Nick Giongco
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JC’s Fears
By Nick Giongco
Filipino promoter JC Mananquil felt afraid going into Melvin Jerusalem’s title challenge against Yudai Shigeoka last Sunday in Nagoya. It was not as if he didn’t have faith and confidence in his…
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DARING TO DREAM
By Nick Giongco
Melvin Jerusalem doesn’t only want a lengthy reign. The newly-crowned World Boxing Council minimumweight champion, the country’s only world boxing titleholder at the moment, even wants to unify all four major belts.…
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MARVELOUS MELVIN
By Nick Giongco
Newly-crowned world boxing champion, Melvin Jerusalem arrived in Manila on Monday afternoon clutching a replica of the World Boxing Council (WBC) strap that he had won less than 24 hours earlier on…
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DOUBLE TROUBLE
By Nick Giongco
Two Filipino title challengers — former world champion Melvin Jerusalem and late replacement Jake Amparo — bid to put an end to the jinx that has struck Philippine boxing tonight in Nagoya,…
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Sulaiman Backs Planned Pacquiao Comeback
By Nick Giongco
Amid speculations that Manny Pacquiao is on the verge of formally announcing his return, the World Boxing Council (WBC) leadership immediately came to his defense with no less than the Mexico City-based…
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FIL-MEX WARS LOOM
By Nick Giongco
World Boxing Council (WBC) president Mauricio Sulaiman vowed to stage a dual meet involving the Philippines and Mexico during the second staging of the Elorde-Pacquiao Boxing Awards in 2025. “Next year, we…
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HAND OF STONE
By Nick Giongco
Eumir Marcial made full use of his lone fight before campaigning in the 2024 Paris Olympics by scoring a one-punch fourth-round knockout of Thailand’s Thoedsak Sinam late Saturday night before adoring fans…
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Pacquiao Lends Hand To ‘Bad Boy’
By Nick Giongco
Eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao promised one of Philippine boxing’s most well-loved fighters a heftier monthly pension from the city government of General Santos. Former World Boxing Council super-featherweight champion Rolando Navarrete, dubbed…
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Boxing Tourism
By Nick Giongco
Went around the walled city of Intramuros for a short tour on Thursday morning. As it turned out, I often acted as the tour guide since I was familiar with the area…
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Thai Out To Ruin Marcial’s Plan
By Nick Giongco
If Thoedsak Sinam sticks to his gameplan, Paris Olympics-bound Eumir Marcial will have to go down the well in order to get rid of his Thai rival this Saturday night at the…
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Kazakh Threatens Marcial’s Olympic Gold Quest
By Nick Giongco
Eumir Marcial’s path towards the 2024 Paris Olympics light-heavyweight (80 kilogram) gold medal became a lot more competitive with the entry of world champion Nurbek Oralbay of Kazakhstan. Oralbay’s qualification was formalized…
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Sulaiman The Magnificent
By Nick Giongco
One of boxing’s most influential and powerful figures is coming to town. Mauricio Sulaiman, whose late father Jose reigned as World Boxing Council president for over three decades, is gracing the first…
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Saudi Arabia Wants Pacquiao Fight
By Nick Giongco
Turki Al-Sheikh, the Saudi adviser at the Royal Court and chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, would like to see Manny Pacquiao make his comeback fight in Riyadh. “Manny, I want you…
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King Kong Vs Godzilla
By Nick Giongco
For fight fans, all roads lead to the Tokyo Dome on 6 May. In what has been labeled as Japan’s biggest boxing event of all time — bigger than the two Mike…
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Fan-Favorite Bacosa Returns
By Nick Giongco
Crowd-darling Eman Bacosa takes the spotlight anew when the fast-rising lightweight battles Jay Clyde Langahin in a four-round duel during Manny Pacquiao Presents: Blow-By-Blow on 24 March at the Okada Manila Hotel…
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TRIP TO JERUSALEM
By Nick Giongco
One of two Filipino boxers tasked to end the world title drought for the Philippines on 31 March is right on track in his buildup, Melvin Jerusalem’s think-tank assured on Saturday. Jerusalem…
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ALL FIGURED OUT
By Nick Giongco
Somewhere in Davao City, Vincent Astrolabio is plotting the downfall of one of Japan’s most celebrated champions. Junto Nakatani, who recently captured the World Boxing Council bantamweight crown, is the man Astrolabio…
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FISTS OF FURY
By Nick Giongco
Miel Fajardo packs so much power that it is a matter of time before he becomes the Philippines’ next world champion. Armed with an 11-1-1 record with 10 knockouts, Fajardo gets the…
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DON’T COUNT HIM OUT
By Nick Giongco
Almost 30 years after his professional debut, Manny Pacquiao was back in the ring in General Santos on Wednesday sweating it out and hoping to land a lucrative payday in Saudi Arabia.…
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Saudi Hosting Pacquiao Fight?
By Nick Giongco
Sean Gibbons is going on a desert expedition to present boxing’s newest power brokers a proposal that will have Manny Pacquiao fighting one of the sport’s marquee names. Representing the Pacquiao-owned MP…