Published : Saturday February 11, 2012 | Category : Sports columnist | Views : 343
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RAFFY LEDESMA
FOR a team filled with superstars, the New York Knicks have been a major disappointment. For starters, they have been losing tons of games this season despite strategic additions to an already competitive line-up. Read more
Published : Friday February 10, 2012 | Category : Sports columnist | Views : 435
By : Ed C. Tolentino
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. recently won the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight title (122 pounds), his third regular world championship (yes, it’s three not four, considering that the World Boxing Association super flyweight belt he won in 2009 was only an interim version), with a decision... Read more
Published : Saturday February 04, 2012 | Category : Sports columnist | Views : 582
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RAFFY LEDESMA
Over the past few seasons, the New York Knicks have been the laughing stock of the NBA. The Knicks reputation as a hard-nosed, no nonsense squad disappeared when stalwart center Patrick Ewing was traded way back in 2000. Since that time, the team’s fortunes nosedived. Since 2001, the team has... Read more
Published : Thursday February 02, 2012 | Category : Sports columnist | Views : 468
By : Ed C. Tolentino
FOR a boxer whose career has been marred by periods of inactivity, it is refreshing to see Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire, Jr. all set to wage war again just three months after his last ring appearance. Read more
Published : Friday January 27, 2012 | Category : Sports columnist | Views : 643
By : ED C. TOLENTINO
TWO Filipino world title prospects with contrasting styles will share the spotlight on Saturday, when the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu City plays host to “Pinoy Pride XI: Philippines versus the World.” Read more
THE uncanny Kobe Bryant is once again showing his greatness and adding to his legend in this lockout-shortened NBA season. He defied all critics when he bounced back from a rape charge several years ago that threatened to destroy his personal and professional life. He defied all naysayers when he…
The choice of words may be different, but coming from the mouth of American Floyd Mayweather Jr., the statement reverberates the same bluff. Taking yet another long distance pot-shot at Filipino
WITH the steady stream of All-Star caliber players going to the East, the balance of power has slowly shifted. Gone are the days of Western Conference domination wherein the teams from
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most deserving challenger of them all?With American Floyd Mayweather Jr. set to go from the penthouse to the doghouse (re: kicking off a 90-day prison term for domestic violence), the search for Manny Pacquiao’s first opponent for the new year has
What goes around comes around.
FOUR time All-Star Chris Paul’s arrival in Los Angeles sent shivers throughout the NBA and was met with much hype from the media. This was evidenced by the fact that Paul’s debut with the Los
LIKE a roller-coaster ride in Star City, pro boxing had its share of highs and lows this year. Unfortunately, the pebbles outnumbered the milestones, what with the stars of the punch-for-pay business opting to go on cruise control.
The boxing career of World Boxing Organization (WBO) flyweight champion Brian “Hawaiian Punch” Viloria was literally on the line when he defended the 112-pound hardware against hard-hitting
There is nothing more relaxing and refreshing than a round of golf with friends on a cool Sunday morning and I will never trade that for anything.
BRAVEHEARTManny PiñolFilipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, who is also the Congressman from Saranggani, the TV host, the singer, the basketball player, the billiards shark and many more, is taking on a new persona—a media mogul.
If you’re a boxing fan craving for unadulterated boxing action, the 12-round title fight between World Boxing Organization flyweight (112 pounds) champion Brian “Hawaiian Punch” Viloria and challenger Giovani “Aztec Warrior” Segura Sunday at the Yñares Sports Center should leave you burping at the end.
You can forgive Alex Ariza for the outburst. Ariza, Manny Pacquiao’s conditioning coach, was overheard recently blasting Top Rank Promotions head honcho Bob Arum for the latter’s failure to
Television network GMA 7 which carried the epic third fight between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and great Mexican counterpuncher Juan Manuel Marquez will air on Sunday, November 27, from 5 to 6 p.m., the first of two parts of the replay and review of the world welterweight championship whose…
Mention the name Joe Frazier and immediately the same is linked with heavyweight boxing icon Muhammad Ali. It’s like Frazier was never his own man, a parasite who had to cling on to a bigger name to merit attention.
The replay and review of the third meeting between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and Mexico’s great counterpuncher Juan Manuel Marquez has been set by GMA Channel 7 on November 27 with two separate time slots being considered for the airtime.
Thousands of liters of ink have been wasted on how Philippine box-ing icon and Congressman Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao won his controversial bout versus Juan Manuel Marquez. Pacquiao won his third fight with Marquez via a unanimous decision—a decision not shared by many armchair analysts who have likewise utilized hours and…
THE smoke of battle had long cleared, but to this day, the streets of Manila continue to be flooded with saliva from people who continue to debate on the controversial result of the third meeting between World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez.
Determining the winner in a boxing bout is not like selecting the new American Idol or choosing the New Seven Wonders of the World where the volume of votes texted in from all over the world is used as the basis in declaring the winner.
IN the face of the so-called “controversial” victory of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao over Mexican boxing legend Juan Manuel Marquez in their third meeting in Las Vegas last Saturday, I suggested to GMA
TOMORROW late morning or early afternoon Manila time, life will once again come to a standstill as Filipinos from all walks life will be glued to their television sets to watch the much awaited third rematch between our national hero Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. While Pacquiao is a…
The rivalry between Filipino Manny Pacquiao and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez is unlike any other in the history of the punch-for-pay business. Believe it or not, the rivalry has encompassed five weight classifications.
Hollywood, California, November 4: Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, res-ponding to a dare by late night show host Jimmy Kimmel, tonight said he is willing to face undefeated American boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. in a fight where the winner takes all the purse money and the proceeds from the pay-per-view.
As the year comes to a close, the amount of action that has been seen thus far in the boxing ring is just about as thin as the slice of bread coming out from the neighborhood bakery.
The fight officially lasted 12 rounds, but for challenger Omar Narvaez of Argentina, it really ended somewhere in the fourth round, when he absorbed a heavy shelling from defending World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr.
Ryan Rae Ponteras, 21, is not the kind of boxer you would like to have in a boxing club like the Braveheart of North Cotabato which is known for developing young and upcoming fighters through a grassroots program that takes years.
THE prospect of Omar Narvaez beating Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. is just about as close as the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) becoming the world’s best airport by the end of the month.
HUMAN history is replete with tales of events that everybody wanted to happen or stories that we would have wanted to be continued but somehow these never happened or ended soon enough.
BRAVEHEARTManny PiñolBefore last week, I was given the impression that American trainer Robert Garcia was a nice young man who could grow to be one of the best trainers in boxing and eventually take over the torch from the older guys like Emanuel Steward, Nacho Beristain and Freddie Roach.
HALL of Famer Freddie Roach, a former lightweight contender who is now considered as the world’s best boxing trainer, is one of the nicest people to talk with about boxing because his insights are deep and cerebral.
BRAVEHEARTSome may call it over-confidence or even arrogance, but for people who have keen business sense, it is just simply forward planning.
IT is relatively easy to underrate Donnie “Ahas” Nietes. While he did enjoy a lengthy reign as world boxing champion, Nietes’ run came in the 105-pound or minimumweight class, boxing’s lowest weight division. The weight class is generally considered the sport’s bastard division, and for a good reason.
THERE is almost a unanimous verdict that the third meeting between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and Mexican boxing legend Juan Manuel Marquez is going to end in a knockout and, of course, that is expected to be scored by the Pacman.
BRAVEHEARTManny PiñolIT is easy for one to understand and draw inspiration from the beauty of the life story of a former gymnasium janitor who became a world boxing champion when he has gone through the pains of poverty and felt the pangs of hunger.
A FEW weeks after his fourth round knockout win over Victor Ortiz for the World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight title, American Floyd Mayweather Jr. continues to spit saliva at people who believe he did not act in a sportsmanlike manner during the fight.
WRITER Percy Della, bosom buddy of my dear friend Recah Trinidad, penned a very beautiful and analytical column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on the effect of the Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz fiasco on the future of boxing, a sport whose popularity he said is threatened by the more exciting mixed…
IT’S official. Floyd Mayweather Jr. deserves the monicker “Gayweather” for his unsportsmanlike conduct and total lack of class in his recent fight against Victor Ortiz.
THE sucker punch American Floyd Mayweather Jr. threw to knock out Victor Ortiz in the fourth round of their showdown for the World Boxing Council welterweight title is undeniably the
CROSSOVERNegotiations between the NBA players’ union and team owners have broken down once more this past week. The recent meeting underscored the significant rift between the two sides and it is
VICTOR Ortiz was barely removed from his diapers (seven years old to be exact) when his mother abandoned him. At age 13, just a few years after bullies in school convinced him to take up boxing, Ortiz’s alcoholic father also left the family home in Kansas.
