Nick Giongco
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Tapales Stays Sharp
By Nick Giongco
It didn’t take too long for two-belt world super-bantamweight champion Marlon Tapales to convince do-it-all American boxing man Sean Gibbons that he is ready to rumble with Japanese Naoya “Monster” Inoue in…
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NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOE
By Nick Giongco
Joe Ramos was drooling over the prospects of tasty Thai food on the way to his 1 p.m. appointment in Makati when he got a rather disappointing response from the lady manning…
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MAKE WAY FOR MANNY — Pacquiao Assured Of Hall Of Fame Spot
By Nick Giongco
The number of Filipinos inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame will increase in 2024 should Manny Pacquiao’s name gets included on the ballot. Fresh from announcing the cast of 2023,…
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Pacquiao Publicist Enters Hall
By Nick Giongco
Fred Sternburg, the Denver-based former publicist of Manny Pacquiao, made it to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Falling under the Non-Participants category, Sternburg will be honored during the four-day festivities from…
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Tapales Heats Up Baguio Camp
By Nick Giongco
BAGUIO CITY — On an overcast Tuesday afternoon, Marlon Tapales and his chief trainer Ernel Fontanilla had the Shape Up Boxing gym all to themselves, a sight that was a total opposite…
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Conquer Your Fear — Tapales Takes Page From Tyson’s Playbook
By Nick Giongco
BAGUIO CITY — Marlon Tapales sounded like Mike Tyson when a handful of Manila-based scribes paid a visit to his high-altitude training camp on Monday. Tapales is in the final and most…
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Operation Downfall — Underdog Tapales Plots Japanese Invasion
By Nick Giongco
Told about the tremendous odds stacked against him, Marlon Tapales paused for a second or two before coming up with an answer bordering on the metaphysical. “He breathes the same air that…
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Tapales Gets VADA Visit
By Nick Giongco
Blood and urine samples of unified world super-bantamweight champion Marlon Tapales were taken by agents of the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday in Baguio City. The visit came about a month before…
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Fortune Cookie
By Nick Giongco
A few days before he rumbled with Marco Antonio Barrera for the first time 20 years ago in San Antonio, Texas, Manny Pacquiao and his entourage — numbering about 10 people —…
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Remembering Pacquiao-Barrera 1
By Nick Giongco
In just a few days — on 15 November to be exact — one of Philippine sporting history’s greatest triumphs will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Manny Pacquiao, who was picked to serve…
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Ancajas Makes Extreme Sacrifice
By Nick Giongco
Former world boxing champion Jerwin Ancajas had just wound up another day of intense training when he learned about the bad news. He had to pinch himself to check if he was…
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Marcial Eyes Rocky Road To Paris Gold
By Nick Giongco
Eumir Marcial is in real tough company in the 80-kilogram division of the boxing competitions of the Paris Olympics in 2024. Apart from his Chinese conqueror in the 19th Asian Games in…
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POWER FOR POWER — ‘Godzilla’ Inoue Imports Heavy-Handed Mexicans
By Nick Giongco
Naoya “Monster” Inoue ramped up his training by importing two left-handed Mexican heavy-hitters to his Osaka camp as the Japanese pound-for-pound king braces for a war with Filipino rival Marlon Tapales on…
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ABAP Needs New Recruits
By Nick Giongco
In order to rely on homegrown talent, there ought to be regular boxing shows for amateur boxers across the nation. By staging quarterly tournaments for kids, the country won’t find it hard…
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Astrolabio Stays On Red Alert
By Nick Giongco
Vincent “Asero” Astrolabio doesn’t want to end up looking like a deer caught in the headlights. After surviving a tough war with Thailand Nawaphon Kaikanha in a title elimination bout in Bangkok…
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HANDS OF STEEL — Power-Punching Astrolabio Trains With Tapales
By Nick Giongco
In a bid to approximate the paralyzing power of Japanese pound-for-pound star Naoya Inoue, the camp of Marlon Tapales is bringing in an equally heavy-handed fighter to his Baguio training camp next…
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Ancajas Loads Up Ahead Of Japan Battle
By Nick Giongco
Jerwin Ancajas is getting himself armed to the teeth as he revs up for what could possibly be his last crack at a world title next month in Tokyo. A little over…
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Tapales Targets High-Altitude Training
By Nick Giongco
Marlon Tapales will head to the mountains of Benguet for high-altitude training in preparation for his world super-bantamweight unification showdown with Naoya Inoue on 26 December in Japan. Currently in Las Vegas,…
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DATE WITH DESTINY — Tapales Vs Inoue Unification War Set
By Nick Giongco
Marlon Tapales attempts to raise the level of celebration of the Filipinos during the height of the Christmas festivities when he collides with Japanese pound-for-pound star Naoya “Monster” Inoue for the undisputed…
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PARIS POWERHOUSE — Eumir’s Team Draws Up Olympic Blueprint
By Nick Giongco
Las Vegas is ready to welcome Hangzhou Asian Games silver medalist Eumir Marcual back as his American think tank lends a helping hand to the Filipino’s quest for the gold medal in…