Nick Giongco
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JMM Will Expire, Says MP
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? Juan Manuel Marquez has a shelf life that is about to expire. This is the belief of Manny Pacquiao, who told a handful Manila-based scribes on Saturday that Dec.…
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Roach Wants Pacquiao To Focus
By Nick Giongco
LOS ANGELES ? Exactly a week before the fight, Freddie Roach wants Manny Pacquiao all to himself when the Filipino star works out Saturday at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood.…
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Pacquiao Aching To Face JMM
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao wished he?d be able to get his hands on Juan Manuel Marquez the soonest. The feeling is mutual, according to Marquez, who is about to wrap up his training in…
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Viloria Wants To Become Undisputed
By Nick Giongco
From unified to undisputed. That?s what Brian Viloria wants after becoming the first fighter in almost 50 years to unify flyweight titles with his latest win in Los Angeles nearly two weeks…
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Viloria Sees A Pacquiao Win
By Nick Giongco
Brian Viloria?s crystal ball shows that Manny Pacquiao will score a late-round victory over Juan Manuel Marquez on Dec. 8 in Las Vegas. ?It?s going to be a late-round stoppage,? said Viloria,…
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Pacquiao Supports ABAP?s Olympic Bid
By Nick Giongco
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? Manny Pacquiao is throwing his all-out support to the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines? (ABAP) quest to discover the country?s Olympic gold medal hopeful. Pacquiao, deep in…
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Pacquiao Plans To Rain Punches
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao has finally realized that he has to revert to his old and unpredictable self when he locks horns with Juan Manuel Marquez for the fourth time on Dec. 8 at…
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Now Or Never For Viloria
By Nick Giongco
A loss this Sunday afternoon would feel very much like the end of the world for Brian Viloria, who faces youthful Mexican Hernan ?Tyson? Marquez in a unification world flyweight title showdown…
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Roach: It?s KO Or Nothing
By Nick Giongco
Freddie Roach is so obsessed with a knockout victory by Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 8 that he won?t be certainly happy to see the fight go the full route for the fourth…
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Pacquiao Is Almost There ? Roach
By Nick Giongco
After almost two weeks strutting his stuff in the presence of his master trainer, Manny Pacquiao has obviously convinced Freddie Roach that he is indeed looking forward to scoring an emphatic win…
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Viloria Confident vs Mexican Foe
By Nick Giongco
On Nov. 17 in Los Angeles, Filipino-American Brian Viloria will find himself in the ring with a flyweight version of heavyweight bad boy Mike Tyson. Viloria faces hard-hitter Hernan ?Tyson? Marquez, who…
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Marquez Gets ?Tons Of Muscles?
By Nick Giongco
Months of training and weeks of endurance workout have started to turn Juan Manuel Marquez into a wrecking ball. Reports from Mexico City reveal that Marquez, who battles Manny Pacquiao on Dec.…
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Arce Craves Nothing But Donaire
By Nick Giongco
Whenever Jorge Arce shows up at the Romanza Gym in Mexico City, he speaks of nothing else but Nonito Donaire. ?He always talks about him,? relayed Mexican boxing scribe Erika Montoya to…
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Roach Pleased With Pacquiao Sparring
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao made up for his laid-back first sparring day with a blazing performance on Thursday, leaving Freddie Roach delighted with the Filipino?s makeover that took place in a matter of 48…
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Fit Marquez Floors Mexican Sparmate
By Nick Giongco
As a jet-lagged Manny Pacquiao struggles to find his rhythm in Los Angeles, Juan Manuel Marquez is starting to showcase the form that he needs to score a sensational victory come Dec.…
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Jet Lag Slows Down Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco
A day after setting the Wild Card Boxing Club on fire, Manny Pacquiao slowed down a bit on Tuesday when he sparred for a total of six rounds. The culprit: jet lag.…
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Use Past Strategy, Pacquiao Urged
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao has to take a chapter from the olden days if he hopes to convincingly beat Juan Manuel Marquez on Dec. 8. ?Manny has to become the Manny of old, the…
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Pacquiao Eager To See Roach
By Nick Giongco
Manny Pacquiao will prove to Freddie Roach on Monday in Los Angeles that he wasn't pulling his leg when the Filipino star told him he was training like hell in General Santos…
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Donaire Aching For Arce Fight
By Nick Giongco
While Nonito Donaire can?t wait to get his hands on Jorge Arce, the Fil-Am pound-for-pound puncher said he has to know soon ? make that very soon ? whether the proposed Dec.…
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Thai Shatters Banal?s Title Dream
By Nick Giongco
AJ Banal, bloodied, bruised and battered, sat beside his wife close to midnight Saturday, sobbing and sounding as if the world had come to an end. Moments before being escorted back to…