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NIETES WRITES HISTORY IN WBO TRIUMPH
The Cebuanos witnessed the coronation of another Filipino world boxing champion on Sunday night at the grand ballroom of Waterfront-Cebu City Hotel in Brgy. Lahug when ALA Boxing Gym stalwart Donnie "Ahas"…
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NIETES OPPONENT USED BANNED SUBSTANCE
The opponent of newly crowned WBO minimum weight champion Donnie Nietas tested positive for the use of a banned substance which was initially said to be Amonia which is commonly known as…
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Barrera, otra vez con Pacquiao
El capitalino Marco Antonio Barrera tratar? de demostrar que la vez anterior que perdi? con el filipino Manny Pacquiao no estaba al ciento por ciento de sus condiciones, cuando reciba el desquite…
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Pacquiao looking at possible ?dirty tactics?
Not even a prime and highly-motivated Marco Antonio Barrera, who faces the daunting task of avenging a four-year-old grudge this Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. But when a…
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Pacman breaks camp, heads for Vegas
LOS ANGELES ? By the time it gets dark Monday, Manny Pacquiao would have completed a 300-mile journey from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, the site of his Oct. 6 showdown with…
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Pacquiao drives to battle site
LOS ANGELES -- Manny Pacquiao Monday had an overdue haircut, shaved his goatee then looked at the mirror and quipped that he looked much younger now. ?Nagmukhang bata ako, ah (I look…
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Banal proves point, grabs WBO title from Gaona
YOUTHFUL sensation AJ ?Bazooka? Banal continued his dominance over the Mexicans as he flattened Mexican Pacific Coast champion Esau ?Saul? Gaona three times in just the first round to win his first…
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Manny all trimmed for fight and school
LOS ANGELES ? A brand-new haircut almost made Manny Pacquiao forget about Marco Antonio Barrera. ?Wow! School boy!? the flamboyant boxer laughed at the mirror after a one-hour haircut done by his…
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Last round?s milestones with ALA gym
HOW do you conduct an impromptu celebration to mark the end of a world title drought and possibly the beginning of a new dominant era? Over steaming hot bowls of pochero, of…
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Roach worried about ref
LOS ANGELES ? Trainer Freddie Roach will be uncomfortable if Joe Cortez is named as the third man in the ring during the Manny Pacquiao-Marco Antonio Barrera fight on Oct. 6. Roach,…
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Roach ready for Barrera dirty tricks
LOS ANGELES ? Freddie Roach is not expecting a clean fight because he believes that the only way Marco Antonio Barrera could beat Manny Pacquiao on Oct. 6 is if the Mexican…
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It’s off to Vegas for Manny
AFTER a rigorous training that saw Manny Pacquiao pushing himself to the limit, the Filipino boxing sensation and his entourage will motor from Los Angeles to Las Vegas today for his final…
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Manny ignores Barrera taunt, set for fight Oct. 6
LAS VEGAS - Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao enters the ring Oct. 6 at Mandalay Bay Hotel here for the much-awaited rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico who has threatened to maul…
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MARAON, GONZALES TO DEBUT IN THE U.S ON NOV. 29
Unbeaten Filipino fighters Glenn Gonzales and Jundy Maraon will not get their much-cherished dream of fighting in the undercard of the Oct. 6 Manny Pacquiao-Marco Antonio Barrera rematch, but will still be…
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NIETES WINS WBO WORLD TITLE
Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes won the world WBO minimum weight world title with a unanimous twelve round decision over previously undefeated Thai Pornsawan Kratingdaenggym at the plush Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City, Sunday…
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GAB AWARDS WBO EXEC LEON PANONCILLO
CEBU CITY -- The Philippine Games and Amusements Board (GAB) through its chairman Eric Buhain and Commissioner Angel Bautista has awarded World Boxing Organization (WBO) Vice-President for Asia-Pacific Region Leon Panoncillo a…
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Distractions threaten Pacquiao’s ring work
Distractions are like title belts. If a fighter doesn't collect them, it's time for a different line of work. Manny Pacquiao doesn't need a day job. He wouldn't have time for one.…
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Brian?s Boxing Mailbag, Oct. 1, 2007
Welcome to my mailbag everyone. So I committed boxing fan blasphemy this weekend by missing the live broadcast of Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermain Taylor. I had a good excuse though. I was…
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Pacquiao investing in education
Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is putting his earnings in wise investments -- his children's education. Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, who invited Pacquiao to attended the MassKara celebration, said Pacquiao told him…
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THAI CONFIRMS PORNSAWAN USED AMMONIA!
A Thai national, who was present at the Donnie Nietes-Pornsawan Kratingdaenggym WBO bout last night, revealed in a post-fight interview that indeed, the erstwhile unbeaten Thai fighter used "Chai Che Chew" or…
