The Dean's List

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Kia scores KO in draft

Kia Motors got what the Kamao wanted in the first round of the PBA draft at the jam-packed Robinson?s Place Manila last Sunday. Playing coac…

Tue, 26 Aug 2014

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Viloria heeds Freddie?s advice

Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach was back in former WBC/IBF lightflyweight and WBA/WBO flyweight champion Brian Viloria?s corner for his f…

Tue, 22 Jul 2014

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Unbeaten champ in Manny lottery

From out of nowhere, a clinical nutritionist with a Master?s degree has emerged from a recent career-defining test to barge into the sweepst…

Wed, 09 Jul 2014

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Farenas bowls over foe to earn title shot

MANILA, Philippines - Sorsogon slugger Michael Farenas hardly raised a sweat in trouncing previously unbeaten Mark (Too Sharp) Davis of Ohio…

Fri, 04 Jul 2014

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Farenas in make-or-break bout

There?s no reason why Michael Farenas shouldn?t win over unbeaten Mark (Too Sharp) Davis in their scheduled 12-round IBF super featherweight…

Wed, 02 Jul 2014

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DONAIRE BACK IN OCTOBER

WBA featherweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. said recently he?ll stick it out in the 126-pound division to clean up the ranks before movin…

Thu, 26 Jun 2014

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For whom the bell tolls

The confusion on why Puerto Rican referee Luis Pabon ordered the ringing of the bell to start the fifth round in the WBA featherweight title…

Thu, 05 Jun 2014

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Vetyeka deserves no sympathy

Former two-time world boxing champion Gerry Pe?alosa said the other day newly-crowned WBA featherweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. is unde…

Tue, 03 Jun 2014

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Will the real Marquez rise?

Mexican fighter Juan Manuel Marquez? showing in outpointing Mike Alvarado recently has revived suspicions that he may be taking anabolic ste…

Mon, 02 Jun 2014

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Vetyeka not in Donaire?s class

MANILA, Philippines - Newly crowned WBA featherweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. offered Simpiwe Vetyeka a rematch in a display of sportsma…

Mon, 02 Jun 2014

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Bashing Manny bashers

Boxing fans who make it a habit to bash and criticize got one flush on the chin from the fighting election lawyer Romy Macalintal who recent…

Fri, 30 May 2014

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DONAIRE GUARANTEES VICTORY

It won?t be a cakewalk for sure but challenger Nonito Donaire, Jr. guaranteed a victory over South Africa?s Simpiwe Vetyeka to wrest the WBA…

Tue, 27 May 2014

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Donaire submits to anti-doping test

Three-time world boxing champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. was subjected yesterday to Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) tests by phlebotomi…

Fri, 23 May 2014

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Manny to form fighting Kia team

WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will definitely take an active role in molding the Kia franchise into a future PBA championship con…

Tue, 20 May 2014

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Olympic hero interred today

The first Filipino Olympic silver medalist Anthony Villanueva will be interred at the Loyola Memorial Park in Paranaque this afternoon after…

Sun, 18 May 2014

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God was on Nietes? side

Believe it or not, WBO lightflyweight champion Donnie Nietes could?ve lost to Mexican challenger Moises Fuentes by disqualification in their…

Fri, 16 May 2014

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Olympic hero dies helplessly hoping

The first Filipino Olympic silver medalist Anthony Villanueva died in his sleep yesterday morning in Cabuyao, Laguna, after nearly willing h…

Thu, 15 May 2014

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ALA cites Curson for Nietes win

MANILA, Philippines - ALA Gym owner Antonio (Bidoy) Aldeguer was all smiles after WBO lightflyweight champion Donnie Nietes retained his cro…

Thu, 15 May 2014

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Forgotten hero at death?s door

In 1964, boxer Anthony Villanueva returned to Manila from the Tokyo Olympics and was feted with a ticker-tape parade for bagging a silver me…

Mon, 12 May 2014

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Nietes assures victory tonight

MANILA, Philippines - WBO lightflyweight champion Donnie (Ahas) Nietes isn?t taking Mexican challenger Moises Fuentes lightly but guaranteed…

Sat, 10 May 2014