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PacMan + YouTube = millions of hits

IF YOU access the 5th most visited website in America and type the 13 letters of this Filipino boxer’s name, you will be astounded by …

Tue, 10 Nov 2009

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Rey Bautista: Will his punches boom-boom?

HIS first fight was at the Gaisano Country Mall. He was one week shy of his 17th birthday. Against an unknown Reyco Compendio, he won that b…

Sun, 11 Oct 2009

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Lessons we can learn from Dr. Pacquiao

AS president of the Sportswriters Association of Cebu (SAC), I was tasked to give the Closing Remarks at last Wednesday?s 27th SAC-SMC Cebu …

Sun, 22 Feb 2009

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MP, MP at the Cebu Sports Awards

THE Casino Espa?ol de Cebu, one of this city?s most stellar of clubs, is the venue tomorrow night for an event that is illustrious and peerl…

Tue, 17 Feb 2009

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Pacman vs. Hitman: Man, this will be a clash!

WEMBLEY Stadium, according to Wikipedia, ?is the largest stadium in the world with every seat under cover.? Having hosted football?s most ho…

Sun, 21 Dec 2008

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Pacman one of top Singapore stories? Yes, No

SINGAPORE?The Straits Times, the leading newspaper here, yesterday devoted nine full pages to sports. Football, the most popular game in thi…

Sun, 07 Dec 2008

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Boxing? A sport? No, it?s entertainment

ANTONIO Lopez Aldeguer, quoted by Quinito Henson in yesterday?s issue of The Philippine Star, summed it up best: ?Boom-Boom was in top shape…

Tue, 25 Nov 2008

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ALA says: ?No excuses, he wanted it more?

WHEN Antonio Lopez Aldeguer speaks, you listen. Yesterday morning, exactly 36 hours after his most prized apprentice, AJ ?Bazooka? Banal, co…

Tue, 29 Jul 2008

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On ?Laban na Banal,? a Q & A with Michael A

LAST night at 6:30 p.m., I spoke to one man who?s largely responsible for the mega-production that Cebuanos will witness this Saturday: the …

Thu, 24 Jul 2008

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11 points for Pac-Man who scored 11 out of 10

ONE, we pity David Diaz. My father-in-law, Jack Mendez, one of the toughest men I know who runs Centurion Security Agency and it?s over 1,00…

Tue, 01 Jul 2008

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Jonathan Davis, top boxing judge, speaks

I HAD to call. I had to seek the opinion of this highly-esteemed Filipino boxing judge. And so yesterday, at 5 p.m., I called. Jonathan Davi…

Tue, 18 Mar 2008

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Lucky (or unlucky) 13 for Manny?

TODAY is Manny Pacquiao?s 13th boxing fight in America. I looked up ?13? in Wikipedia and it brimmed with dozens of ?Unlucky 13? versus ?Luc…

Sun, 16 Mar 2008

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LA or Cebu? Pacman better off in Hollywood

NINE days from today, all 91 million Filipinos scattered around the globe will sit around TV screens, clap, stomp their feet, pray, and star…

Fri, 07 Mar 2008

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Z vs. V: Who'll be put to Zzzzz's in this fight?

LAST Sunday morning at the Casino Espa?ol de Cebu, I chanced upon meeting Michael Aldeguer. I’ve known Michael since high school—…

Tue, 29 Jan 2008

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Hello, 2008

Yesterday--last year--was a major time for sports. Manny Pacquiao fought three times: he won in April (against Jorge Solis) and in October (…

Tue, 01 Jan 2008

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At the Aldeguer home, Chris is the most athletic

ALA is The Father. You know him. Everyone knows him. Mention the words ?boxing? and ?godfather? and ?Cebu? in the same line and you receive …

Sun, 30 Dec 2007

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Boom! Flash! Boxing exams answered today

HE?S handsome, single, turned 25 years old when he celebrated his birthday in Cebu last Nov. 16, he?s world-famous, makes ladies swoon when …

Sun, 02 Dec 2007

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My favorite RP sports website?

EACH morning after exercise, I flip open my laptop, click on the Safari web browser, and visit websites all lumped under the same theme: Spo…

Thu, 08 Nov 2007

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Boom-Boom as tough as Pacquiao? Let?s see

WHEN Daniel Ponce de Leon dismantled and pulverized an explosive firecracker named Boom-Boom in a first-round KO last Aug.11, he didn?t just…

Thu, 25 Oct 2007

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Prayers by many help lift Manny

DIDN?T your hands feel clammy? Didn?t your heart pump thrice as fast? Didn?t your legs shake and feet stomp the floor and fist clench your k…

Tue, 09 Oct 2007