The world’s greatest boxer of all time By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I STILL recall the day our boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao stopped the Puerto Rican born the flambouyant Miguel Coto for the WBO (World Boxing Organization) welterweight title on November 2009 and one of my friends, my cumpadre…

Splitting our pro cyclists By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE country’s two annual major professional multi-stage cycling races will be flagged off this month, but unlike last season, surprisingly it will be held this year with conflicting dates. First to reel off is the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) sanctioned Le…

Championship history By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   THE seventh and final game of this year’s Smart Bro Philippine Cup championship match played last Wednesday between defending champion San Miguel Beer against Alaska was one for the books. The Beermen after coming from a 0-3 deficit miraculously won four times…

Remembering Carlos Loyzaga By Jesus A Garcia Jr. THE first sports celebrity to pass away this year was the Baguio City-born famous broadcaster, writer, boxing analyst and Dagupan City son-in-law and maker of world champion, Hermie Rivera. He was followed by basketball icon Carlos Loyzaga last January 27. Unknown perhaps…

Knowing Kuya Hermie By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   IT was afternoon of January 16 when I received a text message from PDI’s famous sports columnist Recah Trinidad informing me that our friend and media colleague Hermie Rivera had passed away in California. The news surprised me since Kuya Hermie…

Pangasinan duathletes unfairly sacked By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MY amigo and town mate Adje Cabrera, a sports fanatic, came to see me last week with bad news – our three duathletes, Robeno Javier of Sto. Tomas, Jeric Buhian of Asingan and Robinson Esteves of Urdaneta City, members of the…

Pacquiao to end career after April 9 fight? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WORLD boxing reports here in the Philippines that Manny “Pacman” Paquiao’s third fight with Timothy Bradley will be his last. After all, Pacquiao himself already said win or lose, he will finally hang up his gloves for…

Ups and downs of PH pro boxing in 2015 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE have four world professional boxing champions in 2015 headed by Filipino boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (welterweight, 147 lbs), Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire, Jr. (super bantamweight-featherweight, 122-126 lbs), Brian “The Hawaiian Punch” Viloria (flyweight,…

Both Miss Philippines and Miss Colombia as Miss Universe By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. “THERE’S always a first time,” as the saying goes, and this was what happened in the 2015 Miss Universe Beauty Pageant last Monday. After 64 years of seamless organization, an unanticipated blunder happened. We saw how…

Mexican Juarez deserves a rematch By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE saw on TV how the five-division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire, Jr. reclaimed the WBO (World Boxing Organization) super bantamweight title by outpointing the durable and sturdy Mexican ring warrior Cesar Juarez last Sunday in San Juan,…