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Sunday, February 22, 2009 |
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Pacquiao to use footwork vs. Hatton |
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By Jun Medina, Special Correspondent
Good footwork is a key element of Manny Pacquiao’s successful
boxing career, a tool he used to advantage in pummeling to
submission the bigger and stronger Oscar De La Hoya in their
December 6 fight.
It’s a device he would need to employ again to
the hilt when he tangles with British junior welterweight star Ricky
Hatton in their coming May 2 bout, according to his renowned trainer
Freddie Roach.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Pangilinan, Pacquiao share limelight at PSA awards night
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Businessman Manny Pangilinan and 2008 Athlete of the Year and
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao shared the limelight during the
San Miguel Corp.-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA)
awards night held Friday night at the Alegria Lounge of the Manila
Pavilion Hotel.
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So draws fourth match in Russia
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Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So endured a long battle before settling for
a draw with GM Sergey Grigoriants of Russia in the fourth
round of the Aeroflot Chess Festival 2009 at the Hotel Gama-Delta
in Moscow, Russia.
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Muay Thai president shot dead in Philsports Arena
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MUAY Thai Association of the Philippines President Roberto Valdez
was shot dead by his former athlete Saturday morning inside his
office located at the basement of the track and field oval of the
Philsports Arena in Pasig City.
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RP volleyball men, women’s pool already formed
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THE newly installed coaches of the Philippine Volleyball Federation
(PVF) have already chosen the members of the men’s and women’s
national pool which would give them more time to select the members
of the RP volleyball squads for the 2009 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games
in December.
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Dubai Open organizer fined over ban on Peer
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ST. PETERSBURG, Florida: Organizers of the Dubai women’s tennis
tournament were fined $300,000 Friday (Saturday in Manila) by the
WTA Tour after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) refused to grant a
visa to Israeli player Shahar Peer, the WTA said in a statement.
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PBA coaches pick top bets for Fiesta Conference
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The 2009 Philippine Cup winner Talk ‘N Text is the top pick among
Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) coaches to win the coming
Motolite-PBA Fiesta Conference, while the Alaska Aces, 2008
Philippine Cup winner Sta. Lucia Realty and San Miguel Beer are also
touted as top contenders.
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MARTIAL
TALK
By Perry Gil S. Mallari
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Remembering Roberto
Gonzalez
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Roberto Gonzalez a.k.a.“Philippine Karate King” passed away on
February 5. Gonzalez may be virtually unknown among the present
generation of Filipino martial artists but to practitioners who were
already on the scene during the 1960s and 1970s, he is the
consummate actor/karateka, the real deal.
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