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PROMOTER TO INVESTIGATE CHAMPION WHO DIDN?T MAKE WEIGHT
Well known promoter Branco Milenkovic says he will ?definitely try to investigate? what happened when WBC International junior flyweight champion Phumzile Matyhila failed to make the weight for his scheduled title defense…
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WARNING TO THE WORLD: NONITO DONAIRE JR. ISN?T GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON
FILIPINO world flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. has eyes only for world-class fighters. After his successful first title defense, Donaire, 25, wants to face any of his cochampions or battle any of…
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Ranee Ganoy proves a huge hit in Australia
``The New Pacquiao'' Ranee Ganoy has won over a legion of Aussie fans with his stunning KO of Thai Somchai Nakbalee in Brisbane on Friday night. With plans to now match the…
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DONAIRE AND BAUTISTA ARE BOTH RING MAGAZINE CONTENDERS
Nonito ?Filipino Flash? Donaire is the authoritative Ring Magazine No. 1 contender in the flyweight division. The champion is still being declared vacant. There is a possibility that Donaire will eventually become…
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Another emergence: Donaire has real star quality
It's no stretch to say that Showtime had a miserable year of boxing. Outside of the two scintillating encounters between Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez, what are we going to remember long-term?…
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?A WORD SPOKEN IN DUE SEASON, HOW GOOD IT IS?
While anxiously waiting for the start of the Nonito Donaire, Jr.-Luis Maldonado fight which was about to be shown on the 4 big screens installed inside the Araneta Coliseum last 2 December…
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Donaire calls out to unify title
Fresh from his eighth round stoppage of Mexico?s Luis Maldonado, IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. yesterday dared WBC titlist Daisuke Naito and WBA ruler Takefumi Sakata to face him in a…
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Bring ’em on, says Donaire
AFTER PROVING that he is not a one-hit wonder, Filipino flyweight Nonito Donaire Jr. boasted over the weekend that "I want to fight all the best fighters?ready to fight anybody from 112…
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A Blurry Sunday afternoon
REY ?Boom-Boom? Bautista gave a good credible performance last Sunday against a tough, determined warrior who had no quit in him. This is how comebacks are properly done and I give Bautista?s…
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TARVER, FORREST and DONAIRE TKO FOES
Three of boxing?s biggest and most important players notched impressive victories on the final SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast of 2007. Antonio ?Magic Man? Tarver, Vernon ?The Viper? Forrest and ?The Filipino Flash?…
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Victorious Sunday for RP boxing
Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista and A.J. ?Bazooka? Banal defeated their respective Mexican rivals Sunday afternoon at the Araneta Coliseum to further boost their respective careers. Bautista, who with Banal is managed by…
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LERIO VS BROWNE MAY BE WBF FIGHT OF THE YEAR
WBF president Mick Croucher says Filipino Danilo Lerio's fight against undefeated Davey Browne in Ingleburn, Sydney, "could be the fight of the year in Australia." Croucher informed Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today that…
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Arum Talks Chavez, De La Hoya-Pacquiao, HBO
Following the big win by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (34-0-1, 27 KOs), who stopped Ray Sanchez (20-2, 15 KOs) in the sixth-round at the Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, BoxingScene.com caught up with…
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Butar-butar KO?s Bantilan for IBO Asia-Pacific title
Indonesian ribcracker Simson Butar-butar added Filipino Van ?Holyfield? Bantilan in his list of KO victim, stopping the visitor with a right upper to the body in the second round of a 12-round…
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The Shots that Caused the Cuts
Part of the advantages of having ringside photo credentials is the ability to capture some worthwhile action photos of important fights set up by the promotions. The Donaire-Maldonado fight was no different.…
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Donaire Dominates Maldonado
(December 1, 2007) Mashantucket, Connecticut (Foxwoods Casino) One of boxing's best young champions was back at work and he left little doubt that he is one of the rising stars in the…
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Filipino Flash hopes future holds bigger fights
With holiday shopping on the minds of many this time of year, it was particularly thoughtful of Showtime executive Ken Hershman to put the main event of his year-ending card on first…
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MARQUEZ WANTED PACQUIAO BADLY
WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez ?really wanted the fight (against Pacquiao) and made significant concessions? according to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer who sealed the rematch with Top Rank…
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The Manny Pacquiao Chronicles: Oscar Larios
History is one of the major draws to a sport. The developments of any game shape its current day. Contemporary athletes often take strategic decisions from one another and combine past moves…
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THREE FILIPINOS LOSE, ONE WINS IN AUSTRALIA
Although the smashing second round KO win by IBF Pan Pacific lightweight champion Rankee ?KO Kid? Ganoy to avenge an earlier unanimous decision loss to Thailand?s Somchai Nakbalee made Filipinos in Australia…
