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IRRESPONSIBLE
Dr. Rustico Jimenez was the most popular physician in the Philippines last week. He vested other celebrity doctors in the country by grabbing headlines both in the Philippines and abroad albeit in…
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Manny still in Floyd radar?
MANILA, Philippines - Unbeaten WBC welterweight and WBA ?super? lightmiddleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. plans to fight twice this year and there is speculation that while Manny Pacquiao is coming off a…
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Marquez not likely to retire soon
MANILA, Philippines - Juan Manuel Marquez is threatening to retire because of family considerations but nobody believes he?s hanging up his gloves anytime soon, especially since his marketability as a marquee fighter…
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WBC appeals to Cuello for patience
MANILA, Philippines - WBC executive director Mauricio Sulaiman yesterday expressed his understanding for No. 1 minimumweight contender Denver Cuello?s exasperation in waiting for a long-overdue title shot but appealed to the fighter?s…
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Ring hero down on luck
Luisito Espinosa is widely considered as one of the greatest Filipino fighters ever. Like Dodie Boy and Gerry Pe?alosa, he held two titles in different divisions. Espinosa won the WBA bantamweight title…
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Questions for Manny in 2013
MANILA, Philippines - As the new year opens with a bang, there are questions that confront Manny Pacquiao in his pursuit of excellence in boxing, politics, religion and show business. Will he…
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A LOOK BACK AT THE LOCAL BOXING SCENE
The Philippines hosted three world title bouts in 2012 and finished with a 2W-1L result. Brian Viloria stopped Omar Ni?o Romero of Mexico in nine rounds to retain his WBO flyweight title…
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Inside Sports – Manny Pacquiao Still Remains The Greatest Filipino Fighter
We find it distasteful to say the least for people to suddenly turn against Manny Pacquiao because of his unfortunate loss to Juan Manuel Marquez and play on that defeat to build…
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My first NBA coverage: What an experience!
The word came from PhilBoxing.com NBA page editor Homer Sayson, who has covered the NBA since 1993 for a couple of newspapers and, most recently, this website since 2008. "Can you cover…
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2012 THE YEAR IN PHILIPPINE BOXING (PART I)
It was a year of tragedy and triumph, controversy and catastrophe. Boxing as a brand continued to generate public interest with a subsequent rise in television ratings. Manny Pacquiao remained the biggest…
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Donaire honored by tribute
MANILA, Philippines - WBO superbantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. said the other day it?s an ?enormous honor? to be even nominated as Fighter of the Year and if he?s named by the…
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WBA Designates Officials for New Year’s Eve World Title Fights in Japan; Filipino Silvestre Abainza Gets Assignment
The WBA Championships Committee led by the organization's Execute Vice President Gilberto Jesus Mendoza has appointed the officials to the four WBA World Championship fights that will take place during New Year's…
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Safety Bayless? priority in Pacman-Marquez bout
MANILA, Philippines - Referee Kenny Bayless said the other day the first thing that entered his mind after stopping the recent Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fight with a second left in the…
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WBA Middleweight Champ Golovkin Continues Big Bear Training For 6th Title Defense Against Rosado on Jan 19 @ MSG
Unbeaten WBA/IBO middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan continues rigorous training at the 8,000-feet high mountain city of Big Bear, California for the sixth defense of his black/golden belt against Puerto…
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FAIRY TALES CAN COME TRUE…
Internet bloggers who have been following boxing through www.philboxing.com have called Ryan Rey Ponteras' upset victory in Bangkok, Thailand as the "Feel Good Story of 2012." Indeed, in the heels of Manny…
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2012 Report Card: 3 Pinoys lead way in pro boxing
MANILA, Philippines - Three fighters combined for eight of 11 wins by Filipinos in world title bouts this year with WBO superbantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. showing the way with four victories…
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VICTORY HAS MANY FATHERS? (AND MANY SPONSORS TOO!)
Bangkok, Thailand ? This one is for the books. Have you seen a boxing event where a boxer rated as an underdog gets inside the ring in a pair of red boxing…
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The WBC plays Scrooge on Christmas Day
Sulaiman. ??Tis the season to be jolly,? goes one popular Christmas carol. It truly is the season to be merry, unless you are Denver Cuello. The top rated minimumweight boxer is once…
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Grover offers services to Manny
MANILA, Philippines - The highly-regarded conditioning guru whose list of clients includes Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade is reaching out to Manny Pacquiao because he?d like to be able to…
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Readers pick Marquez next for Manny
We polled the 25 winners of our recent Christmas contest on whom they prefer Manny Pacquiao to fight next and which team they think will win the PBA Philippine Cup. The results…
