Nick Giongco
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Taduran keeps eyes on Collazo
By Nick Giongco
Pedro Taduran, the country’s lone world boxing champion, is not losing hope on a possible unification showdown with Puerto Rican star Oscar Collazo. The reigning International Boxing Federation (IBF) minimumweight king just…
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Llover’s winning mindset
By Nick Giongco
TAGAYTAY CITY — The drive from my place in the coastal town of Rosario in Cavite to here took just a little over an hour. The distance covered: 38 kilometers. The trip…
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Llover favored vs Angeletti
By Nick Giongco
There is a prevailing sense of confidence and calmness over at Kenneth Llover’s training camp in Tagaytay City 10 days before a big bout in Japan. “No worries. Everything’s in order,” trainer…
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No end in sight for Suarez’s woes
By Nick Giongco
World No. 1 super-featherweight Charly Suarez can’t seem to get a break. A few days ago, retired Ukrainian super fighter Vasyl Lomachenko expressed the desire to face Mexican two-belt world champion Emanuel…
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Canoy clashes with Collazo
By Nick Giongco
Oscar Collazo is defending his World Boxing Organization and World Boxing Association minimumweight crowns against a Filipino next month in the United States. But it’s not going to be Pedro Taduran, the…
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Bare knuckle fighting, anyone?
By Nick Giongco
Did you enjoy watching Rolando Dy’s second-round destruction of two-time world boxing champion Paulie Malignaggi in their bare knuckle championship fight over the weekend in Manchester, England? I did. In fact, I…
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Collazo running away from Taduran?
By Nick Giongco
There is no clear sign that Pedro Taduran, the country’s one and only world boxing champion at the moment, is fighting in a unification anytime soon. Taduran, who holds the International Boxing…
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KO artist Llover right on track
By Nick Giongco
Kenneth Llover is not skipping a beat in his training in Tagaytay City. “Everything is right on track,” reported Carl Peñalosa Jr. 16 days before the crucial battle with unbeaten American Michael…
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All systems go: Peñalosa enters camp as big fight nears
By Nick Giongco
The remote training facility of Kenneth Llover near Tagaytay City is abuzz with activity the past few days. Two weeks before he leaves for Japan to battle undefeated American Michael Angeletti in…
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Llover unfazed by Angeletti
By Nick Giongco
Heavy-handed Filipino bantamweight Kenneth Llover swears American Michael Angeletti doesn’t give him the creeps. The two are scheduled to face each other on 6 June in Japan for the right to challenge…
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Suarez faces Avila in U.S.
By Nick Giongco
The pursuit of a rematch with Mexican Emanuel Navarrete continues as Charly Suarez returns to the ring in 11 July in California. The Filipino fighter meets Mexican-American Manuel Avila, who has a…
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High-octane offense: Llover holds key to Angeletti victory
By Nick Giongco
Kenneth Llover admits that the road to a world title shot is heavily guarded and clearing the road block won’t be easy. “My next opponent is a very scientific fighter,” Llover, sporting…
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Rolando Dy: Meet Bad Boy’s good boy
By Nick Giongco
His once-famous dad left him when he was 10 months old but bare-knuckle world champion Rolando Gabriel Dy does not harbor any ill feeling towards his namesake, former World Boxing Council super-featherweight…
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Who’s your pick: Inoue or Nakatani?
By Nick Giongco
The biggest fight in Japanese history takes place this Saturday at the Tokyo Dome. Thinking of flying there to be at ringside? Better think again. Tickets are hard to come by given…
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Trap set up for Jerusalem in Johannesburg?
By Nick Giongco
The camp of Siyakholwa Kuse insists the South African challenger’s crack at Filipino Melvin Jerusalem’s World Boxing Council (WBC) strawweight crown on 16 May in Johannesburg will be a defining moment. “This…
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Team Llover placed on code red
By Nick Giongco
Undefeated bantamweight Kenneth Llover welcomed a key addition in his team with the recruitment of Carl Peñalosa, the voice in world champion Pedro Taduran’s corner. “He will be a great help to…
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Mission impossible?: Llover battles American super fighter
By Nick Giongco
Champion trainer Carl Peñalosa admits that Filipino power-puncher Kenneth Llover faces a formidable foe in Michael Angeletti of the United States in their world title elimination fight on 6 June in Nagoya,…
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Let’s gooo!: Taduran keeping eyes on the ultimate prize
By Nick Giongco
Pedro Taduran won’t waste his time listening to Puerto Rican two-belt titleholder Oscar Collazo’s loud claims that he is the best in his division. The reigning International Boxing Federation (IBF) minimumweight titleholder…
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Taduran weighs options
By Nick Giongco
International Boxing Federation (IBF) minimumweight champion Pedro Taduran could end up making a mandatory defense against the winner of next month’s title elimination bout between Filipino Ian Abne and Chinese Zhu Dianxing…
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Llover battles adroit Angeletti for IBF title shot
By Nick Giongco
Heavy-handed southpaw Kenneth Llover, regarded as the country’s brightest bet for a world crown, makes a big step towards achieving that goal when he faces undefeated American Michael Angeletti on 6 June…