Manny Piñol
254 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Dapudong Cried Before and After the Fight
Tepic City, Mexico - International matchmaker Sampson Leckowicz, who arranged the fight between newly-crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) Flyweight Silver champion Edren "The Sting" Dapudong and Mexican Jesus Jimenez, called my attention…
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The Day Manny Pacquiao Says Goodbye to Boxing
The writings on the wall are clear for everybody to see and nobody can simply close his eyes and say: This is not real. It's real, it's clear, it's true, it's undeniable…
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THE DIFFERENT WORLDS OF MANNY PACQUIAO AND DAVID HOWMAN
David Howman. I never realized that the World Anti-Doping Agency which a certain David Howman reportedly heads was a debating club that bases its conclusions on logical deductions rather than scientific examination.…
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PI?OL ON CORY: THANK YOU AND GOODBYE
(Presiding Officer’s Statement Delivered by Vice Gov. Manny Pi?ol on the opening the 103rd Session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of North Cotabato Aug. 4, 2009) It was on a Tuesday afternoon 23…
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INTERNET LIVE STREAMING: NEW HORIZON FOR SPORTS BROADCASTING
On April 25, two firsts will unfold for Philippine boxing. For the first time in the history of Philippine boxing, a locally-made professional boxing gloves, the Tibay Gloves made in Cebu, will…
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OH, YES! THERE WILL STILL BE LIFE AND EXCITEMENT IN PHILIPPINE BOXING AFTER GERRY, MANNY AND NONITO
On a night when World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion Gerry Penalosa fought before Cebu boxing fans for the last time, three young bantamweights from the Southern Philippine Island of Mindanao proved…
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THE DONAIRE FATHER-SON SAGA: THE SEQUEL
Hurting words were traded between world flyweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. and his father-trainer, Nonito Sr., following a bitter break-up a few months earlier. But if the latest words floated were to…
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THE CURIOUS CASE OF GERONIMO PE?ALOSA
Quizzical eyebrows were raised when world bantamweight champion Gerry Pe?alosa, who at 36 is best described as a battle-scarred ring warrior, decided to accept the offer to challenge Puerto Rican sensation Juan…
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Box, Manny, Box!
Manny Pacquiao must take time out to contemplate on the meaning of the good things and the blessings that fate has showered on him over the last few years. He must interpret…
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NO SIR, IT WAS NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE BEER
Funny how the dramatic development in the purse tug-of-war between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and British Ricky Hatton was trivialized by reports that Manny signed the fight contract after confidante Wakee…
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SPLIT PERSONALITY
I have known Ronnie Nathanielsz for over three decades now and saw him from a distance many years before that when he worked as one of the propagandists of former President Ferdinand…
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The Agony of Antonio L. Aldeguer
There is no other Filipino boxing patron whose dedication to the sport and love for his young wards is as deep as that of Cebu City's Antonio L. Aldeguer, the man behind…
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MANNY PACQUIAO 100 YEARS FROM NOW
One hundred years from now when our faces will just be faint images in the memories of our great great grandchildren and our names will just be alphabetical inscriptions in our moss-covered…
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To Shape A Warrior
There was an anecdote that appeared in a popular magazine many years ago about a proud mother, who, looking at her son sleeping in her arms gushed "It's not that he is…
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6-foot Filipino Welterweight to Turn Pro 2009
A 6-foot tall welterweight who is now a member of the Philippine national amateur boxing team is set to turn professional January next year. Willy "The Orphan" Lopez, 21, who failed in…
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OF FATHERS AND SONS
It was not intended for me, neither did it come from my own child, but the statement made by world flyweight champion Nonito Donaire, jr. that he does not owe his father…
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Donaire Father-Son Team Faces Inevitable Split Due to Wife
"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself." - Khalil Gibran, The Prophet. Nonito Donaire Sr. and his namesake, Nonito Jr., have traveled…
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THE HEART OF MANNY PACQUIAO
Who would even believe that in the thick of the preparation for the biggest fight of his life -- money and prestige-wise -- boxing icon Manny Pacquiao would still find time to…
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OLYMPIC GOLD IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME
Manny Pangilinan. There is a new sense of hope and optimism that engulfs people involved deeply with amateur boxing with the ascension of new and respectable faces to the hierarchy of the…
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TODAY’S ABAP ELECTION: MANNY P TO REPLACE MANNY L?
Manny Pangilinan. It looks like the overstaying president of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP), Manny Lopez, may be giving way to a new face after all. But with defacto…
