Nick Giongco
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PBA: Miller looms on Pacquiao?s radar
By Nick Giongco
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? Don?t be shocked if two-time MVP Willie Miller ends up playing alongside Kia playing coach Manny Pacquiao. While there is no deal yet in place for Miller to…
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Algieri satisfied with training
By Nick Giongco
Moments after touching down in Los Angeles on a private jet from Las Vegas yesterday, Chris Algieri held court during a press conference promoting his Nov. 23 clash with Manny Pacquiao, assuring…
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Asian airliner to fly Pacquiao team
By Nick Giongco
An Asian airliner will ferry Manny Pacquiao and his family and training team to Macau, site of the Filipino star?s showdown with unbeaten Chris Algieri on Nov. 23, according to Hall of…
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Everything?s right on track, says Arum
By Nick Giongco
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum can?t wait to set foot in Macau to preside over the Nov. 23 world welterweight title clash between Manny Pacquiao and Chris Algieri. ?Everything?s right on…
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Algieri confident of beating Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
Moving pictures of himself toying with Manny Pacquiao is beginning to appear in Chris Algieri?s head. Three weeks before they face off at around high noon in Macau (Saturday night in the…
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?Algieri won?t go beyond 6 rounds?
By Nick Giongco
The verbal sparring between the camps of Manny Pacquiao and Chris Algieri has escalated with the Canadian adviser of the Filipino icon suggesting that the unbeaten US fighter won?t go beyond six…
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Algieri training hard
By Nick Giongco
Chris Algieri is pushing himself to the limit as he revs up for the force of nature that is Manny Pacquiao next month in Macau. Holed out in Las Vegas the past…
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Pacquiao aiming for knockout
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao sees long-time trainer Freddie Roach becoming a happy camper after he takes care of business on Nov. 23 in Macau. Just before Pacquiao and Roach and members of his training…
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No more hoops for Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
The most critical phase of Manny Pacquiao?s buildup for the Chris Algieri defense of his world welterweight title on Nov. 23 in Macau started yesterday when the fighting congressman went eight rounds…
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Arum flying in to visit Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
Bob Arum is making a quick trip to the Orient to check on the progress of Manny Pacquiao?s training and drumbeat his Nov. 23 showdown with Chris Algieri in Macau. Just before…
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Navarrete lives a life of squalor
By Nick Giongco
GENERAL SANTOS CITY?The life of Rolando Navarrete, once the toast of Philippine boxing, is in a total mess. Navarrete, now 57, says he makes both ends meet working at the city?s fish…
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Pacquiao to finish off Algieri in 6th
By Nick Giongco
He?s not actually making a prediction, but Manny Pacquiao doesn?t relish the idea of spending 12 full rounds with Chris Algieri on Nov. 23 in Macau. ?We are scheduled to fight for…
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Pacquiao trainer arrives
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao?s training takes up a notch with the arrival yesterday of Australian conditioning coach Justin Fortune, who started working with the Filipino icon yesterday in General Santos City. Fortune, the former…
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Roach arriving next month
By Nick Giongco
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach is scheduled to arrive in the country early next month and conditioning coach Justin Fortune might not be far behind. Roach?s arrival will signal the most…
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Arum: Ball is in Floyd?s court
By Nick Giongco
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum bared yesterday that rival network giants HBO and Showtime have found a way to equally distribute a proposed Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather super fight in 2015 and…
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?Mayweather has no choice but fight me?
By Nick Giongco
Late last month in Macau, Manny Pacquiao was playfully twiddling with his smartphone while waiting for the call to fly to Shanghai when asked about the elusive Floyd Mayweather fight. Pacquiao, seated…
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PH boxers sweep bouts
By Nick Giongco
Dubai ? Before a sellout crowd that had the classy venue rocking and rolling, Filipino fighters Genesis Servania, Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista and King Arthur Villanueva posted wins over their respective Hispanic…
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PH pugs raring to rumble
By Nick Giongco
Dubai ? The searing desert heat is expected to creep inside the ring Friday night (early Saturday morning in Manila) as the trio of top-flight Filipino fighters deal with respective Hispanic foes…
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Pacquiao sets 7-week training camp vs Algieri
By Nick Giongco
The set is stage for Manny Pacquiao?s training camp ? penciled for seven or eight weeks ? for the Nov. 23 collision with undefeated US fighter Chris Algieri. ?Manny will camp out…
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Pacquiao warned
By Nick Giongco
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum is cautioning Manny Pacquiao not to take his Nov. 23 defense of the world welterweight crown for granted. Pacquiao is set to face Chris Algieri and…