Nick Giongco
3,473 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Marcial taps Fury trainer
By Nick Giongco
Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Marcial will begin training under a new strategist in the run-up to his second professional but being eyed to take place sometime in the third week of…
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Magsayo’s sacrifices finally pay off
By Nick Giongco
When Mark Magsayo left the Philippines during the height of the pandemic in the middle of 2020, he swore to himself that he won’t book a return flight until he becomes a…
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Magsayo gets nutritional boost
By Nick Giongco
Mark Magsayo welcomed a vital member of his small entourage in the United States just days before his shot at a world title. Nutritionist Jeaneth Aro, known for her role in helping…
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Marcial gets ABAP blessing
By Nick Giongco
Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Marcial got the go-signal from the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) to set up camp in the United States for the resumption of his…
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Magsayo carving own name
By Nick Giongco
Mark Magsayo reveals he is a hardcore Manny Pacquiao fan. But it doesn’t mean that he is tickled pink whenever people start calling him as the eight-division legend’s heir apparent. “A lot…
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Boxing’s rotten eggs
By Nick Giongco
Several guys who masqueraded as boxers fought one another during the holidays and successfully fired up their followers on social media by showcasing bouts that were a total embarrassment to the noble…
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Marlon’s mission
By Nick Giongco
There’s one guy I am betting my bottom dollar would win a world boxing title. That fighter is no other than Marlon Tapales, who had actually reigned briefly as a world champion,…
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Memo: Pacquiao isn’t done
By Nick Giongco
Renowned conditioning coach Memo Heredia believes recently-retired eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao is far from finished. “Manny can (come back and win) if he does proper conditioning training. I trained (Yordenis) Ugas for…
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ABAP tells Marcial to toe the line
By Nick Giongco
Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Marcial needs to straighten things out with the new leadership of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP). Marcial, who is trying to balance his…
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Odds stacked against Magsayo
By Nick Giongco
The odds are in and it doesn’t look as if experts were frightened by Filipino knockout artist Mark Magsayo’s last performance. Latest odds list Magsayo as +440 underdog in his quest to…
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Memo, Marcial join hands
By Nick Giongco
Topnotch conditioning coach Memo Heredia can’t wait to turn a fast-rising Filipino fighter into a legend-killer. Best known for his handiwork on Mexican maestro Juan Manuel Marquez, Heredia told Daily Tribune yesterday…
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Boxing vlogging
By Nick Giongco
Boxing is teeming with fake news. If you’re a boxing newbie or bandwagoner, you probably get your regular fix of boxing tidbits and developments from one of the many YouTube channels or…
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Magsayo: My time has come
By Nick Giongco
Sometime in mid-2020, with the world still coming to grips with the pandemic, Mark Magsayo and wife Frances Arbie packed their bags and boarded a plane bound for Los Angeles to fulfill…
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Body shots, anyone?
By Nick Giongco
Nonito Donaire’s execution of Reymart Gaballo over the weekend made me do this piece. I went around and asked a few friends to share their views on why the majority of fighters…
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Donaire fights for legacy
By Nick Giongco
World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight king Nonito Donaire is gunning for a fifth crown in a fifth weight class not because he would easily win it but because he wants it for…
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Donaire glued on 5th title
By Nick Giongco
There are two things that keep Nonito Donaire operating at full throttle even as he nears 40 years of age. First is to become undisputed champion at bantamweight; the second is to…
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Tapales wants Uzbek champion
By Nick Giongco
Marlon Tapales is making the ultimate sacrifice of spending the holidays thousands of miles away from loved ones so he could fulfill his dream of winning a world title again. Instead of…
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Drama in Dubai
By Nick Giongco
John Riel Casimero fell ill yesterday and was withdrawn from his mandatory defense of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) crown against Paul Butler of England tomorrow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It…
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Ancajas-Ioka fight in peril
By Nick Giongco
No official word from the Japanese promoter has been relayed to the camp of world boxing champion Jerwin Ancajas, but it doesn’t look as if the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-flyweight champion…
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Paying homage to the L&M Gym
By Nick Giongco
For half a century, the L&M Gym in Sampaloc, Manila, was home to many of the Philippines’ most beloved boxers. Beginning in the 1960s, it served as an assembly line for fighters…