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GAB Submits Proposed Framework for Return of Boxing, Other Pro Sports
Tue, 09 Jun 2020
Mitra.
The Games and Amusement Board (GAB) under the dynamic leadership of Chairman Abraham "Baham" Mitra has been working all along in a bid to return boxing and other professional sports under its regulation in a new normal
Pacquiao Vs Golovkin Why? Or Why Not?
Sun, 07 Jun 2020
I have been asked many times about my take on the possibility of Manny Pacquiao taking on Kazakhstan's Gennady Golovkin for the latter's IBF world middleweight title in his comeback fight this year.
My first impulse was to a
Taking Opportunity to Boost Philippine Domestic Boxing
Sat, 06 Jun 2020
As countries around the globe including the Philippines are starting to pick up the pieces of their shattered economies hit by the current Covid-19 pandemic, the sports entertainment industry also tries to reopen and
June Unlucky for Filipino Fighters
Wed, 03 Jun 2020
Nakatani (L) and Magramo (R).
It is good that Geimel Magramo's fight in Japan for the vacant WBO flyweight title against Junto Nakatani reset from April 4 to June has been pushed further back to July and then Au
Manny the Pacmanian Devil?
Sun, 31 May 2020
Manny Pacquiao had been called names before, at times likening him to an animal or beast but this is the first time, somebody called him a devil (inside the ring).
But before we dwell into that, if Manny were an animal or a
The Enduring Influence of Flash Elorde and Manny Pacquiao (Part 5 of 5)
Sun, 31 May 2020
The World Needs Manny Pacquiao. To Help Revive Boxing Under Covid
Esteemed boxing columnist from the other side of the Pacific, Paul Magno put very succinctly what I have been saying all along in face of the onslaught
The Enduring Influence of Flash Elorde and Manny Pacquiao (Part 4)
Sat, 30 May 2020
Pacquiao (C) pose with outstanding boxers during the Elorde Awards.
The Influence of Manny Pacquiao
Without question, by the middle of the 2000s, Manny Pacquiao has become the new Filipino boxing
The Enduring Influence of Flash Elorde and Manny Pacquiao (Part 3)
Fri, 29 May 2020
The First Golden Age of Philippine Boxing started with flyweight champions Pancho Villa, Small Montana, Little Dado and Ceferino Garcia, the first Filipino and Asian to win the world middleweight title, that spanned from
The Enduring Influence of Flash Elorde and Manny Pacquiao (Part 2)
Thu, 28 May 2020
Elorde's Influence Extends Through 90s
Though the Philippines managed to produce world boxing champions in the next three decades through the 1990s, Flash Elorde remained as paragon for generations of local fighters
The Enduring Influence of Flash Elorde and Pacquiao (Part I)
Wed, 27 May 2020
Part One: The Elorde Influence
Manny Pacman Pacquiao and Gabriel Flash Elorde are the two most popular champion boxers in the country not only because of their world renowned individual ring exploits but for their lastin
