Mark F. Villanueva
92 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Pacquiao Versus Bradley: Livin’ On A Prayer
Las Vegas ? Time is gold and while Timothy Bradley had been warmed up and psyched, thousands of fans eagerly waited for their grand entrance into the flashy arena, yet the affable…
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Hawaiian Punch Can’t Be Sweeter
He tucked his pride and started a laborious journey to rebuild himself. At that point it was about pushing back all kinds of distractions and setting priorities straight as he went back…
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The New Floyd Mayweather Jr. Beats Cotto
If a man is never really free unless he is truly able to speak his mind, then American boxer, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is among the freest men I know. Having built his…
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Bernabe Concepcion: A Critical Review
Facing the 5'8 Mexican it was obvious he had to fight him short. But the manner of which Bernabe Concepcion fought Mikey Garcia in Puerto Rico last March 10, 2012 in Puerto…
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Of Fathers & Sons: Wilfredo Vasquez Jr. Versus Nonito Donaire Jr.
Boxing, at its highest level, is like a surgeon dissecting with precision. It is doubly mental than it is physical and keeping distractions to the minimum is vital. When emotions are high…
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Pacquiao Versus Marquez: Overtime
Dateline: Las Vegas, Nevada, November 12, 2011 -- Legendary Mexican prizefighter Juan Manuel "Dynamita" Marquez won the Welterweight battle against the best in the world, Manny Pacquiao, in spirit. He walked out…
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Youthful Juan Manuel Marquez
When I travel to new places I try to embrace that feeling of literally not knowing where I am for there are days when you just wish you could just disappear. When…
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Nonito Donaire Jr: Flash Streaks Through The Black Hole
Dateline: New York, New York, October 22, 2011 ? Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire Jr. steps in with a personality strong enough to light up an arena and electrify those watching him…
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Donnie Nietes Glitters
His entrance from the tunnel was slow but steady, walking across the dimmed arena toward the center of the ring. The whole process was like a metaphor of his own transformation as…
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Mayweather vs Ortiz: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
It reveals who we truly are, what we are not, and certain traits we may not have known ourselves to possess. Emotions complicate things and it ran too high when Victor Ortiz'…
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Floyd Mayweather Storm
A day before Victor Ortiz finally enters the eye of the storm with the biggest fight of his career against Floyd Mayweather Jr. it seems that the current WBC Welterweight champion's character…
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Boxing Giveth, Boxing Taketh Away
More than three decades ago my father, the late Judge Napoleon Dagani Villanueva, once told me at the sala of our old home that Boxing is a thinking man?s sport. We were…
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Zab Judah’s Performance: No Khan Do
Dateline: Las Vegas, Nevada, June 23, 2011 - English Boxer, Amir "King" Khan continues to rise from the rubble caused by his only defeat against one Breidis Prescott in Greater Manchester. Since…
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Zab Judah’s Faith Is His Weapon
There are points in human behavior we cannot fully fathom. How some people find difficulty being around others, a lover's irrational jealousy, over zealousness on a subject, how other's draw inspiration from…
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BRIAN VILORIA INTERVIEW
We may be many things to different people at the same time, and a collective perception of us by a certain crowd could change by time's passage. But you don't just start…
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BRANDON RIOS: MR. EXCITEMENT!
The Mexican-American boxer from Oxnard, California Brandon Rios may be easily disliked by many for his brazen ways, but the first time I saw him fight it was actually his crass boxing…
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Juan Manuel Marquez The Dreamer
Back when I was small I would get up early in the morning and watch the vacant streets of where we once lived, tracing it far past my cousin's house and that…
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Nonito Donaire Jr.: The Prodigal Son Loses No Respect
The truth, I have found, always hits you hardest because it has no emotion, therefore it never hesitates in directness, precision, and is brutally unforgiving. It does not simply take chances out…
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Victor Ortiz: The Young Padawan
I can see how Victor Ortiz? promoter, Oscar Dela Hoya is also his number one believer. They?re both Mexican-Americans with talent and skill to complement their power, and Ortiz has raw power…
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr: The Curse Of Greatness
Maybe if I sprouted into life on my own I would be complete. I?d have no past reference and only the future to look forward to. Had it not been for the…
