Jingo Quijano
525 articles · Sun.Star Cebu
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Boxing Boom unkind to Boom-Boom
SAY what you will about his flat performance, but you have to give some credit to Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista for his effort. Even with blood streaming down his face and a forehead…
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A gallant stand
YEARS from now when Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins meet up at one of those Hall of Fame gatherings they?re probably going to rib each other and have a good laugh…
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Will Roy Jones Jr. redefine his legacy?
The way they gushed over Roy Jones Jr. back in the 90?s you would have thought he was superman or something. Well he was actually, for some time, and he definitely deserved…
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Power is not everything
IF NONITO Donaire is to step into the big shoes that Manny Pacquiao is sure to leave behind when he retires, this talented young man should get past the Darchinyan knockout and…
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It?s Matador Mijares over Vic the Bull
BY NOW ardent Filipino fight fans know that Vic ?The Raging Bull? Darchinyan likes to talk a tough game. I distinctly recall an incident during the press conference for his bout with…
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Pound-for-pound update
APPARENTLY, my last column ?Milking it for all its worth?, was enticing enough to merit an e-mail from veteran boxing analyst Hermie Rivera who told me that my piece was on target…
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Milking it for all it’s worth
IF YOU need any more proof that the Pacquiao-De la Hoya experiment is fast turning out to be one big circus, look no further than Bob Arum?s acerbic idea of putting up…
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Weighty issues for Vera and Pavlik
(The sports desk failed to include this in yesterday?s issue. We regret and apologize for the error.) (The sports desk failed to include this in yesterday?s issue. We regret and apologize for…
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Can The Executioner play ghostbuster?
IF YOU have been paying any attention to Bernard Hopkins? fabulous career, you will have noticed that much of his success can be attributed to his knack for finding his opponents? weaknesses…
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Speculation is not enough
IN THIS internet age where almost everybody is on the grid and any schmuck can just visit the neighborhood internet caf? and proceed to attack anybody who cares to share his opinion?all…
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The Vitali statistics
I?M not exactly hooked on Vitali Klitschko?s (35-2, 34KOs) comeback. The last time I saw him inside a ring, he was pummeling overmatched Danny Williams into an eighth round stoppage. But that…
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Body talk and a freakish height advantage
THEY say you don?t get old overnight. Rather you begin to breakdown, body part by body part. And that?s what I?m feeling right now. If my body is supposed to be my…
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Selling a suggestion
(Conclusion) SO EXPECT a smattering of boos and jeers when Oscar De La Hoya ascends to the ring on Dec. 6. The public perception, rightly or wrongly?is that he is taking an…
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Shane Mosley is fighting for his legacy
CIRCUMSTANCES dictate that I would have to defer the second part of ?Selling a Suggestion? next week to give way to a feature on a very interesting fight happening today between the…
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Selling a suggestion
(First of two parts) AS PROMISED promised, here?s my take on the Pacquiao-De la Hoya exhibition bout. Why do I refer to it as an exhibition? Anytime you have a junior middleweight…
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A bad cure for a hangover
BOXING is a purely masculine activity and it inhabits a purely masculine world. Which is not to suggest that most men are defined by it: clearly, most men are not. And though…
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Marquez: the noise that just won?t go away
IT COULD have been nothing or it could have been a harbinger of illfate that would follow, but the beautiful sombrero worn so proudly by Joel Casamayor as he walked gingerly into…
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Groundhog day
IF YOU?RE one of those early Sunday risers, and you?re up with the worms just as the sun takes a peek at our humble abodes, then you must be reading this paper…
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Diaz back to his bullish ways
JUAN ?Baby Bull? Diaz has rebounded quite nicely from that first career loss inflicted by Nate Campbell a few months ago. In gutting out that split decision win over the rugged Michael…
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The Bull meets the Gladiator
THE wifey is up in arms. She?s of the opinion that this boxing obsession of mine has gone a wee bit too far. The cause of her dissension? Yesterday, while I was…