Jingo Quijano
525 articles · Sun.Star Cebu
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Of innovations and bandwagons
IN its recent convention, the World Boxing Association (WBA) announced some innovations in the fight game it would be introducing to its regional bodies on a trial basis. Some of the innovations…
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The Baby Bull is the Energizer Bunny
JUAN Diaz fascinates me. What he lacks in one-punch knockout power, he makes up for by sheer aggression and ferocity. There?s nobody in boxing right now who throws eight- punch combinations. And…
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The Real Deal needs a reality check
HE REFERS to himself as the ?Real Deal?. But the real deal is that he is old and decrepit. He?s more of a ?Done Deal? actually. But Evander Holyfield would have none…
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A legend retires, a legend grows
IT WASN?T what many had expected but it was what the Last Round foresaw?a unanimous decision win for Pacquiao. But was the no-knockout a result of Manny?s performance or did Barrera have…
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It?s in Manny?s hands
LAST week, I finally won one of those in-flight games of Cebu Pacific Air. And I did it using the trait that will prove to be the telling factor in the Pacquiao-Barrera…
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Last round?s milestones with ALA gym
HOW do you conduct an impromptu celebration to mark the end of a world title drought and possibly the beginning of a new dominant era? Over steaming hot bowls of pochero, of…
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A scribe in the snakeman’s den
IT?S 3:30 p.m. inside the fabled ALA Gym. My dark blue slacks and long-sleeved shirt is certainly not the prescribed attire in this world-class training center but I eschew changing into something…
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The fight song
sung to the tune of ?Deck the Halls? ) ?Tis the season to be fighting. Fa-la-la-la-la-la.... House Rep Cuenco is a-fuming. Fa-la-la-la-la... A war on lawyers I?m declaring. Fa-la-la-fa-la-la-la-la-la Liddawa?s counsel is…
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The deadliest of them all
THERE are three men who can lay claim to the honor of having defeated the great Manny Pacquiao. One is a Mexican icon, who later became his drinking buddy. Last time I…
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In defense of Iron Bite
HE used to be the baddest man on the planet. Now, he?s just plain bad. In case you haven?t heard, Mike Tyson is on trial again- this time for drug possession, stemming…
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A typist’s masterpiece
HE calls it “The Pacific Storm. Dispatches on Pacquiao of the Philippines.” It is 179 pages from cover to cover, and the perfect bible for the hordes of religious Pacquiao fanatics. If…
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Expect an ugly Pacquiao-Barrera fight
THE lasting image that I have of Marco Antonio Barrera fighting power puncher Naseem Hamed is the former trapping the latter in a headlock, depositing him towards the corner and bashing his…
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Lawyer-like defense
MY good friend and colleague Atty. Renato Galleon has one minor complaint. Utilizing his wit, which is just about as deadly as his perimeter jump shot, Atty. Galleon pulled no punches when…
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Ferocious anemic
LOOKS like my ultimate bully vs. bully dream match up will have to wait - for now. The much-anticipated “Ferocious” Fernando Vargas-Ricardo “Matador” Mayorga bout has reportedly been postponed indefinitely as Vargas…
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The Last Round gets posterized
HIS eyes seemed to bore through me like knife through butter. I tensed and felt the adrenaline rush through my veins, including the ones on my swollen right foot. It seemed surreal,…
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Two great fights for the rest of 2007
PHILIPPINE professional boxing is alive and well. It is sitting atop the boxing world with a cup that runneth over. But while our attentions were focused on the heroic exploits of our…
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World Cup hangover part two
AT ANOTHER press conference at the Cebu City Marriott Hotel, this time organized by the prolific Rex “Wakee” Salud for Gerry Pe?alosa and graced by Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach, the following…
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World Cup hangover
AT THE press conference for the victorious World Cup boxing team, held at the Cebu Marriot Hotel a few nights ago, several facts came to light: 1.The game plan was for Rey…
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Five weddings and a funeral
THAT’S how Last Rounder Glenn Ramos puts it, and I don’t think I could have done any better. Glenn, who was at ringside during the World Cup of Boxing, was again gracious…
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Is Bautista our Vargas?
I DO not necessarily subscribe to the view that the reason for Rey ?Boom-boom? Bautista?s defeat at the hands of Daniel Ponce de leon was the fact that he may have been…