitra (L) and Corteza (R). THE chairman of the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) had to do the reporting himself from Baku, Azerbaijan after his agency, under the Office of the President,…
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POC capable of preventing mediocrity?
Three was indeed great, although the Philippines was not lucky enough to have booked a fourth outstanding achiever among the ?best and brightest? in 2017 following the New Year?s Eve bloody setback…
