Rommel C. Manlosa
441 articles · Sun Star Cebu
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Gejon gets title shot
ERIBERTO Gejon will get his chance to win the World Boxing Association (WBA) minimum-weight title for the second time against the boxer who handed him his lone defeat in an eight-year ring…
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Santillan guns for OPBF belt
AS THE attention of most Cebuanos are focused on US fights, Cebu-based Rev “Gentle Giant” Santillan, who has been out of the limelight for quite sometime, slipped out of the country unnoticed.…
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Boom-Boom will go ‘poof’
MEXICAN World Boxing Organization super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon is confident he can beat Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista when the two warriors meet on Aug. 11 for the main event of…
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Big summit of nations on the ring this Saturday
IT will be a total ring war when fighters from far nations converge under one roof in Lee Dong-Gyu’s Boxing Plaza and Sammy Gello-ani’s SGG Sports Promotions joint boxing venture this Saturday…
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Flexing for the dangerous Mexican
WITH all the lawsuits in the bin, Filipino junior lightweight superstar Manny Pacquiao is all set for tuning up for a cash-raking fight ahead. Pacquiao is set to leave the Philippines for…
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Suico fight postponed
CEBU?S prominent boxing promoter Rex ?Wakee? Salud announced the postponement of the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) title defense of Randy ?Kumo?ng Bato? Suico from July 22 to July 28. ?It?s…
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Pacquiao-Barrera again
MEDIATION worked wonders as two warring promoters have now come to terms for the good of boxing. Golden Boy Promotions of Oscar De La Hoya and Top Rank Promotions of Bob Arum…
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Gello-ani predicts 6-0 sweep in Word Cup
SAMMY Gello-ani of the SGG Sports Promotions, the local promoter of the famed ALA Boys, is predicting a 6-0 sweep for the Filipino fighters who will challenge the Mexicans in the World…
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No news on Pacquiao foe yet; Barrera rematch still possible
AFTER promsing to announce Manny Pacquiao’s next fight this week, nothing came out of Top Rank promoter Bob Arum. However, following the orders of Judge Daniel Westein for mediation, the possibility of…
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Boxers ‘stage’ bout in Bantayan
ROLLEN Del Castillo may have won the battle against Edmund Velayo by a majority decision after 10-rounds, but his stock didn’t rise any higher. Del Castillo’s win did not justify the bout’s…
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He ‘fought like a champ’
DONDON Sultan found his reign at the World Boxing Foundation (WBF) short-lived when he lost his welterweight title to French challenger Hamza Issa (Sunday RP time) in a controversial stoppage at the…
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Suico eyes redemption
AFTER a humiliating defeat, Apol Suico is hoping to get back to the winning track as he headlines the ?Paraksian San Kiray sa Khokak? boxing card in Cataingan, Masbate tonight. Suico, who…
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?Rambolan sa Bantayan?
UNDEFEATED Milan Milendo and fellow ALA Boy Rollen del Castillo will headline another SGG Sports Promotions in cooperation with the Bantayan Fiesta Executive Committee and Pepsi Cola dubbed ?Rambolan sa Bantayan? on…
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At the French front, Sultan risks belt
FILIPINO World Boxing Foundation (WBF) champion Dondon Sultan is putting his welterweight belt for the first time against a tough French challenger Hamza Issa today (Sunday RP time) at the Salle Edgard…
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Amonsot out to regain lost glory in Vegas
BOHOLANO sensation Czar Amonsot left the country for the US with lot of hopes to put his tainted career back on track and to bring glory to the country. On July 21,…
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SGG to stage boxing’s Asian Cup in August
AFTER the failure to bag the multi-million dollar Boxing World Cup, Cebu’s prime boxing promoter Sammy Gello-ani is now on the finishing touches of the “more realistic” Asian Cup Boxing, which will…
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Jaca cancels WBO defense in Russia in favor of July 22 fight in Cebu
WBO Asia Pacific super featherweight champion Jimrex Jaca will not go to Moscow to fight undefeated Alicher Rahimov at the Olympisky Sports Hall in Russia in June 30. The information came from…
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Fortune smiles on Czar
WHEN it rains it really pours! This is how Cebu’s foremost boxing patron and mentor of the world class ALA Boys, Antonio Aldeguer, describes the fortune that went Czar Amonsot’s way. The…
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‘Korean invasion’ spreads to boxing
THE BP Entertainment of Seoul, South Korea is aiming to make it big in international boxing and it is dead serious. “BP Entertainment plans to hold a super fight in China,” president…
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Manny eager to test brother’s tormentor
PROBABLY angered by the loss of his younger brother Bobby to Humberto Soto and pestered by the victor’s challenge, Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao has accepted the call of Mexican right after the…