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Pacquiao vs. Punching Bag

Manny’s fight today was the most boring Manny Pacquiao fight ever!
Honestly, I was so disappointed, it’s like my boxing hero fighting against a moving punching bag. Clottey seems to forget how to box, was busy defending his face in front of 51,000 boxing fans inside the Cowboys Stadium while Manny untiringly hitting him from [...]

Pacquiao vs. Clottey Ticket

During our high school batch’s Christmas get together, one of my classmate shared his unfortunate experience in buying ticket for Manny Pacquiao’s fight.
Last November, he went to Las Vegas to watch the Pacquiao vs. Cotto (he’s a rich kid since high school) but wasn’t able to get some ticket. Even tickets from the scalpers [...]

OMG! I’m still a Ginebra fan!

I found myself glued to the television watching the game 5 of the Ginebra vs. Talk n’ Text quarterfinals game. I didn’t realize that I’m still a Ginebra fan.
I was not following the PBA games lately, although I make myself updated by just reading the news. I don’t know why I lost my [...]

The Event: Pacquiao vs. Clottey

Will it be Pacquiao vs. Foreman?

With the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather in danger of not pursuing due to endless accusations by the Mayweather camp, Top Rank Promotions is now cooking up a deal for Manny Pacquiao to fight the Israeli fighter Yuri Foreman.

Pacquiao vs. Mayweather Jr. on March 13, 2009

Top Rank Promotions’ big boss, Bob Arum is in town to fix the boxing match between the current Pound-for-pound king Manny ‘PacMan’ Pacquiao and Floyd ‘Pretty Boy’ Mayweather, Jr.
Although Pacman’s coach and trainer Freddie Roach doesn’t agree to Manny fighting too soon, Pacquiao earlier announced that Team Pacquiao and Top Rank has already reached an [...]

A Historic Win for Manny Pacquiao

Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao once again made Filipinos around the world proud of their color!
With his win against Miguel Coto of Puerto Rico, Manny claimed his 7th weight category belt the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Welterweight Championship Belt, first boxer to claim such honor. Manny dominated the fight from the 1st round until the time [...]

Manny here, Manny there, Manny everywhere

Everywhere you go, you’ll see the champ Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao, on TV, movies, billboard, just everywhere. I bet this is because he’s the hottest item nowadays, but it’s not only Manny reaping the success, his ever praying mother Mommy Dionisia (now Mommy D) has numerous product endorsements, TV appearance and even movie offers.
But what [...]

Pinoy rules!

I was on assignment last Saturday, after being out of commission for more than 2 months, we covered the wedding of Marky and Lot at the Chapel of St. Pancratius in Paco Park. I felt like being a newbie again.
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Although tired of my latest assignment, I made [...]

Pinoy Power 2

Filipino boxers went 2 out of 3 in yesterday’s boxing match held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Saturday night, tagged as “Pinoy Power 2″, the fight card featured Mark Jason Melligen (Welterweight), Bernabe Concepcion (Featherweight) and Nonito Donaire, Jr.
Nonito ‘the Filipino Flash’ Donaire won via unanimous decision against Rafael ‘El [...]