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May Day May Day: Will this Showtime PPV be a boom or bust?
During the round table interviews, after Wednesday?s press conference for the upcoming Showtime PPV, Floyd Mayweather said ?I could fight a cab driver and it would still do numbers?. Guerrero is no…
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Hermie remembers Elorde
Election fever has brought boxing scholar Hermie Rivera, now living a not-so-riotous life in Newark, California, back to his home country and Hammerin? Hermie is hot on the campaign trail drumbeating for…
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SRISAKET CHALLENGES YOTA SATO FOR WBC WORLD CROWN IN THAILAND
Thailand vs Japan in world title boxing match up once again. The storied friendly boxing rivalry between Thailand and Japan gets a new exciting chapter when hard-hitting world-rated Thai fighter Srisaket Sor…
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PACMAN: CASH COW NO MORE?
It?s funny how things can change so fast within a year. A year ago, boxers and their managers drool of a Manny Pacquiao fight. It?s their ticket to name recognition, stardom and…
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PONTILLAS FACES TAGOE FOR WBA INTERNATIONAL TITLE THIS FRIDAY IN GHANA
Pontillas fights in Africa. Brave Filipino super featherweight Ronald Pontillas (15-5-3, 7KO?s) of Las Pi?as, Metro Manila, will have the golden opportunity of battling world-ranked Ghanaian lion Emmanuel Tagoe (20-1, 8KO?s) for…
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Why deny McTavish?
Three years ago, House Bill No. 1445 was filed by Rep. Carmelo Lazatin of the first district of Pampanga for the naturalization of New Zealand-born Bruce McTavish, an Angeles City resident since…
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WHO WILL STEP UP FOR PHILIPPINE BOXING?
The optimists among us say that Philippine boxing is down but not out. There is still a lot to look forward to despite the fact that in a five month span two…
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PINOY PRIDE COLLISION COURSE: VILLANUEVA VS. DEMECILLO SINGWANGCHA
DAVAO CITY ? Only a handful of Filipino boxing fans have witnessed both of them in action. Most fight aficionados have seen one but not the other. OPBF superflyweight champion ?King? Arthur…
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JEAN PIERO P?REZ FIGHTS KOMPAYAK FOR WBA FLYWEIGHT TITLE IN THAILAND
In a battle of former world champions, WBA world-ranked Panama-based Venezuelan Jean Piero P?rez will clash with former WBC Jr. Flyweight World Champion Kompayak Porpramook for the vacant WBA interim Flyweight (112…
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Onyok once beat a Cuban
Guillermo Rigondeaux was the first Cuban to face a Filipino fighter in a world professional boxing bout and ran away with a unanimous 12-round decision over Nonito Donaire Jr. to unify the…
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It?s not over for Donaire
MANILA, Philippines - Nonito Donaire Jr. paid a hefty price for trying to live up to his billing as an exciting fighter. He threw caution to the wind and tried to engage…
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Cat-quick Cuban an elusive target
MANILA, Philippines - The fighter called The Jackal turned out to be quick as a cat and no matter the pressure Nonito Donaire put in the ring, Guillermo Rigondeaux managed to keep…
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Rigondeaux gains bragging rights
MANILA, Philippines - Guillermo Rigondeaux bragged that after beating Nonito Donaire to become the unified WBO/WBA superbantamweight champion, he?s on top of the world for making the Filipino Flash look bad. There…
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THE THREE STARS AND THE SUN WILL RISE IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK -- Reading or watching news coming from the Philippines can bring me down. The Philippine media is loaded with news of political instability, corruption, tragedies, calamities and nonsensical show business…
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Donaire, Rigondeaux to settle grudge war
MANILA, Philippines - With no love lost between two quality fighters, WBO superbantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. takes on WBA counterpart Guillermo (The Jackal) Rigondeaux of Cuba to once and for all…
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One more chance for Tunacao
MANILA, Philippines - Despite losing to unbeaten WBC bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka via a 12th round stoppage in Tokyo last Monday, Malcolm Tunacao isn?t giving up on his dream of someday becoming…
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SOMETIMES GUTS CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE
MACAU - Yasutaka Ishimoto was a heavy underdog going into his fight against Wilfredo Vasquez,Jr. The unknown Japanese boxer never fought outside his country and most of his fights were held in…
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Viloria has high hopes for Zou
MANILA, Philippines - It will be three-time Olympian Zou Shiming, not WBO/WBA flyweight champion Brian Viloria, headlining a blockbuster card called ?Fists of Gold? at the 15,000-seat CotaiArena of the Venetian Hotel…
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Viloria ready for toe-to-toe brawl
MANILA, Philippines - It won?t be a cakewalk for WBO/WBA flyweight champion Brian Viloria when he stakes the unified titles against tough guy Juan Francisco Estrada of Mexico as the Hawaiian Punch…
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With no end in sight, Heat streak rises to 26
CHICAGO -- The Miami Heat's pursuit of NBA immortality continued Sunday night when they scored their 26th consecutive victory and pulled to within eight games of the all time record of 33…
