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                    [Title] => Fair and square
                    [Summary] => 

The era of corruption in AIBA (Association Internationale de Boxe) tournaments is clearly over.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 501533 [Title] => Basadre in rousing win for Team RP [Summary] =>

MILAN – Lightwelterweight Genebert Basadre got the five-man Philippine team off to a rousing start Tuesday by scoring a decisive 5-1 win over Pakistan’s Aamir Khan in the preliminaries of the 15th World Boxing Championships at the Mediolanum Forum here.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 446286 [Title] => AIBA, ABAP officials nagtagpo [Summary] =>

TAIPEI -- Tumanggap ng malaking tulong ang kampanya ng bansa para sa kauna-unahang gintong medalya sa 2012 London Olympics mula sa pinuno ng International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA).

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 445689 [Title] => Who is Dr. Wu? [Summary] =>

TAIPEI – From a distance, you immediately notice that AIBA president Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu is a man of substance.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373942 [Title] => Will boxing bail out RP? [Summary] => The seven-man Philippine boxing team got off to a blazing start at the Asian Games in Doha but after a lucky seven-win streak, the bubble burst with back-to-back losses.

It’s been 12 years since a Filipino has won an Asiad gold in boxing and Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) president Manny Lopez is hoping to end the drought with five fighters still in contention for a medal at presstime.

With the Philippines struggling to break into the Doha medal standings, boxing looms as the savior.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 310681 [Title] => Coach ended it, says Lopez [Summary] => BACOLOD CITY — Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) president Manny Lopez said yesterday it was coach Nolito (Boy) Velasco’s decision to stop the last bout of the 14 men’s and women’s finals in the 23rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games at the University of St. La Salle gym the other night.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 301442 [Title] => $300 bayad sa mga local at foreign technical officials sa SEA Games [Summary] => Mula $30 hanggang $300 kada araw na suweldo ang ilalatag ng Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHILSOC) para sa local at foreign technical officials sa nalalapit na 23rd SEA Games sa Nobyembre 27 hanggang Disyembre 5.

Ayon kay PHILSOC Sports Operations chairman Richie Garcia, iba ang magiging bayad kay Prof. Anwar Chowdry, ang kontrobersyal na pangulo ng International Amateur Boxing Federation (AIBA).
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 295119 [Title] => Tañamor, Tipon reach Asian boxing final [Summary] => Harry Tañamor and Joan Tipon claimed seats in the finals with towering wins over tough opponents in the Asian Boxing Championships Saturday in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

Tañamor showed his dominance over Thailand’s Suban Pannon, 30-24, scoring with clear, solid punches from tip-off to finish to advance to the finals of the l48 kg division where he meets Athens Olympics bronze medal winner Hong Moo Woon of Korea.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265080 [Title] => Dubious distinction for RP [Summary] => The Philippines is among the highest-ranked countries in the world to rank prominently in two Olympic categories. Unfortunately, the recognition is hardly flattering.

The first category is "Most Medals Won with No Gold Medals."Mongolia is safely on top of the list with five silvers and 10 bronzes for a total of 15 medals. A bronze from Athens was the latest addition to the haul. Four of its silvers came from freestyle wrestling and the other from judo. Mongolia has competed in the Olympics since 1964.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263860 [Title] => ‘Wonder Boy’ eyes gold in Beijing [Summary] => LONDON — British teenager Amir Khan has been offered a $3.6 Million contract by a syndicate of wealthy boxing aficionados to resist the temptation of turning pro and focus on capturing the Olympic gold medal in Beijing in 2008.

Khan, 17, receives an allowance of $36,000 a year from the British sports ministry as an amateur. If the syndicate known as The Real Fight Club withdraws its offer, Khan is likely to turn pro because there wouldn’t be a more attractive alternative.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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