Al S. Mendoza
249 articles · Inquirer News Service
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Pacquiao-McGregor fight needs 2nd look
WILL Manny Pacquiao still fight Conor McGregor? Only a fool would say, yes. McGregor was knocked out by Dustin Poirier last weekend in a UFC fight that he was supposed to win.…
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Mendoza: Marcial now a swellhead?
I WAS told that Eumir Felix Marcial wants a trainer sent to him in his base in Los Angeles, California. My source will never lie or he’ll lose my friendship. Lest you…
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Pacquiao to fight for a cause
MANNY Pacquiao is to fight for a cause when he faces Conor McGregor next year. “I think I can help a lot of Filipinos if I’ll do the fight with McGregor,” our…
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Will Pacquiao fight again?
WILL Manny Pacquiao ever fight again? No one can tell. Only Pacquiao can tell. Before Covid-19 knocked down the world—definitely no knockout—Pacquiao was reportedly set to fight either Errol Spence Jr. of…
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Mendoza: Undying Pacquiao pride?
Boxers insist on fighting even when it has become obvious it?s time to hang up their gloves. To most of them, pride punches pure truth out of sight big time. Doesn?t the…
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Mendoza:Is Pacquiao the clear favorite?
It is barely 19 days before Manny Paquiao fights again. It was reported earlier that our boxing hero is 90 percent ready. Chief Pacquiao trainer, Freddie Roach, has confidently said so. From…
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Mendoza: An open letter to Tony Aldeguer
Howdy? I pray and hope you are fine as usual, my friend. I write to express my views on Mark ?Magnifico? Magsayo. Deeply disturbed I am over reports that Magsayo is no…
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A must-win for Pacquiao
ALL too suddenly, Manny Pacquiao?s age is a non-factor in his fight with American Adrien Broner (33-3-1, 24 KOs) on Sunday (Jan. 20 PHL time). ?Age is just a number,? said Pacquiao…
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Pacquiao to KO Broner, Mayweather up next
MANNY PACQUIAO will be in his 71st fight five days from today. He will be defending his World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight crown against Adrien Broner on Sunday, January 20 (PHL time).…
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At 40, Pacquiao can still dish it out
AS usual, every time Manny Pacquiao has a fight coming up, friends of mine come to me and ask the same question: ?Will he win?? I?m used to it. Been in the…
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A tough customer for Manny Pacquiao
TERENCE Crawford looks invincible, and Manny Pacquiao must be wary of him. That?s how Crawford appeared on October 14, when he fought fellow American Jose Benavides Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska. While both…
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Looking at a trilogy this early
AS usual, I get the same question all the time: Will the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather 2 push through? And, as usual, too, I say, ?It will push through.? Many say it will…
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Mendoza: Pacquiao for president
WE have this age-old saying: ?Patay kung patay.? Fatalistic. Its first rough translation in English: ?If you die, you die.? Second English translation, a bit slang, is: ?If you gotta go, you…
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Mendoza: In Pacquiao, Arum has a new foe
IF you believe that Manny Pacquiao won fair and square on Sunday, fine. Everybody has the right to either agree or disagree with any opinion. To be sure, the belief generally is…
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Mendoza: Patronize Pacquiao
THE good thing about Manny Pacquiao is he is a strong believer in himself. As proof, he became a world boxing champion not just once but a record eight times in eight…
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I think Pacquiao could win
MANNY PACQUIAO will turn 40 on December 17. Lucas Matthysse is presently 35 years old. They are both old, you might say? Many pundits will answer, yes. And, to a certain degree,…
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Mendoza: The legitimacy of boxing
IS Bob Arum still the American promoter of Manny Pacquiao? I guess so. But if really true, that does not mean Pacquiao cannot promote his own fight. That is why PacMan is…
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Mendoza: What?s happening in Pacquiao?s camp?
EVERYTHING seems to be going wrong in the Pacquiao-Matthysse fight on July 15. In the press conference for the bout held in Manila on Wednesday, Oscar de La Hoya cancelled his coming…
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Pacquiao?s main motivation
THE last time Manny Pacquiao won by knockout was nine years ago. He stopped Miguel Cotto in 2009, when the referee, taking pity on the badly battered Puerto Rican, halted the fight…
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Mendoza: Introducing Pacquiao?s next foe
IF we still believe in Manny Pacquiao?we should why not??he will have his 66th fight in barely three months from now. His opponent is Lucas Matthysse of Chubut, Argentina. The reigning world…