Jingo Quijano
525 articles · Sun.Star Cebu
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Perseverance, patience pay for fearless Gerry
GOOD things come to those who wait. Trailing behind on the scorecards and once again facing a dancing, moving foe much taller than him, Gerry Penalosa bided his time and waited for…
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Outlasted but not outfought
MY mother Elena hails from that sleepy northern town divinely bestowed with shimmering white sandy beaches. As a kid, I spent countless summers in San Remegio, surrounded by a multitude of cousins,…
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Eric’s first step against the lighweight Diazes
IT WAS a scene straight out of a Rocky Balboa movie. The bell rings heralding the start of the 10th round, and David Diaz is way behind on the scorecards of all…
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Is Barrera not enough of a challenge for Manny?
A recent article on the Manila Standard Today reported that Manny Pacquiao will be leaving only this Wednesday to train for his rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera after sorting out alleged domestic…
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Paying forward
IF YOU guys have been following Sun Star Cebu’s sports pages for some time now, you will recall that this columnist first started out as Homer Sayson’s resident boxing guru. Homer was…
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How to lose a championship fight
THE Last Round wishes the best for Czar Amonsot, who apparently has suffered some form of injury to the head, the extent of which is still being verified. From where this writer…
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Pound for pound laurel up for grabs
BERNARD Hopkins has been breaking his promise to his mother for two years already. After vowing never to continue fighting past the age of 40, Hopkins is still at it. And this…
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Too big a giant
IN an era where the Nonito Donaires and the Florante Condeses are winning legitimate world crowns, Rev Santillan’s annexing of the OPBF crown (again), generates about as much excitement as watching paint…
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The Filipino Flash
IF you have seen it, you would want to watch it repeatedly. Courtesy of Last Rounder Tom John Pineda who was kind enough to provide the link (http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/07/08/nonito-donaire-kos-vic-darchinyan/), I watched the clip…
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Hail the new champs!
A FEW columns I ago, I opined that contrary to what most boxing pundits might think, it’s the uppercut and not the left hook, which is the deadliest punch in boxing. Last…
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Wanted: Judge Weinstein in Cebu
THE settlement reached between Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank over Manny Pacquiao’s contract was largely attributed to the Solomonic abilities of Judge Daniel Weinstein, the designated mediator. Apparently, once both parties…
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Hitman meets El Terrible
IN between listening to the usual le gal drivel in the courtrooms copiously hawked by my prolific compa?eros, the boxing fanatic that I am, my thoughts usually drift to what else, but…
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Pound-for-pound update
THE first half of 2007 is almost over and its time to update our pound-for-pound ranking based on what the top boxers have accomplished during this period, if any. Here is the…
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Assessing the Pacquiaos
READER Ruben Quezada (QuezaRu@ voughtaircraft.com) vehemently disagrees with my assessment that “..beating a name opponent like Soto will go a long way to proving that his wins over world-rated fighters Kevin Kelley…
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World Cup team to Sacramento
HE SEEMED quite excited for the press conference to start and when it did, he wasted no time informing those assembled at the Sugbahan Restaurant that the planned World Cup of boxing…
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Redemption for blow blow Bobby?
THIS weekend, two boxers who figured in shameful misdeeds in their last fights will take center stage and hopefully redeem themselves and their sputtering careers. One of them is our very own…
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Save the Cup
THE Last Round is disheartened by the news that the World Cup of boxing might not be held here in our shores, but in Sacramento, USA due to financial difficulties. Patterned after…
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Manny’s turn to elect
IT had to take a diminutive, smart and charming opponent of the fairer sex to knock Manny Pacquiao out. Of course, this was for a different title, one wherein no purse bids…
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Of Heinkens and Gayweather
MY LAST column elicited interesting responses from our readers. Digital Bedouin (digital_bedouin @hotmail.com.) writes: “I read you artical and no offence but how many beers did u guzzle down before you reached…
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Quijano: A Travesty of the lowest order
IT was a travesty, pure and simple. De la Hoya may have lost the bout via split decision, but it will probably go down as one of the most brazen displays of…