Bill Velasco
114 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Margarito’s mistakes
By Bill Velasco
Antonio Margarito made a lot of mistakes in facing Manny Pacquiao yesterday. Granted that being the bigger fighter in a catchweight scenario is already a disadvantage, he was also a victim of…
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Pacquiao’s hit list
By Bill Velasco
Manny Pacquiao faces perhaps his biggest challenge tomorrow, an attempt to annex a world title in an unprecedented eighth weight class. The catchweight notwithstanding, it is still a dangerous proposition for the…
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Pacquiao-Margarito: Weight of the matter
By Bill Velasco
Manny Pacquiao?s biggest advantage in this weekend?s title fight against Antonio Margarito, aside from his work ethic, will be the weight, which everybody is talking about. Pacquiao will have the flexibility to…
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Bad Boy Floyd
By Bill Velasco
Don?t look now, but Floyd Mayweather has further weakened his own position in trying to get a fight with Rep. Manny Pacquiao. Friday in Las Vegas, the self-styled ?pretty boy? of boxing…
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Pacquiao’s upper limit
By Bill Velasco
Manny Pacquiao once again showed another facet of his repertoire, dominating an opponent reluctant to throw punches and retaining his WBO welterweight title. It was a masterful performance, revealing both great courage…
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Pacquiao and the realities of boxing
By Bill Velasco
I always enjoy conversations with international boxing referee Bruce McTavish. His depth and range of experience and knowledge of professional boxing is second to none. Aside from always being accurate and keeping…
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Pacquiao bent on running
By Bill Velasco
Seven-time world champion Manny Pacquiao is bent on seeking a congressional seat in Sarangani in the 2010 elections. In an interview for the ABS-CBN News Channel program “Ultimate Sports Barkada” airing today…
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Pacquiao bats for SEA Games bets
By Bill Velasco
Seven-time world boxing champions Manny Pacquiao has openly thrown his support behind the Filipino athletes going to the Southeast Asian Games in Laos next week. Despite his incredibly hectic schedule, the record-setting…
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Pacquiao’s seventh heaven
By Bill Velasco
Things just keep getting better for Manny Pacquiao, as he not only survived, but came out smelling like roses against a tough WBO welterweight champion yesterday. After a few scary moments early…
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Experts weigh in on Pacquiao-Cotto
By Bill Velasco
Manny Pacquiao is at another crossroads in his career, this one taking him around the bend to the final stage of his career as a boxer. He has taken a gamble on…
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The bravery of Boom Boom
By Bill Velasco
CEBU City – It is one thing to just get into the ring and risk serious permanent injury for a living, it is another to survive being vilified in your own bailiwick.…
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RP expanding in ring, on pitch
By Bill Velasco
The Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines is curently staging its Mindanao eliminations, and a huge record field has entered. On June 3, 23 teams and 189 boxers started fighting in 157…
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Gerry steps up/tennis gets boost
By Bill Velasco
CEBU CITY ? Tonight, Gerry Pe?alosa takes a step in his climb to immortality. Young German Meraz tests the WBO bantamweight champion in a card dubbed ?Battle of the Bantamweights? which will…
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Boxing’s journey of thousand miles
By Bill Velasco
New Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines executive director Ed Picson realizes that he has a long road ahead. Barely having stepped into his new shoes, Picson has already seen the difference…
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Katsidis stops the train
By Bill Velasco
CEBU ? In his first visit to a country he has championed internationally, Michael ?The Great? Katsidis took his first step in the climb back to acceptance among the most feared boxers…
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Ric Fortaleza’s undying mission
By Bill Velasco
BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental -? Ricardo ?Ric? Fortaleza is a long way from Sydney, Australia, where he is now based. But when you hear him talk, he has never really been far…
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What it all means
By Bill Velasco
BACOLOD ? So many stories, so little space. That was the general sentiment of media delegates to the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines Congress here Thursday afternoon. As of this writing,…
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Dodie Boy Jr. to stay amateur, joins national pool
By Bill Velasco
BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental? Dodie Boy Pe?alosa Jr., son of former world champion Dodie Boy Pe?alosa, will remain an amateur and join the national training pool. The older Pe?alosa personally informed Amateur…
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Boxing’s new air of hope
By Bill Velasco
BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental ? An unprecedented turnout of over 600 boxers from all over the country flooded the Negros Occidental Multi-Purpose Activity Center (NOMPAC) for the Smart National Amateur Boxing Championship,…
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How realistic is Pacquiao-Marquez III?
By Bill Velasco
In the mix of final fights being lined up for Manny Pacquiao?s farewell tour, an unlikely name cropped up, one that some experts believed the four-time world champion would never consider again:…