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Lopez in line for WBC title shot
No doubt about it, newly crowned WBC Silver superflyweight champion Sylvester Lopez of Zamboanga Sibugay will battle the winner of the Nov. 14 fight in Bangkok between WBC titlist Suriya Sor Rungvisai…
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ALL APOLOGIES?
New York - Nonito Donaire Jr. was with family and friends at a post-fight celebration tended for him hours after his one sided win against Omar Narvaez. He was seated amongst them…
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Donaire welcomes all comers next year
MANILA, Philippines - WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. said yesterday he?ll be ready to take on all comers as early as January as he vowed to stay busy with three or…
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Crying for Argentina
Omar Narvaez wasn?t the first fighter to shame Argentina in the ring. He was booed and ridiculed for refusing to engage WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. in their recent 12-round title…
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Angulo vs. Kirkland – The 154 Pound Super Fight, Fans Have Craved That We Got Thru The Back Door From HBO
Fireworks are guaranteed when Alfredo Angulo and James Kirkland step in the ring to face off in Cancun, Mexico on HBO November 5th. It's a fight that boxing fans have wanted and…
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Pacquiao runaway favorite vs Marquez
The betting line for the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fight in Las Vegas on Nov. 12 opened at 8-to-1 with the defending WBO welterweight champion the runaway favorite. Pacquiao was installed a…
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Roach says Floyd trilogy a possibility
MANILA, Philippines - WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao concludes the second trilogy in his career when he takes on Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on…
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Is there a ?Frazier? out there for Donaire?
It?s not much of a fight if only one guy does most of the punching. Nonito Donaire tried to make things exciting but Omar Narvaez picked the defense and survival route. It…
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Nothing secret about the Garden
The Secret Garden is the title of a classic 1911 children?s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett and the name of a popular Irish-Norwegian New Age duo. Neither the book nor the musical…
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Donaire battles dangerous foe in NY debut
MANILA, Philippines - It won?t be cakewalk for WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. when he stakes his twin titles against unbeaten Omar Narvaez of Argentina at the 5,600-seat Theater in Madison…
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PINOY POWER AND PINOY PRIDE? EAST COAST STYLE
NEW YORK -- I have always been envious of the Filipinos in the West Coast, particularly those in the Golden State. They were the first ones that get a taste of what…
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Donaire to unmask ‘Mystery Man’
MANILA, Philippines - WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. admitted yesterday he hardly knows what to expect from unbeaten challenger Omar Narvaez when they clash in a 12-round bout at the WaMu…
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Donaire’s trainer sees explosive showing
MANILA, Philippines - WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. is out to make a strong statement in his fight against unbeaten Omar Narvaez of Argentina at the WaMu Theater of Madison Square…
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DONAIRE-NARVAEZ TIFF WILL END WITHIN NINE ROUNDS
From all indications, it seems that the much awaited title fight between the Filipino Flash, Nonito Donaire and his Argentinean foe, Omar Narvaez will be a huge firefight between two opponents who…
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Romy reiterates call for Obama photos
Lawyer Romy Macalintal isn?t giving up hope that someday soon, the White House will release the pictures taken during the historic meeting between President Barack Obama and Manny Pacquiao with wife Jinkee…
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Never another Manny – Roach
MANILA, Philippines - Three years ago, trainer Freddie Roach wasn?t convinced that Manny Pacquiao was a great fighter. In Mike Silver?s book ?The Arc of Boxing? published in 2008, Roach was quoted…
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THE ‘FLASH’ MODEL
Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire Jr. is here in the East Coast not to be an inspirational speaker but a ring fighter defending his pair of bantamweight belts this Saturday at the…
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IT?S TIME TO CHANGE THE RULES ON MOUTHGUARDS
Last Saturday night on the undercard of Golden Boy Promotions? ?Believe It or Not! Hopkins vs. Dawson? fightcard a beautiful fight was marred by a competitor who elected to cheat and get…
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THE JORGE LINARES SAGA – A COMMENTARY
Jorge Linares, the gutsy Venezuelan fighter who was billed as an excellent prospect by the Golden Boy Promotions, last night at the Staples Center lost to another good prospect Antonio de Marco…
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MARVELOUS, BUT HE CAN STILL DO BETTER
Marvin Sonsona is back and that is the important thing. Twenty months is a very long time for a boxer to have an ?unforced hiatus? even for a former world champion in…
