Published : Sunday May 20, 2012 | Category : Sports columnist | Views : 8996
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MANNY PIÑOL
(2nd of two parts)Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao’s recurring leg cramps cannot be cured by endless massage therapy sessions but through modern musculoskeletal science procedures which involve the use of an infrared thermal scanner to identify the muscle causing the problem, according to Dr. Isagani Leal, the Philippines’ leading sports... Read more
Published : Friday May 18, 2012 | Category : Sports columnist | Views : 1406
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ED C. TOLENTINO
Brian Viloria’s ninth round technical knockout victory over Mexican Omar Nino Romero on Saturday did not only put an end to their three-fight rivalry, it also solidified the country’s hold on the flyweight or 112-pound division. Read more
Published : Thursday May 17, 2012 | Category : Sports columnist | Views : 2158
By : MANNY PIÑOL
(First of two parts)About 300 meters from the point where Quezon City’s wide Quezon Boulevard splits and branches out to two narrow avenues, a relatively unknown Filipino musculoskeletal doctor has set up a small clinic in an unimposing building called Hollywood on West Avenue which lately has been drawing sports... Read more
Published : Sunday May 13, 2012 | Category : Sports columnist | Views : 5448
By : MANNY PIÑOL
Kidapawan City: Five days after losing a fight that he could have won had he listened to his corner, world featherweight contender Lorenzo “Thunderbolt” Villanueva, his head bowed in regret and humility, came to me Thursday and sought forgiveness for the fatal mistake that cost him the world boxing championship. Read more
Published : Saturday May 12, 2012 | Category : Sports columnist | Views : 2750
By : ROBBIE PANGILINAN CORRESPONDENT
Timothy Bradley’s trainer Joel Diaz said that the small number of people surrounding his ward during training is working to their advantage. Read more
DAGUPAN City, Pangasinan: Swimmer Axel Toni Ngui of the National Capital Region (NCR) captured seven gold medals in the last day of the Palarong Pambansa at the Dagupan Pool here.
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan: The Western Visayas region collected nine gold medals to take home the overall title in the arnis event of the 2012 Palarong Pambansa at the Narciso Ramos Sports Civic Center here yesterday.
LONDON bound Mark Anthony Barriga notched a 13-10 win over local favorite Shahobidin Zoirov to reach the finals of the Sydney Jackson Memorial Boxing Tournament at the Universal Uzbekistan Sports Complex in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
THREE Filipino Grandmasters are now sharing the second spot along with four other players after six rounds of the 11th Asian Continental Individual Chess Championships being held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Former world champion Dennis Orcollo will be seeing action next in the US Open 10-Ball Challenge beginning today in Las Vegas, Nevada.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee: The Memphis Grizzlies defeated Los Angeles to stave off elimination as they posted a 92-80 win over the Clippers who were given a scare when star Blake Griffin appeared to hurt his knee.
Filipino boxing champion Brian ‘The Hawaiian Punch’ Viloria puts his WBO Flyweight title on the line in his match against Mexican Omar Niño ‘The Giant Killer’ Romero on Sunday, May 13.
THE Philippine Patriots will face the Thailand Slammers today in the 3rd ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) at the Thai-Japan Association gym in Bangkok, Thailand.
LAGMAN BAGS KIDS GOLF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BERTH Promising parbuster John Lester Lagman earned a spot for the prestigious Kids Golf World Championship scheduled on August 2 to 4 in North Carolina. Lagman topped the boys’ 12-under qualifying event held at the Orchard Golf & Country Club Aguinaldo Highway in Dasmarinas,…
Close, but no cigar. Miguel Angel Cotto showed the world that cracks exist in Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s impregnable armor, but judging from the result of their recent 12-round squabble for the World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight championship (154 pounds), it will take more than cracks in his armor to…
Singapore: As I write this, it is about five hours before North Cotabato orphan Lorenzo “Thunderbolt” Villanueva makes his first attempt at a world boxing title when he meets Indonesian Daud Cino Yordan, a former Olympian, for the vacant International Boxing Organization (IBO) featherweight title at the Marina Bay Sands…
Five years after he defeated Oscar De La Hoya in the richest fight in boxing history, American Floyd Mayweather Jr. returns to the super welterweight (154 pounds) division Sunday (Manila time) to
Singapore: The first signs of Asia’s hunger for sports entertainment have been seen this early as tickets to the 4,000 seat-capacity Marina Bay Sands Resort Theater which hosts a double world boxing championships on Saturday, May 5, have totally been cleaned up.
Freddie Roach, an Irish-American who is a devout Catholic, may not be one of the avid disciples who gather around Pound-for-Pound-Best-Boxer-Turned-Preacher Manny Pacquiao during the long Bible studies held at least twice a day, but he swears that the Filipino boxing icon’s “addiction” to the Holy Book has really changed…
While the smoke of battle had cleared, boxing fans continue to pelt with criticisms the split decision American boxer Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios received in his recent 12-round match with Cuban Richard Abril for the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight (135 pounds) championship.
The ageing and almost forgotten Boston Celtics are contenders once again. Going 15-17 before the All-Star break and barely hanging on to a playoff spot, the Celtics were already written off by many
Talk about being placed between the Rock and Brock. On April 2, a day after losing to the Rock (Dwayne Johnson in real life) in a non-title match at Wrestlemania 28, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstar John Cena (John Felix Anthony Cena) found himself getting slammed to the canvas again…
Decades ago, I and my Baguio city boxing friend Raffy Panagan started a series of boxing events titled “Great Fights At the Heights” which featured prospective highlands boxers in bouts against fighters from the plains.
With a few fights left in his storied and fabled boxing career, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is now starting to get an idea of what the new life and the new world that he is getting into would be like.
