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                    [Title] => Viloria out to bring down icon
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Brian Viloria faces the toughest opponent in his 14-year prizefighting career when he takes on unbeaten WBC flyweight champion Roman (Chocolatito) Gonzalez in a 12-round title bout at Madison Square Garden in New York City this morning (Manila time) but there’s nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in the Hawaiian Punch.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-17 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1488617 [Title] => Can ‘Chocolatito’ take Brian’s power? [Summary] =>

WBC flyweight champion Roman (Chocolatito) Gonzalez of Nicaragua is in for the biggest test of his career when he battles hard-hitting Brian Viloria in a 12-round title defense at the Madison Square Garden in New York City on Oct. 17.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-15 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1370012 [Title] => Algieri says he’s got power, too [Summary] =>

The rap on WBO lightwelterweight champion Chris Algieri is an apparent lack of power, indicated by a low knockout rate in his record of only eight stoppages in 20 fights but he recently promised to shock Manny Pacquiao with his sock when they face off in a 12-round bout at the Venetian Resort in Macau on Nov. 23.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1319204 [Title] => Chinese star remembers Pinoy fondly [Summary] =>

Three-time AIBA world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Zou Shiming said the other day he will never forget Filipino simon-pure Harry Tanamor for making him a better fighter in their four amateur duels one of which the Chinese lost.

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LOS ANGELES. WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is expected to dance all the way to the bank with a guaranteed $32 Million in his account for taking on Argentine Marcos Maidana in what most experts are predicting to be a walk in the park at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas this morning (Manila time).

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As a unification duel, the fight between WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and WBA titlist Marcos Maidana is supposed to draw a lot of public attention but fans are disinterested because Manny Pacquiao appears to be the only threat to blemish the unbeaten record of the man who calls himself “Money.”

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Mexican gladiator Juan Manuel Marquez will be Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent if he hurdles Mike Alvarado on May 17 and unlike his countryman Erik Morales, he’s not thinking retirement despite turning 41 in August.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20140423/Juan-Manuel-Marquez-Manny-Pacquiao.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 462674 [Title] => Experts go for Manny in Vegas title fight [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - A poll of 48 boxing experts has confirmed the validity of the 3-1 odds that bookmakers set in picking Manny Pacquiao to win over Ricky Hatton in their IBO lightwelterweight title fight in Las Vegas this weekend.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 443297 [Title] => Hatton admits he's brutal [Summary] =>

IBO lightwelterweight champion Ricky Hatton, the personification of a British Bulldog, was quoted in the March 2009 issue of Boxing Digest Magazine as considering a shift to mixed martial arts because in his own words, “I’m a brutal fighter.”

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It’ll be a “new” Ricky Hatton up against Manny Pacquiao when they square off on May 2 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas and the Filipino icon is forewarned to expect a brawler retooled to fight like Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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