Nick Giongco
3,473 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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5 wins that are so special for Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
It was the perfect time for Manny Pacquiao to come up with a short list of his greatest hits in an illustrious career dating back 25 years ago. Though not in order…
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Post-Olympics, Manny Pacquiao says he can set up title shot for Eumir Marcial after 3 pro fights
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao is dangling a mouth-watering offer to Filipino middleweight Eumir Felix Marcial, who has been besieged with feelers from overseas for him to turn professional. “I can give him a world…
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Age is just a number – Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
For 45 minutes on a balmy Tuesday night, Manny Pacquiao and a shirtless fellow on video call traded stories that stretched back to 1995 in a Quiapo gym that no longer exists,…
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Gibbons: From a small-timer boxer to a big-time promoter
By Nick Giongco
Did you know that Sean Gibbons, the globe-trotting president of Manny Pacquiao’s MP Promotions and official representative of the Philippines’ three other world champions, once went toe-to-toe with Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke…
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Vargas to US promoter: Let Marcial fulfill his Olympic dreams first
By Nick Giongco
Ricky Vargas, president of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) yesterday appealed to “certain individuals and entities” to allow middleweight Eumir Felix Marcial to fulfill his Olympic dreams before…
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Manny Pacquiao names his toughest fights
By Nick Giongco
While the boxing world hibernates, Manny Pacquiao named the four fighters who gave him a taste of hell. Speaking to the Manila Bulletin, Pacquiao, boxing’s one and only eight-division champion, made mention…
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‘Monster’ is 11-2 favorite vs Casimero
By Nick Giongco
Filipino champion John Riel Casimero is the heavy underdog in his unification bantamweight showdown with Japanese sensation Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue on April 25 in Las Vegas. Reports from Las Vegas put Inoue…
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Saudi Arabia fight in July eyed for Manny Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
British promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing is keen on bringing Manny Pacquiao to fight Mikey Garcia to Saudi Arabia in early-July. Hearn, whose Matchroom outfit has a seal with DAZN, a…
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Casimero not awed by Japanese ‘Monster’
By Nick Giongco
World boxing champion John Riel Casimero was not cut out from the mold of the typical Filipino athlete. Casimero is neither soft-spoken, humble nor timid. In fact, Casimero, the reigning World Boxing…
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Santisima vows to prove critics wrong
By Nick Giongco
JEO Santisima is up against a formidable foe many believe will be just too good and too powerful for the Filipino challenger when they collide on Feb. 22 in Las Vegas. According…
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Pinoy puncher Jeo Santisima challenges Emanuel Navarrete
By Nick Giongco
Mexican Emanuel Navarrete wants to add another Filipino fighter to his growing list of victims. Navarrete will make the fifth defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) super-bantamweight crown against Jeo Santisima…
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Sean Gibbons pushing for Manny Pacquiao fight in April or July
By Nick Giongco
American matchmaker Sean Gibbons, head of Pacquiao’s MP Promotions, told the Manila Bulletin he is in talks with a group from the Middle East. “Working hard to get a fight in April,”…
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Boxing: John Riel Casimero-Naoya Inoue clash in April?
By Nick Giongco
April 25 is the working date for World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero’s proposed showdown with Naoya Inoue, the Japanese puncher regarded as the best in the 118-lb division.…
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MB Sports Yearender: An ageless ring warrior and a rising star provide fireworks
By Nick Giongco
Ring icon Manny Pacquiao continued to make heads turn at a time when just about everyone of his contemporaries had been saying their goodbyes one by one. While Pacquiao only had two…
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Casimero eyes duel vs Japanese ‘Monster’
By Nick Giongco
NEWLY-CROWNED World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero wants to become the undisputed world champion. “I want to win all the four major belts,” said Casimero during Tuesday’s Philippine Sportswriters…
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Shawn Porter, ex-Manny Pacquiao sparmate, aching to face his former boss
By Nick Giongco
Shawn Porter volunteered to be Manny Pacquiao’s ‘dance partner’ should the Filipino legend finally return to the ring sometime March or April of 2020. A one-time Pacquiao sparring partner, Porter was last…
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Manny Pacquiao plots return to ring
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao?s Senate calendar in the first half of 2020 will allow the boxing star to make a ring return in March or April, according to the reigning World Boxing Association (WBA)…
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Ancajas title defense off; fight moved to Mexico
By Nick Giongco
MANHATTAN BEACH, California?Jerwin Ancajas? eighth defense of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-flyweight title will be moved to Dec. 7 in Pueblo, Mexico. Ancajas was supposed to face Jonathan Rodriguez of Mexico…
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Stepping out of Manny Pacquiao?s shadow requires yeoman effort from Jerwin Ancajas
By Nick Giongco
REDONDO BEACH, California?Jerwin Ancajas is on the cusp of his fifth straight fight on American soil and but remains relatively unknown. This Saturday at the Dignity Sports Health Park in the neighboring…
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Jetlag not a concern to Filipino champ Jerwin Ancajas
By Nick Giongco
REDONDO BEACH, California ? Filipino world champion Jerwin Ancajas wondered about the whereabouts of his Mexican challenger on Tuesday, ahead of his eighth defense of the International Boxing Federation super-flyweight crown taking…