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WBO REPLACES TWO TITLE CHALLENGERS WITH DUBIOUS RECORDS
WBO Asia Pacific chairman Leon Panoncillo has acted swiftly on a complaint by Viva Sports over two Thai fighters with dubious ring records who were scheduled to fight WBO Intercontinental light flyweight…
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AMONSOT CHECKS OUT OF HOSPITAL
A smiling Czar Amonsot has checked out of the Valley Medical Center in Las Vegas after specialists gave him a clean bill of health following initial concern over a tiny blood clot…
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AMONSOT CHECKS OUT OF HOSPITAL; LEWKOWICZ OPTIMISTIC!
Czar Amonsot checked out of the Valley Hospital at 12:30PM today, and has been released with a clean bill of health by neuro-specialist Dr. Debra Nelson. ALA Boxing Gym president Michael Aldeguer…
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AS ‘MOST EXCITING SPORTS EVENT’: Campus writers pick Pacman-Barrera rematch over 2008 Beijing Olympics
ILOILO CITY – Some 200 campus journalists from different colleges and universities in Western Visayas have chosen the October 6, 2007 rematch between WBC international superfeatherweight champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao over the…
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THAT DAY IN JULY
TANZANIA -- The ringing of my cellphone felt like a bomb exploding in my head. I groped for the light switch. ‘Hello! Where are you? Are you in the hospital and are…
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WBO ASIA PACIFIC FLYWEIGHT TITLE CHALLENGER REPLACED
WBO Asia Pacific chairman Leon Panoncillo has replaced the Thai challenger who was scheduled to battle undefeated WBO Asia Pacific flyweight champion Drian Francisco at the Elorde Sports Complex on August 4.…
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BATAWANG GETS NEW FOE; GABI FACES BERANZA IN ‘WORLD CUP’
Bert Batawang of Cebu will now take on Gerardo Verde in a 12-round IBF junior flyweight eliminator on August 11 at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California. Verde (15-4, 11 KO's) will…
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Barrera has new plans vs Pacman
MEXICAN ICON Marco Antonio Barrera is devising several strategies to beat Manny Pacquiao, saying that with the caliber of his opponent, a fighter needs more than one. The two will meet in…
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Arum and Top Rank preparing for big fights
Promoter Bob Arum was in Los Angeles on Tuesday. But since yours truly is suffering from a nasty case of the flu, it was best that a conversation with him took place…
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Donaire Jr. proud about Amonsot effort
A CHAMPION whose success easily enters his head would just shrug off the incident, or at most sarcastically wish a beleaguered compatriot all the best. But for Filipino world flyweight champion Nonito…
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No excuses from Czar
Czar Amonsot was in his Las Vegas Valley Hospital room the other day, talking about his family, his future and his brutal fight against WBO interim lightweight champion Michael Katsidis. I phoned…
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Petition to investigate
A deluge of boxing fans here and in the United States have thrown their support to the online petition initiated by boxingconfidential.com assistant editor Richard Lois requesting the Nevada State Athletic Commission…
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Linares Breaks Out
On a night when Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright engaged in 12 rather unwatchable rounds, and Michael Katsidis laid his claim as the heir apparent to Arturo Gatti, Japan-based Venezuelan Jorge Linares…
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AMONSOT MAY STILL BECOME A WORLD CHAMPION
The specialist attending to Czar Amonsot who put up a gallant stand before losing a tough decision to WBO lightweight champion Michael Katisidis in a brutal battle in Las Vegas last Sunday,…
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DONAIRE IN EMOTIONAL REUNION WITH GRANDPA
Classy Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire who has won the hearts of Filipino fight fans not only with his skill and power in scoring a spectacular fifth round knockout over hitherto undefeated…
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LONSDALE OF LONDON SPONSORS FLORES, FRANCISCO
Lonsdale execs at Tuesday's presscon. MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- WORLD BOXING ORGANIZATION (WBO) Inter-Continental light flyweight champion Rexon Flores (17-3, 9 KOs) and WBO Asia Pacific flyweight champion Drian Francisco (12-0, 9 KOs)…
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SCHAEFER, ARUM MEET THE MEDIA!
Top Rank boss Bob Arum and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer met today during lunch with the media in relation to the upcoming October 6 return showdown between Filipino superstar Manny…
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Manny Pacquiao: Who Does He Mirror from Yesteryear?
I’ve been a very big fan of Manny Pacquiao, 44-3-2, 35 KO’s, for the last seven or eight years now. His ongoing career has been nothing short of dramatic. He is in…
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Coming to Write: Mulvaney’s Vegas Notebook (Part 2)
The injuries to Amonsot and Larios emphasize—should emphasis be necessary—just how insanely dangerous a sport boxing can be. They also underline how remarkable it is that a man like Bernard Hopkins can…
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PACQUIAO LEAVES FOR THE U.S. ON JULY 30
CEBU CITY--Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao may have missed what would have been the first official press conference for his mammoth rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera, but the iconic boxing hero has indicated…
