Nick Giongco
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Pacquiao getting ready for Hollywood training
By Nick Giongco
ONCE HE reports for training at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, Manny Pacquiao will be so fit, he’ll practically be ready to climb up the ring. This is why he is…
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GBP offer to Pacquiao unethical, says US scribe
By Nick Giongco
WHAT Oscar Dela Hoya did in luring Manny Pacquiao to sign up with his Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) was unethical, a top boxing writer wrote in his column that came out yesterday.…
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Pacman to earn at least $ 2M in Solis fight
By Nick Giongco
MANNY PACQUIAO will get at least $ 2 million for his April 14 showdown with Jorge Solis in Texas, but the Filipino’s take-home pay will be much more than that after all…
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Roach sees easy win for Pacman
By Nick Giongco
MANNY PACQUIAO’S American trainer Freddie Roach said yesterday that he doesn’t expect Jorge Solis to pull an upset win over his ward, saying the Filipino’s biggest rival is not the Mexican but…
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Oscar made an offer Pacman can’t refuse
By Nick Giongco
Though not exactly in the mold of Vito Corleone in the famous movie "The Godfather," Oscar De La Hoya apparently made an offer Manny Pacquiao could not refuse. It is now being…
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We’re not paid protesters, say Pacman ‘fans’
By Nick Giongco
PEOPLE CLAIMING to be followers of Manny Pacquiao yesterday denied that they were paid to heckle the Filipino boxing hero when he showed up to watch the fights at the Cebu City…
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Boos in Cebu done by Pacquiao’s foes
By Nick Giongco
THE COLD welcome Manny Pacquiao received during his brief visit to Cebu over the weekend is already part of efforts by his prospective political opponents to ruin the boxing star’s plans to…
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Pacquiao in training mode
By Nick Giongco
MANNY PACQUIAO has set aside politics and has began training for his coming fight, surprising many who thought he was busy on the campaign trail for other candidates. "Hey, you know me,"…
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Pacquiao foe trains for fight of his life
By Nick Giongco
JORGE SOLIS of Mexico is going the extra mile in his training for the biggest fight of his life. Lined up against Manny Pacquiao, boxing’s most explosive puncher, on April 14 at…
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Pacquiao cheered, booed in Cebu City
By Nick Giongco
CEBU CITY— Boxing hero Manny Pacquiao got a not-so warm reception from local fans during his appearance in Saturday’s boxing card headlined by Boom Boom Bautista and Z Gorres at the Cebu…
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Gorres falls victim to bum decision
By Nick Giongco
CEBU CITY — The smell of cheating was so pervasive Saturday night that diehard boxing fans thought the WBO stood for World Boxing Odor, and not as World Boxing Organization. The Puerto…
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Pacman hits Cebu!
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao arrived in Cebu late Friday night with trainer Buboy Fernandez, lawyer Jing Gacal and Solar Sports executive Rico Arce. It could not be determined if Pacquiao's presence has got something…
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Gorres battles Mexican with more than just a win at stake
By Nick Giongco
CEBU CITY ? For Z Gorres, today?s showdown with Mexico?s Fernando Montiel is all about making a name for himself. Long been fighting under the shadow of his much younger stablemate Rey…
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Gomez: Nobody knows Solis!
By Nick Giongco
Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) matchmaker Eric Gomez told the Manila Bulletin on Thursday that Manny Pacquiao is not getting the fight that he truly deserves following the formal annoucement that the Filipino…
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Pacman passes aptitude test from education dept.
By Nick Giongco
PERHAPS TRYING to prove to skeptics that his brain is also as quick as his hands, boxing icon Manny Pacquiao took an aptitude test supervised by the Department of Education – and…
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Boom Boom has new opponent
By Nick Giongco
OWING TO visa problems, Colombian Feider Viloria failed to arrive in the country on Tuesday but the lead promoter of Saturday night’s big bash at the Cebu City Sports Complex succeeded in…
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I am focused on Solis fight — Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
TOLD THAT he was not probably preparing physically and mentally for his April 14 fight with Jorge Solis of Mexico in San Antonio, Texas, Filipino star Manny Pacquiao yesterday said he is…
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Bautista, Gorres armed to the teeth
By Nick Giongco
FILIPINO BEAKBUSTERS Rey ‘Boom Boom’ Bautista and Z Gorres enter their respective fights this Saturday armed with over 100 rounds of sparring, top trainer Ala Villamor revealed yesterday. "They prepared really long…
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Montiel in Cebu for Gorres duel
By Nick Giongco
THE MOMENT Fernando Montiel and his party of five arrived in Cebu late yesterday morning, the Mexican immediately requested that he be brought to the well-equipped Antonio L. Aldeguer (ALA) boxing gym…
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Get back to the gym, Pacman told
By Nick Giongco
IT’S BEEN a while since Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao have talked and it just took a call to the Wild Card by a newspaperman for the master and his prized pupil…