Ed C. Tolentino
183 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Still a champ, just in recess
You can understand why boxing fans and critics are lashing out at the World Boxing Association (WBA) for its confusing and polluted title hierarchy. The WBA has so many title belts its…
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Poirier did McGregor a favor
The boxing showdown between WBA welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao and mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor was supposed to be a done deal. All McGregor had to do was breeze past a…
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One fight away from Pacquiao-McGregor
Mixed martial arts star Conor “The Notorious” McGregor is booked to take on Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 this weekend and if everything goes according to plan, a fight with boxing champion…
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Four the road
The country ended the year 2020 with four regular, full-fledged world boxing champions in Manny Pacquiao (WBA welterweight), Jerwin Ancajas (IBF junior bantamweight), John Riel Casimero (WBO bantamweight) and Pedro Taduran (IBF…
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Inoue looking for ‘Monster’ win
The last time boxing fans saw thrill-a-minute puncher Naoya “Monster” Inoue in the ring, the Japanese was locked in the toughest fight of his career opposite Filipino Nonito Donaire Jr. Inoue was…
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Loma-Lopez too close to call
Amid the pandemic, a fight that figures to be anything but anemic is about to take place. On Sunday, WBA-WBO lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko will face IBF counterpart Teofimo Lopez at the…
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Is Inoue a ‘Casimero-dodger?’
WBO bantamweight (118 lbs) champion Johnriel Casimero was originally scheduled to fight WBA-IBF counterpart Naoya “The Monster” Inoue of Japan in April, but the fight was called off due to the Covid-19…
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Casimero a loud problem that Inoue can no longer ignore
PERHAPS Japanese superstar Naoya ‘The Monster’ Inoue should have nipped the problem that is Johnriel Casimero right in the bud. The unbeaten Inoue, who holds the WBA and IBF bantamweight straps, was…
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Nothing worth trumpeting about Horn
Australian Jeff Horn, who shot to fame three years ago with his upset victory over Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao, is contemplating on retiring from boxing after recently absorbing another crushing defeat.…
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The ALA fighters Pacquiao should sign up
It comes as no surprise that Manny Pacquiao’s MP Promotions has expressed interest on some of the fighters of the now-defunct ALA Boxing Promotions. It makes for a good investment when you…
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Pinoy Pride forever
You get hit; you take a knee. But before the count reaches 10, you get back on your feet and head back to the action and salvage a victory. You do not…
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What awaits Marcial in the pros
It’s a done deal. Amateur standout Eumir Felix Marcial has inked a six-year professional contract with Manny Pacquiao (MP) Promotions and is expected to unload his first pro punch before the year…
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Pacquiao in the middle
It’s like being placed between a rock and a hard place or, in the case of ring icon Manny ‘Pac Man’ Pacquiao, between “El Terrible” and “Dinamita.” In the course of his…
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A not-so ‘Golden’ decision
It all started with that workout video of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson that went viral. Apparently, watching the video had former six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya also feeling the…
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Why Terence Crawford, not Golovkin, is the best choice for Pacquiao
IT has been almost a decade since Manny Pacquiao moved up in weight and while he nearly pitched a shutout in beating Mexican Antonio Margarito for the vacant WBC super welterweight (154…
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Pacquiao’s search for 9th heaven
Manny Pacquiao is already 41 years old and in his 25th year as a professional boxer, but the key number for him today might just be No. 9. If you get the…
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Ready for Tyson-Holyfield 3, De La Hoya-McGregor?
It appears that when professional boxing resumes, it is not only the hush puppies of the sport who will be dashing out of the corral and jumping straight into to the boxing…
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Doubt his skills at age 36, but never, ever question this man’s heart
IF the fight with Naoya Inoue turns out to be Nonito Donaire Jr.?s swan song, he will be leaving the punch-for-pay business amid a medley of respect and cheers. While Donaire failed…
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Worth the wait
It is hard to believe that it took ninety-four years before the country hosted another world boxing title fight involving two Filipino boxers. The first All-Pinoy world title matchup in local soil…
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Historic all-Pinoy pairing at the Fort
In May 1925, while on vacation in the Philippines, Pancho Villa ran low on cash and decided to defend the world flyweight (112 lbs.) title against countryman Clever Sencio at Wallace Field,…