Alex P. Vidal
282 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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VITALY KLITSCHKO: ?I LOVE MANILA?
MANILA -- As one of the only few most prominent towering figures both literally and figuratively that graced the 45th World Boxing Council (WBC) World Boxing Convention at the Manila Hotel from…
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Promoter Asks GAB Commissioner Guanzon: Help Boxers Avail Free Medical Tests
International promoter Sammy Gello-ani has asked Games and Amusement Board (GAB) commissioner Juan Ramon ?Monju? Guanzon to help incoming professional boxers avail free medical examinations being required for those who intend to…
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WBC Sessions Push Through Despite Batasan Bombing
MANILA ? Foreign delegates in the ongoing World Boxing Council (WBC) 45th Annual World Convention being held at the Manila Hotel here were unfazed by the bomb attack in the House of…
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WUSHU TO MUAY THAI : Unknown University of Iloilo grad gives RP gold medal in Asian Indoor Games
An unheralded Ilonggo former wushu player who shifted to muay thai after he was overshadowed by fellow Ilonggo, world and Asian wushu champion Rene Catalan, emerged as the country?s hero in the…
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ABS-CBN?s ?Sikat ka Ilonggo? to feature RP champ Denver Cuello
Touched by reports that his mother died before his scheduled defense of the national crown in Binangonan, Rizal last October 28, ABS-CBN?s most popular morning talk show in Iloilo City , ?Sikat…
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Boxing tips to gym owners from ex-RP king Jun Llano
?Sa hirap ng buhay ngayon, maraming kabataan ang nag papanggap na maging boxer para lang maka libre sa pagkain at tulugan (Because of poverty, many youngsters would pretend nowadays to join boxing…
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Bantilan vs Butar-Butar Duel for IBO Asia-Pacific Title Reset
Evander Holyfield-look alike Van ?Holyfield? Bantilan said the postponement of his IBO Asia-Pacific superfeatherweight championship engagement with Indon star Simson Butar-Butar from Nov. 5 to December 2 this year is a ?blessing…
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Cuello Draws with Del Castillo, Retains RP Miniflyweight Title
BINANGONAN, Rizal ? Slick-punching Denver Cuello of Jaro Boxing Stable retained his RP minimumweight title with a technical draw with Cebu?s Rollen del Castillo in the third round of a 12-round title…
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New York firm donates $40,000 to McTavish?s ?StreetChildren?
McTavish. Ecstatic that his StreetChildren foundation in Clark, Pampanga got a windfall of US$40,000 (roughly P2 million) from New York based-OMSG Company, New Zealand international referee Bruce McTavish, who now lives in…
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Bantilan shoots for IBO Asia-Pacific crown vs Butar-Butar in Jakarta
Rex ?Wakee? Salud ward Van ?Holyfield? Bantilan impressed his handlers in the last phase of his sparring session at the Jaro Boxing Gym in Binangonan, Rizal Thursday afternoon engaging RP No. 4…
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Iloilo athletes win 2 golds in boxing-less ?Olympics?
ILOILO CITY ? For the first time, Filipino athletes did not bank on boxing as main producer of medals in world games unlike in the regular World Summer Olympic Games. This time,…
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ADVICE FROM A 75-YEAR-OLD LAWYER: ‘DON’T CROSS THE RIVER, MANNY’
ILOILO CITY ? A well-known lawyer and philosopher here has warned WBC international champion Manny Pacquiao ?not to cross the river of no return? and to ?follow the dictate of mother nature?…
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Mayor who carried Pacquiao?s belt earns boos, praises from constituents
The man who volunteered to carry and raise the WBC ?international? belt of Manny Pacquiao during the flag ceremony of the ?Will to Win? rumble in Las Vegas last Oct. 7 earned…
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GAB Awards Panoncillo for Helping Pinoy Boxers
CEBU CITY -- For providing opportunities to deserving Filipino boxers to fight for regional as well as world boxing championships, the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) on Sunday (September 30) awarded World…
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GAB Chief: ?Body punches will kill Barrera?
Dr. Nasser Cruz. It will be Manny Pacquiao?s body punches that will destroy Marco Antonio Barrera when the two great ring gladiators face for the second time in a 12-round non-title duel…
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Boxing Regional Chief Calls for Stoppage of Unsanctioned Fights
ILOILO CITY -- The regional president of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) in Western Visayas has alerted local boxing and government officials in an ?emergency? meeting at the Japino…
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No Boxers for RP Team in World Special Olympics
When the 80-athlete Philippine contingent leaves for Shanghai, China on September 28 to participate in the 12th World Special Olympics Summer Games on Oct. 2-11, there will be no athletes in boxing…
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Pinoys in Taiwan Agog Over Pacquiao-Barrera Rematch
TAIPEI -- Several Filipino boxing fans working in several factories here are equally excited as their countrymen in the Philippines and in the United States for the Oct. 6 (Oct. 7 in…
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Chinese Pug Wants to Turn Professional
TAIPEI -- Feng Wa Song of Min Chuan E. Road, here, said he wants to fight as a professional boxer and is looking for a trainer who will bring him to either…
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‘Descriminated’ Ilonggo Pug Out to Prove True Worth
A boxing manager has slammed a little-known boxing trainer in a Mandaluyong gym and a veteran matchmaker for their "discriminatory and uncalled for actuations and remarks" against an Iloilo boxer who recently…
