Al S. Mendoza
249 articles · Inquirer News Service
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Mendoza: Stop comparing Ancajas to Pacquiao
IT is said that it?s bad to compare. But my friends keep comparing Jerwin Ancajas to Manny Pacquiao. It?s been quite a while since we?ve seen a Filipino boxer fight for a…
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Mendoza: Venom of aging
IT?S pretty obvious that Manny Pacquiao wants to fight again. For what reason, let me hazard a guess. One, he wants to retire with a big bang. Two, he misses the sport.…
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Mendoza: Where is Pacquiao?
WHO will succeed Chito Narvasa as commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)? Who will be the next coach of Kia Picanto? And, finally, where is Manny Pacquiao? Narvasa?s term as PBA…
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Mendoza: Pacquiao?s boxing diplomacy
MY friends ask: ?Al, why is Manny Pacquiao building a boxing academy in China?? I said: ?What?s wrong with that?? ?Why not in the Philippines?? Pacquiao?s answer during a press conference on…
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Mendoza: Brace for the return of true boxing
IF you ask me, I would say Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez are both unbeaten. That makes for an interesting fight between the two tomorrow. For the record, though, while Golovkin has…
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Mendoza: Whispers too loud for ?Pac? to retire. Now
MANNY Pacquiao ditching his rematch with Jeff Horn this year could only mean two things. One, it is obvious that Horn isn?t Pacquiao?s top priority anymore?at least for now. Two, it seems…
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Pacquiao-Horn fight in Manila. Why not?
JUST to clear the air: It wasn?t Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon T. Teo who wanted the Pacquiao-Horn rematch held in Manila. Instead, it was the other way around: Manny Pacquiao?s camp, through…
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Why Pacquiao can?t retire
SHOULD Manny Pacquiao proceed to fight Jeff Horn again in November, that?d be almost a month away before our Fighting Senator turns 39 on December 17. He was born in Kibawe, Bukidnon,…
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Mendoza: For Pacquiao, ?My Way? is in the air
PAUL Anka wrote: ??and now the end is near?I did it my way.? Of course, that?s from his song?the undying, if not murderous, ?My Way.? Frank Sinatra (who doesn?t know him?) sang…
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Mendoza: Will Nietes hunger for more crowns?
BY winning the International Boxing Federation flyweight crown on Saturday, Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes is now a three-division world champion. It is never easy to become a multiple titlist. Now that Nietes has…
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Pacquiao Brisbane businessman
JEFF HORN was barely 12 years old when Manny Pacquiao turned boxing professional 21 years ago. Seventeen years later, they will battle for the World Boxing Organization welterweight crown. That will be…
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Mendoza: Two ways to look at Pac vs. Horn on July 2
THERE are two ways to look at the projected July 2 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn. One, Horn being an Australian, he is being groomed by the Aussies to be…
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Mendoza: Horn needs it more than our Pacquiao
IS it really final? Manny Pacquiao fighting Jeff Horn on July 2? If we go by Michael Koncz?s statement, the answer would seem to be a resounding yes. ?We signed the Jeff…
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Mendoza: This time, Pac is knocking in some sense
SENATOR Manny Pacquiao has filed a bill creating the Philippine Boxing Commission. About time it?s passed. In the first place, the move is absolutely geared towards the uplift of our boxers. In…
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Mendoza: Pacquiao vs. Crawford or Thurman?
BOB Arum has broken his silence. He said he would talk to Amir Khan and convince him to fight Manny Pacquiao. Did I hear it right? Arum is tabling the Pacquiao-Khan fight…
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Mendoza: Arum smiling from Koncz? twin toinks!
SO, when is Manny Pacquiao going to fight again? I ask this in the wake of two Pacquiao fights that went pffft just very recently. Well, there were no fights to begin…
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Pacquiao is like Trump?
ALWAYS, Manny Pacquiao manages to grab headlines?or take center stage on matters both important and unimportant. Include the banal. As in his April 23 fight against Jeff Horn (do I hear President…
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Mendoza: Horn?s what Arum ordered for Pacquiao
ALWAYS, history seems to repeat itself. In 2014, Chris Algierie came from out of nowhere and suddenly popped into the world boxing center stage. He was not even a boxer. Oh, yes,…
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Mendoza: Mayweather in Pacquiao gimmick, too
FLOYD Mayweather Jr., sure knows when to butt in. So that while Manny Pacquiao has become hot news again, haven?t you noticed Mayweather?s reentry into the spotlight, too? If Mayweather could sneak…
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Pacquiao-Crawford a dream fight
IT seems Manny Pacquiao is headed to one of his biggest fights in years. I refer to Terrence Crawford, the reigning light-welterweight king. If plans won?t go awry, the American is set…