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Arizala stable, awaits bone replant
Renerio Arizala (left) and Hall of Fame boxing trainer Freddie Roach. It appears that the worst is over for stricken Masbate featherweight boxer Renerio Arizala with GAB chairman Abraham Mitra announcing yesterday…
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Arizala recovers from surgery
Arizala. Masbate featherweight boxer Renerio Arizala endured a 3 1/2 hour surgery in a Yokohama hospital where doctors bore a hole through his skull to drain a blood clot in the brain…
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Donaire confident of beating Tete
WBA bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. said yesterday he?ll do what it takes to take down IBF titlist Zolani Tete in their scheduled 12-round bout at the Cajun Dome in Lafayette, Louisiana…
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GAB vows no feeding into lion’s den
Abraham Mitra. GAB chairman Abraham Mitra made it clear in his remarks at the recent Elorde Awards Night that the government agency is determined to stamp out mismatches, reiterating the mandate of…
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Spence out of picture?
WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao?s chief trainer Buboy Fernandez said the other day he prefers former WBC welterweight and WBA/WBC super lightweight titlist Danny Garcia as the Filipino icon?s next opponent…
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Elorde boys carry D’Flash’s torch
Juan Martin (left) and Juan Miguel Elorde. Elorde brothers Juan Miguel and Juan Martin scored contrasting wins to highlight a mini-card of four fights that were an added attraction to the 19th…
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Time to unify 105-pound class
Vic Saludar. There are four reigning world minimumweight champions and you wonder who?s the fairest of them all. The WBC titlist is Thailand?s Wanheng Menayothin or Chayaphon Moonsri while the WBA king…
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Dasmarinas proves worthy of Elorde award
IBO bantamweight champion Michael Dasmarinas will receive Co-Boxer of the Year honors with IBF superflyweight titlist Jerwin Ancajas and WBO minimumweight ruler Vic Saludar at the Elorde Awards Night in the Okada…
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Ancajas on track to make weight
IBF superflyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas is set to step up his training regimen with six weeks left before making his seventh title defense against No. 1 contender Ryuichi Funai of Japan at…
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Bombs away in title eliminators
The battleground is set for fireworks at the Resorts World Manila tomorrow night with MP Promotions and Ringstar Asia combining forces to stage an all-action 11-fight, 84-round card headlined by two IBF…
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Manny speaks at Elorde Awards Night
WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao was the popular choice by far to be the guest of honor and speaker at the Elorde Awards Night celebrating the late Flash Elorde?s 84th birthday…
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Is Floyd still in picture?
WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao and undefeated Floyd Mayweather, Jr. keep bumping into each other that fans are beginning to wonder if some unseen hand is moving to create those ?accidental?…
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Porter joins Manny sweepstakes
WBC welterweight champion Shawn Porter has jumped into the bandwagon of likely opponents for WBA titlist Sen. Manny Pacquiao and despite an unconvincing win by split decision over Cuba?s Yordenis Ugas to…
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Marty’s back in the swing
The surname gives him away. Marty Elorde, 56, is the least visible of the late Flash Elorde?s three sons with older brothers Bebot and Johnny more known in boxing circles as promoters…
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Ancajas mulls leap to bantamweight
IBF superflyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas will defend his title against Japan?s Ryuichi Funai in Stockton, California, on May 4 and it could be his last fight in the 115-pound division as he…
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Heno makes waves
There?s a little-known boxer who?s quietly climbing up the ratings and now, experts are starting to realize he could become a future world champion. Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) lightflyweight champion…
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Spence looms as future Manny foe
WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao may be at ringside for IBF counterpart titleholder Errol Spence, Jr.?s third defense against WBC/IBF lightweight ruler Mikey Garcia at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,…
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Abainza back on his feet
Abainza. Last Wednesday, veteran international boxing referee and judge Silvestre Abainza underwent a successful heart procedure to address a blockage in his left coronary artery at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in…
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Elorde in must-win fight at Okada
Juan Miguel Elorde. To keep his world title hopes alive, WBO Asia-Pacific superbantamweight champion and WBO No. 2 contender Juan Miguel Elorde is in a must-win situation as he takes on Japan?s…
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Mystery man in Charleston
When my wife Menchu and I visited Charleston in South Carolina a few days ago, I never expected to be greeted by a former boxer upon arriving late evening to check in…
