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![]() | | All articles by Emmanuel Rivera, RRT
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Displaying articles 1 to 10.United States Air Force Paralegals: Law, Order, and Excellence
Sat, 13 Dec 2025
Today at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, a new group of Airmen completed their final requirement at the Air Force Judge Advocate General’s School— Paralegal Apprentice Course 25-005.
With that step finished, the class c
Coach Marvin Somodio: Full of Life and Punch at 42
Fri, 28 Nov 2025
Los Angeles — In a blood sport full of voices, Marvin Somodio has always been the quiet one. At 42, he remains one of the most respected young trainers at the Wild Card Boxing Club, and the man now guiding Emmanuel “Jimu
Mabuhay at Salamat: ‘The Thirty’ Filipino Boxers Who Became Giants
Mon, 24 Nov 2025
In this Season of Thanksgiving, we humbly offer this tribute and artistic photo rendition, drawn from original photographs, in honor of The Thirty Filipino fistic pioneers whose faces mirror our own story.
Roll Call
Luisito “Lindol” Espinosa and the Art of Playing Boxing
Tue, 11 Nov 2025
“I will play boxing with you.”… Those were the words written more than a century ago by Joe Waterman, Manila’s foremost journalist of the 1920s and one of the founding fathers of boxing in the Philippines. In
A Filipino and an American Homecoming
Thu, 09 Oct 2025
Every celebration begins with the lives that gave it weight and meaning. Family, friends, strangers, acquaintances, colleagues, revered mentors, and the rare editors we meet along the way all help make our narrative complet
The Filipino American Center at 100 Larkin: A Sanctuary of Story, Spirit, and Memory (Special Series 4 of 5)
Sat, 04 Oct 2025
San Francisco has always been a city of interesting stories. At 100 Larkin Street — where the Main Library rises across from City Hall — you step into a place where those stories are not only stored, but stirred back to life.
Boxing Ephemera, Pacquiao’s Mouthguard, and the Meaning of It All
Tue, 30 Sep 2025
A Journey Through Keepsakes From Thrilla in Manila to The Fight of the Century
What’s the point of an autograph, really? On the surface it’s just ink—somebody’s name scrawled on a ticket, a program, maybe the back
The Evolution of Kru Mark Tabuso: Filipino American Martial Artist (Special Series 3 of 5)
Fri, 26 Sep 2025
South San Francisco, California — From the sidewalk, 647 El Camino Real could be any other storefront. Nondescript. Quiet. But step through the doors of Evolve Training Center and the air changes. The ground floor opens wid
Danovis Pooler and the Martial Art of Boxing (Special Series 2 of 5)
Mon, 22 Sep 2025
Master Danovis “Dee” Pooler lives and breathes the martial art of boxing. To those who know him, the sweet science isn’t just a sport—it’s his destiny; both as a student and as a teacher. In every gym, in every figh
Two (or Three) Lefts Make a Right: Francisco Guilledo to Luisito Espinosa
Thu, 11 Sep 2025
The Filipino boxing aficionados of old called it Gancho al hígado, luego de izquierda a la cabeza— a hook to the liver, then a left to the head.
It was the favorite punch combination of Francisco Tings
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