Nick Giongco
3,473 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Pac Boys
By Nick Giongco
Spent one day with the “Pac Boys” a few days ago in General Santos City. It was like Las Vegas all over again as we relive the days when Manny Pacquiao was…
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Ex-champ Ancajas remains driven
By Nick Giongco
Former world champion Jerwin Ancajas will resurface as a bantamweight in February 2023. Having struggled to maintain his weight at super-fly, Ancajas believes he will get back his winning ways by moving…
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Marcial books 4th pro fight
By Nick Giongco
Eumir Marcial ramps up his professional career when he “fights for a minor title” early next year. American boxing man Sean Gibbons, who runs Marcial’s career, told Daily Tribune that the Filipino…
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Pacquiao teases about comeback
By Nick Giongco
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Don’t be shocked if Manny Pacquiao ends up having a change of heart about his retirement. The past few weeks, Pacquiao has been working his tail off, waking…
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Laurente banners Blow-by-Blow
By Nick Giongco
Former amateur standout Criztian Pitt Laurente risks his unbeaten record against JR Magboo for the vacant Philippine Boxing Federation super-featherweight crown during the revival of Blow-by-Blow boxing program on 20 November at…
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ABAP kayoes Marcial
By Nick Giongco
Eumir Marcial can’t have his cake and eat it, too. The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines on Friday said that the Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist will have to decide whether…
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Pacquiao revives Blow-by-Blow
By Nick Giongco
The search for the next Manny Pacquiao begins on 20 November at the same site where the eight-division champion carved a name for himself. The talent identification program will be launched with…
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December to dismember
By Nick Giongco
It doesn’t look as if Manny Pacquiao is going to dance all night in the ring with Korean YouTube personality DK Yoo next month in Seoul. Lately, the eight-division champion has been…
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Espinosa’s sad story
By Nick Giongco
It was kind of disturbing when Luisito Espinosa told me last week that he was eyeing a boxing comeback. Not as a referee or judge but as a boxer. You see, it’s…
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Espinosa asks BBM for help
By Nick Giongco
Former boxing champion Luisito Espinosa needs help. Make that in dire need of help. Espinosa lived in the United States for over a decade and was forced to return to the Philippines…
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Pac-Yoo gets green light
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao visited the lion’s den yesterday when the eight-division champion attended a press conference in Seoul where his Korean rival DK Yoo met him. The two are facing off in a…
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Pacquiao (still) packs power
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao showed up for training the last two days and the guy who worked the mitts swore he felt the impact of the hard blows all over his body. “The power…
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Marcial to rejoin ABAP
By Nick Giongco
After Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Marcial takes care of business in Los Angeles early next month, he will immediately pack his bags and fly back to Manila to reunite with the…
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Tokyo money grab
By Nick Giongco
All it took Floyd Mayweather to fatten his bank account was less than two rounds. Appearing in his second exhibition bout on Japanese soil, Mayweather took out Mizuru Asakura at the end…
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Nightmare in Nakhon
By Nick Giongco
Hardcore fight fans swear they know by heart the details behind Manny Pacquiao’s greatest hits and even his painful losses. But there is one chapter — a dark one — in Pacquiao’s…
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Ancajas gets online fitness tips
By Nick Giongco
Former world champion Jerwin Ancajas gets strength and conditioning tips from the fitness guru of the Philippine men’s baseball, squash, water polo and soft tennis teams. The decision to tap the expertise…
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PSC beefs up Ancajas buildup
By Nick Giongco
In his quest to regain the International Boxing Federation super-flyweight crown, Jerwin Ancajas is being helped out by personnel from the Philippine Sports Commission. Ancajas is slated to battle Argentine Fernando Martinez…
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Get the picture?
By Nick Giongco
Got a few pieces of advice from the guys who read my piece last week regarding the unpublished photos of the great Manny Pacquiao. A long-time friend who was with me when…
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Padilla earns Nevada HOF induction
By Nick Giongco
Legendary boxing referee Carlos ‘Sonny’ Padilla was recently inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. Famous for serving as the third man in the ring when Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier…
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Finding ultra-rare Pacquiao photos
By Nick Giongco
Have been digging through my files lately and countless treasures — things I thought have been lost forever — have suddenly appeared on my lap. Apart from trinkets, old pictures of family…