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Dasmariñas nears world title shot

Mandatory challenger Michael “Hot and Spicy” Dasmariñas is one step away from securing the coveted crack at the world crown. A purse bid is …

Wed, 17 Mar 2021

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Middleweight madness

The four superstars — Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran — figured in a mesmerizing merry-go-round that laste…

Wed, 17 Mar 2021

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Marcial stays with Roach

Filipino middleweight Eumir Marcial, undoubtedly the country’s brightest bet for a gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics, is staying put in the U…

Thu, 11 Mar 2021

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God bless America: If you want to make it big, you have to go to the US

Wesley So’s sad story brings to mind what Manny Pacquiao did in the summer of 2001 when the Filipino puncher was starting to run out of wort…

Wed, 10 Mar 2021

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Settling the score

First thing I did after watching Pedro Taduran lose his world title to Rene Cuarto in General Santos City last Saturday was ring up a dear f…

Wed, 03 Mar 2021

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Operation: Marcial makeover

Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Abraham Tolentino is leaving it up to the Association of Boxing Alliances of the Philippines (ABAP) to ta…

Wed, 03 Mar 2021

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Phl boxers ready for Thai camp

The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) is opening the communication lines with MP Promotions to bring over Tokyo Olym…

Mon, 01 Mar 2021

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So far, so good

Tokyo-bound Marcial progressing in LA training It doesn’t look as if Tokyo Olympic qualifier Eumir Marcial is joining the Philippine boxing …

Thu, 25 Feb 2021

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Pacquiao’s bravest opponent

It took him about two seconds to rattle off the name of his most courageous opponent, making sure he didn’t miss out on somebody more deserv…

Wed, 24 Feb 2021

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Salavarria swears Pacquiao still ‘young’

For two-time world flyweight champion Erbito Salavarria, age is just a number. Salavarria, who recently turned 75, feels he doesn’t see anyt…

Fri, 19 Feb 2021

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Battle of the Braves

There is a running joke among boxing men about how certain fighters tremble at the sight and taste of their own blood or freeze the moment t…

Wed, 17 Feb 2021

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Taduran’s reign under threat

World boxing champion Pedro Taduran swears he has thought about slipping out of his hotel room in General Santos City one of these days so h…

Wed, 17 Feb 2021

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Boxing bubble unwraps in Biñan

It’s green and go for the first world title fight on local shores during the pandemic era, Filipino promoter Gabriel “Bebot” Elorde said yes…

Tue, 16 Feb 2021

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Marcial’s Olympic grind intensifies

Tokyo Olympics qualifier Eumir Marcial’s decision to set up camp in Los Angeles is turning out to be a wise decision. As the heavy-handed mi…

Sun, 14 Feb 2021

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Pacquiao: Give me Crawford

Manny Pacquiao isn’t running away from a fight. Pushing 43, Pacquiao would rather lock horns with Terence Crawford, the World Boxing Organiz…

Fri, 12 Feb 2021

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The Second Coming: This is not a (Conor) McGregor (type of) fight.

First time I saw Ryan Garcia fight, I thought I was seeing double. He looked like Oscar de la Hoya and he fought like the Golden Boy. Garcia…

Wed, 03 Feb 2021

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Uncrowned champion

Pacquiao loses ‘welter’ title Not even the stripping of Manny Pacquiao as World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight titleholder will dimin…

Sun, 31 Jan 2021

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Shades of De La Hoya

Ryan Garcia was just ten years old when Manny Pacquiao battered Oscar De La Hoya from pillar to post one cold December night in 2008 in Las …

Thu, 28 Jan 2021

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Easy work for Pacquiao

Take it from someone who had a first-hand experience being in the ring with Ryan “KingRy” Garcia. Romero Duno, the Filipino lightweight who …

Thu, 28 Jan 2021

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Passing of torch?

Manny Pacquiao could end up fighting a guy young enough to be his son. Just hours after Pacquiao’s prospective foe Conor McGregor got ambush…

Tue, 26 Jan 2021