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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2100745 [Title] => Pacquiao will beat Spence by stoppage, says Fortune [Summary] => Manny Pacquiao’s longtime strength and conditioning coach said the Filipino icon’s welterweight title showdown with Errol Spence Jr. won’t go the full 12 rounds. [DatePublished] => 2021-05-25 14:15:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1271825 [AuthorName] => Dino Maragay [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2021/05/25/spence-pacquiao-boxing_2021-05-25_14-13-42764_thumbnail.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2003812 [Title] => Justin says Mikey for Manny makes sense [Summary] => Los Angeles gym owner and strength/conditioning coach Justin Fortune said yesterday once the coronavirus crisis is over, he expects Mikey Garcia to emerge as super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s next challenger because “it’s the only fight that makes any sense.” [DatePublished] => 2020-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1805330 [AuthorName] => Joaquin Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2020/03/27/jd_2020-03-27_16-43-22116_thumbnail.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1934994 [Title] => Pacman mas mautak ngayon - Fortune [Summary] => Mas mautak at mas madiskarte. [DatePublished] => 2019-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804527 [AuthorName] => Chris Co [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/07/15/manny-pacquiao_2019-07-15_20-26-12496_thumbnail.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1931574 [Title] => Fortune sees Pacquiao nearing peak form [Summary] => Australian strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune said yesterday Manny Pacquiao is now 90 percent ready to fight Keith Thurman but he’s careful not to peak too early, pacing himself from now until the WBA welterweight title unification bout reels off at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on July 20. [DatePublished] => 2019-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1805330 [AuthorName] => Joaquin Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/07/03/fortune-pacquiao2018-06-2013-51-05_2019-07-03_09-21-01270_thumbnail.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1923510 [Title] => Pacquiao upset, wants KO [Summary] => “Mayabang si (Keith) Thurman, pakikita ko kung paano lumaban ang isang 40-year-old.” That’s what regular WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao said as he broke into serious training mode at the Elorde Gym near MOA in Pasay the other day. [DatePublished] => 2019-06-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1805330 [AuthorName] => Joaquin Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/06/03/spo2-manny-pacquiao-punching-bag-fb-page_2019-06-03_22-57-39166_thumbnail.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1887398 [Title] => Pacquiao's injury painful but not serious, says Justin Fortune [Summary] => WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao laughed off the injury in his left eye, saying he endured the same minor corneal scratch in his other eye in a previous fight and assured fans there’s nothing to worry about in a brief stage appearance following a Christian Sunday service at the Michael Jackson Theater in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino the day after outpointing Adrien Broner to retain his crown in Las Vegas. [DatePublished] => 2019-01-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1805330 [AuthorName] => Joaquin Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/01/22/spo2-justin-fortune-freddie-roach_2019-01-22_23-03-27643_thumbnail.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1887103 [Title] => Body punches key to Filipino champ Manny Pacquiao’s win [Summary] => Strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune said WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s body punches took the starch out of challenger Adrien Broner in their 12-round battle at the MGM Grand Garden Arena last Saturday night. [DatePublished] => 2019-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1805330 [AuthorName] => Joaquin Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/01/21/spo2-manny-pacquiao-adrien-broner-ap_2019-01-21_22-44-20906_thumbnail.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1886645 [Title] => Justin Fortune says Adrien Broner will quit [Summary] => WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s Australian strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune minced no words in calling Adrien Broner “a dog and a coward who beats up women” so when the challenger from Cincinnati feels the Filipino icon’s power in their scheduled 12-round title bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena this morning (Manila time), he’ll quit. [DatePublished] => 2019-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1805330 [AuthorName] => Joaquin Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/01/19/spo2-justin-fortune_2019-01-19_23-38-44855_thumbnail.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1882667 [Title] => Broner’s fate up to Manny [Summary] => Australian strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune is confident that if WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao is in the right frame of mind and wants it, he can stop challenger Adrien Broner in their scheduled 12-round title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Jan. 19. [DatePublished] => 2019-01-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1876348 [Title] => Manny Pacquiao reminded: Adrien Broner no bum [Summary] => One other task for strength coach Justin Fortune is to remind Manny Pacquiao that facing Adrien Broner is not a walk in the park. [DatePublished] => 2018-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2018/12/11/spo3-adrien-broner_2018-12-11_22-38-53486_thumbnail.jpg ) ) )
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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