Al S. Mendoza
249 articles · Inquirer News Service
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Mendoza: Mayweather is cuckoo in nest of cuckoos
NOT to brag but as early as 2009, I said the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight will never happen. I have not changed my position. Have we forgotten? Floyd Mayweather Jr. had made impossible demands…
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Mendoza: What?s crackin? at the house of Nonito, eh?
YOU are a boxer. You belong to the Bob Arum camp. Not enough? I?d say, more than enough. Bob Arum isn?t only Lord of the Rings. Bob Arum is the Vatican of…
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Mendoza: Now I know why Donaire is ?The Flash?
I WAS wrong. I underestimated Nonito Donaire?s abilities and capabilities, as well. In radio interviews before the fight, I said he might knock out Fernando Montiel between the fifth and eighth rounds.…
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Mendoza: Donaire says talk of Dad?s firing not his
THE following is an e-mail from ?Team Donaire,? an obvious reaction to my column of 01/15/11. ?Dear writer, Greet your friends and families this Sinulog season. Sun.Star covers Sinulog 2011 live! ?A…
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Mendoza: My advice to Nonito: Go to the Good Book
WHEN do you forgive someone who has wronged you? Immediately. I have asked this here before but let me ask it again: How many times will you forgive someone who has wronged…
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The world is changing and Pac?s to blame
THE world is changing No, it is not because America produced its first black president in Barack Obama. Or global warming is a real threat to humankind. Or even the electric car…
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Mendoza: Pacquiao not Mike Tyson or Attila the Hun
YOU rearrange furniture. You reconfigure computer software. The Manny Pacquiao Blog. Stories and updates on the Filipino boxing champ. You rehabilitate a drug addict. But Manny Pacquiao did not only rearrange the…
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Is Bob Arum treating our Pacman right?
IS Bob Arum treating Manny Pacquiao right? I pose that question because Arum seems to forget Pacquiao is also a lawmaker. This early, Arum has said Pacquiao will fight again in May…
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After Margarito, Pacquiao must stay put at 147
I AGREE with Bob Arum. ?After this, no more fights for Manny beyond 147 pounds,? said Bob. I seem to like that. So, enough of this business of tossing Manny Pacquiao into…
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Bob?s here to unwrap a rap to Pacquiao
BOB Arum doesn?t have to tell Manny Pacquiao what to do. Manny?s too old for that. Manny?s a world champ not once, twice or thrice but seven times. Who can top that?…
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Manny, why not build Pacquiao Boxing Gym now?
FREDDIE Roach has his Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles, California. The late, lamented Gabriel ?Flash? Elorde has his Elorde Boxing Gym through his wife, Laura. It has branches all over Metro…
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Mediocre but we?ll watch it as real suckers
Kidding aside, Manny Pacquiao will fight Mexican Antonio Margarito on Nov. 14 (RP Time) in Arlington, Texas. It is not really a major! major! news in boxing, Margarito not being a marquee…
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With Pacquiao as model, why go to college?
I CAN'T imagine myself holding P1 million in cash. Or, $1 million for that matter; that?s approximately P50 million. Mind-blowing. But some guys have all the luck. They don?t only have $1…
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Olympic gold next for Hermie after ?Pac? win
WITH nobody looking, Hermie Rivera blew into town to help Manny Pacquiao win a seat in Congress. That done away with, Hermie, the taste of sweet success still tarrying in his lips,…
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Mendoza: It?s Sarangani?s chance to give Pac his dream
DO I want Manny Pacquiao to be in Congress? In 2007, I said, yes. On May 14, 2007, he lost in Gen. San. This year, I xeroxed my yes in 2007. Among…
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Pacman and politics make a weird potion
ASIDE from retirement, politics is what shadows Manny Pacquiao nowadays. It is Pacman and politics that occupy barbershop talk these days. Oh, well, retirement is also in as Mommy Dionisia has not…
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Mendoza: Pound-for-pound Mom in the world
NOTHING really spectacular there. I refer to fresh retirement talks about Manny Pacquiao?s boxing career. It has come back, as in the eternal edict of a song?s old refrain, if not first…
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Let’s now end Clottey case and move on
THERE should be a closure now to the Clottey Case. And what was that again? The farce that Joshua Clottey would stun the world; that was his spin in the run-up to…
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Fearless you are? Call it a day, Gerry
NO question about it. Gerry Pe?alosa is fearless. He wore that label with dignity up to the end on Sunday against Eric Morel of Puerto Rico--even as Gerry dropped a split decision…
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Mendoza: Nobody, nobody but Floyd to blame for no-go
IF, finally, the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather fight is a no-go as the papers said, blame it on Floyd Mayweather Jr. He gambled?and lost. Look, Mayweather tried to bait Pacquiao into a word…