Nick Giongco
3,473 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Marcial kicks off Colorado training
By Nick Giongco
Eumir Marcial will be spending 21 days at the United States boxing team’s high-altitude training headquarters in Colorado Springs as part of his final buildup for the Tokyo Olympics. Marcial will be…
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Pacquiao to Marcial: Train harder
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao said Tokyo Olympics qualifier Eumir Marcial should learn his lesson following his unceremonious exit in the Asian championships recently held in Dubai. Marcial was upset by unseeded Uzbek Jafarov Saidjamshid…
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Pacquiao vows to kayo crooks
By Nick Giongco
By the time Manny Pacquiao leaves office — assuming he runs for the highest office in the land and eventually becomes president — there’s only one thing he says he would love…
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Pacquiao card features Magsayo
By Nick Giongco
Envy unbeaten Filipino featherweight Mark Magsayo for being told about a chance of a lifetime. No, Magsayo is not getting a world title shot. Not yet. But the magnitude of what’s to…
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Ready for ‘Monster’
By Nick Giongco
Michael Dasmariñas turned up at Los Angeles Airport a couple of days ago looking like a normal guy. He had two hands, walked straight, wasn’t acting like a weirdo either and didn’t…
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Wakeup call for Marcial
By Nick Giongco
Eumir Marcial’s stunning loss in the Asian championships in Dubai came out of left field. Armed with a stint at the Wild Card Boxing Club of Freddie Roach, Marcial arrived in the…
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Pacquiao to regain WBA strap?
By Nick Giongco
Efforts are underway by the World Boxing Association (WBA) to hand over the welterweight title strap to Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino eight-division champion’s American consigliere told Daily Tribune yesterday. “Trust the process,”…
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Filipino ‘bantams’ plot invasion
By Nick Giongco
In the aftermath of Nonito Donaire’s sensational win, a little-known Filipino fighter stands to complete a rare feat when he attempts to upset Naoya Inoue on 19 June in Las Vegas. At…
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Donaire, 38, does it again
By Nick Giongco
And yet another Filipino fighter has discovered the fountain of youth. Nonito Donaire knocked out French champion Nordine Oubaali in the fourth round Sunday to capture the World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight…
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Oubaali: I made a mistake
By Nick Giongco
Fallen French fighter Nordine Oubaali admitted he committed a tactical mistake that proved costly against Nonito Donaire in their world bantamweight title clash Saturday night (Sunday morning in Manila) in Carson, California.…
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Sizing up Spence
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao doesn’t usually waste time flying long haul to watch a prospective opponent fight live. Do you remember him appearing at ringside to size up a future opponent? Nah. But, there…
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Spence vows show of force
By Nick Giongco
Errol Spence’s entire arsenal will be in full force against Manny Pacquiao on 21 August in Las Vegas. Derrick James, the man in charge of Spence’s corner, told the Dallas Morning News…
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Odds stacked against Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
Oddsmakers are of the belief that vintage Manny Pacquiao virtually doesn’t have much of a chance against the youthful and unbeaten Errol Spence when they rumble on 21 August in Las Vegas.…
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Boxing Welterweight war
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao didn’t think twice when the offer to fight Errol Spence came. Despite the dangers of battling a younger, fresher and powerful foe, Pacquiao decided yesterday to live up to his…
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(Wild) Card up Marcial’s sleeve
By Nick Giongco
Eumir Marcial’s stint at the Wild Card Boxing Club under Freddie Roach may have done something counterproductive to the Filipino’s gold medal quest in the Tokyo Olympics, according to the Association of…
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Marcial: Bringing honor is my priority
By Nick Giongco
Tokyo Olympics qualifier Eumir Marcial revealed yesterday that he had to turn down two fights in the professional ranks so he could represent the country in the Asian championships that Dubai is…
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Zambo patron backs Eumir
By Nick Giongco
Zamboanga sports patron Junie Navarro swears he is lending a hand to Tokyo Olympics qualifier Eumir Marcial out of the goodness of his heart — no more, no less. “Eumir and I…
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Fight offers on Pacquiao’s lap
By Nick Giongco
Believe it not, the mouthwatering matchup starring Manny Pacquiao and Errol Spence is still on the negotiating table. The offer for Pacquiao to face Spence on 24 July in the United States…
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ABAP to Marcial: Come back
By Nick Giongco
The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) on Friday called on renegade Filipino middleweight Eumir Marcial to “come home” and “set an example to national athletes” as the country revs…
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Fighting words
By Nick Giongco
The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) is not turning its back on Eumir Marcial’s quest for a gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics. ABAP secretary general Ed Picson yesterday…