Beth Celis
125 articles · The Manila Bulletin
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Will mega-fight push through?
By Beth Celis
DAVAO CITY?Just like in Manila these days, the hot topic of discussion during the luncheon hosted by ALA patriarch Tony Aldeguer after the Pinoy Pride 29 weigh-in at SM Davao last Friday,…
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Fight won?t go the distance
By Beth Celis
MACAU?Tipping the scales at 144.4 pounds during the weigh-in on the eve of his fight with eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, Chris Algieri tried to lower his weight some more by taking…
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Pinoy Pride going global
By Beth Celis
CEBU CITY?Our Cebu Pacific flight was delayed and the traffic from the Mactan Airport to the legendary Casino Espa?ol was monstrous that we almost missed the welcome dinner for Pinoy Pride 28…
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Pagara new world boxing prospect
By Beth Celis
A CEBU-BASED acquaintance, who is in Manila on a business trip, just couldn?t stop talking about ?Prince? Albert Pagara, the current IBF intercontinental super bantamweight champion from the ALA stable, who will…
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Sorento to watch Pacquiao in Macau
By Beth Celis
How lucky can a PBA team get. KIA Sorento has not won a single championship and already it?s getting a bonus trip to Macau next month. ?The players and the coaching staff…
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Pacquiao makes hoop history
By Beth Celis
The Press room at Philippine Arena was jampacked after the KIA-Blackwater match last Sunday with everyone anticipating the first appearance of the winning coach at the usual post-game interview. ?In all the…
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A likeable foe for Pacquiao
By Beth Celis
MANY Filipinos? loyalty will be torn between countryman Manny Pacquiao and opponent Chris Algieri when the two come face-to-face at Cotai Arena at The Venetian Macao Resort to fight for the WBO…
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?Most exciting Pinoy Pride?
By Beth Celis
It took ABS-CBN and partner ALA Promotions almost a year to organize the first overseas venture for Pinoy Pride, ?Duel in Dubai,? featuring two undefeated ALA fighters Genesis ?Azucar? Servania and ?King?…
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Not this time for spoiled Pacmom
By Beth Celis
HE SHOWERED her with multi-carat diamonds and expensive leather goods like Hermes, Louis Vuitton and Prada. He built her a house?a mansion by Gen. Santos standards, and when she grew tired of…
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Boxing bros ?works in progress?
By Beth Celis
As of June 13, the Quezon City police had yet to determine the motive behind the killing of car racer Enzo Pastor, who was shot in the head Thursday night inside the…
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Nietes just couldn?t lose this time
By Beth Celis
The Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay exuded an unusually bright aura last Saturday with Pinoy Pride 25. The fight card featured the rematch between WBO light flyweight champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes…
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Donaire set to rebound from 2013 nightmare
By Beth Celis
WITH the concession on the expansion draft eased just a teeny-weeny bit by the PBA board, there will be at least two active players from each of the 10 PBA ballclubs that…
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?Pacquiao a great ambassador for basketball?
By Beth Celis
PBA Media Bureau head Willie Marcial said his office has been receiving calls and e-mails trying to confirm the veracity of a report that came out recently announcing that ?People?s Champ? Manny…
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Measuring ?Azukal?
By Beth Celis
It must have been about two years ago when we first (and last) came face-to-face with boxer Genesis Servania for a one-on-one interview, along with his ALA stablemates Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes and…
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Manny?s next foe still unknown
By Beth Celis
FOLLOWING the recent triumph of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision over Brandon Rios, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum announced that the Pacman?s next bout will be staged in Las…
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Political ploy?
By Beth Celis
The timing could not have been more perfect, according to a pair of political science professors who dined with a small group of media men last night. They were of course, being…
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Rios retiring Pacquiao? Unlikely
By Beth Celis
Less than a week before his encounter with Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, Brandon Rios bragged that he would send the eight-division world champion into retirement. It wasn?t the first time he…
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Good chance at a comeback
By Beth Celis
BRANDON Rios was the first to talk about retirement. Not Manny Pacquiao, his opponent on Nov. 24 in Macau. Rios had proudly declared about three weeks ago that he would retire Pacquiao,…
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Why Darchinyan, instead of Rigondeaux?
By Beth Celis
IT?S HARD to tell if Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has indeed lost faith in Nonito Donaire Jr. after the ?Filipino Flash? was soundly beaten over 12 rounds by two-time Olympic gold…
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Pacquiao vs Marquez 5 still possible
By Beth Celis
DUBBED by many boxing gurus during his peak as ?the greatest fighter that ever lived,? eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao was toppled twice last year, first by American Timothy Bradley who beat…