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![]() | | All articles by Alex P. Vidal
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Displaying articles 261 to 270.Media not Morales made Pacquiao a larger than life hero
Thu, 23 Nov 2006
There is nothing wrong if Filipinos will lionize like demigod boxing icon Emmanuel ?The Pacman? Pacquiao for his scintillating three-round shellacking of Erik ?El Terrible? Morales for the World Boxing council (WBC) superfeatherweight
international crown in Las Vegas last November 19.
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BOXING TRILOGIES IN HISTORY
Thu, 16 Nov 2006
ILOILO CITY -- The Nov. 19 ?Grand Finale? showdown between Emmanuel ?Pacman? Pacquiao and Erik ?El Terible? Morales is being dubbed as one of the biggest boxing trilogies in the history.
The series now stands at one win apiece going to perhaps the last and ultimate showdown between the category
Ilonggos remember Pancho Villa’s 105th birthday
Tue, 01 Aug 2006
ILOILO CITY – The Ilonggo community here and in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental commemorate today (August 1) the 105th birthday of the great ring immortal Franciso Guilledo popularly known as “Pancho Villa.”
PABA TITLE FIGHT IN ILOILO EYED: Elorde throws support behind GAB Iloilo office
Sun, 30 Jul 2006
ILOILO CITY—The son of the late legendary former World Boxing Council (WBC) jr. lightweight champion Gabriel “Flash” Elorde” has vowed to support the programs and projects of the newly built Games and Amusement Board (GAB) extension office in Brgy. Magsaysay, La Paz here even
GAB’s Buhain, Iloilo governor forge MOA for extension office
Fri, 28 Jul 2006
ILOILO CITY -- The Games and Amusement Board (GAB) and the Iloilo Provincial Government through their respective leaders have pledged to continue supporting each other in terms of professional sports development here.
This was contained in the speeches delivered by both GAB Chairman Eric Buhain a
SPECIAL REPORT: How the GAB Iloilo office was conceived
Thu, 27 Jul 2006
ILOILO CITY -- It was in the afternoon of May 6, 2006 when Games and Amusement Board (GAB) Commissioner Alex Paglumotan broached the idea to a group of Ilonggo professional sports leaders in a simple forum at the Robinsons Mall here of putting up a GAB extension office in this city “to serve t
BOXER-TURNED-REBEL AN EXPLOSIVE EXPERT:
Ex-pug turned ?Magdalo? soldier captured in raid
Sun, 09 Jul 2006
ILOILO CITY -- The father of captured Navy Lt. senior grade Kiram Sadava, a former RP lightweight contender, has expressed shock over reports that his son was among those ?Magdalo? rebel soldiers accused of plotting to blow up the Batasan Complex where Pres Arroyo is scheduled to deliver her State o
Speeding truck ends Robert?s dream to become the next Manny Pacquiao
Thu, 29 Jun 2006
ILOILO CITY -- His dream is first, to watch his idol Manny Pacquiao fight Oscar Larios on TV this coming July 2; and, second, to someday become a champion like Pacquiao.
But the dreams of 12-year-old amateur boxer Robert John ?Little Pacman? Indencio were dashed to pieces last June 27 when a spee
This time, Mike A says he will miss Pacquiao?s fight
Thu, 29 Jun 2006
He did not miss Manny Pacquiao?s most dramatic fights especially when the pugilist lost to Erik Morales on March 19, 2005 in the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas; Pacquiao?s conquest of Hector Velasquez on September 10, 2005 at the Staples Center, Los Angeles; and Pacquiao?s 10-round demolition of Morales
PRE-FIGHT ANALYSIS: Larios will frustrate Pinoy fans lusting for his blood
Wed, 28 Jun 2006
Like Elorde, 132 lbs, the 27-year-old multi-millionaire from General Santos City will climb the ring with intense homicidal intent. Elorde wrecked the visitor and as Gomes lay on the canvas writhing in pain in the 7th round, a boisterous crowd of 40,000 fans whooped up in jubilation. He didn’t
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