Nick Giongco
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Ancajas pays homage to historic site
By Nick Giongco
STOCKTON, California ? World champion Jerwin Ancajas made a quick stop to a derelict area of this seemingly-deserted city on Monday to pay homage to the early Filipinos who made this once-booming…
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From films, Ancajas sees Funai?s toughness
By Nick Giongco
STOCKTON, California ? World champion Jerwin Ancajas knows exactly what he is up against Saturday night. Ancajas (30-1-2 with 20 KOs) feels that Japanese mandatory challenger Ryuichi Funai (31-7 with 22 KOs)…
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Ancajas applies finishing touches for May 4 fight
By Nick Giongco
STOCKTON, California ? The remaining days of Jerwin Ancajas? training won?t be so much on heavy stuff but instead focused on mastering the gameplan needed for a targeted show of supremacy on…
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Ancajas sets up camp in Stockton
By Nick Giongco
Jerwin Ancajas is now in Stockton, California, where on May 4, the Filipino southpaw makes the seventh defense of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-flyweight crown. Out to put a stop to…
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1-2 combo lifts Pacquiao?s son
By Nick Giongco
Jimuel Pacquiao floored Miguel Egan with a textbook one-two combo in the second round of their exhibition bout held Saturday in an MMA cage at Amoranto Sports Complex in Quezon City. Jimuel,…
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Palicte heads to enemy territory
By Nick Giongco
Filipino banger Aston Palicte will be headed into the lion?s den when he vies for a world crown on June 19 in Japan. A deal has already been reachd by the camps…
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Oddsmakers pick Spence over Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
A deal has yet to be made but oddsmakers have already installed Errol Spence as the big favorite should he end up facing Manny Pacquiao in a surefire welterweight war. According to…
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Spence to Pacquiao: No mercy
By Nick Giongco
Fresh from beating up a punching bag over the weekend in Dallas, Errol Spence has been doing the rounds of US media outlets and expressing his desire to take on next Filipino…
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Spence vows to hand Pacquiao his retirement check
By Nick Giongco
SAN FRANCISCO ? Unbeaten US fighter Errol Spence is supremely confident of beating Manny Pacquiao that he has boasted of handing the Filipino great ?his retirement check.? Spence was so moved by…
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Pacquiao drools over Spence showdown
By Nick Giongco
DALLAS ? Manny Pacquiao is itching to get his hands on Errol Spence and put him where he rightfully belongs. As he took the elevator Sunday afternoon down the lobby of the…
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Pacquiao, Mayweather waltzing again
By Nick Giongco
DALLAS ? Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather were at it again Saturday, whetting the appetite of fight fans. WORLD champion Manny Pacquiao (left) poses with retired rival Floyd Mayweather during the fight…
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Pacquiao to ?shop? for potential rival
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao is about to do something he?s never done before ? watch a potential foe live at ringside. On Saturday night (Sunday noontime in the Philippines) at the AT&T Stadium (formerly…
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Ancajas revs up for his defense vs Japanese foe
By Nick Giongco
Jerwin Ancajas is making sure all bases will be covered by the time his team leaves for the US late next month for the mandatory defense of his International Boxing Federation (IBF)…
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No fights just yet for former champ Nietes
By Nick Giongco
Donnie Nietes, the former world minimumweight champion who vac-ated the World Boxing Organization 115-lb throne rather than face compatriot Aston Palicte in a rematch, won?t be returning to the ring anytime soon.…
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Ancajas fights in Stockton
By Nick Giongco
World super-flyweight champions, International Boxing Federation kingpin Jerwin Ancajas and World Boxing Organization ruler Donnie Nietes are headed different directions. Attending Tuesday night?s Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards Night at the Manila…
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Saludar risks WBO 105-lb crown vs Japanese today
By Nick Giongco
Filipino defending champion Vic Saludar puts his World Boxing Organization (WBO) minimum-flyweight title for the first time against Masataka Taniguchi of Japan today in Tokyo. During Monday?s official weighin, Saludar, the 2010…
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Will it be Spence for Pacquiao?
By Nick Giongco
Undefeated American world welterweight champion Errol Spence relishes facing Manny Pacquiao, who is looking for someone to fight. Spence, the reigning International Boxing Federation (IBF) 147-lb titlist, said over the weekend in…
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World title shot next for Penalosa?
By Nick Giongco
Fast-rising featherweight Dave Penalosa?s fourth-round stoppage of Mexican Marcos Cardenas late Saturday night left a lasting impression on his legendary uncle Gerry Penalosa that he talked about giving his nephew a world…
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Pacquiao shopping for next foe as Floyd eyes ?exhibition fight?
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao is going to shop for an opponent as Floyd Mayweather seems looking the other way and doesn?t see the Filipino southpaw on his radar screen. Mayweather came out publicly yesterday…
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Palicte urges Nietes: Don?t take too long
By Nick Giongco
The camp of mandatory challenger Aston Palicte lashed out at the promotional team of World Boxing Organization (WBO) super-flyweight king Donnie Nietes for allegedly trying to wiggle out of its obligation to…