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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 192399 [Title] => Finally, a breakthrough for Torres [Summary] => Newly-crowned International Boxing Association (IBA) Continental bantamweight champion Vernie Torres is as cocky as his boyhood pal Manny Pacquiao and probably hits as hard. Theyre alike in many other ways.
When they were growing up, Torres and Pacquiao dreamed the same dream of someday gaining fame and fortune in the ring. They left General Santos City, their adopted hometown, together to seek their destiny in Manila. Theyre both flamboyant, sometimes irresponsible, and fun-loving.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176702 [Title] => Torres back on track [Summary] => For a while, former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Intercontinental superflyweight champion Vernie Torres of Digos, Davao del Sur, was missing in action. After losing twice in a row to Colombian veteran Julio Coronel, Torres mysteriously disappeared from the fight scene.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 150599 [Title] => Aloha from Pinoy pug [Summary] => It was former Philippine junior middleweight boxing champion Jerry Balagbagan on the line, calling from a cellphone in Maui.
"Kuya, nanalo ako," said Balagbagan excitedly. "Hard fight. Ayaw bumagsak yun kalaban ko - matibay, malakas siya. Hindi nga bumagsak, bugbog serado naman."
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 107771 [Title] => Warning for Pacquiao - SPORTING CHANCE by Joaquin M. Henson [Summary] => Referee Bruce McTavish was tempted to disqualify tough Thai challenger Wethya Sakmuangklang for repeatedly hitting below the belt but held back for World Boxing Council (WBC) International superbantamweight champion Manny Pacquiao to prove himself in a slam-bang bout before some 15,000 wildly-cheering fans at the Amas Provincial gym in Kidapawan last Saturday.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 109815 [Title] => Pinoy pug in historic card - SPORTING CHANCE by Joaquin M. Henson [Summary] => Former World Boxing Federation (WBF) featherweight champion Orlando Villaflor is booked to appear in a first-of-a-kind sports and entertainment show on Pier 32 at the San Francisco waterfront on May 22.
Villaflor, 20, flew to the US a few weeks ago and is now training in Roy Jones’ camp in Pensacola, Florida. Two other Filipino fighters, Vernie Torres and Jerry Balagbagan, are also in Jones’ camp.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 109326 [Title] => The other champions - SPORTING CHANCE by Joaquin M. Henson [Summary] => Malcolm Tunacao is the only Filipino reigning world boxing champion todayin the seniors category. He holds the World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight title. Joma Gamboa dropped out of the elite circle a few weeks ago, losing the World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight crown to Keitaro Hoshino in Yokohama.
But there are 11 other Filipinos who are "international" champions in their own right. They are Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) titleholders Jess Maca (bantamweight) and Tiger Ari (superfeatherweight), WBA Pan-Asia Boxing
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
ALTON MERKERSON
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 192399 [Title] => Finally, a breakthrough for Torres [Summary] => Newly-crowned International Boxing Association (IBA) Continental bantamweight champion Vernie Torres is as cocky as his boyhood pal Manny Pacquiao and probably hits as hard. Theyre alike in many other ways.
When they were growing up, Torres and Pacquiao dreamed the same dream of someday gaining fame and fortune in the ring. They left General Santos City, their adopted hometown, together to seek their destiny in Manila. Theyre both flamboyant, sometimes irresponsible, and fun-loving.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176702 [Title] => Torres back on track [Summary] => For a while, former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Intercontinental superflyweight champion Vernie Torres of Digos, Davao del Sur, was missing in action. After losing twice in a row to Colombian veteran Julio Coronel, Torres mysteriously disappeared from the fight scene.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 150599 [Title] => Aloha from Pinoy pug [Summary] => It was former Philippine junior middleweight boxing champion Jerry Balagbagan on the line, calling from a cellphone in Maui.
"Kuya, nanalo ako," said Balagbagan excitedly. "Hard fight. Ayaw bumagsak yun kalaban ko - matibay, malakas siya. Hindi nga bumagsak, bugbog serado naman."
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 107771 [Title] => Warning for Pacquiao - SPORTING CHANCE by Joaquin M. Henson [Summary] => Referee Bruce McTavish was tempted to disqualify tough Thai challenger Wethya Sakmuangklang for repeatedly hitting below the belt but held back for World Boxing Council (WBC) International superbantamweight champion Manny Pacquiao to prove himself in a slam-bang bout before some 15,000 wildly-cheering fans at the Amas Provincial gym in Kidapawan last Saturday.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 109815 [Title] => Pinoy pug in historic card - SPORTING CHANCE by Joaquin M. Henson [Summary] => Former World Boxing Federation (WBF) featherweight champion Orlando Villaflor is booked to appear in a first-of-a-kind sports and entertainment show on Pier 32 at the San Francisco waterfront on May 22.
Villaflor, 20, flew to the US a few weeks ago and is now training in Roy Jones’ camp in Pensacola, Florida. Two other Filipino fighters, Vernie Torres and Jerry Balagbagan, are also in Jones’ camp.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 109326 [Title] => The other champions - SPORTING CHANCE by Joaquin M. Henson [Summary] => Malcolm Tunacao is the only Filipino reigning world boxing champion todayin the seniors category. He holds the World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight title. Joma Gamboa dropped out of the elite circle a few weeks ago, losing the World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight crown to Keitaro Hoshino in Yokohama.
But there are 11 other Filipinos who are "international" champions in their own right. They are Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) titleholders Jess Maca (bantamweight) and Tiger Ari (superfeatherweight), WBA Pan-Asia Boxing
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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