Nick Giongco
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Tapales to foe: `Yes, I will steal your (two) belts’
By Nick Giongco
SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Marlon Tapales admitted it was two-belt champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev who started the word war when they faced off for the first time during a press conference Thursday at the Hyatt…
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Starving Tapales dreams of ‘mukbang’
By Nick Giongco
SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Whenever hunger strikes Filipino fighter Marlon Tapales, he reaches out for his smartphone and searches for his favorite mukbang (eatcast) videos to satisfy his intense craving for food. In the…
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Bornea challenges Martinez in Minneapolis
By Nick Giongco
SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Former amateur standout Jade Bornea will fight defending champion Fernando Martinez of Argentina for the International Boxing Federation super-flyweight crown on 24 June in Minneapolis. Martinez is best known for…
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Grand reward awaits Tapales
By Nick Giongco
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Marlon Tapales is not only gunning for two world titles belts Saturday night (Sunday in Manila) but is actually playing the lottery when he faces Murodjon Akhmadaliev at…
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Tapales heads to the Alamo
By Nick Giongco
All is set for Filipino puncher Marlon Tapales’ bold bid to become a two-belt world champion this weekend in San Antonio, Texas. Tapales had just capped his Las Vegas training camp and…
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Victory is at hand
By Nick Giongco
Unless he steps on a banana peel on the way to the ring, Marlon Tapales is going to win two world titles on 8 April in San Antonio, Texas. That’s the belief…
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Marlon Tapales steps on brakes
By Nick Giongco
Marlon Tapales conducted his last sparring session on Wednesday in Las Vegas, less than two weeks before his shot at two world boxing titles in San Antonio, Texas. “He did six rounds…
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Astrolabio wows Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
Vincent Astrolabio could be the next big thing of Philippine boxing. Veteran trainer Nonoy Neri revealed over the weekend that no less than eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao marveled at the 25-year-old bantamweight…
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Navarrete gets rid of ‘Bad Boy’ image
By Nick Giongco
Long before Manny Pacquiao, there was Rolando Navarrette. Known during his heyday as the Bad Boy from Dadiangas, Navarrete reigned as World Boxing Council super-featherweight champion from August 1981 until May 1982.…
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Tapales slows down in training
By Nick Giongco
All is quiet on Filipino challenger Marlon Tapales’ front. But it doesn’t mean the heavy-handed southpaw is not killing himself in training as he revs up for his two-belt world title clash…
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Suarez racing against time
By Nick Giongco
Charly Suarez is in a mad rush to secure a world title shot. At 34, time is no longer on the side of the Rio Olympics veteran. Coming off a come-from-behind 12th-round…
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Jerusalem plots Wild Card camp
By Nick Giongco
Efforts are under way for world boxing champion Melvin Jerusalem to set up camp at the Wild Card Boxing Club for the final stage of his buildup for the mandatory defense of…
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Hand injury grounds Eumir Marcial
By Nick Giongco
Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Marcial will remain grounded in the next few months. Marcial showed up during the Philippine Sportswriters Association Awards Night on Monday with his right hand in a…
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Forgotten hero of Phl boxing
By Nick Giongco
Several years ago, the editor of The Ring magazine paid homage to Pancho Villa at the North Cemetery in Manila. There were no lavish rites when Niguel Collins visited the grave of…
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Underdog Magsayo braces for battle
By Nick Giongco
Mark Magsayo is the clear underdog against punching machine Brandon Figueroa in their scheduled 12-round showdown for the interim World Boxing Council featherweight title on Saturday night (Sunday noon in Manila) at…
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Melvin Jerusalem guaranteed P6.3M
By Nick Giongco
Pint-sized Filipino puncher Melvin Jerusalem and his team have been guaranteed a whopping purse of $114,000 (P6.3 million) when he battles mandatory challenger Oscar Collazo of Puerto Rico on 27 May. The…
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Tapales receives expert advice
By Nick Giongco
‘Akhmadaliev has changed and is now a better fighter but he is the same, aggressive.’ There’s one guy at Marlon Tapales’ training camp who knows Murodjon Akhmadaliev like the palm of his…
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ABAP skipping world boxfest?
By Nick Giongco
They want their own terms The Philippines might end up skipping the 2023 World Championships and join a boycott being led by the United States and Great Britain as a sign of…
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Bornea out for revenge
By Nick Giongco
Jade “Hurricane” Bornea gets his chance not only to become a world champion but exact vengeance against the Argentine banger who put an end to Jerwin Ancajas’ reign of terror in the…
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Donaire paired with wily Mexican
By Nick Giongco
Four-division legend Nonito Donaire will battle Mexican Alejandro Santiago for the vacant World Boxing Council bantamweight throne, the Mexico-based governing body said. Donaire was supposed to face off with Jason Moloney but…