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Barriga to headline China card
Mark Anthony Barriga. It will be a leap of faith for London Olympian Mark Anthony Barriga as he engages battle-scarred Thai veteran Wittawas Basapean of Thailand in only his seventh pro fight…
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?Go For Gold? re-launched soon
Butch Ramirez. ?Go For Gold,? the grassroots amateur boxing discovery program that produced three Filipino Olympic medalists in 1988-96, will be back on track before the year ends, it was announced by…
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Manny says GGG has slight edge
Sen. Manny Pacquiao expects a humdinger of a fight between unbeaten WBA/WBC/IBF/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan and Mexican challenger Saul (Canelo) Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on…
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Viloria on track for title shot
Former WBC/IBF lightflyweight and WBO/WBA flyweight champion Brian Viloria is in line for a shot at another world title with his Los Angeles manager Gary Gittelsohn now evaluating options to seal the…
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Manny to push Anta
Sen. Manny Pacquiao plans to relaunch Anta in a big way here early next year as his management group takes over the Philippine distribution of the Chinese sports apparel and footwear brand.…
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GAB, DOH set free med exams
Mitra. GAB chairman Abraham Mitra yesterday set a target date of Sept. 18 for the effectivity of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that the government agency signed with the Department of Health…
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Manny’s league won?t compete with PBA
Sen. Manny Pacquiao said the other day he has no intention for the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL), his latest sports venture, to compete with the PBA where the boxing icon is…
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Big test for Marcial ahead
Eumir Marcial. Philippine boxing coach Elias Recaido said yesterday SEA Games middleweight gold medalist Eumir Marcial has the potential to qualify for the Olympics but his big test will be to overcome…
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Donaire sets comeback
Nonito Donaire, Jr. will end a 10-month layoff to take on dangerous Mexican Ruben Garcia in a 10-round bout for the vacant WBC silver featherweight title in San Antonio, Texas, on Sept.…
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Manny on Money?s mind
Manny Pacquiao remains in the back of Floyd Mayweather, Jr.?s mind, whether Money likes it or not. Right after Mayweather halted Conor McGregor in the 10th round of their highly-publicized bout in…
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A circus but who cares?
Purists cringe at the thought of Floyd Mayweather, Jr., the self-proclaimed best boxer in the universe, betraying the integrity of the sport to take on a UFC brawler crossing over from MMA…
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Experts give Conor no chance
Filipino boxing experts were unanimous in giving MMA champion Conor McGregor no chance of scoring an upset over the heavily-favored Floyd Mayweather, Jr. in their scheduled 12-round bout in Las Vegas this…
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Cubans infiltrate Cambodia boxing
It?s not only a Cuban coach who?s made the five-man Cambodian boxing team a curious, if not dangerous, contender in the SEA Games but also a naturalized Cuban fighter out to derail…
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Fil-Brit out for boxing gold
John Marvin. ABAP executive director Ed Picson said yesterday Fil-Brit boxer John Marvin, a late discovery from out of the blue, might just pull a surprise to win the gold medal in…
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ABAP upgrades R/J pool
Jonathan Jimenez and Nazira Rakhatova. There was only one Filipino among the 15 assigned to the pool of referees/judges (RJs) for the recent ASBC (Asian Boxing Confederation) Asian Junior Championships in Puerto…
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AIBA in turmoil
Dr Wu Ching Kuo. While the Asian Junior Championships were in progress in Puerto Princesa, visiting boxing officials were tight-lipped on their views of how they expect the problem in AIBA to…
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Simonpures show Olympic potential
PUERTO PRINCESA. The man who fell a win short of a bronze medal in lightweight boxing at the 1992 Olympics said the other day pinweight Kenneth de la Pena and flyweight John…
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ASBC junior joust a rousing success
PUERTO PRINCESA. The ASBC (Asian Boxing Confederation) Junior Championships ended with a bang at the City Coliseum here yesterday as 142 simonpures from 18 countries bade a sad farewell to their hosts…
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Why not Frampton for Donaire?
Former WBA featherweight and IBF/WBA superbantamweight champion Carl Frampton loomed as a future opponent for Nonito Donaire after the cancellation of the Irishman's supposed WBC title eliminator against Mexico?s Andres Gutierrez in…
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Gerry picks Money by KO
Former WBC superflyweight/WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Penalosa said yesterday it?s not likely Conor McGregor will beat Floyd (Money) Mayweather, Jr. in their circus duel at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on…
