Hermie Rivera
91 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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What’s Next for Marvelous Manny?
Hailed by Oscar de la Hoya as the world’s best in the super featherweight class, Manny Paquiao checked in at the Big Dome’ armed with his usual tools to make his fight…
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Multi-million Dollar Payday
Mano a Mano, THE KEENLY AWAITED ring drama starring the irrepressible Manny Pacquiao opens Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum with Mexico?s brawler Oscar Larios co-starring in a blockbuster destined to top the…
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Murder at the ‘Dome’
It?s seldom that a fighter travels abroad to fight a titleholder in his backyard and comes out a winner. But former two-time world champion Oscar Larios of Mexico is undaunted as he…
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Pacquiao-Larios tango
LESS THAN a month into the fight, Manny Pacquiao and Oscar Larios have started beating up their sparmates as they stepped up work for their July 2 slugfest at the Araneta Coliseum.…
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‘LITTLE BROWN DOLLS’: A Gallery of Filipino World Boxing Champs
THEY were called “little brown dolls,” but how they could fight! Twenty-seven world champions enshrined in the record books since the early ‘20s attest to the ability, speed, courage and flash of…
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Commentary: A birthday package
The 17th (tomorrow) marks his 68th, so confesses boxing man Hermie Rivera. Our friend has one simple request. May we kindly print this piece as a birthday gift? Much obliged, boss. Take…
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Betrayal of Trust
At this time may we turn your attention to an imposition by the ruling boxing council for Manny Pacquiao to fight Oscar Larios for the WBC International title belt on July 2…
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PACQUIAO-BARRERA II: EARLY FIGHT PREDICTION
Editor's Note: PhilBoxing.com would like to welcome to its fold veteran Filipino sportswriter, commentator and one of the most highly revered sports media personality in the Philippines, Mr. Hermie Rivera. Hermie starts…
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US oddsmakers pick Pacquiao
LOS ANGELES, California -- Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales took center stage at the MGM grand for the first time last March, displaying their status as two of the world’s most powerful…
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Pacquiao has a lot to do
THE LAST TIME I filled a news space, I told everyone how good Manny Pacquiao was despite his loss to Erik Morales. Then quick as a jungle cat, the GenSan marvel went…
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Pacquiao vs Morales<br>A budding trilogy
"In the end, both ?came with everything? but Manny Pacquiao came up short and Eric Morales squeaked through with a brilliant win over our game but outfoxed GenSan Marvel. That in a…