Al S. Mendoza
249 articles · Inquirer News Service
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Just a thought: What if Pacquiao retires?
AT 30 years old, Tiger Woods has won 47 PGA titles already. You know Tiger Woods, right? If you don’t, you might as well don’t know Manny Pacquiao, either. Anyway, Tiger Woods…
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Let’s protect Pacquiao
HOME is the hero. What’s he supposed to do now that he’s back? If I were Manny Pacquiao, I’ll lie low. No public appearances. N’yet. Just sleep, eat, sleep, eat. Romp with…
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Greatness awaits Pacquiao
PEOPLE, especially our grizzled pundits that I love to be with mostly all these years (Rene Jose of RMN 558 is one of them of course), have started comparing Manny Pacquiao with…
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Pacquiao Fever
THE Pacquiao fever rents the air once more as Manny Pacquiao, the only certified boxing star that we have today, fights in America barely four days from now (January 22). The venue…
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Pointers for Pacquiao
AMID all the hoopla attending Manny Pacquiao's victory in Los Angeles last Sunday--not to mention the similarly sensational knockout wins of Filipinos Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and Brian "The Hawaiian Punch" Viloria--I…
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Day of National Pride
WE JUST had a triple crown affair. But oops no, it didn’t happen at the racetracks, fellas. That’s for the likes of our “Silver Story” and, yes, America’s “Affirmed.” If you want…
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Life is by stages
LIKE the Tour de France, life is also by stages. In the beginning, it’d be dreams. Just dreams. Next, ambition. Then fame. Fortune. Power. The poor and rich go by different routes.…
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No one lasts forever
ALL things must pass. Even the good ones. It's happened a lot of times. Max Schmeling. Rocky Marciano. Joe Louis. Floyd Patterson. Muhammad Ali. George Foreman. Sugar Ray Robinson. Sugar Ray Leonard.…
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The boxer
WHILE Manny Pacquiao remains basking in the glory of his classic fight with Erik Morales despite a unanimous decision loss to the Mexican, another Filipino boxer who was once a world champion…
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Mockery in Mandaue
I COULD be wrong but if it's any indication that I might have been right, the crowd that watched the fights wholeheartedly concurred with my scorecards: The crowd booed the contradictory results…
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Revolutionary concept
THE CONCEPT automatically becomes a revolutionary because it is a first in the Philippines. I refer to the Pay-Per-View (PPV) system that hit Angeles City and other parts of Pampanga province and…
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‘Day of mourning’
WE LOST and that's it, we lost. I mean we all lost, the entire nation lost, and that's why the nation is in a state of mourning. If the flag be put…
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Morales’ only chance
THIS is what I've been thinking all day long yesterday. For Erik "El Terible" Morales to score a sure victory over Manny "Pac Man" Pacquiao today, he should have enlisted the services…
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Hermie’s secret prediction
ONE MORE night (isang tulog na lang) and we have with us the supposed sports blockbuster of the year. I refer to the Pacquiao-Morales fight set for tomorrow (Saturday in the US),…
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Mental baggage for Morales
I WENT to many places this week. And from many people I met, I got the same question: What is your prediction, Pacquiao or Morales? And they all got the same answer:…
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Japan stranglehold
THERE WERE a lot of interesting reactions to my column about the "Asian boxing Mafia" (13/05/05). Mostly, they agreed that Japan seems to have a stranglehold of big fights involving Asians, mostly…
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Mafia in Asian boxing
SINCE boxing is the talk of the town these days simply because of the Pacquiao-Morales fight on March 20 in Las Vegas, then let's talk about boxing. But let me digress a…
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‘Govs for Gold’
WHEN Manny "Pareng Gob" Pi?ol, the feisty governor of North Cotabato province, leaves the country next month, it will be for two reasons. One, to be at ringside when Manny Pacquiao fights…
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Knockout a must
I HAVE always had this fear: If a Filipino boxer fights abroad and the fight lasts the distance, he would lose on points. If not, he would settle for a draw, the…
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Why not thirteen rounds, indeed?
THE RECENT Pacquiao-Marquez match has not ceased to draw comments from boxing fans. From San Francisco, California, this note from Jun Samontina. Hi Al, I agree with your suggestion of having a…