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Boxing moves on
Taduran (L) and Cuarto face off this Saturday in Gensan with Taduran's IBF belt at stake. Since the pandemic struck last year, seven pro boxing shows have been staged and there’s another…
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Saludar wins but rematch looms
Robert (Inggo) Paradero celebrated too early and paid a hefty price for showboating in the last two rounds as veteran Vic Saludar stepped up the pace down the stretch to eke out…
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IOC axe leaves out Suarez
Charly Suarez. Three-time SEA Games gold medalist Charly Suarez’ hopes for a return to the Olympics were dashed when the IOC Boxing Task Force decided last Monday to cancel the world qualifying…
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Pinoys dispute WBA title
Saludar (L) and Paradero (R) at yesterday's weighin. It’ll be experience against youth as veteran “Vicious” Vic Saludar engages upstart Robert (Inggo) Paradero in a scheduled 12-round fight for the vacant “regular”…
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IOC cancels boxing qualifiers
There will be no more world Olympic boxing qualifying tournament in Paris as the IOC Task Force decided the other day to cancel the event which was slated on May 13-20 and…
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Paradero ignores stats
Robert Paradero is unbeaten but the record shows that 12 of his 18 victims had more losses than wins so his pristine mark of 18-0, with 12 KOs, may be deceiving. Still,…
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Saludar won’t leak secret fight plan
Saludar (L) and Paradero. Former WBO minimumweight champion Vic Saludar swears he’ll never make the same mistake twice in his boxing career. In 2015, he was on the way to an easy…
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Do or die for Paradero
Unbeaten Robert Paradero yesterday admitted it will be tough to beat former WBO champion Vic Saludar but he’s confident of getting the job done in their 12-round fight for the vacant WBA…
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Careful what you wish for
It’s unthinkable for a new kid on the boxing block like Ryan Garcia, who isn’t even a full-fledged world lightweight champion, to call out super WBA welterweight titleholder (in recess) Sen. Manny…
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Class of his own
Luisito Espinosa. Of all the Filipino world boxing champions, Luisito Espinosa was blessed with the classic fighter’s physique. The man called “Lindol” stood 5-7 1/2, tall for the bantamweight and featherweight divisions…
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Cuarto to fight like Manny
Cuarto (R) and Taduran (L). Challenger Rene Mark Cuarto plans to use super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s fighting style and technique in attempting to dethrone IBF minimumweight titleholder Pedro Taduran…
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Marcial likely to stay in L.A.
Marcial (R) with Roach (L) and Gibbons (C). Tokyo Olympic middleweight boxing qualifier Eumir Marcial is expected to stay in Los Angeles until after his next pro fight in March and possibly…
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GAB hails world title fights here
Pedro Taduran (L) and Rene Cuarto (R). Since the pandemic breakout last year, the Philippines staged only four boxing promotions, two in Mandaue with Omega and two in General Santos City with…
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McGregor gone in two rounds
If ever super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao faces MMA fighter Conor McGregor, Los Angeles-based Australian strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune said yesterday it’s over in two rounds with the…
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ABAP eyes 7 more Tokyo tickets
Ed Picson. The window is slowing closing on more boxing qualifiers for the coming Tokyo Olympics but ABAP secretary-general Ed Picson said yesterday he’s hoping things will open up once training resumes…
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Pro boxing review: Five Pinoys reign as world champs
The Philippines fell one man shy of duplicating the record for most Filipino world boxing champions in the same year but under pandemic conditions, it was still a remarkable feat as super…
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Another Pinoy next for Inoue
Michael Dasmariñas. It won’t be WBO bantamweight champion JohnRiel Casimero battling super WBA/IBF titlist Naoyo Inoue next but another Filipino who’s been waiting over a year for his chance of a lifetime.…
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Spirit of Christmas
This pandemic has turned the world and our lives upside down. But it won’t dissipate the spirit of Christmas. There will be less church goers attending Mass and services because government has…
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Manny recalls winning his 1st world title
Pacquiao (R) and Sasakul during their Dec., 1998 battle. It was 22 years ago and Manny Pacquiao was 19, less than two weeks before his 20th birthday. He was in the Tonsuk…
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Refuge for the prejudiced
GAB chairman Baham Mitra. For decades, we’ve come across sad stories of pro athletes exploited by unscrupulous agents and carpet-bagging promoters. Boxers were short-changed, misguided and some ended up down in the…
