Nick Giongco
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Matthysse off to Malaysia
By Nick Giongco
To get used to the local conditions and shake off jet lag, Argentine puncher Lucas Matthysse is set to leave for Kuala Lumpur from Los Angeles on Tuesday (Wednesday in the Philippines).…
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US boxing man meets up with Pacquiao, Ancajas
By Nick Giongco
American boxing man Sean Gibbons made a whirlwind 48-hour visit to the country and accomplished two things. First was to personally discuss with world super-flyweight titlist Jerwin Ancajas the team?s fight in…
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Buboy tells Pacquiao to Save Best for Last
By Nick Giongco
Buboy Fernandez wants to see Manny Pacquiao?s finest moment on July 15 in Malaysia and not during training. While the Filipino eight-division champion has been sharp in workouts the past two months,…
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Celebrating Pacquiao?s US debut 17 years ago
By Nick Giongco
Sunday just hours ago marked the 17th anniversary of Manny Pacquiao?s splashing US debut. It was on the undercard of Oscar De La Hoya?s world super-welterweight title defense against Javier Castillejo of…
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Pacquiao-Matthysse fight will not last 12 rounds ? either way
By Nick Giongco
Training under the searing desert heat of Southern California, Lucas Matthysse and his camp expressed the belief that next month?s defense of the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title against Manny Pacquiao…
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Pacquiao?s buildup for Matthysse escalates
By Nick Giongco
Four weeks before taking on a formidable foe, Manny Pacquiao saw his training take up a notch after going nine hard rounds in General Santos City. There is no sense of urgency…
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Pacquiao on right track ? Buboy
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao took a break from training on Tuesday and it showed when he faced the sports media looking so tired and sleepy. In the immediate aftermath of the double-header opening day…
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Pacquiao now 80 percent ready ? Buboy
By Nick Giongco
Buboy Fernandez, whose voice Manny Pacquiao will hear next month in Malaysia, swears two sparmates have developed an aversion towards the Filipino legend. ?Nagka-phobia na,? Fernandez told the Bulletin-Tempo yesterday afternoon from…
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Pacquiao won?t be bullied this time ? cutman
By Nick Giongco
Dr. Ed dela Vega is getting ready to personally deliver the customized mouthguard that Manny Pacquiao will wear when he guns for Argentine champion Lucas Matthysse?s World Boxing Association welterweight crown on…
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Pacquiao enlists Dela Vega as cutman
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao is tapping the expertise of Los Angeles-based orthodontist Ed Dela Vega, who will serve as his cutman when the Filipino legend battles Argentine champion Lucas Matthysse for the World Boxing…
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Pacquiao has learned lesson says Fortune
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao won?t repeat the mistakes that he made when he last fought, the Filipino legend?s Australian conditioning coach assured yesterday. Justin Fortune said that the 39-year-old Pacquiao, who attempts to dethrone…
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Pacquiao switches to Beast Mode Training
By Nick Giongco
The sound on the other line yesterday afternoon was like gunfire. Rat-a-tat. Rat-a-tat-a-tat. And if the other guy on the line wasn?t kind enough to admit, one would have thought he was…
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Daly City eyed for Ancajas defense
By Nick Giongco
World champion Jerwin Ancajas? US tour travels to the San Francisco Bay Area in October, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum said yesterday. Arum, head of Top Rank, told the Manila Bulletin…
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Ancajas eyes IBF big guns
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? Jerwin Ancajas, his forehead puff and jaw slightly swollen a day after his successful defense of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior-bantamweight crown against mandatory challenger Jonas Sultan Saturday…
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Ancajas rates performance a 7 out of 10
By Nick Giongco
FRESNO, California ? Jerwin Ancajas gave himself a low grade following his fifth defense of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior-bantamweight title Saturday at the Save Mart Center. ?About 7,? said Ancajas,…
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Ancajas repulses Sultan
By Nick Giongco
FRESNO, California ? Jerwin Ancajas wasn?t on high gear but it was enough to repulse the bid of mandatory challenger Jonas Sultan in their all-Filipino world title fight Saturday at the Save…
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No more geniality for Ancajas and Sultan
By Nick Giongco
FRESNO, California ? A little over forty-eight hours before they were set to collide, defending champion Jerwin Ancajas and mandatory challenger Jonas Sultan appeared Thursday before the media as though they have…
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Sultan: Execution is key to winning
By Nick Giongco
FRESNO, California ? Mandatory challenger Jonas Sultan has taken the role of the underdog. Sultan swore Tuesday that reigning champion Jerwin Ancajas is the clear favorite in their world title showdown Saturday…
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IBF assigns ref, judges for Ancajas-Sultan fight
By Nick Giongco
FRESNO, California ? Wayne Hedgpeth of Los Angeles will be the third man in the ring when Jerwin Ancajas makes a mandatory defense of the International Boxing Federation super-flyweight crown against Jonas…
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Sultan not spooked by Ancajas? status
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? Mandatory challenger Jonas Sultan is not awed by the sterling credentials of reigning International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas. ?No, not at all,? said Sultan?s trainer Edito…