Jingo Quijano
525 articles · Sun.Star Cebu
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Thoughts on Marquez vs. Diaz 2
THE rematch was a far cry from the first installment, which gave us 2009?s Fight of the Year, but that?s okay. After all, with the bar set so high the first time,…
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Is Banal still haunted by Concepcion loss?
AJ ?Bazooka? Banal emerged victorious last Saturday in Tagbilaran City, but not after getting quite a scare. His chosen opponent for the night?a lanky Korean curiously named Big Yoo ?showed up with…
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Pretenders to Manny?s throne fall short
IT WAS a pretty insightful weekend?one that palpably revealed a lot about the heirs-apparent to Manny Pacquiao?s soon-to-be-vacated throne. As expected, Nonito Donaire Jr. came out the victor in a fight that…
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The story of a boxing legend?s son
T IS almost axiomatic in the ?sweet science? that sooner or later a budding star is matched against an opponent who will either make or unmake him. An opponent so tough he…
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A corner man’s sin of omission
SO HOW freaking hard is it for a fighter's seconds to wipe their corner dry before they send out their man back to the fray? Apparently, Yuri Foreman's team found this to…
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Three Pinoys crack The Ring?s Top 100
ONE of my favorite things to do when I don my columnist?s hat is to make lists. The pound-for-pound list. List of achievements for a particular fighter. List of buffet items consumed…
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Domingo?s Sunday Punch
LIKE I said, I was squeamish about the revenge angle being overplayed, but if you set that aside and take in the fight on a purely atavistic level, you have to marvel…
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Michael Domingo’s turn
CASUAL boxing observers who have not yet heard of Michael "Bruce Lee" Domingo will probably do a double-take when they realize he is actually an ALA pug, with a record of 39…
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Boxers make better presidents
TOMORROW as we all troop to the polling places to cast our votes and hope that those PCOS machines ill-equipped with confabulated memory cards actually know how to count, we can only…
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Assessing Money?s chances against Manny
INDEED, you learn a lot more about people when they are faced with adversity and attrition. And last Sunday, in that two-minute span in the second round where Shane Mosley was bludgeoning…
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Answers to frequently-asked questions
1 . WHO is the favorite in this fight? Floyd Mayweather Jr. You may not like him, but you can?t argue with hard, empirical data. And that data reveals that he is…
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Jones vs. Hopkins 2: One for the aged?
TODAY is the day for the big rematch that?s literally 17 years in the making. When they go at each other?s throats at the Mandalay Bay Resort at Las Vegas Nevada today,…
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Top 8 reasons Clottey fought that way
THE guy who thought up the title “The Event” for the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight must have been some kind of a seer. Apparently, he possessed the prescience to anticipate that there…
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Some scenarios for this Sunday’s fight
THIS Thursday at 6 p.m., the Sportswriters Association of Cebu Inc. or more popularly known as SAC will be holding its annual awards night at the Casino Espa?ol. Congratulations are in order…
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Who R U picking?
IT’S only a week away from Manny’s bout with Joshua Clottey but in the meantime, Golden Boy Promotions is really revving up its hype machine in pushing the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs.…
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Was Romero motivated by revenge?
LAST Sunday, two of our warriors were laid out on the canvas, but luckily one of them kept his world crown due to a no-contest verdict. However after I saw the video,…
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There’s always that chance
IT’S a pity Bernabe Concepcion’s jab is mediocre. That anvil of a right hand deserves a better harbinger. Sure, he throws the jab but it’s hardly a threat. It’s almost perfunctory as…
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Though love for Gerry
IT WAS a tough Valentine’s Day for my favorite fighter, Gerry Pe?alosa. At the onset, his partner of choice Eric Morel looked significantly bigger and stronger. But Gerry had been in there…
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Pinoy Power today
GERRY PE?ALOSA VS. ERIC MOREL. It’s a pity Gerry Pe?alosa doesn’t fight more often. With Gerry, boxing seems so effortless and uncomplicated. Watch him jab, weave his head and sidestep oncoming artillery.…
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Manny’s late rally nets him BWAA honors
BEFORE the big fights in 2010 come rolling in, let’s take a look at how our very own pound-for-pound rankings stand: 1.)Manny Pacquiao—Not only has he occupied the top spot in our…