Jingo Quijano
525 articles · Sun.Star Cebu
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Quijano: Fight, event of the year
FIGHT of the Year for 2017 came down to these two matchups: Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin and Wladimir Klitschko vs. Anthony Joshua. And please don?t embarrass yourself by invoking Floyd Mayweather…
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Quijano: Magsayo?s troubles with Shota
MARK Magsayo ran into a bit of trouble over the weekend when he engaged Shota Hayashi (30-7, 18 KOS) in a war but still emerged victorious via unanimous decision. The Japanese pug…
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Quijano: Premature stoppage mars Villanueva loss
ABOUT a week ago, Pinoy fighter Arthur Villanueva put up a gallant stand against Luis Nery, but fell short and the fight was stopped in the 6th round. I?ll give all the…
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Quijano: Mark Magsayo and the Bautista experience
MARK Magsayo has long dreamed of headlining a boxing card in in his native hometown of Bohol. On November 25 he finally gets his chance at Pinoy Pride 43. ?Magnifico? Magsayo (17-0,…
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Quijano: Hookers: Then and now…
THE left hook. Arguably the deadliest punch in boxing owing to its potential for delivering the most damage. Majority of fighters as we all know, are orthodox or right handed. Ergo, their…
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3rd Quarter pound-for-pound update
YES indeed, both time and fists fly fast in our world. And just like that, October is already upon us which means that 2017 is on its last quarter legs. That means…
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Quijano: Reconnecting with Donaire and Servania
YOU do remember Nonito Donaire and Genesis Servania, right? As early as three years ago, they were still occupying the upper rungs of boxing heirarchy, relatively speaking. In 2014, Nonito was the…
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Quijano: The true winners
SITTING on a table with a slight buzz in my head courtesy of the ice cold strong beers I unwisely imbibed, I could not help but notice Jonas Sultan smoothly pocketing balls…
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Quijano: A truly entertaining Pinoy Pride card
PINOY Pride 42 was a great night for local boxing, one which saw a champion defend his belt in a glorious give-and- take affair, another champion get taken down from his lofty…
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Quijano: Casimero-Sultan might steal the show at Pinoy Pride 42
THIS Saturday at Pinoy Pride 42, there's a matchup that has the potential to steal the thunder from the main event featuring the junior flyweight championship between Milan " El Metodico" Melindo…
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Quijano: Hopefully a good weekend after a bad
MY fellow scribe, the prolific Dr. Rene Bonsubre, could not have described the events that transpired a few days ago any better than in his eloquent piece, ?Bad weekend for Philippine Boxing?…
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Quijano: Confident Donnie, streaking Jack
IT?S not very often that Donnie Nietes will boldly predict a knockout. In fact, if my overly caffeinated brain still serves me right, I don?t ever recall a single instance that he…
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Quijano: Dropping the ball
SOMEONE in Manny Pacquiao's camp dropped the ball.... big time. He was supposed to fight Australian Jeff Horn in Brisbane this coming April for an undisclosed guaranteed prize money. That fight had…
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Quijano: Thanks for the memories, B-Hop
Los Angeles, CA?It wasn?t supposed to end this way, but Bernard Hopkins (55-8, 32 KOs) has never been one to conform to anybody?s plans and expectations. Getting knocked out through the ropes…
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Quijano: Just one more step for Milan
JUST when he needed to come up with a big win to rekindle his hopes for another title fight, Milan Melindo came up with an impressive performance last Saturday night to defeat…
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Quijano: The super featherweight battle
THERE?S another intriguing matchup happening today in the super featherweight division between reigning WBO champion Vasyl Lomachenko and challenger Nicholas Walters. Lomachenko hails from Ukraine and owns a decorated amateur career, having…
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Quijano: Ward vs. Kovalev lives up to superfight billing
THE boxing world is still agog over the Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev light heavyweight championship bout last Sunday, which ended in a unanimous decision victory for Ward. Due to technical issues, I was…
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Quijano: Keys to victory for Pacquiao, Vargas
ITS not every day that you get to see an elected Senator of any democratic country in the world engage in a professional boxing match. Only from the Philippines, to paraphrase that…
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Quijano: Scenarios for Pacquiao-Vargas
OUR customary three possible scenarios for every Manny Pacquiao fight has become a staple feature in this column. Frankly, when Manny announced his retirement early this year, I never thought I would…
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Quijano: The other Jessie
ON Nov. 5 at the Thomas & Mack Center at Las Vegas, Nevada, reigning WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas will be facing the biggest challenge of his young career in the legendary…