boxing

Donaire wants Inoue rematch next after overpowering Gaballo in 4th round KO

December 12, 2021
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At 39 years of age, Nonito Donaire is one of the two current oldest reigning world boxing champions, with the other being Gennady Golovkin. People might have to ask at what point will he stop. But after Sunday’s bout, the answer to that will have to wait. Related Posts PSC holds Olympic Training ‘Bubble’ Orientation for Boxing, Taekwondo and Karate “We called for this meeting to emphasize the safety protocols…

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Rene Barrientos: The Filipino boxing ‘Champ’ who would not go down

Sports For All PH podcast (Sept. 11) with Mayor Oscar Moreno and Rene "Champ" Barrientos
September 14, 2021
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I met one last Saturday and his name is Rene Barrientos. Around Cagayan de Oro City, he is known as Champ. Champ was one of my guests on my program, Sports For All, together with Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar “Oca” Moreno, former professional boxing promoter Carlo Almirante, one of Cagayan de Oro’s finest sports journalists, Mike Banos and, Rappler and Mindanao Gold Star Daily sportswriter, Lynde Salgados. We discussed Cagayan de Oro as a rising power in Philippine boxing, but that’s for another conversation.

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Beware: Honeyed words bad for Gilas; Donaire flattens talkative Casimero

July 4, 2021
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THE mushrooming of self-styled experts after Gilas Pilipinas Olympic qualifier campaign in far but picturesque Serbia pains me. I’ve been reading a lot of stories from the social media regarding the tremendous improvement of the national team to the point that the write-ups tend to bury that glaring fact that we didn’t win a single game in our group, thus kissing our Olympic hopes goodbye for the nth time.

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Eumir Marcial hits back, row with ABAP worsens

Eumir Marcial
May 17, 2021
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Marcial, who jolted the sporting establishment by going public on the lack of financial support as he prepares for the Tokyo Olympics said his top priority since he entered the national team in 2011 is to give pride and honor to the Philippines as well as to give help his family.

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