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Ancajas fights in Warriors’ home
IBF superflyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas cheered for the Cleveland Cavaliers when they battled the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals last June but with LeBron James moving to the Los Angeles…
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Mayweather to un-retire for Manny
It was a chance encounter that WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao and undefeated Floyd Mayweather, Jr. turned into an unexpected media event to announce intent to do their much-awaited rematch in…
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Khan’s father, uncle in secret Manila meeting
Three weeks before Top Rank CEO Bob Arum and stepson Todd DuBoef flew in from the US to meet WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao for a few hours in General Santos City…
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Nietes falls a minute short to win
LOS ANGELES. Former three-time world champion Donnie Nietes and Aston Palicte were on the same Philippine Airlines flight that left here Tuesday for home, both virtually unmarked after they battled to a…
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Black eye for boxing
Felix Eumir Marcial. Controversial decisions that smack of partiality and even corruption continue to taint AIBA-sanctioned competitions, putting in jeopardy the future of boxing as an Olympic sport. There is a growing…
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Going for gold
L-R: Paalam, Ladon and Marcial. In a remarkable turnaround, the Philippine boxing team of six men and two women has suddenly come alive from suffering a succession of early setbacks to advance…
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Last man standing in Budapest
While the Philippines battles in the Asian Games, a small Filipino contingent of four is in Budapest for the AIBA World Youth Championships where 359 fighters from 65 countries are vying for…
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No boxing protest allowed
Filipina featherweight Nesthy Petecio?s shock loss to China?s Yin Jun Hua by a 3-2 split decision in the boxing preliminaries at the Asian Games the other night raised a cloud of doubt…
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A lot at stake for Ancajas
IBF superflyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas has too much to lose if he takes No. 14 contender Alejandro Santiago of Mexico lightly in his sixth title defense at the Pechanga Resort and Casino…
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Offers piling up for Manny
WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao is now sifting offers from various quarters for his next fight, likely to be in December, but it appears that the ?Big One,? a blockbuster matchup,…
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Palicte says Nietes can’t take his power
Aston Palicte brushed aside Donnie Nietes? vast experience as a three-division world champion and said his power will make the difference when they clash for the vacant WBO superflyweight title on HBO?s…
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Melbourne to host Petalcorin bid
Former WBA interim lightflyweight champion Randy Petalcorin has a chance to gain recognition as a non-provisional titleholder when he battles Nicaragua?s Felix Alvarado for the vacant IBF 108-pound crown in Melbourne on…
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Nietes says you can’t beat humility
Former WBO minimumweight, WBO lightflyweight and IBF flyweight champion Donnie Nietes said yesterday humility is a pillar of success, pointing out that a positive attitude will propel any athlete to bring honor…
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Saludar to move up in weight
Froilan Saludar. Froilan Saludar is blaming his knockout loss to WBO flyweight champion Sho Kimura in China last Friday to a drastic weight reduction program and will move up to either the…
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Saludar’s dream goes up in smoke
It was supposed to be history in the making as Froilan Saludar sought to join brother Vic as the only Filipino brothers to reign as world boxing champions simultaneously. But last Friday,…
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Sniper aims for WBO title tonight
Cotabato del Sur?s Froilan (The Sniper) Saludar bids to join a growing list of Filipino world champions, including younger brother Vic, when he takes on WBO flyweight titlist Sho Kimura of Japan…
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Fortune likes Khan for Manny
Australian conditioning coach Justin Fortune prefers Amir Khan to fight WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao next, thumbing down suggestions for the Filipino Senator to face either Vasyl Lomachenko or Terence Crawford because…
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Barriga to vie for vacant throne
The way is clear for IBF No. 1 minimumweight contender Mark Anthony Barriga to battle for the vacant title and it appears that Mexico-born Carlos Licona will be sanctioned as his opponent…
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Chess boxing, anyone?
Australian conditioning coach Justin Fortune?s wife Tamara Frapasella was in Kuala Lumpur to witness Manny Pacquiao?s win over Lucas Matthyssee for the WBA welterweight title over a week ago. While Fortune was…
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Floyd’s pal backs Manny rematch
GRAND RAPIDS. Four-time world kickboxing champion Dino Newville, who manages a gym supported by Floyd Mayweather, Sr. in this Michigan city, said the other day a rematch between newly-crowned WBA welterweight champion…
