Teodoro C. Benigno

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Pacquiao and Tyson

We promised to publish Manny Pacquiao?s letter of apology. Here it is: Ginoong Teddy Benigno, Magandang araw po. Nais ko pong muling humingi…

Fri, 15 Apr 2005

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Pacquiao apologizes

To his credit, Manny Pacquiao called up mid-morning Wednesday to apologize, really and truly eat humble pie, admit there was no excuse for w…

Fri, 08 Apr 2005

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Pacquiao unraveled

Well, it was as we suspected. From Hermie Rivera, we learn that Manny Pacquiao did not appear for a scheduled appointment with this columnis…

Wed, 06 Apr 2005

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Pacquiao: bad manners

Far be it for this columnist to stick a little blade into the side of a Filipino treated far and wide as a national icon. His name is Manny …

Mon, 04 Apr 2005

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Pacquiao: Post-mortem

Why they call prizefighting "the sweet science" has me discombobulated, I suppose I will never know. It is a science, that?s for sure, but h…

Mon, 28 Mar 2005

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Pacquiao upset

We Filipinos built up Manny Pacquiao too much that when he lost by decision to Mexico?s Erik Morales, we were all startled and stunned, unab…

Mon, 21 Mar 2005

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More about Pacquiao

No Filipino fist-fighter I know has been written about more often and more prodigally than Manny Pacquiao. Day in and day out we have news a…

Fri, 04 Mar 2005

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Pacquiao getting deadlier

It?s time for another piece on Manny Pacquiao, the only Filipino today with a glad hand, a bountiful vision of the future, and a probable pl…

Mon, 21 Feb 2005

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Pacquiao flattens Thai: On road to greatness?

He was a curious piece of goods, this Thai fist-tosser called Fahsan 3-K Battery. He had never been knocked out. His record claims he has be…

Mon, 13 Dec 2004

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Here's The Score: Pacquiao fights again

Not since Gabriel (Flash) Elorde, the Bago bootblack from Cebu turned world junior lightweight champion, electrified the nation with his pug…

Fri, 10 Dec 2004

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Pacquiao: How really good?

Just days ago, I saw a replay of the Manny-Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez world title fight and I began to rethink my assessment of Pacquiao a…

Wed, 07 Jul 2004

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Pacquiao in seven; GMA by eight

A Filipino fistfighter could just make it to the Pugilistic Pantheon this Saturday by standing alone after a bruising brawl atop a hot LasVe…

Fri, 07 May 2004

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Outstanding newsmakers 2003

Pacquiao TKOs Barrera. If there was a Filipino who really put the Philippines on the world map, it is Manny Pacquiao. Good but not yet reall…

Mon, 29 Dec 2003

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Manny Pacquiao: The greatest

What makes a great fist-fighter greater? What makes him the greatest? In the case of Manny Pacquiao, it?s so many things put together like P…

Wed, 19 Nov 2003