Al S. Mendoza
249 articles · Inquirer News Service
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Mendoza: He played for his fans, not KIA or himself
I DISAGREE. Manny Pacquiao was not being arrogant when he played for Kia Sorento on Sunday in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in Bocaue, Bulacan. Occasion was the opening of the PBA?s…
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Mendoza: Not one shot from Pacquiao but who cares?
KIA Sorento debuted in style by inflicting a stunning 80-66 defeat on Blackwater Elite in the opening game on Sunday of the 40th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). I missed…
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Mendoza: Pacquiao tax fight appears to favor him
THE fight began with Manny Pacquiao losing the first round without throwing a punch. It weirdly wore on after tax chief Kim Henares said last year Pacquiao owed the government P2.2 billion…
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Mendoza: How Pacquiao became coach of KIA motors
BELIEVE it or not but Manny Pacquiao will become a a Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) coach only because, yes, he loves basketball. I love the game, too, even before Pacquiao was born…
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Mendoza: Ah, to reminisce the good, ol? days with Tony
BEFORE the main Pinoy Pride 26 fights that ended in heart-warming knockout victories for the Pagara brothers Jason and Albert and AJ Banal on Saturday in Cebu City?s Waterfront Hotel and Casino,…
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Mendoza: Mayweather finally out of Pac?s radar?
AND so, Manny Pacquiao will stay with American Bob Arum until 2016. Pacquiao ensured that by signing an extension of his contract making Arum as his fight promoter for two more years.…
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A letter from discoverer of ?Ahas? Nietes
HERE?S a letter from Tony Aldeguer, Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes?s discoverer and benefactor: ?Al, The day you came out with your column predicting a KO win for Donnie Nietes, I wanted to text…
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Mendoza: What does Pacquiao know about coaching?
MANNY Pacquiao as boxer, no problem from Day One. But Manny Pacquiao as basketball player? Or basketball coach for that matter? Problem from Day One up to Last Day. No doubt he…
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Mendoza: Nietes nicely does it, and he?s just warming up
TIME to breast-beat. I said Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes of Murcia, Negros Occidental, would win by knockout and he did just that ? in the ninth round. I won some beer. Usually, the…
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Mendoza: My fearless forecast is ?Ahas? by KO
THEY fought to a draw in March last year. In their rematch today, both have vowed they?d go all out for a knockout. Donnie Nietes of Murcia, Negros Occidental, battles Mexico?s Moises…
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Mendoza: Mayweather is boxing?s Mr. Untouchable
SEEMINGLY, Floyd Mayweather Junior?s fights are controversy-prone the last few years. Did he not knock out a fighter that wasn?t looking only a while back? Was it a guy named Ortiz, who…
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Mendoza: Pastureland a distance away from Pacquiao
THE victory was convincing enough if we go by rounds won by Manny Pacquiao. With judges Michael Pernick and Craig Metcalf giving Pacquiao eight rounds each (116-112), Glenn Trowbridge?s call of doling…
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No knockout, but a win is a win is win
MANNY Pacquiao is world champion again. By scoring yesterday a unanimous decision victory over Timothy Bradley, Pacquiao has recaptured his World Boxing Organization world welterweight crown. He lost it to Bradley by…
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Mendoza: Pacquiao must KO Bradley or it?s goodbye
IF WE are to go strictly by the facts, the first fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley was a draw. OK, here?s why. After the fight went the distance in June…
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Beware Bradley, Pacquiao hasn?t lost in a rematch
IN a rematch, Manny Pacquiao is 100 percent. Meaning, he hasn?t lost. After knocking out Marco Antonio Barrera in 2003 in the biggest upset of the year, Pacquiao would next drop Juan…
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Curse of the lucky punch
IT is 12 days to go before Manny Pacquiao returns to the ring again, this time to fight Timothy Bradley. Again. In five days perhaps, Pacquiao will stop training seriously, settling for…
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Mendoza: The other side of Pacquiao is unbelievable
BOB Arum rides again! I read in the papers quoting Arum, Manny Pacquiao?s American promoter, as saying he doesn?t want Floyd Mayweather Jr. as Pacquiao?s next foe. Arum was reacting to reports…
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Brandon Rios tests positive for banned substance following loss to Manny Pacquiao
Brandon Rios tested positive for a banned substance following his Nov. 23 loss to Manny Pacquiao in Macau, but vehemently denied taking any illegal substances in a 20-minute telephone conversation with Yahoo…
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Mendoza: Pacquiao not vs. Kim alone, but P-Noy, too
IT IS not only that Manny Pacquiao did not submit certified true copies of his paid taxes in the US to the Bureau of Intern al Revenue (BIR). He also misdeclared his…
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Mendoza: For Pacquiao,different folks, different strokes
IT used to be that boxing and politics mixed for Manny Pacquiao. Seemingly, not anymore. Whereas before when Pacquiao was lovey-dovey with Ate Glow, today, he isn?t looking eye-to-eye with P-Noy. The…