Nick Giongco
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Moment of truth for super-fly Ancajas
By Nick Giongco
Filipino challenger Jerwin Ancajas attempts to join elite company tonight when he collides with defending champion McJoe Arroyo for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super-flyweight title at the Philippine Navy Gymnasium in…
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Senate face-off
By Nick Giongco
In front of Pacquiao, fighters shake hands. Rivals Jerwin Ancajas of the Philippines and Puerto Rican champion McJoe Arroyo found themselves in one room yesterday afternoon. There was no shoving or shouting…
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WBO champ vows to win
By Nick Giongco
McJoe Arroyo has a little bit of knowledge involving the storied ring rivalry between his native Puerto Rico and the Philippines that he intends to maintain his nation?s superiority when he defends…
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Boxing champ laments lack of support
By Nick Giongco
Johnriel Casimero, who defends his International Boxing Federation flyweight title on Sept. 10 in London, says he is forced to fight overseas owing to the lack of support on home soil. ?Walang…
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Nietes starts LA training
By Nick Giongco
Donnie Nietes immediately plunged into heavy sparring in Los Angeles (LA) as his buildup for his ambitious invasion of the flyweight ranks pushed into high gear. His sights trained on becoming a…
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Ancajas sharp and ready for Puerto Rican champ
By Nick Giongco
Filipino challenger Jerwin Ancajas is looking sharp as a razor blade less than a week before he attempts to dethrone Puerto Rican champion McJoe Arroyo in their International Boxing Federation super-flyweight title…
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Be serious, trainer tells Casimero
By Nick Giongco
It is going to be foolish to take British challenger Charlie Edwards for granted, the head trainer of Filipino champion Johnreil Casimero said a little over two weeks before the Sept. 10…
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World champ Tapales gets fight offers
By Nick Giongco
London is calling for World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight king Marlon Tapales. So are Japan, Thailand, the US and even Vietnam. Wakee Salud, Tapales? chief handler, said yesterday that he has been…
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Pacquiao huge favorite in Las Vegas vs Vargas
By Nick Giongco
The odds are out for the Nov. 5 world welterweight war between Sen. Manny Pacquiao and Jessie Vargas and the numbers are staggering in the Filipino?s favor. Three weeks before the two…
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Nietes revs up for Sosa in ?fly? debut
By Nick Giongco
Donnie Nietes is looking forward to a rousing debut at flyweight when he faces ex-world champion Edgar Sosa of Mexico on Sept. 24 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. But Nietes…
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We just fell short ? Picson
By Nick Giongco
Sen. Manny Pacquiao has genuine plans of becoming the new boxing boss even as the Association of Boxing Alliances of the Philippines is in the process of expediting the election of officers…
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Vargas to Pacquiao: I?ll beat you
By Nick Giongco
World welterweight champion Jessie Vargas has a chilling message to Manny Pacquiao. ?Prepare yourself because I am going to beat you,? Vargas said just before he began training camp for his Nov.…
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Veteran boxing coach clueless on Rio losses
By Nick Giongco
A week after Charly Suarez and Rogen Ladon were wiped out of competition in the Rio Olympics, head coach Pat Gaspi still couldn?t help but wonder what went wrong to the country?s…
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Pacquiao warms up for training camp
By Nick Giongco
Senator Manny Pacquiao will begin to scrape off the rust that gathered the last few months when he starts the pre-training camp routine of jogging, running, and shadowboxing in the next week…
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Vargas, not Crawford
By Nick Giongco
Jessie Vargas has been picked to battle Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 5 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, multiple sources confirmed yesterday. The Las Vegas Review Journal even reported…
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Barriga wins pro debut
By Nick Giongco
Mark Anthony Barriga, once the toast of amateur boxing, made a rousing professional debut late Saturday night in Cebu City. In a six-round bout, Barriga scored a lopsided decision over Melvin Manaquil…
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ALA Boxing wants to sign Tapales
By Nick Giongco
ALA Boxing, the country?s premier promotional outfit, is eyeing to sign up newly-crowned World Boxing Organization bantamweight king Marlon Tapales to a contract. Even before Tapales?s smashing knockout win over Pungluang Sor…
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New world champ Tapales besieged with lucrative offers
By Nick Giongco
Moments after Marlon Tapales stunned Thai fans with an emphatic knockout of Pungluang Sor Singyu on Wednesday in Ayutthaya, the mobile phone of boxing manager Wakee Salud started ringing like crazy. As…
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Putdown that fueled Tapales
By Nick Giongco
Pinoy boxer was once told he?d never become world champion. I didn?t forget his words and used them as a challenge ? Tapales. BANGKOK ? An incident in Japan several years ago…
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Tapales KOs foe, wins WBO crown
By Nick Giongco
Ayutthaya, Thailand ? In what should go down as one of the most dramatic knockout victories scored by a Filipino fighter on hostile ground, Marlon Tapales stopped Pungluang Sor Singyu in the…