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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] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270908 [Title] => Sexagenarians tapped as judges in Pacquiao bout [Summary] => Three veteran judges, all in their 60s, make up the panel for the Manny Pacquiao-Erik Morales fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas this Sunday morning (Manila time).

To top it all, another sexagenarian Joe Cortez will be the third man in the ring.

The judges are Chuck Giampa, 62, Dave Moretti, 60, and Paul Smith, 60. Cortez is 61.

How significant is the number six to Pacquiao?
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 215053 [Title] => So much at stake for Pacquiao [Summary] => LOS ANGELES, California–Manny Pacquiao puts everything on the line as he fights a dangerous challenger, a hostile crowd and, in a way, history itself. [DatePublished] => 2003-07-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 213118 [Title] => Pacquiao a 12-1 bet to whip rival [Summary] => A rude welcome awaits International Boxing Federation (IBF) superbantamweight champion Manny Pacquiao as a highly-partisan Hispanic crowd is expected to pack the historic Grand Olympic Auditorium and cheer lustily for unbeaten challenger Emmanuel (Carnecerio) Lucero of Mexico in their scheduled 12-round title bout in Los Angeles on July 26.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 206451 [Title] => Snakepit awaits Pacquiao in LA [Summary] => It won’t be friendly territory when International Boxing Federation (IBF) superbantamweight champion Manny Pacquiao steps into the ring to face Emmanuel (The Butcher) Lucero of Mexico at the historic Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles on July 26.

The Olympic is a notorious snakepit for visiting fighters opposing Mexicans or Latinos. Fans who patronize the boxing facility are mostly of Mexican descent and unforgiving when expressing partisanship. They are shameless, loud, and scandalous.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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