John Pages
101 articles · Sunstar Cebu
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Pages: Before Manny, it?s David in Macau
By John Pages
MACAU - If last weekend, the 60th Macau Grand Prix was raced in this Chinese territory and, next week, on Dec. 1, running shoes will trample the streets with the Macau Marathon,…
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Pages: Odds are, Macau will be a jackpot
By John Pages
THIS Sunday will be the third time I?ll watch Emmanuel D. Pacquiao live. John Pages Match Point View profile The first was nine years ago. It was an open air bout at…
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Pages: MP: Hoping it means ?Macau Panalo?
By John Pages
I?M EXCITED. Three Sunday mornings from today, I hope to be inside CotaiArena of The Venetian Macao wearing two sets of hats: One is of a neutral, unbiased, scribble-what-I-see journalist covering Asia?s…
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Pages: Michael Aldeguer on Azukal, King Arthur
By John Pages
TYPING on his iPad from the U.S. where, as he said, ?I?m working on our California promoter?s license,? the president of ALA Promotions, Michael P. Aldeguer, offered these words in our Q…
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What if Pacman loses this Nov. 24?
By John Pages
Good-bye. The simple truth is, if Manny Pacquiao gets defeated a third straight time (in his upcoming bout in Macau), that?s it. He stops. He retires forever from boxing. Two weeks ago,…
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Pages: Should Manny have accepted Money?s $40M?
By John Pages
MULTIPLIED by the exchange rate (rounded off) of P40 to $1, the amount of $40 million translates to P1,600,000,000. Yes. No typo-error there. John Pages Match Point View profile That?s ?16? plus…
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Bye-bye, Boom Boom
By John Pages
LAST December, it was Pacquiao. Last April 6, it was Viloria. The other weekend, it was Donaire. And, last Sunday, it was Boom Boom. John Pages Match Point View profile Thus far,…
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Pages: Memories of ?The Filipino Flash? in Cebu
By John Pages
TWO months ago -- on February 5 -- Gerry Malixi, a fellow La Sallian who swims and bikes and is married to Sari Garcia, received a phone call. On his iPhone, the…
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Pinoy Pride 18, Xterra Tri and the PAL Interclub
By John Pages
IS THIS week the biggest ever in Cebu sports? Yes. It started last week when the PAL Interclub tournament teed off at the manicured lawns of Alta Vista. It continued with Day…
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Michael Aldeguer: ALA to invade US, Europe
By John Pages
THE president of ALA Promotions was my former high school basketball opponent. Trim and fit, he jogs five times each week in Cempark (?I make my business decisions when I run,? he…
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Wakee to Manny: Don?t fight Marquez next
By John Pages
OF the many advisers of Emmanuel Pacquiao--from pastors to Chavit S. to his fellow congressmen to Mr. Arum?one of his closest buddies is Cebu-based businessman Rex ?Wakee? Salud. Wakee and Manny have…
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Why is nobody interested in Pacman-Marquez 4?
By John Pages
PUERTO PRINCESA?It?s our first time in Palawan, the home of the longest navigable underground river in the world. We arrived last Friday. While Typhoon Ofel left Cebu and it was sunny in…
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Can AJ Banal do a Pacquiao in Manila?
By John Pages
OF the hundreds of sporting events that I?ve witnessed in my life, the date December 2004 stands out as unforgettable. It was a fight between a Thai and a Pinoy. Eight year…
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Manny?s 3Ps: ?Pahuway, Practice, Pangadji?
By John Pages
WAKEE Salud took my phone call yesterday. Like we do in almost every Manny Pacquiao fight, I call him two weeks prior to fight night. Wakee is Manny?s closest buddy. Their friendship…
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Pages: Knocking out the old, Pac?s a new Man
By John Pages
HAPPY Easter! One of our best decisions during the Holy Week was to attend the Triduum Retreat at the Sacred Heart Parish?facilitated by the Xavier School president, Fr. Johnny C. Go, SJ,…
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A battle won in the ninth
By John Pages
THE fight certainly lived up to its billing, and more. While the first encounter merited 2011 ?Upset of the Year? honors, the rematch might be a runaway candidate for 2012?s ?Fight of…
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Is Manny Pacquiao now a good boy?
By John Pages
THE Congressman from Sarangani had always been good. He?s good at boxing?winning his last 15 bouts. He?s good at accumulating wealth?earning $20 million per 36 minutes hopping on the ring. Manny is…
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Pages: Milan, in Cebu, stars in Mexico vs. Philippines
By John Pages
MICHAEL Pastrano Aldeguer and Bob Arum recently met. One of the top prospects that the chieftains of ALA Promotions and Top Rank discussed? El Metodico. The Method Man known for his precise,…
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Pages: Now we know: Pacman is not Superman
By John Pages
KO by Round 3!!! Not farther than the 6th!! Round 10... the very, very latest! Everybody anticipated a knockout. The bout wasn?t even about Manny winning or losing?that would have been a…
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Pages: Before Floyd, Manny will destroy J. Manuel
By John Pages
SEVEN mornings from today, traffic will halt. TV sets will be switched to full volume. Church masses at 11 a.m. will suffer few attendees. The crime rate? Down to zero. Movie theaters,…