Marc Anthony Reyes
157 articles · INQ7.net
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Nishioka?s power worries Donaire
CARSON, California? Experience and power. These are the main sticking points for Filipino boxing star Nonito Donaire Jr. when he stakes his WBO and IBF super bantamweight titles against Japanese Toshiaki Nishioka…
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Donaire wants swift, vicious end this time
He doesn?t guarantee a knockout, but Nonito Donaire Jr. promised to follow a fight plan that could result in an explosive, abrupt end. With his usual confidence and careful choice of words,…
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Full house assured for Donaire tiff vs Nishioka
NONITO Donaire Jr. stakes his WBO/IBF super bantamweight titles against Toshiaki Nishioka of Japan before a huge crowd on Oct. 13 (Oct. 14 in Manila) at Home Depot Center in Carson, California.…
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?Electric? punch is Donaire?s new tool
NONITO Donaire Jr., will be brandishing a new weapon in his arsenal when he gets to face Toshiaki Nishioka on Oct. 13: an electrifying punch. Probably in response to critics who said…
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Nonito: I fell in love with my power
WBO and IBF super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. yesterday told the Inquirer that he abandoned a vital part of his game plan in an attempt to hammer out a knockout victory…
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Donaire back next week, plans to hit gym early
Nonito Donaire Jr. will celebrate his new status as WBO and IBF super bantamweight champion with countrymen in Manila next week before he resumes training for a crack at a third 122-pound…
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Crowd-pleasing Arce next for Donaire
CARSON, California?His dream of super fights is finally coming true for Nonito Donaire Jr. The Filipino Flash, perhaps the Philippines? newest candidate for boxing superstardom, begins his fresh quest with the much…
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?Clean? Nonito all bulked up
CARSON, California?He may not be willing to share the strategy he will use against the towering South African Jeffrey Mathebula, but Nonito Donaire Jr., has been very public with the tough regimen…
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Donaire getting $750,000 for Mathebula showdown
LOS ANGELES?Nonito Donaire Jr. will bank a guaranteed $750,000 for fighting South African IBF champion Jeffrey Mathebula on Saturday (Sunday morning in Manila). Donaire?s manager Cameron Dunkin disclosed this Thursday after the…
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Team Donaire hushes uproar on S. African judge
LOS ANGELES?Team Donaire calmed the uproar on the looming selection of a South African judge at ringside and assured Filipino fight fans that there will be no repeat of the controversial defeat…
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Donaire all set for title fight
LOS ANGELES?Nonito Donaire Jr. plunged into another workout by the palm tree-lined park of Manhattan Beach Monday afternoon, less than a day after wrapping up what he termed as his ?toughest training…
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Donaire keen on KO vs Mathebula
NONITO Donaire Jr. was looking for a knockout win in his last two two fights, but that one decisive punch never came. Whether Donaire will again abandon his jabs in favor of…
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Donaire feels at home in LA bout
NONITO Donaire Jr., is counting on the support of the large Filipino community in Los Angeles when he goes up against his biggest opponent yet. He vowed to use his complete training…
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Boxing?s our best Olympic medal hope, and boy does it look dim now
What was that again? All you need to hit the jackpot is one ticket? Well that may work in lottery, even against million-to-one odds. But in sports? Even with a generous financial…
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Marvin Sonsona books fight in Johnriel Casimero undercard
CEBU CITY?Marvin Sonsona?s path back to a world title fight has already been charted. All he has to do is take a surefooted step toward it. Sonsona, who won the WBO super…
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Waiting in the wings
He?s always been compared with boxing great Manny Pacquiao, but newly crowned WBO super bantamweight champ Nonito Donaire, Jr. may soon find that, along with the fame and fortune that come with…
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Arce declares he?s ready for Donaire bout
MANILA, Philippines?Mexican ring warrior Jorge Arce stopped Venezuelan Lorenzo Parra in the fifth round of their super bantamweight nontitle bout Saturday and wasted no time in calling out Nonito Donaire to sign…
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Lazarte banned for life, Casimero says he was tempted to hit back
MANILA, Philippines?Argentine boxer Luis Lazarte was banned for life for threatening the referee and sparking an ugly riot right after losing to Filipino fighter Johnriel Casimero in their IBF interim flyweight title…
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Nonito Donaire not looking beyond Wilfredo Vasquez bout
MANILA, Philippines?For Nonito Donaire Jr., newly crown WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux of is in the bottom of his priority list. Donaire will debut as a super bantamweight in his Feb.…
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Pacquiao, Mayweather could fetch record cash
MANILA, Philippines ? Half a trillion dollars. That?s how much the mega fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. could earn, based on the estimates of Long Beach Boxing Examiner. The…