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In boxing circles, Hermie Rivera will always be known as the fast-talking, loquacious and witty quip artist who made world champions out of Luisito Espinosa and Morris East.

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Several former PBA imports have passed away since the league opened its doors to foreign reinforcements in 1975.

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Newly crowned WBO superflyweight champion Marvelous Marvin Sonsona surprised a truckload of boxing experts by defying the odds in lifting the title from Puerto Rican veteran Jose (Carita) Lopez via a unanimous 12-round decision in Ontario recently.

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Coca-Cola center Asi Taulava has been added to the Philippine All-Star team that’s going up against four NBA legends and six D-Leaguers in a historic one-game battle dubbed the “NBA Asia Challenge” at the Araneta Coliseum on Sept. 11.

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East, 32, was born in Olongapo City to Rosario Santillan and an American father whom he never met until a reunion was arranged by his manager Hermie Rivera in a desolate Oakland motel in 1992.
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In boxing circles, Hermie Rivera will always be known as the fast-talking, loquacious and witty quip artist who made world champions out of Luisito Espinosa and Morris East.

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Several former PBA imports have passed away since the league opened its doors to foreign reinforcements in 1975.

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Newly crowned WBO superflyweight champion Marvelous Marvin Sonsona surprised a truckload of boxing experts by defying the odds in lifting the title from Puerto Rican veteran Jose (Carita) Lopez via a unanimous 12-round decision in Ontario recently.

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Coca-Cola center Asi Taulava has been added to the Philippine All-Star team that’s going up against four NBA legends and six D-Leaguers in a historic one-game battle dubbed the “NBA Asia Challenge” at the Araneta Coliseum on Sept. 11.

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East, 32, was born in Olongapo City to Rosario Santillan and an American father whom he never met until a reunion was arranged by his manager Hermie Rivera in a desolate Oakland motel in 1992.
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