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Manny Pacquiao to take home ‘The Greatest’ title

The sporting world will be all eyes on a history-making event tomorrow night at MGM Grand-Las Vegas. The event is historic not because Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao could win another world title in an unprecedented seventh weight class when he takes on Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto, whose WBO welterweight belt is at stake, but for [...]

11.13.2009

Government by the people

(This rather lengthy commentary is a bit dated; it’s being crossposted and shared with FV only because it’s deemed quite relevant to the ramblings that Manny Pacquiao, the world’s most famous boxer today, is again getting ready to rumble in Philippine politics.)

“Why (do) movie actors get elected” by the “average Filipino voters”? Prof. Randy David [...]

05.8.2009

A Thrilling Victory For Manny Pacquiao

As the streets went silent, and most probably as the criminals went into Manny Pacquiao viewing mode to watch the pride of The Philippines go up against The Pride of Britain Ricky Hatton, this writer watched a different scenario play out on the other side of the world. While one nation may have been [...]

05.3.2009

Pacquiao v. De la Hoya

I will not predict right now as to who will prevail in “The Dream Match” at MGM tonight. But I will, after the De la Hoya and Pacquiao have shown their mettle in the first three rounds of the fight.

I’m basically looking for two things in this critical phase of the match: 1) how Pacquiao [...]

12.6.2008
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