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PACQUIAO- MAYWEATHER FIGHT IS A LONG WAY FROM HAPPENING
Reports indicate that Manny Pacquiao, oops pardon me, Congressman Manny Pacquiao (got to get use addressing him as such sooner or later) has agreed to the 14-day cut off demanded by the…
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Cuello in make-or-break fight
MANILA, Philippines - WBC No. 1 minimumweight contender Denver Cuello of Iloilo is a win away from sealing a title shot and battles Mexico?s Juan Hernandez in a make-or-break eliminator to decide…
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Pacman defies odds – again
It is often said that seven-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao fights hardest when he?s the underdog. The conventional thinking is Pacquiao, who?s an avowed risk taker, thrives in pressure situations because…
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P100,000 check unclaimed for Garcia
Ceferino Garcia. MANILA, Philippines - No descendant has been confirmed by the PSC to receive the plaque of enshrinement and P100,000 check for the late world middleweight boxing champion Ceferino Garcia, leaving…
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ARUM: PROMOTER PAR EXCELLENCE AND QUINTESSENTIAL HUMAN BEING
We?ve always enjoyed visiting places in the Visayas and Mindanao because there are many areas that still remain unspoiled and where the peoples simplicity and warmth are something special. The few days…
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IMPLEMENTING BLOOD TESTING NOW IS A SURRENDER TO MAYWEATHER
With the mega fight between the Filipino spitfire, Manny Pacquiao and the bad boy from Michigan, Floyd Mayweather Jr., hanging in limbo because of ridiculous and unprecedented demands from the latter, reports…
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“LOSING THE FANS’ RESPECT”
Anybody who believes that pro boxing is a sport and not a business run by deceitful men dressed in fancy suits most of the time, mouthing self-serving lines and changing tune in…
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Why Manny will beat Money
Floyd Mayweather Jr. looked impressive in pounding out a unanimous 12-round decision over Sugar Shane Mosley in Las Vegas last Saturday but would he have been as authoritative against an opponent who…
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Floyd admits Manny showdown inevitable
MANILA, Philippines - In a rare admission, unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. said recently his much-awaited fight against Manny Pacquiao to determine who?s the world?s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter is inevitable. Mayweather, 33,…
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Title Eliminator: Put up or shut up
MANILA, Philippines - There was never any doubt that Floyd Mayweather Jr. wasn?t dubbed ?Pretty Boy? because of his looks. In the 1930s, a gangster named Charles Arthur ?Pretty Boy? Floyd roamed…
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CAN BALWEG BANGOYAN BRING HOME THE BELT?
WBC International Super Bantamweight Champion Balweg Bangoyan of Jose Abad Santos, Davao del Sur gets the biggest break of his boxing career as he faces WBC World Super Bantamweight Toshiaki Nishioka of…
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Pacquiao in minority for Mosley
MANILA, Philippines - Although the Las Vegas betting odds opened with Floyd Mayweather Jr. a -400 favorite and Sugar Shane Mosley a +300 underdog, Manny Pacquiao is adamant in choosing the fighter…
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Conspiracy theories
Floyd Mayweather?s insistence on Olympic-style drug-testing was a ruse he concocted to wiggle out of a showdown with Manny Pacquiao last March. Pacquiao?s trainer Freddie Roach is convinced the Money Man hatched…
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Take your pick – Money or Sugar
Fans are calling it the eliminator, the duel to determine Manny Pacquiao?s next opponent even as Floyd (Money) Mayweather Jr. isn?t confirming ? yet ? to face the Filipino icon if he…
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‘A REWARDING EXPERIENCE’
L-R: Broadcaster Ronnie Nathaliesz, Promoter Zack Taumafai of KO Promotions, ALA Gym president Michael Aldeguer, event sponsor Christian Henn, GAB boxing chief Dr Nasser Cruz and Ramon Pizarras, also of KO Promotions,…
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RP pug falls in Baku elims
MANILA, Philippines - The first of five Filipino simonpures crashed out of contention as the 16th World Youth Amateur Boxing Championships got underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, last Sunday to determine 44 qualifiers…
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Donaire fight in Cotto card still up in the air
MANILA, Philippines - WBA interim superflyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. is slated to face a still unnamed opponent in the undercard of WBA lightmiddleweight titlist Yuri Foreman?s defense against challenger Miguel Cotto…
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Melindo blasts foe to stamp class
MANILA, Philippines - Displaying new-found power in his move up in weight, WBC Youth Intercontinental flyweight champion Milan Melindo delivered a strong message that he?s ready for the big time by stopping…
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All systems go in Dubai
MANILA, Philippines - A blockbuster boxing card featuring three Filipinos will be staged as scheduled at the Lodge, Chi Garden, Dubai tonight with Thailand?s Komrit Twins Gym a late substitute for Colombia?s…
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WHO R U PICKING? I PICK FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR.
The fight on the 1st of May at the MGM Grand will be a battle between two best American welterweights. Unlike during the heydays of ?Sugar? Ray Leonard and Tommy ?The Hitman?…
