Rommel C. Manlosa
441 articles · Sun Star Cebu
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Bautista faces Latino champ
BOHOLANO boxing sensation Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista will face a tougher foe when he returns to action in Cebu on Feb. 24 at the Cebu City Sports Center. The card is promoted by…
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Batawang scores 1st round knockout
FORMER World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan-African light-flyweight champion Bert Batawang disposed of Ping Ping Tepura in 2:48 of the first round to fortify his chances to fight for the world title in…
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Banal TKOs Terdkiat
TERDKIAT Jandaeng lived up to his billing as an iron-jawed counter-puncher from Thailand. Although Terdkiat’s toughness helped him survive the barrage of punches, referee Tony Pesons saved him from further damage Saturday…
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Banal fights today
IT will be another acid test for the undefeated AJ “Bazooka” Banal as he climbs the ring tonight to fight the iron-jawed Terdkiat Jandaeng at the Mandaue City Sports Complex. With the…
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Banal’s Thai foe due Thursday
AS Alex John “Bazooka” Banal wrapped up his training, his opponent Terdkiat Jandaeng is packing his bags for Cebu. The WBO Asia-Pacific No.6 contender is scheduled to arrive Cebu Thursday evening. Banal,…
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Malcolm loses title in Japan
ROLLY “Matshushita” Lunas was aggressive from the start, and it paid off as he scored an upset over countryman Malcolm “Eagle Eye” Tu?acao and snatch the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF)…
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WBA champ Valero wants Manny next
WORLD Boxing Association (WBA) super-featherweight champion Edwin Valero of Venezuela wants Manny Pacquiao to fight him so the Filipino ring icon can see what he’s made of. Valero, who successfully defended his…
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Bautista: Boxing taught me how to be a gentleman
FROM working in the paddies, the 20-year-old Rey Bautista is now a well-traveled boxer, having fought regularly in the US for the past year. Aside from that, Bautista has met the stars…
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Top Rank gives GBP 9 days to accept deal
BOB Arum is not taking Golden Boy?s Promotion?s bait and instead turned the tables around, as he gave GBP an ultimatum to accept his offer for the Manny Pacquiao rematch against Marco…
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Gorres, Bautista get title shots
THE year of the Pig promises to put Cebu in the center of world boxing as the World Cup of Boxing standoff between the Philippines and Mexico is confirmed to take place…
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Bautista: from rice paddy worker to RP boxing’s next gem
REY “Boom-Boom” Bautista was deprived as a kid. He worked seven days a week in the rice field, gathering firewood to sell and root crops to eat. He was virtually a nobody.…
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GBP refuses to talk with Arum
IF Bob Arum thinks he can get a good deal with Golden Boy Promotions for the Manny Pacquiao-Marco Antonio Barrera rematch, he needs to think twice. Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer recently…
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WBO official visits Cebu for outreach
THE WORLD Boxing Organization (WBO) is having an outreach program for children in Cebu, the country’s hotbed of boxing. WBO Asia-Pacific chairman Leon Panoncillo Jr. will be in Cebu City on New…
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Golden Boy accepts offer to pit Barrera vs. Pacquiao
DESPITE the “knock down in the first round” in its promotional battle against Top Rank Inc., Golden Boy Promotions showed no ill feelings against Manny Pacquiao. Instead, GBP offered a 50-50 deal…
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Arum visits Pacquiao in General Santos City
ALARMED by the growing consensus favoring his rival promoter – Top Rank founder and president Bob Arum slipped into the country unannounced last Monday to talk about his “contract” and the future…
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Banal to go after WBO Youth title
YOUNG sensation Alex John “Bazooka” Banal will open the 2007 boxing calendar with a bang as the Tagbilaran City-adopted son will be fighting for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Youth World super-flyweight…
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Manny top pug of 2006
FILIPINO ring idol Manny Pacquiao ended the year as the best pound-for-pound fighter, according to East Side Boxing. James Slater, a noted American boxing columnist, who also writes for EastSideBoxing.com, put Pacquiao…
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Pacquiao-Barrera 2 ‘in April’
CELEBRATED American boxing trainer Freddie Roach is almost sure of Manny Pacquiao’s next fight in the United States—an April ring date against Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera for the latter’s WBC super-featherweight belt.…
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Arum has no case: finkel
BOB Arum and his promotional outfit Top Rank Inc. has no chance of winning the legal battle with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions over Manny Pacquiao, says Shelley Finkel, the…
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Boxing ?World Cup? in RP
AFTER Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista?s win over Brazilian Giovanni Andrade last Sunday and the conclusion of a purse bid that Team Gorres won, Golden Boy Promotions (GBP), SSG Promotions and the ALA Gym…