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Title hopeful wants Pacquiao at ringside
ERIBERTO GEJON, who fights for the World Boxing Association (WBA) minimum weight crown on Sept. 25 in Yokohama, Japan, has a simple wish. Gejon wants boxing star Manny Pacquiao at ringside when…
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Royal treatment for Pacman at Manila Hotel
FOR LIFTING the spirits of his battered nation, Manny Pacquiao has been given the green light to live the next few days like a member of royalty. Pacquiao, who was paraded down…
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DELADA, SUICO WIN IN LAPU-LAPU
Lapu-Lapu City--RP no. 4 lightweight Dexter Delada moves into the biggest fight of his career after prevailing on a unanimous decision over Rud 4K Kevkatche over ten rounds here, while young phenom…
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ALL SET FOR ESPINOSA FUND RAISER
Fight for Love, a boxing card aimed at raising funds for former world champion Luisito Espinosa is all set to be staged in Manila on Oct. 22 with two Philippine championship fitghts…
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DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
From a distance, Pingping Tepora looks like a boy who has just finished high school. Lanky and boyish-looking, one would never mistake him for a young man involved in a sport where…
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THE MANNY PACQUIAO-ERIK MORALES MAIL BAG
Subject: Mexicans In L.A. Were Calling Zahir “Nigger” If you received emails from what you allegedly described as racist Filipinos, I think you should've addressed these people personally and not jump at…
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A Mexican’s Evolution
He is one of the sports most charismatic figures. The “Life & Times of Marco Antonio Barrera” would probably need a sequel to fully illustrate just how much the 31-year-old gladiator had…
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Batawang in Lapu tonight
World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan-African light flyweight champion Bert Batawang will headline Sammy G. Gello-ani’s “Powerpunch” tonight at the Mandaue City Sports and Cultural Complex. In a tune-up before he tries his…
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Bohol roars as Boom Boom assures he’s not from Cebu
CANDIJAY, Bohol--It took sensational Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista three rounds to stop his Colombian foe in California on Sunday, but he wasted no time Thursday to assure swarming Boholanos he did not…
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Hero’s welcome awaits Ilocos-born boxing champ
VIGAN CITY - A Hawaiian boxer born in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, awaits a hero’s welcome in the province after the members of the provincial board approved a resolution recognizing his notable achievement…
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Hero’s welcome
FILIPINOS hungry for heroes in the flesh ignored the unceasing rains and trooped to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport yesterday morning wanting to get a glimpse, if not actually touch, boxing icon…
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Pacquiao warms a rainy day
IT MIGHT have rained on Manny Pacquiao’s parade yesterday, but the motorcade went on. And though it was shortened owing to the inclement weather, the affair was long in the way of…
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Fans give Pacquiao warm, wet welcome
Not even the rains could stop Manny Pacquiao fans from pouring out into the streets. Pacquiao, the "people’s champion," returned home from the US yesterday and was greeted with a hero’s welcome…
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Rain fails to dampen festive homecoming for Manny Pacquiao
Rain failed to dampen the festive homecoming of Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao, Manila’s adopted son, who was honored yesterday in a motorcade around the city attended by appreciative Manilans who cheered…
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Manny arrives home, gets mobbed by fans
A TRIUMPHANT Manny Pacquiao returned to the country from Los Angeles Friday morning and was a accorded a hero's welcome by Manila Mayor Lito Atienza and thousands of his adoring countrymen. So…
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To move up, Morales must scale down
TWO FOES? With the frenzy of last week’s scintillating 3-0 sweep at the Staples Center in LA still hanging in the air, my e-mail inbox is heavy with boxing questions. Here’s some…
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Pacquiao’s knockout call: Unity, reconciliation for Pinoys
Amid the political crisis gripping the government, boxing champion Manny Pacquiao on Friday called on fellow Filipinos to unite and reconcile each other's differences, whether in politics or other issues, to help…
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Manny wary of Mexican spies
Fearing that the "Mexican spies" would strike again, boxing champ Manny Pacquiao yesterday said he has decided to train behind closed doors for his upcoming bout. Pacquiao yesterday told reporters at the…
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Pacquiao says Mexicans ‘spied’ on him’
FILIPINO world boxing champion Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao said Friday that there were suspicious Mexicans who have constantly been "spying" on his training at the Wild Card Gym in the US prior to…
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MORALES – PACQUIAO PPV II… FOR ‘SUCKAS’ ONLY
The purveyors of pugilism never sleep, well hardly ever. Too busy putting together insulting PPV fiascos littered with yesterday names that are no more than a shell of their former selves. They…
