Jingo Quijano
525 articles · Sun.Star Cebu
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Erring, unruly boxing fans should be punished
KUDOS to Sean Gibbons, an American member of Johnreil Casimero?s team who tried to shield the fighter from the heinous riot that occurred after Casimero defeated local hero Luis Lazarte in Buenos…
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Congratulations, Johnreil Casimero
IT couldn?t have come at a better time. With his birthday only two days away, Johnreil Casimero (16-2, 10KOs) stopped Luis Alberto Lazarte for the interim IBF light flyweight title in Club…
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10 reasons Ruben Garcia had Vasquez winning
IT WAS a gutsy, inspired performance from Nonito Donaire Jr., and Wilfredo Vasquez Jr. was damn lucky to have survived that fight on his feet. Doubly lucky that Donaire broke his hand…
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Quijano: Donaire risks lofty status
THIS boxing pedigree thing can be quite fiddly. More often than not, the progeny is hardly the chip off the old block that everybody expects. Maybe it has a lot to do…
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Quijano: Pound-for-pound rankings, 1st quarter 2012
BEFORE the big fights happen, let?s post our pound-for-pound rankings beginning 2012. 1.) Manny Pacquiao (54-3, 38KOs)?Based on his recent fight, the Pacman?s hold on this spot is tenuous. This Last Rounder…
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Quijano: That phone call
THE world is indeed getting smaller due to technological advancement. Two decades ago, when I was a gangly, pimple-faced freshman staying at UP Kalayaan dorm, in order to call home I had…
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Quijano: Economics 101
I?M becoming less enamored of my compa?ero Bob Arum with each passing week and the barrage of excuses he is offering as to why Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao won?t happen. What…
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Quijano: Looking back at 2011
ANDRE WARD. He towered over the competition this year in defeating Arthur Abraham and dominating Carl Froch in the finals to emerge as Showtime?s Super-middleweight tournament champion. He now proudly wields the…
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Quijano: What goes around…
COMES around. There is order and justice in this world after all. Years of aberrant behavior have finally caught up with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Yes, indeed. Jolly old St. Nick made sure…
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Quijano: Bullish on Andre Ward
WELCOME to the Andre Ward era. The new champion of Showtime?s Super Six Super middleweight tournament displayed the full range of his skills last Saturday with a dominating performance against Britain?s Carl…
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Quijano: Miguel Cotto cares about his legacy
A RELIABLE and tested metric of a fighter?s true worth is how well he does in rematches. All the great ones did well and stepped up when it mattered. Muhammad Ali exacted…
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Quijano: The closest thing to death was fight Joe Frazier
I?VE been meaning to toll the bell for Joe Frazier since last week, but of course I had to address the pressing issues surrounding Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III, so…
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Quijano: Answers to Pacquiao vs. Marquez FAQs
WITH the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez donnybrook just a week away, The Last Round offers its answers to some frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the last mega-fight of 2011. What must Marquez…
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Quijano: Narvaez feared for his life
YES guys. Wonder no more why Omar Narvaez was on survival mode the entire time. One of my favorite boxing websites, fightnews.com, quoted Narvaez as having uttered the following admission. ?Neither of…
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Quijano: Sonsona and Cuello save the weekend
JUST last month, Manny Pacquiao was quoted dropping hints about his impending retirement which could come sooner than anyone expected. After hearing that, I took the day off and spent the rest…
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Quijano: Scoring system courts controversies
CONGRATULATIONS to Donnie Nietes, the new WBO junior flyweight champion. When this column was in its infancy, Donnie was the very first boxer I featured and I feel a sense of kinship…
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Quijano: Settling the score, once and for all
Well, I sure hope veteran referee Joe ?I?m fair but I?m firm? Cortez doesn?t do an Ortiz-Mayweather 2 and gets distracted by ogling those lovely Bacolod lasses seated ringside while the real…
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Quijano: Make us proud once again, Donnie
All ROADS lead to St. La Salle Gym in Bacolod City this Saturday night as Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes guns for his second world title against Ramon Garcia ?Principe? Hirales. Tickets are reportedly…
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Quijano: Of headbutts and cheap shots
YES , it was a legal and legitimate blow. However, in boxing not everything that is legal might be considered tasteful. Rather, it was a cheap shot landed on an opponent who…
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Quijano: Can a ?Pretty Boy? handle a ?Vicious? puncher?
THEY say attrition brings out one?s character. Faced with a crisis, a person?s reaction to it speaks volumes about his true ilk. In the sixth round against Rena Maidana, in a fight…