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Vilora Sees Fight with Arce as Fight of the Year Material
THE much-awaited encounter between Filipino-American Brian "Hawaiian Pinoy Punch" Viloria and Jorge "El Traviseo" Arce of Los Mocis, Sinaloa, Mexico is expected to be a "fight of the Year" candidate aside from…
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Vic’s two crowns at stake vs Gabi
WHEN Diosdado Gabi steps into the ring this Friday (Saturday in Manila) to challenge world flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan, he will be attempting to shoot down two birds with one stone. Both…
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Viloria ready for anybody — after right hand heals
Brian Viloria, who’s in the country enjoying a short break, yesterday bared before mediamen a long list of his future plans. First and foremost, he said in a one-hour press conference at…
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Flash Elorde Memorial Awards set March 25
FILIPINO boxers whose exploits on the international scene have made headlines the past year will be honored in the Banquet of Champions during the sixth annual Gabriel “Flash” Elorde Memorial Awards on…
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VIC DARCHINYAN VS DIOSDADO GABI
Usually the ShoBox series on Showtime features up-and-coming fighters but this Friday we have a world title 12-rounder when undefeated flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan defends against a useful-looking challenger from the Philippines,…
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Gabi Ready to Score Upset Vs Darchinyan
STA. YNEZ, CA—Ranged against the hardest-hitting flyweight in the world, Filipino challenger Diosdado Gabi may just score the biggest upset win of his career and snatch the International Boxing Federation and International…
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VILORIA, BUHAIN VISIT GMA IN MALACANANG!
Games and Amusements Board Chairman Eric R. Buhain accompanied WBC light-flyweight champ Brian Viloria yesterday to pay a courtesy call on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in Malacanang . At exactly 1:30 pm Viloria…
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PHILIPPINE BOXING SCENE STILL RUNNING HOT!
GABI CHALLENGES TOUGH AUSSIE San Francisco, CA-Underdog Diosdado Gabi looks to shock the flyweight division when he challenges the undefeated IBF champ, Vic Darchinyan, an Armenian who now lives in Sydney, Australia.…
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Filipino-American boxing champion wishes for peace in home country
World Boxing Council(WBC) light flyweight champion Brian Viloria has called for an end to the political troubles in the Philippines, hoping that the Filipinos could watch sports matches every day and live…
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Gabi dedicates world title fight to Davaoe?os
Filipino challenger Diosdado (Prince) Gabi said the other day he will do what it takes–at the risk of his own life–to dethrone unbeaten International Boxing Federation and International Boxing Organization flyweight champion…
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Freddie Roach Interview
Freddie talks about Manny Pacquaio, Rey Bautista, his growing stable of Filipino fighters, and James Toney! FF: Freddie I’m sure you’re sick to death of talking about those gloves with Manny and…
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GORRES HOLDS MEDIA/FANS’ DAY ON MARCH 4
Fight fans will get a sneak peek of the highly-anticipated Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) title match between Z ?The Dream? Gorres and Thailand?s Waengpetch Chuwatana at the FIGHT CLUB in…
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Can Iron be Destroyed by a Hawaiian Punch?
Since its early days, the Junior Flyweight division has been filled with a number of interesting match-ups that never took place. During the early 1980's, we could have had a fight between…
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Buzz: Hatton, Viloria, Pacman
Still no opponent for Ricky Hatton on May 13 at Foxwoods. Hatton said today that he'll likely be facing IBF mandatory Ben Rabah, WBA lightweight champion Juan Diaz or former WBA jr…
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TEAM GABI LEAVES FOR FIGHT VENUE TODAY
Everything is green and go as Filipino Diosdado "Prince" Gabi, who will attempt to become a dual world champion on Saturday, and his team depart at noontime today for the Chumash Casino…
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Unimpressive Performance of Brian Villoria
Thanks, the unimpressive performance of Brian Villoria, the World Boxing Council (WBC) Light flyweight Champion, was not about his under performance or the toughness of challenger Jose Antonio Aguirre as our eyes…
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Roach sees Gabi’s win
As expected, the respective trainers of protagonists Diosdado Gabi and Vic Darchinyan expressed confidence of gaining compelling victory this weekend in California. Gabi’s trainer Freddie Roach, the man behind the superstardom of…
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I’ll KO Gabi in 1st round: Darchinyan
A FIRST round knockout. This was the bold prediction made by International Boxing Federation (IBF)-World Boxing Organization (WBO) flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan as he guaranteed a quick ending and big victory for…
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DARCHINYAN-GABI NATIONAL CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT
SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION" NATIONAL CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT IBF/IBO FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION VIC DARCHINYAN, IBF NO. 3 112-POUND CONTENDER DIOSDADO GABI, DARCHINYAN'S TRAINER JEFF FENECH, GABI'S TRAINER FREDDIE ROACH TUESDAY, FEB. 28, 2006…
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Pacquiao OKs fight in Manila
BOMBARDED BY numerous requests, Manny Pacquiao finally cave in. Taking into consideration the millions of Filipinos who only get to see him fight on television, Pacquiao has decided to stage his fight…
