Nick Giongco
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Last dance for Pacquiao?
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao faces a guy on Saturday night (Sunday noon in Manila) who is a mirror-image of himself more than 20 years ago here. The stakes are almost identical;…
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John Riel wants Nonito
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS — John Riel Casimero would prefer taking on Nonito Donaire so his targeted duel with Japanese Naoya Inoue would be for all the marbles in the bantamweight division. Casimero holds…
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Ageless Manny ready
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS — Looking at the way Manny Pacquiao has been throwing those lightning-quick combinations these days, you would think you’ve traveled back in time 12 or 15 years ago when he…
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Morales sees explosive fight
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS — Mexican legend Erik Morales, who battled Manny Pacquiao in a thrilling trilogy in the mid-2000s, feels the two protagonists on Saturday night — Manny Pacquiao and Yordenis Ugas —…
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Ugas: Knockout? No way!
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS — The Cuban duo of Yordenis Ugas and Ismael Salas expressed their belief on Wednesday that Manny Pacquiao doesn’t have enough ammo to win Saturday night’s welterweight war via knockout.…
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It’s fight week!
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS — Barring unforeseen circumstances like a massive outbreak of Covid cases in the next few days or an alien invasion, Manny Pacquiao is showcasing his wares for the 30th time…
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Pacman back at old hunting ground
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS — More than 20 years ago at the same hotel property where his legend was born, Manny Pacquiao spoke about his extraordinary longevity in the run-up to this weekend’s big…
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Bobby: Experience is key vs Ugas
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES — Manny Pacquiao won’t find himself groping for form or struggling to unleash the right combinations amid the last-minute withdrawal of Errol Spence and the entry of Yordenis Ugas as…
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Pacquiao goes on the attack
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES — Manny Pacquiao resembled a cyclone on Saturday and he left a trail of destruction at the Wild Card Boxing Club exactly a week before he formally comes out of…
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Pacman scouts foe
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES — A part of Manny Pacquiao’s free time in the final days leading up to his duel with Yordenis Ugas would be to size up the Cuban puncher on YouTube.…
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Manny’s old Hollywood haunts
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES — The seedy motel where a young Manny Pacquiao spent his early years in America is gone. The two-story Vagabond Inn, where Hollywood police regularly made rounds and oftentimes arrested…
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Fast, furious Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES — Manny Pacquiao has come a long way from the time the scrawny kid from the Philippines walked inside the hallowed confines of Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Boxing Club in…
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Battle of Wild Card fighters
By Nick Giongco
Filipino southpaw Eumir Marcial and Armenian rival Arman Darchinyan, who square off today in the quarterfinal round of the Tokyo Olympics, have a few things in common. They both trained under Freddie…
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Pacquiao rallies behind Marcial
By Nick Giongco
It was just right after dinner Wednesday in Los Angeles when one of his staffers placed a videophone in front of Manny Pacquiao so he could watch Eumir Marcial’s debut in the…
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Pacquiao gets heavy beating
By Nick Giongco
Conditioning coach Justin Fortune yesterday recalled the Thai stick to active duty years after it was last utilized. The recipient was no other than Manny Pacquiao, on whose arms, biceps and abdomen…
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Memo molds a monster
By Nick Giongco
Strength and conditioning coach Memo Heredia is about halfway through the creation of a new beast that he will unleash in the ring on 14 August in Carson, California. Work on that…
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Pacquiao to Marcial: Win the Tokyo gold
By Nick Giongco
Filipino middleweight Eumir Marcial has received marching orders from Manny Pacquiao. The Tokyo Olympics-bound fighter heard it loud and clear. “Bring the Olympic gold medal to the (Errol) Spence fight on 21…
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Marcial boosts Olympic drive
By Nick Giongco
Gold-seeking middleweight Eumir Marcial flies out of Colorado Springs en route to Tokyo on Thursday (Friday in Manila) oozing with confidence with lead trainer Ronald Chavez in tow. Camping out in Colorado…
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Spence like a second-hand car
By Nick Giongco
There is no doubt that automotively speaking, undefeated American Errol Spence is like a Ferrari. But a banged-up one at that. “Spence is like a second-hand car,” Thai matchmaker Narong Hengtrakul told…
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Pacquiao plea denied
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao will be climbing the ring against Errol Spence as challenger and not as the newly-reinstalled World Boxing Association (WBA) champion on 21 August at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Pacquiao…