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Roach: Don’t rush Boom Boom!
Trainer non-pareil Freddie Roach said unbeaten Filipino super-bantamweight Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista is indeed a jewel "but I will not rush him" into fighting for the world title. "The kid's just 19…
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Cebu honors SEA Games organizer
The Sportswriters Association of Cebu (SAC) named the chairman of the provincial organizing committee for the recent Southeast Asian (SEA) Games as its Sportsman of the Year in the 24th All-Cebu Sports…
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Barrera vows to watch Pacquiao-Larios fight
One good turn deserves another. For watching his fight against Rocky Juarez on Saturday (Sunday in Manila), Marco Antonio Barrera told Manny Pacquiao that he will watch the Filipino prizefighter when he…
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Barrera is super fit — for retirement
THEY CLAIMED Marco Antonio Barrera, first Mexican to have made Manny Pacquiao super famous, would be defending his world title. Barrera was absent for that official chore on Saturday (Sunday morning in…
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Pacquiao-Larios Coming July 1
LOS ANGELES, CA (May 22, 2006) – Superstar Manny Pacquiao from The Philippines and Mexican buzzsaw Oscar Larrios will go mano-a-mano in a 12-round championship bout in the historic Araneta Coliseum, which…
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Marco Antonio Barrera – Mexico’s Greatest Ever Fighter!
Marco Antonio Barrera did it again on Saturday (May 20th). He gritted his teeth and fought in the trenches to pull out a very close, but by all means honest, victory over…
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Boom Boom Interview on ‘Sports Chat’
FRESH from a smashing knockout victory over the weekend in Los Angeles, Filipino boxing phenom Rey Boom Boom Bautista will be the main man in Wednesday’s edition of “Sports Chat”. The 19-year…
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IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED
As soon as Marisela, one of the members of my staff came in to work the Monday following the Friday WBC title fight between Marco Antonio Barrera and Ricardo Juarez, she came…
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SULTAN ARRIVES; DELADA DEPARTS FOR AFRICAN TITLE BOUT
Newly-crowned Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA) welterweight king Dondon Sultan arrived in Cebu last night, and was warmly welcomed upon arrival at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport following his stirring win over Anton…
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Nova explosion – a star is born
CHICAGO – He has all the qualities of a star. Young, good looking in a macho kind of way, fierce and focused, and his punches travel faster than gossip. It’s easy to…
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Bautista’s world title fight may be sooner
WITH NO less than Golden Boy Oscar dela Hoya as his chief backer, Boholano boxing phenom Rey ‘Boom Boom’ Bautista’s quest for a world title fight may come sooner than expected. According…
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Win some, lose some
AFTER BACK-to-back losses at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, some doomsayers have sent us pessimistic messages saying Filipino boxers are starting to lose and that luck has already run out of…
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What’s Going On In Asia?
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam has been ordered by the WBC to make his mandatory defense against current WBC International champion and number one contender Monelisi Myekeni of South Africa. The long-awaited bout with Jorge…
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Aldeguer elated over Bautista win
CEBU CITY — I was in Cebu City over the weekend in connection with an international conference that De La Salle Professional Schools Graduate School of Business (DLS PS GSB) will be…
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Sultan upsets Solopov!
In a shocking upset, 27-year-old Dondon Sultan from Labason, Philippines sensationally stopped Russian Anton Solopov in round one to take his PABA welterweight belt. This bout was held at "Energetik" sports arena…
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SALUD, PACQUIAO TRAINER OFF TO U.S. TODAY
Manny Pacquiao's business associate Rex "Wakee" Salud and Filipino trainer Buboy Fernandez are set to leave for Los Angeles tonight to join the pound for pound superstar as he prepares for his…
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Erik Morales estar? listo el 7 de octubre para Manny Pacquiao
El boxeador Erik Morales mencion? que estar? en condiciones para enfrentarse por tercera ocasi?n al filipino Manny Pacquiao, el 7 de octubre en Las Vegas, Nevada, EU. ?La promotora Top Rank debe…
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Ask the Champ Email Bag,May 22, 2006
Thanks again to all of the RSR loyal readers and fans for your support of my email bag. Once again, you have come up with some very good questions for me to…
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Pacquiao – Larios on PPV
LOS ANGELES, CA (May 22, 2006) – Superstar MANNY “PAC MAN” PACQUIAO, from The Philippines, and Mexican buzz saw OSCAR “CHOLOLO” LARIOS will go mano-a-mano in a 12-round championship bout in the…
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Despite Losing, Juarez Wins
Rocky Juarez left the ring inside Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday night thinking he had earned a draw against Marco Antonio Barrera in a battle for ‘The Baby Faced Assassin’s…
