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                    [Title] => Ben picks best Pinoy boxers ever
                    [Summary] => It was a difficult choice for former two-time WBA superfeatherweight champion Ben Villaflor when asked to name the best Filipino boxer ever.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-08-14 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson
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                    [Title] => Another joke
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Long before Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao saw the light of day, the Philippines was already in the map of the wide world of boxing.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134132 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1172095 [AuthorName] => Bobby Motus [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 957950 [Title] => Pinoys’ historic 1-round KOs [Summary] =>

Edrin Dapudong’s recent win over South African Gideon Buthelezi to capture the IBO superflyweight crown was the eighth first round knockout scored by a Filipino in world boxing championship history.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 631389 [Title] => P15T buwanang pensyon sa atletang nakapagbigay ng karangalan sa bansa aprobado na sa Kamara [Summary] =>

Hindi pa huli ang lahat para sa mga national at professional athletes na nakapagbigay ng karangalan sa bansa.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1592531 [AuthorName] => Ni PRomero [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 621637 [Title] => New lease on life for Canoy [Summary] =>

It was six years ago when two-time Asian Games boxing bronze medalist and 1995 Southeast Asian Games second placer Eric Canoy approached Zamboanga City Rep. Erbie Fabian to sell his hard-earned mementoes of triumph in a fit of desperation.

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[DatePublished] => 2006-12-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133418 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1121399 [AuthorName] => ALLEZ By Jose Vicente Araneta [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270295 [Title] => Puerto Rican works RP champion’s corner anew [Summary] => LOS ANGELES — Lenny de Jesus, the Puerto Rican cutman who had worked the corners of past world champions, will serve Manny Pacquiao for the fifth straight time when the Filipino boxing superstar meets Mexico’s Erik Morales on March 19 in Las Vegas.

While hoping and praying that Pacquiao doesn’t suffer any cut, accidental or otherwise, the 59-year-old de Jesus is confident that he’ll be able to do the job if and when called for during the highly anticipated fight at the MGM Grand.
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Pacquiao will arrive in the gambling capital a day before Morales planes in from Mexico.

Trainer Freddie Roach usually schedules sparring for Pacquiao on Tuesdays (eight rounds), Thursdays (10 rounds) and Saturdays (12 rounds). But Pacquiao often exceeds the limit to stay in razor-sharp condition.
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