Manny Piñol
254 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Secret to Pacquiao?s power comes from PNCs, not PEDS
I AM not supposed to divulge this secret but I really believe that in order to prove to the world that Manny Pacquiao is greatest boxer of this generation, the playing field…
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Can Marquez KO Pacquiao?
THERE is almost a unanimous verdict that the third meeting between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and Mexican boxing legend Juan Manuel Marquez is going to end in a knockout and, of…
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Gym Janitor turned world boxing champ inspires poor boy turned VP
IT is easy for one to understand and draw inspiration from the beauty of the life story of a former gymnasium janitor who became a world boxing champion when he has gone…
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No Percy, UFC will never upstage boxing
WRITER Percy Della, bosom buddy of my dear friend Recah Trinidad, penned a very beautiful and analytical column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on the effect of the Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz fiasco…
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Deep, conservative and populist
HONESTLY, it took me quite a while to decide to which section I should submit this column, the Sports Page or the Opinion Page. This is actually about the Greatest Filipino boxer…
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Villanueva, 2 Pinoy Boxers In Pacquiao-Marquez Card
Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) Oriental Featherweight champion Lorenzo "Thunderbolt" Villanueva and two other Filipino boxers have been personally selected by Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao to see action in the undercard…
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Donnie Nietes, the great little champion
DONNIE Nietes, who held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) miniflyweight crown for four long years, is perhaps the most underrated and unheralded great Filipino boxing champion of this generation. Humble and unassuming,…
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America beckons
EVER since the day the diminutive Pancho Villa conquered America and came home with the world flyweight boxing crown, every Filipino fighter has always looked at the proverbial land of milk and…
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Tomorrow?s Champions
LAST Saturday, in the mountain resort town of Magpet in North Cotabato, about 2,000 people gathered to witness eight young fighters slug it out hoping to become future boxing champions. For most…
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Meet the real Lorenzo Villanueva
THERE is this story of a mother who described to a friend her newborn son by saying: ?It?s not that he is my son, but I really believe he is Christ in…
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?The stupid referee?
BOXING referee Tony Pesons, who acted as the third man in the outrageous fight between Asia-Pacific bantamweight champion AJ Banal and challenger Tyson Cave of Canada in Lapulapu City two weeks ago,…
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Pacquiao starts training September for final showdown with Marquez
MANNY Pacquiao?s preparation for his third bout with Mexican champion Juan Manuel Marquez starts third week of September when he goes up to the Philippines? Summer Capital, Baguio City, for the initial…
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Miracle of the Red Tomato
SATURDAY night last week, former boxer Z Gorres, who almost died from brain injuries he suffered after winning a fight against a Colombian fighter in Las Vegas two years ago, made me…
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Freddie Roach to train KO artist Lorenzo Villanueva
The famed Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, California, which has turned down requests from a long list of boxers who wanted to be trained by Freddie Roach, has opened its doors and…
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Alex Ariza takes a look at Villanueva
AFTER several attempts, I finally caught up with renowned physical conditioning guru Alex Ariza by phone yesterday and brought up the case of undefeated featherweight Lorenzo ?Thunderbolt? Villanueva, who holds a record…
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Pinoy Pride series inspires Philippine boxing
THERE is a fresh air of hope for Philippine boxing, thanks to the pioneering effort of the father and son team of Don Antonio L. Aldeguer, from whose initials ALA Boxing got…
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Cheating 101 and the national exorcism
DURING my elementary school days, the education department conducted an annual National Achievement Test (NAT) in the public schools, an unusual method of testing the competency of teachers by determining the learning…
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Viva Villa!
Pancho Villa. Long before Manny Pacquiao was named Best Boxer in the World Pound for Pound and long before Gabriel "Flash" Elorde became the first Asian fighter to be installed to the…
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The Koncz Enigma: In, Out? Fired, Hired? Whatever!
The curious case of Michael Koncz, the erstwhile business advisor of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, has taken us on a series of twists and turns more dizzying and nauseating than Baguio's…
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Yes Mike, Manny Is Wiser Than You Think
In a stomach-churning display of classic sycophancy, Michael Koncz, erstwhile business advisor to Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, was quoted in the media as saying that "Manny is wiser than most people…
