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Amateur boxing headed to the gutters

With only one little guy, Mark Anthony Barriga, who qualified for the Olympic Games by a stroke of luck, carrying the country?s tri-colors i…

Sun, 15 Apr 2012

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Great Fights At The Heights

Lorenzo Villanueva. Decades ago, I and my Baguio city boxing friend Raffy Panagan started a series of boxing events titled "Great Fights At …

Mon, 09 Apr 2012

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Into the Lion?s Den

With a few fights left in his storied and fabled boxing career, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is now starting to get an idea of what t…

Sun, 01 Apr 2012

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Thunderbolt goes high altitude

Given what he considers as a once in a lifetime chance of lifting himself and his siblings out of poverty, orphan Lorenzo ?Thunderbolt? Vill…

Sun, 25 Mar 2012

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Singapore Hosts Two World Boxing Title Fights

The tiny nation of Singapore, known all of these years as the business hub of Asia, has started a well-planned effort to become the Far East…

Wed, 07 Mar 2012

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Publisher Pacquiao

Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, who is also the Congressman from Saranggani, the TV host, the singer, the basketball player, the billia…

Sat, 10 Dec 2011

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GMA 7 Airs Pacquiao-Marquez III Review

Television network GMA 7 which carried the epic third fight between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and great Mexican counterpuncher Jua…

Sat, 26 Nov 2011

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The media and mind conditioning

THE late Smokin? Joe Cantada, undoubtedly one of the best sportscasters and boxing analysts in the history of Philippine broadcasting, once …

Mon, 21 Nov 2011

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Pacquiao-Marquez III Replay, Review Set Nov. 27

The replay and review of the third meeting between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and Mexico's great counterpuncher Juan Manuel Marquez…

Sat, 19 Nov 2011

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Pacquiao-Marquez III Replay: Let's Watch And Learn Together

All these debates over who won in the third meeting between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and Mexican boxing legend Juan Manuel Marque…

Thu, 17 Nov 2011

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If The Judges And Computer Erred, Who Could Have Scored It Right?

Determining the winner in a boxing bout is not like selecting the new American Idol or choosing the New Seven Wonders of the World where the…

Tue, 15 Nov 2011

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PACQUIAO-MARQUEZ III REPLAYED AND DISSECTED

In the face of the so-called "controversial" victory of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao over Mexican boxing legend Juan Manuel Marquez i…

Mon, 14 Nov 2011

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Pacquiao Agrees to "Winner Takes All" In Fight against Floyd Mayweather

Hollywood, California, Nov. 4 - Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, responding to a dare by late night show host Jimmy Kimmel, tonight said…

Fri, 04 Nov 2011

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Saving Boxer Ryan

Ryan Rae Ponteras, 21, is not the kind of boxer you would like to have in a boxing club like the Braveheart of North Cotabato which is known…

Sun, 23 Oct 2011

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Who could?ve won in Ali vs. Stevenson? What if Mayweather fights Pacquiao?

HUMAN history is replete with tales of events that everybody wanted to happen or stories that we would have wanted to be continued but someh…

Thu, 20 Oct 2011

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Disrespecting Freddie Roach

Before last week, I was given the impression that American trainer Robert Garcia was a nice young man who could grow to be one of the best t…

Sun, 16 Oct 2011

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Roach dissects top Philippine boxers

HALL of Famer Freddie Roach, a former lightweight contender who is now considered as the world?s best boxing trainer, is one of the nicest p…

Tue, 11 Oct 2011

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Pacquiao hints: It?s Bradley after Marquez

Some may call it over-confidence or even arrogance, but for people who have keen business sense, it is just simply forward planning. Five we…

Sun, 09 Oct 2011

Roach: After Pacquiao, Nietes is RP's Best

Nietes (L) with Roach. Two days before he attempts to win his second world boxing title, tiny Donnie Nietes, the former gymnasium janitor wh…

Fri, 07 Oct 2011

Pacquiao Breaks Baguio Camp Friday

On Friday, Oct. 7, members of the training team of world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will pack up their bags and break the Baguio C…

Thu, 06 Oct 2011