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Manny Piñol

Braveheart

By Manny Piñol

254 articles published

Articles by Manny Piñol

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YOKOHAMA HEIST: GEJON VERSUS THREE

There was an air of confidence that filled the lobby of the Waterfront Hotel in Lahug, Cebu City Thursday night as the handlers of Philippin…

Tue, 27 Sep 2005
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MANNY HEALS SICK CHILD

People who attain success in life become bigger than what they are. Movie stars, singers, sports heroes and in some exceptional cases, even …

Sat, 24 Sep 2005
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WHO LOVES A LOSER?

“In my heyday, young girls wrote to me. Everybody seemed to have time to devote to me. Everything I did the world applauded.” So…

Tue, 20 Sep 2005
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DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH

From a distance, Pingping Tepora looks like a boy who has just finished high school. Lanky and boyish-looking, one would never mistake him f…

Sat, 17 Sep 2005
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WATCH OUT! THE PINOYS ARE COMING

The stunning victories of Manny Pacquiao and two other Filipino boxers Saturday night in Los Angeles, California could serve as a fair warni…

Tue, 13 Sep 2005
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PACQUIAO VS. MORALES PART II

I was one of those who made a fearless forecast that Manny Pacquiao would win over Erik Morales in their first meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada …

Sun, 11 Sep 2005
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THE BATTLE BEGINS

In late December of 1997, a few days after Luisito Espinosa successfully defended his World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight title via a s…

Mon, 05 Sep 2005
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KINGS ARE NOT FOREVER

On the eve of my first birthday as Governor of the Province of North Cotabato in 1998, I learned of a plan by the employees of the provincia…

Sun, 04 Sep 2005

BROTHEL HOUSE OF SPORTS

“The fight racket” wrote American sportswriter Jimmy Cannon, “ ever since its rotten beginnings, has always been the red l…

Sat, 27 Aug 2005
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My Mother's Tears

Last Saturday, Aug. 20, our family gathered in Nueva Vida, the village of our youth in M'lang, North Cotabato to mark our departed father's …

Fri, 26 Aug 2005
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WILD AND WACKY NIGHT OF BOXING

Boxing returned to South Cotabato last week in a rather wild and wacky way as the night was marked by events that ranged from the hilarious …

Mon, 22 Aug 2005
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Raider of Boxing Treasures

Michael Koncz was introduced to me by Manny Pacquiao shortly before my birthday December 16 last year when I hosted dinner for the world cha…

Sun, 21 Aug 2005
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FOR MURAD, THE DREAM LIVES ON

American boxing promoter Murad Muhammad, whose stormy promotional relationship with Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao ended in an out of c…

Thu, 18 Aug 2005