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Manny Piñol

Braveheart

By Manny Piñol

254 articles published

Articles by Manny Piñol

It's Time to Erase the Marquez Stigma
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It's Time to Erase the Marquez Stigma

If there is anything that gives boxing icon Manny Pacquiao an irritating sensation, it is the mention of the name Juan Manuel Marquez. Marqu…

Wed, 01 Dec 2010
Then, Bring In The Young Ones
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Then, Bring In The Young Ones

Having been involved for a long time in the job of serving and pleasing people, I have long accepted the truth that you simply cannot please…

Wed, 17 Nov 2010
Replay of A Biblical Epic
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Replay of A Biblical Epic

Our Mexican friends, almost 90 per cent of them devout Catholics and believers of the Holy Bible, will certainly dislike the parallelism tha…

Tue, 09 Nov 2010
END OF (BOXING) DAYS
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END OF (BOXING) DAYS

I have never been so worried and concerned about how Manny Pacquiao will perform in a fight than as I am now. Well, maybe the reason why I a…

Thu, 21 Oct 2010
UNREST IN MEXICO
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UNREST IN MEXICO

Cebu-based boxing promoter Samson Gelloani, who, in partnership with Uruguayan boxing impressario Sampson Lewkowicz, acts as the business ma…

Wed, 13 Oct 2010
CLASH OF THE TINY WARRIORS
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CLASH OF THE TINY WARRIORS

Minimumweight, strawweight or miniflyweight. This is how they call boxing's lightest division at 105 pounds. It's a relatively new division …

Fri, 01 Oct 2010
DIRTY TRICK BY "FRIENDLY" MEXICANS?
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DIRTY TRICK BY "FRIENDLY" MEXICANS?

My boxer, Edrin Dapudong lost to Mexican Wilbert Uicab last Friday. He was humbled and defeated. No argument. Period. No excuses offered, on…

Sun, 19 Sep 2010
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THE ROAD TO PERDITION

"The road to peridition is paved with good intentions." The disappointing loss of Filipino Edrin Dapudong, a boy whose career I have nurture…

Sat, 18 Sep 2010
Sharing Bob Arum's Pain
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Sharing Bob Arum's Pain

When Bob Arum, a Hall of Fame boxing promoter, abandoned the media tour of Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito to fly to Seattle following …

Sat, 04 Sep 2010

Eureka, A New Golden Boy of RP Boxing!

In the many years that I have been involved in boxing, I have grown to be very critical in my assessment of boxers' chances of excelling in …

Sun, 22 Aug 2010
Taking the Road to Fort JuanMa

Taking the Road to Fort JuanMa

Lorenzo Villanueva. To Filipino boxing fans, Puerto Rican boxing idol Juan Manuel Lopez now looks like an impenetrable Fort that stands prou…

Mon, 19 Jul 2010
THE SLAUGHTER OF BERNABE CONCEPCION

THE SLAUGHTER OF BERNABE CONCEPCION

It was a tough fight, an uphill battle and a difficult mission. That was how I saw Bernabe Concepcion's encounter with Juan Manuel Lopez whe…

Mon, 12 Jul 2010
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Waiting for Dapudong

Bruce Mctavish, Rick Staheli and the Angeles City boxing buffs filled the cooler with beer, Edward Ligas and his group in Cebu City were all…

Sat, 03 Jul 2010