The Dean's List

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Paradero ignores stats

Robert Paradero is unbeaten but the record shows that 12 of his 18 victims had more losses than wins so his pristine mark of 18-0, with 12 K…

Tue, 16 Feb 2021

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Saludar won't leak secret fight plan

Saludar (L) and Paradero. Former WBO minimumweight champion Vic Saludar swears he’ll never make the same mistake twice in his boxing career.…

Tue, 09 Feb 2021

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Do or die for Paradero

Unbeaten Robert Paradero yesterday admitted it will be tough to beat former WBO champion Vic Saludar but he’s confident of getting the job d…

Sat, 06 Feb 2021

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Careful what you wish for

It’s unthinkable for a new kid on the boxing block like Ryan Garcia, who isn’t even a full-fledged world lightweight champion, to call out s…

Sat, 30 Jan 2021

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Class of his own

Luisito Espinosa. Of all the Filipino world boxing champions, Luisito Espinosa was blessed with the classic fighter’s physique. The man call…

Sun, 24 Jan 2021

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Cuarto to fight like Manny

Cuarto (R) and Taduran (L). Challenger Rene Mark Cuarto plans to use super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s fighting style an…

Sat, 16 Jan 2021

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Marcial likely to stay in L.A.

Marcial (R) with Roach (L) and Gibbons (C). Tokyo Olympic middleweight boxing qualifier Eumir Marcial is expected to stay in Los Angeles unt…

Thu, 14 Jan 2021

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GAB hails world title fights here

Pedro Taduran (L) and Rene Cuarto (R). Since the pandemic breakout last year, the Philippines staged only four boxing promotions, two in Man…

Thu, 14 Jan 2021

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McGregor gone in two rounds

If ever super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao faces MMA fighter Conor McGregor, Los Angeles-based Australian strength and cond…

Mon, 11 Jan 2021

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ABAP eyes 7 more Tokyo tickets

Ed Picson. The window is slowing closing on more boxing qualifiers for the coming Tokyo Olympics but ABAP secretary-general Ed Picson said y…

Sun, 10 Jan 2021

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Pro boxing review: Five Pinoys reign as world champs

The Philippines fell one man shy of duplicating the record for most Filipino world boxing champions in the same year but under pandemic cond…

Sat, 02 Jan 2021

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Another Pinoy next for Inoue

Michael Dasmariñas. It won’t be WBO bantamweight champion JohnRiel Casimero battling super WBA/IBF titlist Naoyo Inoue next but another Fili…

Wed, 30 Dec 2020

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Spirit of Christmas

This pandemic has turned the world and our lives upside down. But it won’t dissipate the spirit of Christmas. There will be less church goer…

Fri, 25 Dec 2020

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Manny recalls winning his 1st world title

Pacquiao (R) and Sasakul during their Dec., 1998 battle. It was 22 years ago and Manny Pacquiao was 19, less than two weeks before his 20th …

Wed, 23 Dec 2020

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Refuge for the prejudiced

GAB chairman Baham Mitra. For decades, we’ve come across sad stories of pro athletes exploited by unscrupulous agents and carpet-bagging pro…

Wed, 23 Dec 2020

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Gaballo snares interim WBC crown

Late replacement Reymart Gaballo of Polomolok seized the chance of a lifetime and made it pay off as he fought like a man possessed from sta…

Mon, 21 Dec 2020

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Mama was paid but not Sultan

Jayson Mama arrived in South Africa last Wednesday to challenge IBF flyweight champion Moruti Mthalane only to be told the fight, scheduled …

Sun, 20 Dec 2020

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Donaire ready to move on

It would’ve been the stage to showcase his rediscovered killer’s instinct and new-found fountain of youth but Nonito Donaire, Jr. said yeste…

Sat, 19 Dec 2020

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Shutout for Marcial

Olympic middleweight qualifier Eumir Marcial outlanded tough Andrew Whitfield by a rate of three punches to one and left the Idaho brawler w…

Fri, 18 Dec 2020

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It’s D-Day for Eumir

Tokyo Olympic middleweight boxing qualifier Eumir Marcial of Zamboanga City makes his pro debut against unheralded Andrew Whitfield, a paper…

Thu, 17 Dec 2020