Get back on your feet
AJ Banal’s knockout loss to Rafel “El Torito”
I was actually in a double date last weekend as my wife and I were with my compadre and one of the country’s top sportswriters Al Mendoza and his wife Sol.
Pareng Al and Mareng Sol flew in from
The Cebu Coliseum hasn’t changed much from the last time that I was there for a boxing event. In fact, it never fails to break my heart when I am in the place because a prime city like
It was a double heart breaker when Banal fell on all fours and was counted out by the American referee. It was shocking, but then there were signs earlier in the bout that Banal would need to scrape the bottom of the pot to pull a victory.
One thing that many boxing fans probably do not know is that our fighters dread fighting the Cebu Coliseum. It is not because of the decrepit condition of the arena, but the pressure from the Cebuano boxing fans, who are so hard to please.
Try asking any Cebuano boxer and if he’ll be honest with you, he’ll tell you that he’d rather fight elsewhere than the Cebu Coliseum.
There is still more to come for the career of AJ Banal and I hope the young man, would in no time, get back to his feet and start training again.
To AJ remember these lines from Don’t Quit: “Success is failure turned inside out, the silver tint in the clouds of doubt.”
You can turn things around young man, just stay focused on your goals.
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Simoun Canton, Jr. my good friend from Philippine Airlines sent me email yesterday about a 66-year-old man, who scored a hole-in-one twice in one round of golf.
This is the story from Associated Press:
GAYLORD,
According to a 2000 Golf Digest article cited by the Traverse City Record-Eagle, the odds of one player making two holes-in-one during the same round are 67 million to 1.
Hickey, who finished at 2-over-par 74, says he’d made two eagles but never came close to a hole-in-one before Thursday. The long-haul trucker says he thinks he benefited from “just pure luck.”
I remain dreaming of my first hole-in-one and witnessing my second. It was almost ten years ago when I witnessed the only ace scored by a flightmate of mine in the Christmas Fun Golf Classic of Alta Vista.
My compadre Michael Go’s ace remains fresh in my mind.
Thanks Jun for that email, it surely made me feel like going to the golf course more often so I could make a real ace to top that one I made in a computer game.
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MILESTONES: Belated birthday greetings to my buddy Carl Senen Veloso of Azilrac Foods and Pomeroy, who turned a year older yesterday.
The same goes to Joan Villahermosa, who celebrated her birthday last July 29.
More power!
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