Nick Giongco
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Pacquiao?s son makes amateur boxing debut
By Nick Giongco
Jimuel Pacquiao, the eldest son of Manny Pacquiao, boxed Lucas Carson in an amateur-style fight Saturday afternoon in Alabang. Jimuel, 18, had the intensity of his revered father as he threw whopping…
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Palicte eyes payback vs Nietes
By Nick Giongco
Aston Palicte can?t wait to get even with Donnie Nietes and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) is making sure a rematch will happen the soonest possible time. Yesterday, the WBO ordered the…
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Nietes: Only big fights
By Nick Giongco
As he enters the twilight of an illustrious career, four-division world champion Donnie Nietes wants only the big fights. By big fights, Nietes is only eyeing a showdown with the super-flyweight class?s…
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Pacquiao bares plans for next fight
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao said on Wednesday night that he is itching to get back into the ring and that a May date suits him perfectly fine. ?I have advised Premier Boxing Champions (PBC)…
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Pacquiao eyes May fight ? with or without Floyd
By Nick Giongco
Floyd Mayweather remains on top of the priority list of opponents for Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino fighter?s right-hand man said yesterday. Joe Ramos, who runs Pacquiao?s MP Promotions, said that Mayweather remains…
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Attractive alternatives for Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
Floyd Mayweather remains on top of the priority list of opponents for Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino fighter?s right-hand man said yesterday. Joe Ramos, who runs Pacquiao?s MP Promotions, said that Mayweather remains…
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Pacquiao battles Broner
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS ? Filipino champion Manny Pacquiao resumes his seemingly never-ending quest to prove to everyone that he remains an elite fighter even at age 40 when he faces the trash-talking Adrien…
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At 40, Pacquiao wants to prove something to the world
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS ? The 40-year-old boxing champion sits comfortably in his ultra-luxury suite at the SkyLofts of the MGM Grand overlooking the vast desert expanse and ponders a crucial fight five days…
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No kickboxers on Roach?s wish list for Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
LAS VEGAS ? It?s not that Freddie Roach is looking past Adrien Broner. But the Hall of Fame trainer seemed to be looking ahead as he rattled off the names of boxers…
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Light workout for Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? Manny Pacquiao?s inner circle were busy Sunday (Monday in Manila) setting the stage for their boss? arrival in Las Vegas, site of his world welterweight title defense against Adrien…
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Fortune sees Broner?s end
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? Adrien Broner will end up in three ways, according to Australian conditioning coach Justin Fortune next week in Las Vegas after taking on Manny Pacquiao. The most likely scenario…
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Roach, trainers to Pacquiao: Slow down
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? While training Saturday afternoon, Manny Pacquiao had obviously heard the cue to stop but ignored it and continued to jump rope. A few meters away, Buboy Fernandez and Justin…
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?Muy rapido? Pacquiao pouring on the heat
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? Manny Pacquiao could not help but marvel at himself on Thursday while training at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood. ?Muy rapido (Very fast),? Pacquiao said in Spanish…
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?I?m here to mess up Pacquiao?s plans?
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? He was supposed to arrive at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood to play second fiddle to Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday but Adrien Broner stood his ground and…
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Pacquiao expects foe?s A-game in fight
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? Manny Pacquiao doesn?t expect Adrien Broner to be distracted by his legal problems or by anything else. ?I am not taking him for granted despite what he?s going through,?…
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With 10 days to go before fight night, Pacquiao revs up training
By Nick Giongco
Before heading off to a Filipiniana event at Staples Center, Manny Pacquiao went the whole nine yards in training at the Wild Card Boxing Club. Ten days before facing Adrien Broner to…
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Pacquiao is beatable ? Broner
By Nick Giongco
That sickening sight of Manny Pacquiao slamming into Juan Manuel Marquez?s crushing counter right before lying motionless on the floor reaffirms the belief in Adrien Broner that the Filipino legend is beatable.…
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Nietes breaks down hardest fights
By Nick Giongco
Donnie Nietes doesn?t consider his landmark win over Japanese Kazuto Ioka in Macau for his fourth world crown as the most difficult and challenging in his close to 19-year career. Nietes, who…
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Ancajas loses key personnel
By Nick Giongco
It seems that the camp of International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas should put out a ?Now Hiring? sign outside the Survival Camp gate in Magallanes, Cavite. Several key personnel,…
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Nietes eyes elite super flyweights
By Nick Giongco
After ticking off an item in his bucket list in Macau on New Year?s Eve, Don?nie Nietes is looking forward to adding a few more in 2019. Moments after winning the World…