Ryan Songalia
800 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Pacquiao continues to fight because that’s what Pacquiao does
MANILA, Philippines - It?s not uncommon for working people to hit the gym after a day at the office. What Manny Pacquiao does in any day isn?t common for most people, however.…
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Johnriel Casimero: The best boxing champ you’ve never heard of
MANILA, Philippines - Johnriel Casimero has been among the best fighters from the lighter weights for the past several years. Yet despite being a two-time world champion, you won?t see him endorsing…
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Ancajas stuns Arroyo to win IBF junior bantamweight title
MANILA, Philippines - Filipino boxer Jerwin Ancajas outboxed and outslugged Puerto Rico's McJoe Arroyo to win the IBF junior bantamweight title on Saturday, September 3 at the Philippine Navy Gym in Taguig…
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Boxer Jerwin Ancajas makes big money gamble in world title shot
MANILA, Philippines - While many boxers feel terrible and dehydrated when they step on the scale, Jerwin Ancajas was smiling from sucked-in cheek-to-cheek during Friday?s weigh-in. Ancajas looked more like a man…
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Manny Pacquiao says he felt ?lonely? without boxing
MANILA, Philippines ? Twenty-one years on and the Manny Pacquiao show is still running. The number of onlookers at his training sessions has increased since those early days, and it takes Pacquiao…
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IBF champ Arroyo, Ancajas meet Pacquiao at PH Senate
MANILA, Philippines - IBF junior bantamweight champion McJoe Arroyo and mandatory challenger Jerwin Ancajas met with boxing legend Manny Pacquiao at his office at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday, August 31. Arroyo…
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Boxer Jerwin Ancajas is more than just a ‘pretty’ face
MANILA, Philippines ? Jerwin Ancajas walks through cracked streets of Para?aque City, past the beggar children and stray dogs which congregate along narrow walkways. Nothing about the half-kilometer trek from the Elorde…
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Video: Johnriel Casimero trains for Charlie Edwards
MANILA, Philippines ? As training camp winds down, IBF flyweight titleholder Johnriel Casimero put in the rounds with trainer Jun Agrabio at Victory Mall in Caloocan City, Philippines. Casimero (22-3, 14 knockouts)…
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Butler, Inoue among candidates for first Tapales title defense
MANILA, Philippines ? There is no shortage of suitors eager to get first crack at new WBO bantamweight titleholder Marlon Tapales. Promoter Rex ?Wakee? Salud tells RingTV that he is considering four…
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Jerwin Ancajas vs McJoe Arroyo title fight to be free admission
MANILA, Philippines - The IBF junior bantamweight title fight between Puerto Rico's McJoe Arroyo and Filipino Jerwin Ancajas on September 3 has been moved from Bacoor, Cavite to Taguig City. Ancajas? trainer…
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Nonito Donaire splits with father as head trainer
MANILA, Philippines - WBO junior featherweight titleholder Nonito Donaire Jr has split with his father Nonito Sr once again, as the two have agreed to part ways after 3 years back together.…
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Donnie Nietes wants all the big names at 112 pounds
MANILA, Philippines ? Not being a reigning titleholder is something Donnie Nietes will have to get used to. The Filipino boxer formally relinquished the WBO junior flyweight title on Thursday at a…
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ABAP to overhaul leadership after boxing letdown at Rio Games
MANILA, Philippines - ABAP president Ricky Vargas admits that the country?s national sports association for boxing is in need of an overhaul after both of the country?s boxers lost in their fights…
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Lady Luck shines on, scorns PH boxers in Olympic draw
MANILA, Philippines ? They call it the luck of the draw for a reason. At the AIBA Olympic boxing draw on Thursday, August 4, Lady Luck shined down on Filipino light flyweight…
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PH boxer Suarez draws Great Britain’s Cordina, Ladon receives bye
MANILA, Philippines - Filipino lightweight Charly Suarez will have to get past the taller Joe Cordina of Great Britain when the first round of Olympic boxing kicks off in Rio de Janeiro,…
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Mark Anthony Barriga: A short guy with huge possibilities
MANILA, Philippines ? In little over a week, the Olympic boxers will take the ring in Rio de Janeiro with the dreams of gold becoming more vivid with each passing night. Mark…
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PH boxers will be short-handed on trainers at Rio Olympics
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine boxers will have to compete with the assistance of just a single boxing coach at the Rio Olympics after being limited by local organizers due to the…
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Rio 2016: Rogen Ladon
As a newcomer to the world scene, Rogen Ladon isn?t garnering much attention as the 2016 Olympics approach. For the 22-year-old light flyweight boxer, that?s not necessarily a bad thing. As the…
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Pinoy boxer Ancajas to get overdue IBF title shot against Arroyo in Cavite
MANILA, Philippines - Filipino boxing contender Jerwin Ancajas will finally get his mandatory shot at IBF junior bantamweight titleholder McJoe Arroyo of Puerto Rico after a new date of September 3 was…
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Ex-Olympian Barriga likes Ladon, Suarez medal chances in Rio
Mark Anthony Barriga, who boxed for the Philippines at the 2012 Olympics, thinks Rogen Ladon and Charly Suarez stand a real chance of ending the country's 20-year medal drought MANILA, Philippines ?…