Rico Navarro
93 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Boxing and TV
In the world of pro boxing, who or what controls or manages the way the business of boxing is being run? Is it the group of alphabet boxing organizations like the World…
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Pinoy Pride returns to Cebu
Pinoy Pride returns to Cebu? Hasn?t it always been a Cebu-based event from the start? Then why return? Let?s call it a case of our being stung by a wrong hunch and…
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Pinoy Pride too
Fresh from another successful Pinoy Pride 27 in Dubai last week, Cebu Boxing, a.k.a. Philippine Boxing, is really on a roll. Based on the reports, feedback and social media comments about the…
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Boxing Booms
We can?t help but cite the rise of boxing which has continued on its momentum of reaching never-reached before levels. With the sport?s current boom, we hope the country can churn out…
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Cebu boxing goes global
While the ?biggest? news about Philippine boxing is Manny Pacquiao?s joining the PBA, we?ll have to take a back seat and look at the other more important developments in the sport, and…
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Donnie dominates
Donnie Nietes isn?t as popular as Manny Pacquiao or Nonito Donaire, is he? And he only happens to be the country?s only other world boxing champion aside from the Pacman and Edrin…
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Pinoy pride 25 sidelights: Getting there, Barrera and Milan ?Mayweather?
MANILA, Philippines ? To ALA Promotions and ABS-CBN Sports, boxing can and will be another sport that will slowly but surely bring in the Manila boxing fans. This was the common sentiment…
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Making kwento….with Quinito
For the thirty-second (32nd) straight year, the Sportswriters Association of Cebu or "SAC" recognized Cebu's top athletes and sportsmen for 2013 at ceremonies held at the Activity Center of the Ayala Center…
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Pinoy Pride
Are Genesis Servania and Arthur Villanueva the next world champs out of the Philippines? Do they have what it takes to follow in the footsteps of current world champions Donnie Nietes, Merlito…
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Boxing takes off in 2014
It took a while for Cebu Boxing to get things started this year, but after a two-month wait, it?s all set and ready for take off ; and you?ll see later they?ll…
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Cebu Boxing 2013
We can now consider the year of Cebu Boxing to be done and proudly declare that it has been another productive and successful year. Cebu Boxing has produced three world champions and…
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Bleacher Talk: Dreams come true: ALA Generations
When Merlito ?Tiger? Sabillo knocked out Jorle Estrada to defend his WBO minimumweight world title last Saturday in the main event of Pinoy Pride 21, it dawned upon us that this was…
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Amazing Cebu Boxing
Cebu Boxing gets a big boost in the next weeks with no less than three world championships involving Cebu Boxing. First up is Pinoy Pride 21 on Saturday, July 13, when Merlito…
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ALA?s Boom
If Pinoy Pride 19 (highlighted by Boom Boom Bautista?s loss) happened a decade ago, Cebu Boxing would?ve still been in ?mourning? today. If this were a decade ago, everything would?ve self-destructed with…
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Won the battle, but not the war
Two weird and unfortunate things happened in Manila last weekend, and this wasn?t exactly good news for Cebu sports. Worse, it happened in two separate events in Metro Manila. There?s a saying…
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Canelo-Lopez, Chavez Jr-Martinez
Today will mark the biggest weekend of boxing that doesn?t involve Manny Pacquiao. At noon today, the two biggest Mexican stars take on different opponents in time for the celebration of Mexico?s…
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Casimero: The unknown champ?
Who is he? He weighs in at 108 pounds a day before a fight. He hails from Ormoc and has made Cebu his residence where he also trains and ?works? as a…
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Bleacher Talk: Pinoy Pride Goes to Manila
We have good news and some bad news. The good news: Pinoy Pride is indeed shifting into high gear with a world title fight featuring Donnie Nietes on June 2. And that?s…
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Pinoy Pride revisited
Another Pinoy Pride. Another packed venue. Another TV high rater. Another Pinoy Win. Pinoy Pride indeed. After 13 editions of Pinoy Pride and a host of others before these that weren?t part…
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Me llamo Genaro Garcia
Comprendes? Thanks to our Spanish classes in college, this literally means, ?They call me Genaro Garcia.? It?s also translated as ?My name is Genaro Garcia? or ?I am Genaro Garcia.? Muy facil,…
