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Pages: Manny Pacquiao City

WHEN Dr. Ronald Eullaran invited us to his hometown of Gen. Santos City last April, we said yes. Who can say no to one of the nicest and fun…

Tue, 27 Jun 2017

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Pages: Pacquiao-Khan? Yes, Pacquiao can

AMIR Khan is not American. He?s British. Haha. I know that?s corny but here?s a serious note: Amir Iqbal Khan is dangerous. At the age of 17…

Tue, 28 Feb 2017

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Pages: Aldeguer looks ahead to 2017 and beyond

PINOY Pride has become too big a show for the true boxing fans in the provinces, said Michael Pastrano Aldeguer, the president and CEO of AL…

Mon, 09 Jan 2017

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Pages: Pacquiao: Are you a boxer or a senator?

BARELY two weeks have passed since his title changed from ?Congressman? to ?Senator? and now we hear this news: Pacquiao is fighting. Mike L…

Sun, 17 Jul 2016

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Pages: Can Manny win our first Olympic gold?

EVER since the Philippines competed in this once-every-four-years intramurals called the Olympics (in 1924), we have failed. By ?failed,? I …

Thu, 03 Mar 2016

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Pages: Pacman?s finale: calculated, brilliant, boring

THE last time Manny Pacquiao climbed the 20? x 20? boxing ring, he lost. That was last May against Mayweather. The last thing Manny Pacquiao…

Sun, 03 Jan 2016

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Michael Aldeguer: ALA invades USA

NO promotional boxing outfit from Asia had ever secured a U.S. license before. Many have tried but all have failed. Until now. It took Micha…

Mon, 31 Aug 2015

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Pages: David vs. Goliath? Yao Ming beats Pacquiao

HEAD to head, if we compare our 100-million-strong nation to the 1,400-million strong giant that?s China, we?re dwarfed. That?s why we appea…

Thu, 13 Aug 2015

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Pages: MMA vs. boxing

LAST Thursday, I posed a query: Is Mixed Martial Arts more brutal than boxing? Fellow sportswriter (of The Freeman) and amateur MMA fighter …

Sun, 22 Mar 2015

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Pages: Floyd?s marketing ploy

ONLY 10 weeks remain. Why the delay? If he?s going to announce it anyway, why prolong the wait? Dozens upon dozens of articles in Philboxing…

Thu, 19 Feb 2015

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Pages: Can SuperManny still score a knockout?

WHAT we love about Manny Pacquiao is his knockout power. Who?ll forget his perfect stab on Ricky Hatton?s cheek in Round 2? Or the forward-l…

Sun, 23 Nov 2014

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Pages: History will be made this Saturday

IN BOXING, everybody says they?ll knockout their opponent. Right? Haven?t you noticed this? Fighters brag and showboat. ?I am prepared to gi…

Thu, 13 Nov 2014

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Pages: Michael Aldeguer: ALA flies to Dubai

OVER 450,000 Filipinos reside in Dubai. Working in the fields of construction, retail, I.T., tourism, medicine, architecture and more, our f…

Fri, 29 Aug 2014

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Donnie Nietes and Pinoy Pride 25

A DOZEN years ago, when Donnie Nietes arrived in Cebu from Negros Occidental, he was only 19. He had studied elementary in the town of Murci…

Sun, 27 Apr 2014

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Pages: Lunch with Donnie Nietes

THE WBO world boxing champion likes to bike. He owns four types of folding bikes. One that?s 16 inches (the wheel); he has two more, 20 and …

Wed, 23 Apr 2014

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Pages: Manny Pacquiao beats Timothy badly

HAMBOG. If there?s one thing Timothy Bradley displayed two days ago, it?s this: he?s a showman who loves to taunt, mock, jeer. He?s a boast,…

Mon, 14 Apr 2014

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Pages: Wakee Salud: Bradley has improved a lot

I TRIED calling Gerry Pe?alosa yesterday. The ringing tone sounded different, like the call was international. Hours later, I found out why.…

Thu, 03 Apr 2014

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Pages: Honoring the best

IT'S called ?The Oscars? of Cebu sports. It?s that one afternoon when all the star athletes from Badminton to Golf to MMA to Rugby to Volley…

Mon, 24 Mar 2014

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Pages: Eight post-fight notes on Pacquiao-Rios

FIRST, if you want the best seats in the arena, write for sports. We sat 11 rows from the stage. Had we purchased those tickets, they?d be o…

Mon, 25 Nov 2013

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Pages: Weighing in on the weigh-in

MACAU?Michael Buffer kept on repeating the words: ?This is the biggest boxing event EVER here on the Asian continent!? Starring the greatest…

Sun, 24 Nov 2013