Nick Giongco
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Ancajas gets PSC ‘help’
By Nick Giongco
Former world champion Jerwin Ancajas is back working with a team of nutritionists to address his weight difficulties. About six weeks before he attempts to regain the International Boxing Federation super-flyweight crown,…
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Marcial opens LA buildup
By Nick Giongco
Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Marcial is flying to the United States next week in preparation for his third professional fight in October. “He will be leaving 29 August,” MP Promotions chief…
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Phl boxers set up U.S. camp
By Nick Giongco
A three-man boxing squad led by 2016 Rio Olympics veteran Rogen Ladon is in Colorado Springs for high-altitude training and competition. Ladon is joined there by Aira Villegas and Hergie Bacyadan and…
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Filipino banger terrorizes Thailand
By Nick Giongco
There’s a new boxing sensation in Thailand and he is not even a native Thai. Actually, he’s a Filipino. World-ranked super-flyweight Adrian “Wild Beast” Lerasan continued his rampage on Thai soil, stopping…
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Tapales seeks title shot
By Nick Giongco
Former world champion Marlon Tapales is packed and ready to go back to the United States to expedite his shot at the title. After spending a couple of months in the country,…
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Ancajas eyes payback in LA
By Nick Giongco
Revenge is foremost on Jerwin Ancajas’ mind when he battles Argentine Fernando Martinez in their 8 October rematch in Los Angeles. While regaining the International Boxing Federation super-flyweight crown is tops on…
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Bornea stops Mexican rival
By Nick Giongco
Jade Bornea remained unbeaten after 18 fights as the world No. 1 super-flyweight stopped Mexican Ivan Meneses in the seventh round in La Paz, Mexico. Bornea landed a whopping overhand right that…
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Apolinario’s one-two punch
By Nick Giongco
Dave Apolinario, the heavy-handed flyweight who put an end to the string of heartbreaking losses of Filipino fighters overseas, was busy as bee on a rainy Monday. He had an early dinner…
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‘Dobermann’ bites back
By Nick Giongco
Give credit to Dave “Dobermann” Apolinario for putting an exclamation point to the string of losses suffered by Filipino fighters stretching back to Manny Pacquiao’s upset defeat to Yordenis Ugas almost a…
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Gibbons vows huge ring comeback
By Nick Giongco
By this time next year, at least four Filipino fighters will have straps around their waist. This was the bold claim of American kingmaker Sean Gibbons, who is plotting the mighty comeback…
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Pacquiao vows to help hopefuls
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao knows his time is up. This was the keen observation made by a longtime member of his training team who spent dinner with the eight-division legend over the weekend in…
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Jerwin, Eumir eye October fights
By Nick Giongco
Boxing buddies Jerwin Ancajas and Eumir Marcial might find themselves fighting on the same night in October in the United States. Ex-world champion Ancajas is going to exercise a rematch clause with…
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Temporary setback
By Nick Giongco
Who would have thought that halfway through 2022, the Philippines will be without a world boxing champion? A few days ago, the last man standing fell hard. Mark Magsayo dropped a split…
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Magsayo: Last man standing
By Nick Giongco
In about six months, Philippine boxing got decimated by a string of misfortunes. From five world champions at the start of 2020, the Philippines has been left with only one reigning titleholder:…
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ABAP reaches out to Cebu, Cagayan de Oro
By Nick Giongco
The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) is set to ramp up its talent search nationwide after making the rounds of two chief cities in the Visayas and Mindanao recently.…
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Magsayo targets stardom
By Nick Giongco
Mark Magsayo leaves for the site where Manny Pacquiao’s legend was born on 5 July, four days before making a mandatory defense of his World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight crown. As he…
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Pinoy sparmates marvel at Inoue
By Nick Giongco
Three Filipino fighters recruited to help Nonito Donaire’s foe on 7 June swear Naoya Inoue is a monster. Veteran Genesis Servania, who first served as Inoue’s sparring partner during the initial phase…
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ABAP: Marcial will bounce back
By Nick Giongco
Despite coming close to being knocked out in his last showing, heavy-handed middleweight Eumir Marcial remains a big favorite to bag a gold medal in the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in…
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Marcial slows down
By Nick Giongco
The coaching staff of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) is not rushing Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Marcial. National team coach Ronald Chavez, who has been presiding over…
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Butler to WBO: Strip Casimero
By Nick Giongco
Paul Butler believes John Riel Casimero deserves to be stripped of the World Boxing Organization bantamweight title with the British fighter reminding the WBO of its guarantee that it will do so…