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DONAIRE PRAISED BY OPPONENT’S AGENT
The agent of journeyman Kevin Hudgins has praised Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr, who scored an impressive first round knockout victory over Hudgins of Pensacola, Florida at the Reno Events Center…
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PACQUIAO FIGHTS ON OCTOBER 6
Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao whose attempt to unseat incumbent congresswoman Darlene Antonino Custodio in the lone district of South Cotabato has apparently failed, can now concentrate on his boxing career. Top…
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Darlene leads vs Pacman in initial count
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 May) – It’s still too early to tell but Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday appeared headed for a stunning upset in the political arena. But that’s…
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WHAT’S NEXT FOR BOOM BOOM?
(Editor's note: This was published in the May 13, 2007 issue of "The Freeman.") What?s Next for Boom Boom? When ?The World Awaits? came to a close, more questions than answers were…
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Destined for greatness?
You'd have had to be living in outer space for the past couple of years not to have heard of Amir Khan. The Olympic silver medallist has firmly established himself as ITV's…
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Brotherly Glove: Now Nonito Donaire Gets July 7 Title Crack Against Raging Bull Vic Darchinyan!
Filipino-American Nonito Donaire gets a chance to wrest the IBF and IBO flyweight titles from the hard-punching Vic 'Raging Bull' Darchinyan when they meet on July 7 in a 12-round bout in…
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Boxers off to Korea for big fights, break
ALA Boy Robert Allanic and fast-rising slugger Fernando Otik will leave for South Korea today with the task to grab the World Boxing Organization titles for the country. Allanic will be fighting…
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Cebu Megadome: What we needed yesterday
LAST Saturday night, I parked near Colon Street, strolled about 157 meters, and stepped inside the Cebu Coliseum. San Miguel Beer, the most famous bottle ever produced in this country, paraded 6-foot-6-tall…
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Rocky Road: ALA Gym’s Fuentes Gets Phil Title Bout Against Danilo Lerio On June 1!
ALA Boy Rocky Fuentes gets yet another crack at the RP title when he clashes with Manila-based Danilo Lerio on June 1 for the vacant Philippine flyweight title in Angono, Rizal. The…
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The next big hit
The eventual departure of superstar Oscar De La Hoya will leave boxing without a driving force, which begs the question: Who might be ... There's the Irishman, John Duddy, and sure if…
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The fight of his life
Manila: Manny Pacquiao, World Boxing Council super featherweight champion, is confident he can wrest three-time Congresswoman Darlene Antonino-Custodio's seat in southern Philippines' General Santos City. Pacquiao, 28, is running for Congress under…
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Pacman likely to stick with Roach
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Although he refuses to comment on the controversial separation between Freddie Roach and his long-time Australian strength coach Justin Fortune, Manny Pacquiao appears inclined to stick it out…
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Moving Forward
It was with much triumph and glee that HBO and Golden Boy Promotions announced that May 5th’s 'the World Awaits' pay-per-view show featuring Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather did SpiderMan…
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Manny’s presence to tilt odds
In Top Rank chairman Bob Arum’s opinion, Manny Pacquiao’s presence at ringside will be a big factor in motivating younger brother Bobby to beat WBC No. 2 superfeatherweight contender Humberto Soto of…
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Geno’s Boxing Mailbag: Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather JR Edition, Part II
Now that we have all had time to digest the fight that the world awaited for, I hope that all the people with the contention that Oscar De La Hoya should have…
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Pacquiao’s Other Fight
Be that as it may, de la Heist's er Oscar's latest set-back still buzzes the rounds after establishing a new pay per view record where a total of 2.15 million households shelled…
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Schaefer chides Arum: Barrera still with GBP
Golden Boy Promotions executive Richard Schaefer said Top Rank’s Bob Arum must be “dreaming” when the latter said Marco Antonio Barrera hinted that he is no longer connected with GBP and is…
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Bullets, Ballots Flying, Cops, Soldiers, Communist Rebels Mix It Up! Pacquaio Losing To Dazzling Darlene At Polls?
I don't want to seem rude or disrespectful but Eleksyon 2007, the day Filipinos go to the polls to decide, among other things, if they want boxing champion Manny Pacquaiov to replace…
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New dog can’t believe dirty tricks
HE expected it to be dirty. But Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao never imagined Philippine politics to be that filthy. “Grabe! Alam mo, dito sa pulitika mo malalaman ang mga taong nagsisinungaling.…
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Pacquiao thanks supporters
Boxing icon and congressional aspirant Manny Pacquiao on Monday evening went on radio and expressed gratitude to his supporters for their votes. Speaking over radio station DXBB, Pacquiao appeared not conceding to…
