Nick Giongco
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Pacquiao tests negative for Covid-19
By Nick Giongco
People from the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA) showed up at the Wild Card Boxing Club yesterday and took Manny Pacquiao’s blood and urine samples six weeks before his 21 August clash with…
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Pacquiao raves about mouthguards
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao gave two thumbs-up signs to the two mouthguards orthodontist Dr. Ed de la Vega presented yesterday just before the Filipino boxing star worked out at the Wild Card Boxing Club…
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Lost opportunity
By Nick Giongco
There was no way the planned Nonito Donaire vs John Riel Casimero would have bombed at the box office. It had all the trappings of a Fight of the Year candidate all…
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Pacquiao saves Thai joint from knockout
By Nick Giongco
For two years after its No. 1 patron’s last fight, the glass door to Nat’s Thai Restaurant in Hollywood didn’t swing back and forth like it used to. It wasn’t as if…
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Pacquiao-Spence: Four belts on the line
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao stands to become a four-belt welterweight holder by the time the mushroom cloud dissipates on 21 August in Las Vegas. That is because aside from Errol Spence’s World Boxing Council…
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Pacquiao vows distraction-free training camp
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao insists he won’t allow himself to be distracted by issues back home when he shows up at the doorsteps of the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood starting Monday (Tuesday…
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Training lockdown
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao’s camp is not taking any chances against safety and security when he sets up training camp starting Monday in Los Angeles. Lawyer Tom Falgui has already reached out to Pacquiao’s…
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Marcial conquers 8,500-ft Colorado peak
By Nick Giongco
Tokyo Olympics qualifier Eumir Marcial will maximize his high-altitude training in the United States, according to the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP). Marcial has been training in Colorado Springs…
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Pacquiao tickets sell at a premium
By Nick Giongco
Ringside seats for the 21 August welterweight war starring Manny Pacquiao and Errol Spence at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas are selling at a premium. One ticketing agency has gotten hold…
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Spence: Pacquiao ain’t done
By Nick Giongco
Undefeated American puncher Errol Spence refuses to say how his 21 August welterweight war with Manny Pacquiao is going to play out in the end. But one thing is for sure, Spence…
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Casimero taps Pacquiao trainer
By Nick Giongco
A key member of Manny Pacquiao’s entourage will lend a hand in the pursuit of John Riel Casimero to beat fellow Filipino Nonito Donaire Jr. in their 14 August world bantamweight unification…
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Who’s your pick?
By Nick Giongco
The moment I learned about the news that bantamweight bosses John Riel Casimero and Nonito Donaire are on a collision course for 14 August in Los Angeles, my palms began to sweat…
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Civil War: “I will flush him down the toilet”
By Nick Giongco
Donaire, Casimero collide in unification duel Two major rock formations on the bantamweight landscape are about to fall off and drift towards each other in time for a scheduled 14 August collision…
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‘Dasma’ doing a Douglas?
By Nick Giongco
Michael Dasmariñas doesn’t realize it but he is on the cusp of scoring boxing’s second-biggest upset of all time. The Filipino mandatory challenger battles Japanese Naoya “Monster” Inoue tomorrow in Las Vegas…
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‘Monster’ on the loose
By Nick Giongco
Movement — and lots of it — will be the key when MIchael Dasmariñas attempts to dethrone Naoya “Monster” Inoue as world bantamweight king this Saturday night (Sunday morning in Manila) in…
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David minus slingshot
By Nick Giongco
A quick look at the odds for Naoya Inoue’s defense of his world bantamweight titles against Michael Dasmariñas this Sunday in Las Vegas suggests the Filipino mandatory challenger simply doesn’t stand a…
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Casimero to Arum: Give me Inoue
By Nick Giongco
John Riel Casimero admits getting tired of being asked the same old question about Naoya “Monster” Inoue. Just a few days into his Las Vegas camp, Casimero was approached by bystanders and…
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Morales scared for Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
Mexican legend Erik Morales feels that his fierce rival Manny Pacquiao could be biting off more than he could chew when he takes on undefeated American puncher Errol Spence on 21 August…
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Landmines in Eumir’s path
By Nick Giongco
Filipino middleweight Eumir Marcial’s road to an Olympic gold medal is littered with landmines. The roster of the 75 kg class has been finalized following the conclusion of the European Olympic Qualification…
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Opinion: Pacquiao’s right hand
By Nick Giongco
For Manny Pacquiao, the only thing Errol Spence has going in his favor is youth. Pacquiao insists he is not even bothered by Spence’s sheer advantage in some other facets of their…