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The Usual Weighty Fluff Pound-for-Pound
LAS VEGAS, July 7 – There was a time, when my brain was as nimble as my brawn, a time I could make up lists like the ten greatest Italian operas or…
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Stick to boxing, Pacquiao
BOXING HERO Manny Pacquiao should put on hold his plan to run for vice mayor of Manila next year. His life has become this big because of boxing. He should stick to…
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Pacquiao undecided on political career
Manny Pacquiao, the other day, admitted that he needs to think twice or thrice whether he would make the big jump from the boxing ring to the political arena next year. "I…
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Geno’s Boxing Mailbag: Weekend Edition
I’m not a fan of the mafia…you know…all the bad stuff. I don’t think that it’s right to kill people, but I wouldn’t mind having a buddy in the mob to help…
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Pacquiao to play in Davao
FILIPINO boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao is coming to Davao City on August 13. No, the punching machine from General Santos City will not be here to box but to play basketball when…
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Narvaez schools Flores in WBO bout!
Argentina's Omar Andres Narvaez dished out a clinical beating on Filipino Rexon Flores en route to retaining his World Boxing Organization flyweight crown over 12 rounds moments ago at the Super Domo…
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VALERO WINS WBA CROWN! IS PACQUIAO NEXT?
Just moments ago, Venezuela's Edwin Valero took away the WBA super-featherweight title with a brutal tenth-round TKO over Vicente Mosquera in Panama City. With the win, Valero is now in the mix…
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War Looms Over Pacquiao’s Fortunes
The 1993 Team Terrible, featuring the father and son tandem of three-time world champion Erik Morales was one of boxing’s storied ensembles of the late nineties. The engaging Tijuana bunch did well…
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Rexon Flores Fights for World Title Today
In the next hour or so, unheralded Rexon Flores of the Philippines will try to accomplish what his more illustrious compatriots failed to accomplish so far this year -- win a world…
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Viloria: I am ready
LOS ANGELES--Brian Viloria looked impressive and sharp in his final sparring session and said he was ready to defend his World Boxing Council light flyweight belt against Omar Nino Romero of Mexico…
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Can Pacman Transform his Ring Prowess into Politics?
Emmanuel Pacquaio means Excellence -- the renaissance and quintessential man the Filipino’s Malay-Indonesian race has ever produced. He is supermen’s superman—except superman’s handsome face. He is King Midas-- whose things he touched…
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Hefty paycheck awaits Pacman
AT THE very least, Manny Pacquiao will earn $2.5 million from his rubber match with Erik Morales on Nov. 18 in Las Vegas. "That is if the pay-per-view and the ticket sales…
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Pacquiao minimum purse $2.5M
The purse is getting bigger and bigger for Manny Pacquiao. Compared to what he received in his first two fights with Erik Morales, the Filipino boxing sensation is in for an even…
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Can the Sniper shoot down the Bomber?
Bobby “The Sniper” Pacquiao’s remarkable career turnaround will have another gripping episode if and when he squares off with former IBF super featherweight champion Robbie "The Bomber" Peden. The Australian was quoted…
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The World without a Pacman
The rumors are started as whispers. Slowly the noise got louder until it reached the decibel level of a runaway firetruck. Manny Pacquiao will be leaving the square ring and enter the…
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Narvaez on Flores: “I do not even know if he is black, white, low or high”
Omar Andres Narvaez Several weeks back, reports came out of Argentina that reigning WBO Flyweight champion Omar Andres Narvaez does not know much of his Filipino opponent Rexon Flores. Narvaez was quoted…
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Pacquiao ponders politics as future option
MANNY PACQUIAO is still undecided whether to run as vice-mayor of Manila next year, but there were signs that he is weighing his options one of them a political career after boxing.…
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Manny don’t run, Fil-Am lady pleads
Besides advisers close to Manny Pacquiao, at least one Filipino thinks the boxing superstar should not run for office in the elections next year. Charrisse Domingo, a photographer based in San Jose,…
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Geno’s Boxing Mailbag: Friday Edition
Why do people that have bald friends rub their head for good luck? I don’t even know that it is for good luck, but whatever the reason that it is, it’s not…
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Atienza: Let Manny train
“LET Manny [Pacquiao] train first, because he has a big fight to think about.” This was the message of Ali Atienza, chairman of the Manila Sports Council and presidential assistant on youth…
