Alex P. Vidal
282 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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AUSSIE, THAI RING OFFICALS ROB FILIPINO UNDERDOGS
LOS ANGELES, California – Unless the Philippine sports authority will flex its muscles and reveals its fangs, the abuses and highway robberies victimizing struggling Filipino professional fighters abroad will go on unabated.…
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DISCLOSURE OF PACQUIAO’S 2010 FIGHT MAY HAVE JEOPARDIZED MAYWEATHER DEAL
LOS ANGELES, California – Did somebody commit a mea culpa in prematurely disclosing that International Boxing Organization (IBO) light welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao would soon relinquish the title after fighting Miguel Angel…
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‘CASTILLO AS PACQUIAO SPARRING PARTNER A BRILLIANT MOVE’
LOS ANGELES, California – Mexican fans in Vista and Escondido in San Diego County have hailed the choice of Team Pacquiao to hire the services of former World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight…
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PACQUIAO’S TOWNMATE DEFENDS WBO CROWN SEVEN DAYS AFTER VEGAS FIGHT
LOS ANGELES, California – Of the two Filipino world champions who will fight for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) titles seven days apart next month, WBO super flyweight champion Marvin “Marvelous” Sonsona…
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COTTO URGED TO DO A MAYWEATHER: ‘BLOAT AND OUTWEIGH’ PACQUIAO
LOS ANGELES, California – Buoyed by the recent lopsided victory of Goliath over David, backers of World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-1, 27 KOs) have egged the 28-year-old…
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MAYWEATHER’S TORTURE OF MARQUEZ UNLOCKED KEY TO PACQUIAO MYSTERY
OS ANGELES, California – Team Mayweather’s game plan was simple: take one step backward, but take two steps forward. Step one backward means outweighing your smaller opponent by as much as 20…
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ARGUELLO GAVE NAVARETTE THE HARDEST BEATING IN HIS CAREER
SAN FRANCISCO, California ? It was three-time world champion Alexis Aruello who gave Filipino former world super featherweight champion Rolando Navarette the hardest beating in his career when the two squared off…
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REFEREE BAYLESS: HATTON GONE IN FIRST ROUND
LAS VEGAS, Nevada ? Referee Kenny Bayless admitted he thought of stopping the fight in the first round after Ricky Hatton hit the canvas for the second time but decided to give…
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WEAKNESSES, STRENGHTS OF PACQUIAO AND HATTON
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- First for Manny Pacquiao: ?Don?t stand in front of Ricky Hatton after punching; don?t drop hands after throwing punches.? Thus was the warning given by boxing historian and…
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CONCEPCION LONE PINOY IN PACQUIAO-HATTON IBO BRAWL
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Bernabe Concepcion is the only Filipino boxer who will see action in the undercard of the ?The Battle of East and West? featuring International Boxing Organization (IBO) and…
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CUAMBOT POSTS SECOND WIN IN ONE WEEK
WEST COVINA, California -- Dismissed by a Mandaluyong City-based matchmaker as a ?has-been? for turning professional late, Remy ?Yoroshi? Cuambot continued to prove his critics wrong as he silently marshaled into his…
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Pacquiao’s pal files ‘unlimited’ civil case vs Roach
LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 11 (PNA) -- Gregorio "Greg" Asuncion, a Fil-Am long-time friend of world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, has filed "unlimited" civil case against the boxer's trainer Freddie Roach, the…
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NOW IT CAN BE ASKED: WEIGHING SCALE TRICK LAST-MINUTE MOVE TO SAVE DE LA HOYA’S NECK?
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Was the Golden Boy bloated? Oscar De La Hoya could be weighing at least 149 lbs or two pounds over the welterweght limit when he tipped the scale…
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MUHAMMAD ALI AND MANNY PACQUIAO: ALL-TIME GREATS
LAS VEGAS, Nevada ? There was no doubt that Manny Pacquiao, the new Teki god of punch business, is next to "The Greatest" Muhammad Ali, the protege of Angelo Dundee, who admitted…
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PACQUIAO TO CANADA-BASEDFILIPINOS: THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITH AND SUPPORT
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Before he left for the Philippines via Los Angeles, California on December 8, Manny Pacquiao thanked Filipinos now living in Canada "for their faith in me and for…
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MEXICAN WORLD CHAMPS: WE ARE SHOCKED!
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The seven former world champions and four current world champions from Mexico who were at ringside during the "Dream Match" On December 6 at the MGM Grand, mourned…
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BODY PUNCHES ‘KILLED’ DE LA HOYA, SAYS ROACH
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- It was Manny Pacquiao's well-executed body punches as early in the second round that brought down Oscar De La Hoya and put a grotesque finale of the much-ballyhooed…
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PACMAN’S SECRET WEAPON TO VICTORY: DE LA HOYA COULD BE DRILLED BY PACQUIAO’S WIDE PUNCHES
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Who says it's difficult to hit a towering windmill like Oscar De La Hoya? One of Manny Pacquiao's specialties is to harass his opponents with wide punches, and…
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OSCAR: THEY WOKE UP THE GIANT
LAS VEGAS, Nevada ? A visibly irked Oscar De La Hoya said the unfavorable words of his critics led by his former gym mentor Freddie Roach have helped motivate him to aim…
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PACQUIAO RELIES ON ?GOD? AND ROACH FOR WIN VS DE LA HOYA
LAS VEGAS, Nevada ? Manny Pacquiao has shown a tremendous devotion to God as he admitted that he prays a lot for ?the most important fight of my life? against the extremely…
