Dale Rosal
259 articles · Philippine Daily Inquirer
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FIGHT NIGHT
By Dale Rosal
Female boxers highlight ?Engkwentro Sa Mandaue? fight card Don?t be deceived by their beauty and inherent frailty. Because Casey Morton of Hawaii and Phannaluk Kongsang of Thailand possess dynamite fists that can…
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Magsayo faces Diaz in Pinoy Pride 41
By Dale Rosal
Boholano knockout artist Mark ?Magnifico? Magsayo needs to prove that he deserves to be in the main event of Pinoy Pride 41. And the only way to do that is beat former…
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World champ Melindo eyes to unify jr flyweight titles
By Dale Rosal
Newly crowned IBF World junior flyweight champion Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo said he is planning to unify all the titles in the junior flyweight division to prove a point. ?It would be…
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Milan: Teamwork did it
By Dale Rosal
Newly crowned IBF World light flyweight champion Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo said a solid teamwork was the key to his stunning first round knockout of erstwhile champion Akira Yaegashi Sunday night in…
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Melindo confident in 3rd world title shot vs Japanese champion
By Dale Rosal
OOZING with confidence, Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo will leave for Tokyo, Japan tomorrow for an all-important fight against Akira Yaegashi on May 21. At stake in the fight is Yaegashi?s International Boxing…
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Melindo is ready, says trainer
By Dale Rosal
With less than two weeks before his third attempt to win a world title, Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo did not leave a single stone unturned in his training at the ALA Boxing…
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Tapales, 3 others lead 3rd boxing confab honorees
By Dale Rosal
FORMER world champion Marlon ?Nightmare? Tapales will be feted in the Third Philippine Boxing Convention on May 11-13 at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City. Tapales was stripped of his WBO…
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Tough foe
By Dale Rosal
Nietes now a three-division champ after escaping gritty Thai boxer Nantapech Things didn?t turn out the way newly crowned three-division world champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes planned it to be. While he predicted…
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?IT?S GOING TO BE QUICK?
By Dale Rosal
Nietes predicts swift victory against Thai foe today On the eve of his historic attempt to become a three-division world champion, Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes remained confident. In fact, he was confident enough…
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?WORK IN PROGRESS?
By Dale Rosal
ALA Promotions Int?l chief Aldeguer says there?s no need to rush things for Magsayo For ALA Promotions International top honcho Michael P. Aldeguer rushing things out might end up badly. That?s why…
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Nietes is old, says Thai foe
By Dale Rosal
KOMGRICH Nantapech of Thailand believes he has a huge advantage over two-division world champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes when both fight for the vacant IBF world flyweight this Saturday in the Pinoy Pride…
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Tapales upbeat of capturing another world boxing crown
By Dale Rosal
DESPITE losing his WBO world bantamweight title last Sunday for being overweight, Marlon ?The Nightmare? Tapales of the Rex Wakee Salud (RWS) Stable is still optimistic he will recapture his belt in…
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MORE DANGEROUS
By Dale Rosal
Stronger, more accurate Tapales tapped to win by KO in first title defense Reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Bantamweight champion Marlon ?Nightmare? Tapales and stablemate Neil John Tabanao arrived in Japan…
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Villanueva arrives in UK for world title eliminator versus Tete
By Dale Rosal
AFTER a long 16-hour trip, ?King? Arthur Villanueva finally arrived in Leicester, England, United Kingdom yesterday for his much-anticipated world title eliminator against former IBF Superfly world champion Zolani Tete of Africa…
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Nietes doesn?t want to be too confident
By Dale Rosal
LONGEST reigning Filipino boxing world champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes doesn?t want to be over confident when he fights Komgrich Nantapech of Thailand for the vacant IBF world flyweight title in the ?Pinoy…
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Jerusalem gets another title crack
By Dale Rosal
It?s not often that you see a boxer getting another stab at a world title immediately after losing his previous title bid. Not if you?re Melvin ?Gringo? Jerusalem. Because of his heads…
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Young stars included in Pinoy Pride 40
By Dale Rosal
YOUNG guns Mark ?Magnifico? Magsayo and Jeo ?Santino? Santisima will be joining veteran boxer Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes in the lineup of fights for the 40th edition of the famed Pinoy Pride Series…
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Villanueva vs Tete fight set on April 8
By Dale Rosal
ARTHUR Villanueva, whose ring name ?King Arthur? will try to relive United Kingdom?s famed legend, fights WBO world ranked number two bantamweight Zolane Tete of South Africa in Manchester, England on coming…
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Jerusalem vows to bounce back after world title loss in Thailand
By Dale Rosal
HOPES were high when Melvin ?Gringo? Jerusalem flew to Thailand for a chance to snatch a world title belt in his very young career. Jerusalem, however, didn?t get the job done as…
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Flores: Tapales will stop Omori
By Dale Rosal
Veteran trainer Brix Flores believes that it will be nothing short of a d?j? vu when his prized ward, the reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) world bantamweight king Marlon ?Nightmare? Tapales defends…