Thursday, 24 September 2026 · Philippines

Mike T. Limpag

131 articles published

Articles by Mike T. Limpag

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To Sir ALA, thank you for the memories

It was at Casino Español 13 years ago that I first saw Antonio L. Aldeguer got emotional. It was the Sportswriters Association of Cebu-San M…

Mon, 03 Oct 2022
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Limpag: Can Pacquiao keep his focus?

One guy in the Pacman camp once described his entourage as one big distraction. There are just way too many people, some with conflicting du…

Mon, 05 Jul 2021
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Limpag: Marcial’s advantage

Olympian boxer Eumir Marcial is in the news again but for the wrong reasons just a few weeks before the Tokyo Olympics. Marcial, who receive…

Sun, 16 May 2021
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Limpag: Nietes’s comeback fight

When I saw a photo of Donnie Nietes a month or two into the first lockdown, my immediate thought was, this was a guy who’s enjoying retireme…

Wed, 07 Apr 2021
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Limpag: Casimero vs. Inoue, Act 1

“I’d just let my manager decide,” is a common answer of Filipino boxers when asked if they’d like to fight a certain boxer. I think it’s bec…

Wed, 30 Sep 2020
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Limpag: Donnie and Pacman

A FEW days before the barnyard dung hit the fan, SunStar Superbalita sports editor Jun Migallen posted a photo of him and former world champ…

Mon, 23 Mar 2020
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Limpag: Magsayo?s return

THE last time I saw Mark Magsayo up close, he left no doubt on the thousands who saw his match that he was going to be a future world champi…

Sat, 13 Apr 2019
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Limpag: Jhack the Olympian

I had a chance to join Ed Picson of Abap the other night, together with Philippine Sports Commission bigwigs Charles Maxey of Davao and Ramo…

Mon, 10 Sep 2018
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Limpag: Deifying Pacquiao

WHEN Manny Pacquiao knocked out Lucas Matthysse in Kuala Lumpur last Sunday, there was no other perfect narrative than that of a champion, w…

Mon, 23 Jul 2018
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Limpag: Dissecting Pacquiao

AFTER Manny Pacquiao?s unexpected knockout win last Sunday against Lucas Mathhysse, there was an interesting thread on social media about se…

Thu, 19 Jul 2018
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Limpag: Losing interest in Pacman

IT used to be that everyone plus their karaoke-loving off-tune neighbor would be airing a Pacquiao fight on a Sunday and the most common que…

Fri, 13 Jul 2018
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Limpag: ALA calls Magsayo?s bluff

AT the height of Mark Magsayo?s controversial bolting from ALA Promotions, the wife of the boxer, who is now his manager, dared ALA Promotio…

Thu, 28 Jun 2018
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Limpag: The curse of ALA fighters

IT?S something that has become rather common in the past few years, starting with Rey Bautista. An ALA fighter loses abroad and armchair exp…

Thu, 04 Jan 2018
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Limpag: Leadership change

What a difference a change in the leadership of the Games and Amusement Board has been. Ever since Abraham Mitra was appointed chairman, the…

Sat, 25 Nov 2017
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Limpag: Donnie?s dream

MY only goal then was to keep the title. I never expected to be a champion this long. That?s what reigning IBF flyweight champion Donnie Nie…

Wed, 04 Oct 2017
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Limpag: 10 years a champ

TEN years ago, Donnie Nietes faced then undefeated Pornsawan Porpramook for the vacant WBO minimumweight title at the Waterfront Hotel and C…

Sat, 30 Sep 2017