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[ArticleID] => 1404690
[Title] => Drian must settle legal issues
[Summary] => Former WBA interim superflyweight champion Drian Francisco was once considered to be the next big thing in Philippine boxing.
[DatePublished] => 2014-12-20 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson
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[ArticleID] => 865440
[Title] => No title shot for Drian after all
[Summary] => Expectations were high that Drian (Gintong Kamao) Francisco would fight for a world title before the year ends and there was a feverish effort to seal a deal to challenge WBA superbantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba in the undercard of the Nonito Donaire-Jorge Arce mainer at the Toyota Center in Houston on Dec. 15.
[DatePublished] => 2012-11-11 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson
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[ArticleID] => 864400
[Title] => Drian ready to fight Cuban champ
[Summary] => The probability is high that hard-hitting Drian Francisco of Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro, will be the next challenger of WBA superbantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and the fight could be in the undercard of the Nonito Donaire-Jorge Arce mainer at the Toyota Center in Houston on Dec. 15.
[DatePublished] => 2012-11-08 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 681034
[Title] => Drian goes for broke versus Thai
[Summary] => Leaving nothing to chance, WBA interim superflyweight champion Drian Francisco will go all out for an early knockout over No. 4 contender Terrapith Singwancha and avoid the complications of getting a raw deal in a scheduled 12-round fight in Phetchaburi province, Thailand, this afternoon.
[DatePublished] => 2011-05-01 00:00:00
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[Title] => Thais try to unsettle Drian
[Summary] => Thai organizers are using every trick not in the book to confound WBA interim superflyweight champion Drian Francisco who battles No. 4 contender Tepparith Singwancha in a 12-round bout in Phetchaburi province tomorrow afternoon.
[DatePublished] => 2011-04-30 00:00:00
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[Title] => Big payday for Drian
[Summary] => WBA interim superflyweight champion Drian Francisco is guaranteed a purse of $140,000 to take on No. 4 contender Tepparith Singwancha in a 12-round bout in Surat Thani, Thailand, on May 1 and a win will take the Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro, slugger a step closer to a showdown with Mexico’s Hugo Cazares.
[DatePublished] => 2011-03-23 00:00:00
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[Title] => Drian relieved as Thai out of danger
[Summary] => Newly crowned WBA interim superflyweight champion Drian Francisco heaved a sigh of relief as Duangpetch Kokiet-gym regained consciousness in a hospital about four hours after he was knocked out cold by the Filipino in the 10th round at the Bueng Kan school in the northeast Thai province of Nong Khai the other day.
[DatePublished] => 2010-12-02 00:00:00
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[Title] => It's do or die for Drian
[Summary] => Unbeaten Drian Francisco goes for broke in his overseas debut against local favorite Duangpetch Kokiet-Gym a they battle for the right to challenge WBA superflyweight champion Hugo Cazares in a 12-round bout at the Bueng Kan school in the northeast Thai province of Nong Khai today.
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[Title] => Thais try to make it tough for Drian
[Summary] => Unbeaten WBA No. 1 superflyweight contender Drian Francisco was installed a 5-4 underdog amid expectations that he’ll be dragged through the wringer before engaging veteran Duangpetch Kokiet-Gym in a 12-round bout at faraway Beung Kan, a district in the northeast Thai province of Nong Khai, tomorrow.
[DatePublished] => 2010-11-29 00:00:00
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[Title] => Drian risks all in Thailand
[Summary] => In what has to be the biggest risk in his ring career, unbeaten Drian Francisco takes on veteran Duangpetch Kokiet-Gym for the WBA interim superflyweight crown in a 12-round bout in Thailand on Nov. 30 with an upside of challenging for the world championship and a downside of falling out of the title picture.
[DatePublished] => 2010-10-14 00:00:00
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