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                    [Title] => Lopez takes blame for boxing debacle
                    [Summary] => ATHENS (Via Globe Telecom) — The Olympic boxing debacle put into perspective an amateur program back home that was lagging behind the rest of the world.


And boxing officials will make a serious reassessment and come up with a four-year scheme with accent on the Philippines participation in the regional, continental and world events like the Olympics.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262300 [Title] => RP boxers’ quest for Olympic gold ends [Summary] => ATHENS (via Globe Telecom) — Light flyweight Harry Tañamor kept on digging to the body and in the process dug a grave for his Olympic bid Saturday night.

Following a scheme gone awry and reducing the talented and highly rated Filipino pug to a virtual one-dimensional fighter, Tañamor absorbed a stunning 42-25 defeat at the hands of Korean Hong Moo Won at the Peristeri Boxing Hall here.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262061 [Title] => Tañamor last man standing in RP team [Summary] => ATHENS (Via Globe Telecom) – Light flyweight Harry Tañamor must remember the past to draw strength for the tough task at present.

The last man standing for Team Philippines in boxing will clash with a brilliant and sturdy Korean Hong Moo Won Saturday night at the Peristeri boxing hall hoping for a win that will send him to the quarterfinals in the Athens Games.

The two boxers are going into the fight at 8 p.m. with contrasting opening day results–the Korean impressive in his start while the veteran Filipino struggled in form.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 260930 [Title] => Pinoy pugs taper off for big fight [Summary] =>
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Athens (Via Globe Telecom) — The Filipino boxers came in early to this ancient city to acclimatize further for the tough grind ahead and soak in the Olympic atmosphere only to find the gates of the athletes village locked on them.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 258996 [Title] => Boxers first batch of RP athletes to arrive in Athens [Summary] => The national boxers will be the first Filipino athletes to set foot in Athens, Greece, for the 28th Olympic Games next month.

Led by welterweight Romeo Brin, a veteran of the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympics, the four-man team will arrive in the ancient, historic city on Aug. 5 hoping to clear the path for the 12 other RP bets who will all try to give the country its first gold medal in the quadrennial event.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249969 [Title] => Tañamor loses ‘non-bearing’ duel [Summary] => KARACHI, PAKISTAN — RP-Alaxan FR team’s Harry Tañamor could only settle for the silver medal in the lightflyweight class of the 3rd Asian Olympic boxing qualifying tournament (Green Hill Cup) that came to a close here Wednesday night.

But earning an outright berth in the Athens Games alone was like winning the gold itself.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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