Josef T. Ramos
320 articles · The Manila Times
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?Ahas? promises Pinoys a good fight
REIGNING World Boxing Organization light flyweight champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes promised his fellow Filipinos a good fight when he defends his title against Mexican Moses Fuentes on March 2 at the Waterfront…
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Espinosa advises Pacquiao to take a break
As a fellow boxer and a former world champion, Luisito Espinosa believes that Manny Pacquiao should take an ample break before fighting Juan Manuel Marquez for the fifth time in September. ?It…
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Tolentino warns Filipino cyclists on PED
PHILCYCLING President and Tagaytay City Mayor Abraham Tolentino warned Filipino cyclists on the dangers of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) in the light of Lance Armstrong?s admission of doping. ?So far, the rules…
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Pacquiao?s allies express differing views on April bout
While Freddie Roach is opposing the proposed April tune-up fight of Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino ring icon?s business partner Rex ?Wakee? Salud sees it as good preparation. Salud, a known boxing promoter…
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?PacMan? camp confirms fight plans in April but not in Vegas
Boxing promoter Rex ?Wakee? Salud confirmed that there is indeed a plan for his business partner Filipino ring icon Manny ?PacMAn? Pacquiao to fight in April but not in Las Vegas, USA.…
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?Ahas? Nietes readies vs. Fuentes
WORLD Boxing Organization (WBO) light flyweight champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes expressed his readiness to defend his title against WBO strawweight titleholder Moses Fuentes of Mexico most likely in February or in March.…
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Sports psychologist says Jimenez?s unsolicited diagnosis unethical
SPORTS psychologist Dr. Rey Canlas said that while done with good intentions, physician Rustico Jimenez?s unsolicited prognosis of Manny Pacquiao, displaying early symptoms of Parkinson?s disease maybe in violation of the ethics…
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Pacquiao eyes big comeback fight vs. JMM in September
MANNY Pacquiao is bracing for a big comeback fight in September to redeem himself from the resounding loss he absorbed from his archrival Juan Manuel Marquez last month. ?When he returns in…
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Donaire looms as Pacquiao?s successor
Philippine mixed martial arts kingpin Alvin Aguilar said that his compatriot Nonito Donaire Jr. could become as popular as Manny Pacquiao but doubt if The Filipino Flash could match the PacMan?s eighth…
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SIZE DOESN?T MATTER ?AHAS? TELLS MARQUEZ
WORLD Boxing Organization (WBO) light flyweight champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes said that Juan Manuel Marquez?s big muscles are useless without skills. Nietes believes his compatriot Manny Pacquiao would easily clip the Mexican…
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Pacquiao devotes last few days before fight to prayer
After all training ceased a week before his fourth fight against Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas USA, Filipino ring icon Manny…
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PacMan camp downplays JMM?s muscles
MANNY PACQUIAO?S camp has downplayed the new more muscular physique of Mexican Juan Ma-nuel Marquez, which the latter developed through weight lifting and old school training such as chopping wood with an…
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VILORIA SETS EYES ON IBF, WBC FLYWEIGHT TITLES
I Fresh from unifying the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and the World Boxing Association (WBA) titles via his victory over Mexican Hernan Marquez last week, Filipino-American champion Brian ?The Hawaiian Punch? Viloria…
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Arce fight a dream come true ? Donaire
WORLD Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. considered his upcoming fight against Mexican aggressor Jorge Arce on December 15 a dream come true. Donaire (30-1 win-loss record with 19…
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Roach belittles Marquez?s ?old school? training
Legendary coach Freddie Roach said that he is not bothered at all by Juan Manuel Marquez?s employment of oldschool training methods in preparation for his fourth fight against Filipino ring icon Manny…
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Politics delays Pacquiao?s US training
POUND-FOR-POUND king Manny Pacquiao who?s supposed to leave for the United States last week to train for his fourth fight against his archrival Juan Manuel Marquez on December 8, at the MGM…
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Pacquiao to start US training
MANNY Pacquiao is scheduled to fly to Los Angeles, California in the second week of October to start his training for his fourth fight against Mexican archrival Juan Manuel Marquez on December…
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Fourth Marquez fight too risky for PacMan ? Gello-ani
Noting that Juan Manuel Marquez is perhaps the only boxer who knows how to neutralize Manny Pacquiao?s boxing style, promoter Sammy Gello-ani said that the Filipino ring icon is taking a lot…
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5 PH boxers barge into Taipei City Cup finals
Five of the seven members of the Philippine boxing team entered the finals of the second Taipei City Cup at the Taiwan Coliseum on Friday after besting their respective foes. Light flyweight…
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Donaire sees tough fight against Japanese champ
WORLD Boxing Organization and International Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire said that so much is at risk when he fights Japanese challenger Toshiaki Nioshika. ?If you want…