Nick Giongco
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After a weight scare, Tapales battles Thai champ for title
By Nick Giongco
Om Noi, Thailand ? Filipino mandatory challenger Marlon Tapales screamed with joy the moment he got cleared to fight defending champion Pungluang Sor Singyu during the official weigh in Tuesday afternoon at…
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Dirty tactics greet Tapales
By Nick Giongco
Bangkok ? Score the first round for Thailand?s defending world bantamweight champion Pungluang Sor Singyu, who faces mandatory Filipino challenger Marlon Tapales this Wednesday afternoon in the neighboring ancient capital city of…
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Tapales plots fight plan vs Thai champ
By Nick Giongco
Body punching rather than the usual and tried-and-tested head-hunting ploy will be the plan of attack of Marlon Tapales, the Filipino challenger who attempts to win the World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight…
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Sen. Pacquiao to fight on Nov. 5
By Nick Giongco
Neophyte Senator Manny Pacquiao is coming out of a brief retirement and will return to the boxing ring on Nov. 5 after Top Rank chief Bob Arum conferred with the Filipino boxing…
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?Win a gold, I?ll give you an island?
By Nick Giongco
President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday called on the athletes going to the Rio Olympics to make the country proud as the Philippines attempts to put an end not only to its 20-year medal…
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Crawford lines up for Pacquiao fight
By Nick Giongco
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum is still in the process of dotting the Is and crossing the Ts as he sets the stage for Manny Pacquiao?s return fight in late-October or…
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Pe?alosa has high hopes for challenger Tapales
By Nick Giongco
Two-division world champion Gerry Pe?alosa believes bantamweight Marlon Tapales has more than just a puncher?s chance of wresting the World Boxing Organization (WBO) crown on July 27 in Ayutthaya, Thailand. ?I really…
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Pacquiao denies eyeing senate break for another fight
By Nick Giongco
Boxing champion and now Senator Manny Pacquaio said that he has no plans in taking a senate leave to fight in the boxing ring again. Rumors on Manny?s supposed ?senate leave? spread…
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Nietes-Estrada showdown set
By Nick Giongco
A few weeks ago in Cebu City, world light flyweight champion Donnie Nietes walked up to the office of ALA Boxing chief Michael Aldeguer to tell him just one thing. Almost on…
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?Prince? Albert turns into pauper, bows to Juarez via 8th round KO; Donaire dared
By Nick Giongco
Prince Albert Pagara found Mexican Cesar Juarez a tough nut to crack yesterday as the promising Filipino absorbed a stinging eighth-round stoppage in their scheduled 12-round match at the San Mateo Events…
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Pagara and Juarez are ready to rumble
By Nick Giongco
Prince Albert Pagara is ready to rumble with Mexican slugger Cesar Juarez after the rising Filipino star easily conquered the scales during the official weighin yesterday in Daly City, California. Juarez also…
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Pacquiao not keen on comeback fight
By Nick Giongco
Gives blank stare when asked about it. As Top Rank chief Bob Arum floats the idea of promoting Manny Pacquiao in October, the Senator-elect doesn?t seem at all too eager to get…
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Arum Manila-bound?
By Nick Giongco
Top Rank chief Bob Arum might find himself on a flight bound for Manila next week to see if it is viable and realistic to stage a Manny Pacquiao comeback fight on…
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Pacquiao to fight again?
By Nick Giongco
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum has booked the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas for a possible Manny Pacquiao Oct. 15 headliner, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported over the weekend.…
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Juarez belittles Pagara ahead of SF showdown
By Nick Giongco
Mexican banger Cesar Juarez ran through Albert Pagara?s record and wasn?t moved even a bit. ?He?s a great prospect but he hasn?t fought anyone known yet,? Juarez said of the Filipino fighter…
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Estrada-Nietes in the works
By Nick Giongco
From Mexico City, reports gathered by the Bulletin say that negotiations are underway to bring together flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada and light-flyweight titlist Donnie Nietes for a Sept. 24 shootout at…
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Pacquiao OK by Oct. ? Arum
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquao can return to the ring as early as October or November assuming the eight-division champion decides to return to the ring, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum told TEMPO. Reporting…
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Ali leaves lasting legacy
By Nick Giongco
Apart from the cavernous building located a few meters away where he described his experience there as ?the closest thing to dying that I know of?, Muhammad Ali?s name will forever be…
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AIBA decision on boxing pros in Rio slammed
By Nick Giongco
Even on the local front, personages from professional boxing lashed out at the decision of the AIBA to allow pros to fight in the Olympics, starting with Rio this August, citing the…
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Nietes wants shot at WBA/WBO titles
By Nick Giongco
Donnie Nietes, the Mexican executioner, wants to take the scalp of WBA/WBO flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada, the scourge of Filipino fighters. Fresh from retaining the World Boxing Organization (WBO) light-flyweight crown…