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MAYOL vs. SEGURA UNIFICATION: GOOD IDEA OR GREAT IDEA?
WBC light flyweight champ Rodel Mayol wants to have a title defense staged here in Cebu but his bigger dream is to fight in the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather megabout.…
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SLITHER: AN AFTERNOON CHAT WITH DONNIE ?Ahas? NIETES
Donnie Nietes has been training for a month now for his fourth title defense. The WBO minimumweight champion just goes about his business without any hype. But he exudes the quite confidence…
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REQUIRE MUCH HEAVIER PENALTY FOR COMING IN OVERWEIGHT
What are three million dollars to give away if the purse is 30 million and the projected total earnings much more than that? Peanuts, if I may say. Particularly if the benefit…
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YES, JUNIOR TAKING A DIURETIC GAVE YOU AN ADVANTAGE!
It’s mind boggling to understand Cesar Chavez, Jr’s rationale about the incident that resulted in his positive urine test after his fight with Troy Rowland on the Pacquiao-Cotto undercard last month. According…
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MARCH 13th? SAY IT AIN’T SO, MANNY
The whole world is buzzing. The biggest fight ever in our generation is about to happen. But, should it really be so soon? Reports indicate that Bob Arum flew all the way…
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GETTING TO KNOW JOHN RIEL CASIMERO
When the news came out a few months ago that John Riel Casimero signed with International promoter and matchmaker Sampson Lewkowicz, it raised eyebrows and also a lot of questions starting with…
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BOXING AND HIV
December 1 is World AIDS Day. Concerned individuals and organizations from around the world band together on this day to bring attention to the continuing global AIDS epidemic. HIV is the virus…
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Pacquiao stamps class as global celebrity
MANILA, Philippines - No other Filipino athlete has been able to transcend national barriers to become a world-wide celebrity with Manny Pacquiao reaffirming his legacy as one of the all-time greats in…
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VINTAGE NINJA
?Bert, I heard you?ll be fighting again.? Bert Batawang just smiled and gave a nod as a response. I ran across the 38 year old boxer known as the Ninja three weeks…
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One-round wonders
When challenger Sonny Boy Jaro was dispatched in a single round by WBA lightflyweight champion Giovanni Segura in Merida, Mexico, a week ago, it wasn’t the first time a Filipino figured in…
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From Marvelous to Marveless
“Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona enjoyed a brief reign as WBO superflyweight champion and yielded his throne on the scales after failing to make the 115-pound limit for his first defense against Alejandro Hernandez…
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CAN DOMINGO CONTINUE THE DREAM?
If there is one fight that needs to happen for sentimental reasons it is Michael Domingo versus Fernando Montiel. Michael Domingo has signed with Sampson Boxing Promotions headed by boxing's ?Picasso?, Sampson…
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SORRY TEAM SOSA, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG ABOUT MAYOL
After Edgar Sosa lost his WBC Light Flyweight title to Rodel Mayol, Team Sosa immediately filed a protest with the WBC stating that the head clash that occurred in the fight was…
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Salamat, Miguel Cotto
MANILA—Magandang araw po ulit sa inyong lahat, mga ginigiliw kong mga kababayan, fans at mga tagasubaybay ng kolum na ito. Sana ay nasa mabuti kayong kalagayan gaya ng inyong abang lingkod na…
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Mayol wants title unification
MANILA, Philippines - Newly crowned WBC lightflyweight champion Rodel Mayol said yesterday he plans to enjoy a long reign and welcomes a unification showdown with WBA titlist Giovanni Segura after he disposes…
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TEAM SOSA SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON TRAINING RATHER THAN SOUR-GRAPING
Boxing losses bring different reactions from those who ended up on the short end. Some graciously accept defeat and live to train and fight another time. Others become so disconsolate that they…
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Mayol eager to face Sosa in rematch
MANILA, Philippines - Brushing aside charges of foul play, newly-crowned WBC lightflyweight champion Rodel Mayol of Mandaue City said yesterday he took the title away from Edgar Sosa fair and square but…
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Salute to Datu Manny
The accolades are pouring in for seven-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao. For beating Miguel Cotto to win his seventh world title in seven weight divisions in Las Vegas last Nov. 14,…
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Sonsona loses WBO belt but still unbeaten
MANILA, Philippines - “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona was stripped of the WBO superflyweight title when he failed to make the 115-pound limit at the weigh-in but avoided a loss by battling Mexican challenger…
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SONSONA LOSES TITLE TO THE SCALES, FIGHT ENDS IN SPLIT DRAW
It did not turn out to be a very marvellous return to Canada for Marvin Sonsona. He was 2.6 lbs. over the junior bantamweight or superflyweight limit during the official weigh-in which…
