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                    [Title] => Phl team hopefuls press bids in Canlubang card
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National boxing team aspirants step up their drive for berths in the squad seeing in two big international events this year as they slug it out in the Balik-Canlubang fightcard tomorrow at the Ceris I basketball court in Canlubang, Laguna.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 698699 [Title] => Canlubang slugfest to feature 8 national boxers [Summary] =>

Eight members of the national boxing pool, headed by Doha Asian Games gold medalist Joan Tipon and Guangzhou Asiad bronze medal winner Victorio Saludar III, will be featured in four highly competitive bouts that will highlight the Balik-Canlubang boxing card on July 2 at the Ceris I basketball court in Canlubang, Laguna.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259352 [Title] => Olympians briefed on final runup to Athens [Summary] => The countdown for the Athens OIympics for the compact Philippine contingent had virtually begun with the team managers and coaches being briefed on their functions and duties to their athletes in the course of their participation in the quadrennial games.

Chief of mission Steve Hontiveros and medical officer Dr. Jose Raul Canlas conducted the briefing yesterday at the Philippine Olympic Committee offices.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => 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] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 230166 [Title] => Draw crucial in RP boxers campaign [Summary] => HO CHI MINH (Via Globe Telecom) — After all the hard works and efforts in practice, now come the prayers for the Philippine boxing team as it hopes for the best breaks in this morning draw before initial action in the slugfest in the 22nd SEA Games at the Phan Dinh Phung Sports Center.

Getting early break among the Filipino pugs was Joan Tipon (54kg), following Thai star Chotipat Wongprate’s ouster on a back injury sustained in practice.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224905 [Title] => RP pugs a combine of youth, experience [Summary] => Still mourning the loss of its longtime secretary-general, the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines buckled down to work yesterday as it bared the composition of the national team that will see action in the Vietnam SEA Games this December.

Manny Lopez, ABAP president, named the nine boxers who will vie for the gold in Vietnam and try to erase the painful memories of the country’s zero-gold performance in boxing during the 2001 Kuala Lumpur SEA Games.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224234 [Title] => ABAP to pick pugs bound for SEAG [Summary] => After fielding its athletes in a series of international competitions this year, the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) is now all set to deliberate and later on decide on the final composition of the team that will represent the country in the 22nd Southeast Asian Game this December.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173497 [Title] => RP boxers, cage coaches guests in PSA Sports Forum [Summary] => The Philippine boxing team, led by Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) president Manny Lopez, assesses its coming campaign in the Busan Asian Games in tomorrow’s session of the PSA Forum at the Holiday Inn.

Lopez will be accompanied by his coaching staff composed of George Caliwan, Boy Velasco and Pat Gaspi in the weekly public sports program where they will be joined by NBN-4 chairman Mia Concio and organizers of the ongoing Army-Utilco International Invitational Football Cup tournament.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 172989 [Title] => Golez strikes gold for Team RP; Tanamor takes silver [Summary] => PYONGYANG, North Korea–Middleweight Maraon Golez gave the Philippines its lone gold medal with a decisive win over his Korean rival at the close of the Pyongyang International boxing invitational tournament, the first international boxing event held at the North Korean city.

Golez, a 21-year-old prized find from Cebu and an Army man, claimed the breakthrough win for the Team Caltex Philippines, as he showed spunk and skill over outclassed Korean Kim Sun Kil to post a 12-6 decision over four rounds.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 172865 [Title] => Golez stops Korean to advance to final [Summary] => PYONGYANG, North Korea — Middleweight Maraon Golez yesterday demolished Korean No. 2 O Yong Su right in the first round and emerged as the second Filipino to vie for the gold in the Pyongyang International Boxing Invitational tournament here.

The 21-year-old armyman from Cebu, the least experienced in the seven-man Team Caltex Philippines, swarmed all over the taller Korean right at the opening bell and went on to join light flyweight Harry Tanamor in today’s final bouts.
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