Katareena Carysse Roska
5 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Great Things Come in Small Packages for Jackie Buntan
DENVER, COLORADO---Sometimes, some people have a special kind of moxie to them—an inexplicable spark that’s like drawing moths to a flame. Jackie Buntan, a Filipino-American fighter from Southern California, is undoubtedly one…
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Tapales’ Taste of Victory— A World Champion Cools Off
Tapales (R) poses with the author. Spotted. Boxing World Champ reaping the fruits of his labor with a free sesh at a vitamin drip lab. The scene: a classic, Californian sunny day…
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Cebu’s Villamor Boxing Gym
CEBU CITY -- The air was hot and heavy, a hallmark of the place I call home: Cebu City, Philippines. The sky was a gloomy gray. For the first time in a…
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NBA — A Tribute: Remembering “Cory” Bryant and Trash Can Three-Pointers
My mother always messed up names. She’d say Noel instead of Noah, Marky instead of Marcus, Evan instead of Ethan and so on. The "murdering" of names got worse with the hundreds…
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A special kind of “Monster”
LOS ANGELES -- For boxers in the bantamweight division, getting a ring date with WBA and IBF champion Naoya Inoue has become a magnificent obsession. The 5-foot-5 Japanese is a certified box-office…
