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‘Pacman’ mapapalaban uli sa Mexican
ISANG dating world champion na may Mexican heritage ang muling makakasagupa ni Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao sa kanyang susunod na laban. Si dating World Boxing Council (WBC) super-bantamweight champion Oscar Larios…
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MANNY’S HEAT & KING LOUIE’S PROBLEMS!
NEVADA WON’T EVEN CONSIDER AN ESPINOSA LICENSE San Francisco, CA-Last week on “Ring Talk Radio,” the Executive Director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission Marc Ratner stated that he would respect California’s…
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A QUICK HISTORY OF BOXING
Many of us do not really have a complete grasp on exactly when and how boxing started. Boxing in general is classically defined as a SPORT "which involves the art of attack…
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DIOSDADO GABI HOLDS MEDIA WORKOUT WEDNESDAY
HOLLYWOOD, CA (February 17, 2006) -- Filipino flyweight sensation DIOSDADO GABI and trainer Freddie Roach will hold a media workout This Wednesday! February 22, at 11 A.M. PT at the Wild Card…
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Gorres aspires world recognition in OPBF title tiff
Z “The Dream” Gorres will finally have his dream realized when he climbs the ring on March 18, 2006 to vie for the vacant OPBF Super Flyweight championship againt the former title-holder,…
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EX-OPBF CHAMP MAYOL FLIES TO TOKYO FOR WBC CONTRACT-SIGNING
Fight fans may now call him the former OPBF champ, and the future WBC minimumweight kingpin. This after Rodel "Batang Mandaue" Mayol relinquished his OPBF miniumweight throne to pave the way for…
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WHAT IS NEXT FOR BRIAN VILORIA?
IF plans push through, Brian Viloria will be defending his title on the same card as the peppery champion who fought before him last Sunday (in Manila) at the Aladdin Hotel and…
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From Vegas to Houston
HOUSTON — It was a backbreaker of a trip but Solar Sports vice president for production Erick Tam and I didn’t mind. The journey from Las Vegas, where we covered Brian Viloria’s…
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A win is a win?
The ethical question would persist. Were we disappointed Brian did not beat his opponent to a pulp? Is boxing any way for modern man to make a living? The idea is to…
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Larios confirmed as Pac-Man opponent
Former WBC super-bantamweight champion Oscar Larios has been confirmed as the next man to step into the ring with the fearsome ruler of the featherweight divisions, Manny Pacquiao. Mexican Larios, 56-4-1 (36),…
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PACQUIAO IN CEBU TODAY FOR CHARTER DAY RITES
CEBU CITY--Pound-for-pound superstar Manny Pacquiao will take centerstage in today's celebration of the founding anniversary of Cebu City as he guests the Charter Day rites with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Cebu Archbishop Ricardo…
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Chatchai Sasakul – Question and Answer
He’s gone by many names - Chatchai Dutchboy Gym, Chatchai Krating Daeng Gym and now Chatchai Singwancha. He defeated Russian-born, Japanese-based fighter Yuri Arbachakov in 1995 handing him the only loss of…
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Q&A: Wilfredo Gomez!
The tiny island in the Caribbean known as Puerto Rico has produced its fair share of champions and men such as Sixto Escobar, Carlos Ortiz, Jose Torres, and Wilfredo Benitez have made…
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Arroyo, Pacquiao get top billing in Charter Day fete
CEBU CITY -- A crowd of some 12,000 is expected to join the 69th Charter Day revelry at the Cebu City Sports Center Wednesday night, which President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and boxing champion…
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Pacquiao to grace Kalilangan slugfest
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Filipino boxing icon Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao is scheduled to attend the opening ceremony of the 2006 Kalilangan Festival Invitational Amateur Boxing Championships on February 23 at the Oval…
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Pacland creator gets recognition from Cebu sportswriters
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel The Freeman Special to PhilBoxing.com A Cebuano web developer from Talisay City is the recepient of one of the highest awards the Cebu sportswriting fraternity will be handing…
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ALLANIC, BONTILAO DRUB FOES IN BOHOL
LOON, BOHOL--ALA Boy Robert "Cliff Smart" Allanic run into a tough-as-nails Jerry Manganip, but proved too much for the game journeyman to score a lop-sided unanimous decision in the mainer of Sunday…
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Avoided by Thai champion, Gabi turns to Darchinyan
IT'S understandable that International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan is looking past Diosdado "Prince" Gabi of the Philippines. Yes, Darchinyan has a ring date with Gabi when the Armenian-born Australian…
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What’ s next for Viloria?
LAS VEGAS — Gary Gittelsohn has big plans for World Boxing Council (WBC) lightflyweight champion Brian Viloria. Shortly after Viloria repulsed Mexican challenger Jose Antonio Aguirre in the first defense of his…
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eBayer cashes in on Viloria win
LESS THAN 24 hours after the Filipino pugilist Brian “Hawaiian Punch” Viloria retained his World Boxing Council light flyweight title against the Mexican Jose Antonio Aguirre, an enterprising member of the online…
