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Roach TV series starts Friday
Five-time Trainer of the Year and Manny Pacquiao?s father figure Freddie Roach officially becomes a TV star on Friday when his reality series debuts on HBO with highly acclaimed director Peter Berg…
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Manny transformed into global icon
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao is the country?s undisputed endorsement king who promotes a wide array of products from coffee to ice cream to pain killers to cellphones to motorcycles to fuel…
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Arum works out Plan A, B for Pacquiao
MANILA, Philippines - No stone is left unturned when it comes to Bob Arum preparing for a big boxing promotion and in the case of the world?s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter Manny…
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SOON ALL EYES WILL BE ON THE NSAC
NSAC's Keith Kizer. According to Victor Ortiz when he fought Floyd Mayweather Jr, he got so frustrated by the elbow tactics of Floyd that he foolishly attempted to break Floyd?s nose with…
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Bulls hold off pesky Timberwolves
WHEN the Bulls raced to a 51-27 lead with only 5:21 left in the second quarter of their game against the Timberwolves at the Target Center in Minnesota last night , it…
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MAYWEATHER CHALLENGE VIA TWITTER IS JUST THAT ? A TWIT
Funny how my phone lit up as soon as some friends read about the Mayweather challenge issued against Manny Pacquiao via ?twitter?, one of the many internet social medias that presently proliferate…
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“HOLY HITS”
There is a cottage industry in the Internet of anything related to the Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather saga. Every website and blog of the industry thrives on real and reel news…
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Hard-charging Bulls hit brick wall in Atlanta
FORGET the 7-1 start, their best since the 1996-97 season, when some dude named Michael Jeffrey Jordan was still defying gravity. Forget the six-game winning streak, which propelled them briefly to a…
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JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED
How often have we heard the phrase, ?justice delayed is justice denied? which, Wikipedia clearly explains, is ?a legal maxim meaning that if legal redress is available for a party that has…
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FANS’ AND MEDIA’S PRESSURE ON PACQUIAO TO PICK MAYWEATHER FOR MAY 5th IS NOT FAIR
Now that ?an American court willingly delayed full application of justice to avoid being an obstacle to a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight,? everyone from all walks of life is putting all sorts of pressure…
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JUDGE ALLOWS MAYWEATHER A BREAK ? HE DOES NOT GO TO JAIL UNTIL JUNE 2012
Reports indicate that Floyd Mayweather Jr again was able to thumb his nose on the justice system in Las Vegas. The convicted woman beater is not going to jail until June 2012…
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IT?S ABOUT RISKS AND RETURNS THUS PETERSON IS THE LIKELY PICK
Lamont Peterson. Since the announcement of the impending January 6th incarceration of Floyd Mayweather Jr., much has been written as to who shall be picked to fight the Filipino spitfire Manny Pacquiao…
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Bulls keep marching on
TUESDAY night at the United Center in Chicago, Derrick Rose and the hard-charging Bulls pulled off a miracle on Madison St and came back from 19 points down in the third quarter…
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Low Profile Fights In January May Give Us Something To Talk About
The beginning of the boxing year tends to start slow, and generally tends to build its way up as the year goes on, while we await for boxing's first big fight. Networks…
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SULAIMAN?S LATEST MOVE DOES NOT MAKE UP FOR WHAT IS EXPECTED OF HIM AND WBC
Jose Sulaiman, the perennial WBC president, has probably realized that the repercussions of the statements he made that first appeared in an article by Ronnie Nathanielsz on the Manila Standard a few…
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At last, Bulls back home after four-game road trip
THE Chicago Bulls are a tough bunch. And the only thing tougher thus far is their schedule. Derrick Rose and company started this shortened season on a four-game road trip to hoops…
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BOXING WAS THE SAVIOR OF PHILIPPINE SPORTS
Inspired by the incredible achievements of Ring Magazine pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao through the years, boxing has once again been the savior of Philippine sports in the international competitive arena.…
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PHILIPPINE BOXING YEARDENDER (PART II)
Manny Pacquiao?s success continues to generate a positive influence on Philippine boxing. More local government units are sponsoring small professional fight cards and amateur contests for their annual fiesta celebrations. There was…
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ADDING SALT TO INJURY
Don Jose Sulaiman issued a statement yesterday via email clarifying his remarks on an article posted here in Philboxing. An article that caused a deluge of criticisms from myself and another colleague…
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NATHANIELSZ MISSED THE WHOLE POINT
After reading the latest article of my dear friend Ronnie Nathanielsz published on this website, I felt deeply disappointed. It appears that Nathanielsz was more concerned about Jose Sulaiman than the welfare…
