Frank Calapre
18 articles · The Manila Times
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Aiba denies Suarez
MANILA?Mark Anthony Barriga has to go it alone. The International Boxing Association (AIBA) informed the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (Abap) Tuesday that its request for lightweight boxer Charly Suarez to…
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Pacquiao to push creation of boxing commission
Eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao said that he is going to push in Congress the creation of a Boxing Commission that will be tasked to protect the welfare of professional boxers in…
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Four Pinoys move to finals
MANILA ? The RP national boxing team remains unscathed as flyweight Rey Saludar beat Ireland?s Declan Gerraghty, 8-5, to join Charly Suarez, Victorio Saludar and Delfin Boholst in the finals of the…
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Halfway there: Roach
MANILA ? DESPITE the very hectic schedule during the May elections, seven-weight division champion Manny Pacquiao looked 50 percent ready to rumble against Antonio Margarito on Nov. 30 at the Cowboys Stadium…
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Manny Pacquiao in excellent condition ? Freddie Roach
DESPITE the very hectic schedule during the May election, seven-weight division champion Manny Pacquiao looked 50 percent ready to rumble against Antonio Margarito on November 30 at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington,…
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RP boxers up against deadly Thais
THE country?s top amateur boxers will display their wares against the best from Asia in the 1st Manny V. Pangilinan (MVP) Cup International Friendship Games set to unfold today at the Philippine…
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Amateur boxing needs new faces
MANILA - From a dismal walk-out marred campaign in the 2007 Thailand Games, the RP boxing team regained its lofty perch by placing second in the recent 2009 Southeast Asian Games in…
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5 yrs. more for Manny
MANILA - People's champion Manny Pacquiao yesterday vowed to give more honor to the country for the next five years. The 28-year-old General Santos City-native Pacquiao beamed with pride as he received…
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Top Rank for Manny; gets $1-M sign bonus?
IT?S final. Top Rank Promotions will be Manny Pacquiao?s promoter for the next four years. The 28-year-old Filipino boxing icon announced Thursday that finality of the contract he signed with Bob Arum…
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Pacquiao wants a world title fight against Barrera
IF he has a choice, people?s champion Manny Pacquiao said he would prefer to face in his next fight the World Boxing Council superfeatherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera also of Mexico. Pacquiao,…
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Confident ?PacMan? winds up training
The Manila Times Correspondent Oozing with confidence, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao wound up his workouts Friday and looked primed to take on Mexican Oscar Larios on Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum.…
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Larios confident of winning, ?promises? Manny a rematch
Manila?-MEXICAN Oscar ?Chololo? Larios has no greater ambition than to beat Manny Pacquiao. And he is so confident of winning that he is already offering the Filipino a rematch. The 29-year-old Larios…
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Larios to go down in 6, says Roach
IN six rounds or less. American trainer Freddie Roach on Tuesday predicted how Mexican upstart Oscar Larios would last against hometown boxing idol Manny Pacqauiao when they tangle in the “Mano-a-Mano Showdown”…
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Bautista in no hurry to win a world title
MANILA – Despite a third-round stoppage of Nicaraguan Roberto Bonilla, new boxing sensation Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista yesterday said he is not in a hurry to get a crack at a world crown.…
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‘I’ll fight Rubillar’
MANILA – World Boxing Council (WBC) light-flyweight champion Brian Viloria yesterday said he is ready to face compatriot and No.1 contender Juanito Rubillar. However, the 25-year-old Viloria, known as the “Hawaiian Punch,”…
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Pacman to ‘win by KO’
MANILA – Filipino boxing experts believe Manny Pacquiao will win over Erik Morales in their 12-round rematch dubbed “The Battle” tomorrow at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Laura…
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?PacMan? the philantrophist
FILIPINO fans all knew that Manny Pacquiao had a big fighting heart?now they know that he has a generous and caring one, too. At a press briefing on Thursday at the Discovery…
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Manny to get $1.75M vs. Eric
IF Manny Pacquiao beats Juan Manuel Marquez, the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association featherweight champion, in Las Vegas on May 8, the Filipino boxing champ?s next bout could set him…
