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                    [Title] => Requiem for a fight guru
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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.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 505669 [Title] => Sonsona's marvellous feat [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 500399 [Title] => Asi to face NBA visitors [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 318662 [Title] => East is alive and kicking [Summary] => LAS VEGAS – Former World Boxing Association (WBA) junior welterweight champion Morris East is living the good life here and making a name for himself as a fight trainer at the world famous Johnny Tocco gym.

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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