Jingo Quijano
525 articles · Sun.Star Cebu
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Quijano: Boxing gets a boost
LOCAL boxing is set to receive an adrenaline boost with two events in the coming weeks. First off is Merlito Sabillo?s first title defense of his WBO title against Jorle Estrada of…
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Quijano: Heredia?s technique
THE spate of bad luck that has befallen our boxers in championship bouts was halted last weekend when Edrin Dapudong annexed the IBO junior bantamweight title by knocking out Gideon Buthelezi in…
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Quijano: Some good things never last
SLIVER of happiness can come in many forms to different people. To my wifey, it?s a slice of moist chocolate cake paired with a hot steaming mug of joe after a meal.…
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Quijano: Is Canelo ready for the ?Pretty Boy??
ALREADY, the expected reactions to Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Saul Alvarez have flooded the fistic landscape, and this Last Rounder is just as excited about this bout. First of all, Floyd?s acceptance…
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Froch walks the walk
I?VE always marveled how former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz and pornographic actress Jenna Jameson kept their high-profile marriage intact all these years. Tito?s capricious personality and Jenna?s risqu? profession seemed…
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Pagara and Servania carry out the objective
SO I?M sitting there by the bar?where I am usually stationed, watching Pinoy Pride 20, nursing my nth beer for the night. I am complaining incessantly to ALA Promotions? prolific Vice-President Dennis…
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Is Jason Pagara ready to step up?
CIRCA 2005-2006, when Manny Pacquiao was on a meteoric rise to the top of the fistic world, Philippine boxing aggressively pushed for the development of new faces, new talents. Among those who…
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Rios is the perfect metric
CONGRATULATIONS Manny on your successful reelection bid as Member of the House of Representatives for the Saranggani district. What?s this I hear? some snickering? Well, to hell with all the brickbats. We…
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Quijano: Floyd is the ghostbuster
IT WAS another vintage Floyd Mayweather Jr. performance, and all that pre-fight bluster coming from Robert Guerrero was, well, just talk. In our last column, we broke down ?The Ghost?s? chances of…
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Lowering the ?Boom?
CIRCA 2007 when this column was in its embryonic stage, Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista was then one of the fresh faces of Philippine boxing. The sport was riding high on the crest…
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Alvarez, Trout and Latigo
BOXING is making up for the dearth in activity during the first quarter with stellar match-ups in consecutive weekends. Today, Saul Alvarez faces the biggest test of his young career in a…
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It?s a matter of perspective
CONGRATULATIONS to Guillermo Rigondeaux. He fought a smart, tactical fight and exhibited a style that proved to be frustrating for Nonito Donaire. But the Last Round?s scorecard will forever read that I…
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Quijano: Nito vs. Rigo is bound to end ?concussively?
IT?S time to put on a bib, ladies and gentlemen. With the state of pro boxing nowadays where it?s easier to get in front of Butterbean at the buffet line than to…
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Viloria?s loss is Milan?s gain
TWO of our top-tier fighters fell by the wayside over the weekend, losing their bouts fought in foreign soil. First to go was Brian Viloria who lost via split decision to Juan…
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Quijano: John Riel Casimero, a true road warrior
CHEERS to John Riel Casimero for successfully defending his IBF junior flyweight title in faraway Panama. A true road warrior indeed, and a rare breed at that. Among our current roster, another…
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Quijano: GSP, Bradley and Casimero in action today
ALL athletes must go through the inevitable and inescapable decline of their physical prowess as time passes and the fight odometer registers more mileage. Judging from his recent performances, the same must…
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Hopkins proves it?s still brains over brawn
TIME and again, we bear witness to the human body?s capacity to perform infinitesimal feats and achieve seemingly incalculable goals. As a sportswriter, I have seen incredible displays of athletic ability that…
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A matter of perspective
A BIT of a controversy arose from the scores turned in by the judges in last Saturday?s jam-packed Pinoy Pride 18 featuring our very own Donnie Neites vs. Mexican Moises Fuentes. American…
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Quijano: Tete-a-tete with a Mexican boxing legend
I HAD the time of my life last Friday night together with my Cebu sports media brethren, hanging out with Marco Antonio Barrera and having our pictures taken. You don?t get to…
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Visiting Mexican champion is dead serious
WBO minimum-weight champion Moises Fuentes is in town and he?s definitely looking to unseat our very own Donnie Nietes who holds the WBO light flyweight diadem this Saturday. At the press conference…