Manny Piñol
254 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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To Slay A Zombie
There are three fighters in Manny Pacquiao's colorful and spectacular boxing career whose names, when mentioned, give him great discomfort: power-puncher Rustico Torrecampo, unheralded Medgoen 3K Battery Singsurat and Mexican warrior Juan…
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“Defeat Is An Orphan”
"Victory has many fathers, defeat is an orphan." This famous line attributed to Italian Count Galleazo Ciano and later echoed by US President John F. Kennedy following the Bay of Pigs fiasco,…
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Et Tu, Manny?
After that dull and unexciting championship fight Saturday whose main highlights were the knockdowns scored by both boxers - one real, the other dubious - there was no longer any doubt that…
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Mexican Twins Aim To Write Boxing History
Mexico City - Mexican twins Raul "Rayito" and Ramon "Hirales" Garcia will attempt to write history on Saturday, April 30, by becoming the first set of boxing twins to win world championship…
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‘LITTLE ASSASSIN’ PRAYS FOR BIG DREAMS TO COME TRUE
Mexico City, April 28 - Two days before the biggest fight of his young boxing career, Rommel Asenjo, 21, the poor farmer's son from the frontier town of Pigcawayan, North Cotabato, knelt…
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Pio Solon: ALA Boxing’s New Secret Weapon
There is an apparent new rhythmn in the movements of boxers who belong to Cebu City's ALA Gym whose big name fighters in the past -- like Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and…
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LORENZO VILLANUEVA DREAMS OF REBUILDING SHATTERED LIFE
It was the murder of his father when he was 15 years old that shattered his family and led Lorenzo "Thunderbolt" Villanueva to the world of boxing. He was away from home…
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TOWN OF WARRIORS PRAY FOR THEIR ‘LITTLE WARRIOR’
The farming town of Pigcawayan in North Cotabato, which is at the edge of troubled Maguindanao Province in Central Mindanao, has always been known to be a village of fighters who have…
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THE REDEMPTION
At 19 and undefeated in over 20 fights, he was hailed as the next Manny Pacquiao and stood side by side with the Filipino boxing icon in a Metro Manila motorcade that…
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FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS FOLKS, PACQUIAO VS. MARTINEZ COULD HAPPEN
Curiousity led me to the short video clip, apparently posted by MP Boxing.Com in the Internet, showing Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao watching the last few moments of Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez's demolition…
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MANNY PACQUIAO SURVIVES ‘CONSPIRACY’; WINS THE RING MAGAZINE’S BEST P4P
It's not that losing out to Sergio Martinez in the joust for the Best Boxer Pound For Pound Mythical Crown would really diminish the brightness of Manny Pacquiao's stellar boxing career or…
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HARD-SELLING SERGIO MARTINEZ
Hard-selling is the term used in the marketing world when salesmen and promotions agents try very hard to package and sell an ordinary product to the point of turning off prospective buyers.…
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‘THUNDERBOLT’, 19 WINS, 18 KOs, STEPS OUT OF OBSCURITY
Four years after he turned professional quietly racking up an impressive fight record of 19 wins with 18 knockouts, 24-year-old Lorenzo "Thunderbolt" Villanueva will be ushered by his new promotions outfit, ALA…
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A FATHER’S UNDYING LOVE FOR NONITO, JR.; BOXING CHAMP APOLOGIZES TO BRAVEHEART
Davao City, The Philippines, 9 a.m. March 7 - There is no greater love than a father has for a son. A few minutes after philboxing.com posted my latest column which was…
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AN OPEN LETTER TO NONITO DONAIRE, JR.: BULLET IS FASTER THAN A SONIC-BOOM PUNCH
Your father is a dear friend to me and through this message I hope I will be able to shake you back to your senses, bring you back to earth again and…
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THE MEDIA (AGAIN) TAKES THE BLAME!
In the war of nations and in the arenas of conflict around the world, warring groups, unless they are terrorists, observe certain conventions, one of which is that journalists and Red Cross…
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EXTRA! EXTRA! THE DONAIRES KISS AND MAKE UP!
At the Foot of Mt. Apo, Kidapawan City, The Philippines 2:30 p.m. March 4 - A few hours after she blasted me in her Facebook account telling me to "Go, get a…
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THE INTERNET, THE CULTURAL DIVIDE AND THE DONAIRES’ FILIAL STRIFE
At the Foot of Mt. Apo, Kidapawan City, The Philippines, 4 a.m. March 4 - The Internet, undoubtedly one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st Century, has built a virtual invisible…
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Donaire Family To Nonito Jr. and Rachel: Please, Leave Us Alone!
Davao City, The Philippines 5:30 a.m., March 1 - I hate to write about this issue of the Donaire Father and Son (plus the wife and in-laws) feud again because I feel…
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DONAIRE FAMILY BREAKUP REVISITED
The series of articles that I wrote about the rift and eventual separation between Nonito Donaire Sr., the trainer and father, and his son, Nonito Donaire, Jr., the boxer, came out two…
