Ravina is Pangasinan’s best bet in Ronda By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE second edition of the LBC Ronda Pilipinas took off last Wednesday. As expected, the strong Nueva Ecija Team representing V-Mobile and skippered by 2009 Padyak Pinoy champ Joel Calderon took charge in the first day, winning the…

Behind the scene after the Viloria-Romero fight By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. YOU and I saw the May 13 fight. You watched it on TV while I watched it in the flesh at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. The result was a devastating, vengeful and sweet conquest for…

Ronda Pilipinas and our local bets By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.  A WEEK from now, the 2012 LBC Ronda Pilipinas bikathon will officially take off. And unlike last year which was held over 12 days, this year’s road saga will run in 15 days and will start in Sarangani in…

Boxing in La Trinidad By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I motored to La Trinidad, Benguet together with pal and Punch colleague Jun Velasco and Pangasinan provincial consultant Cesar Carpio, both avid boxing fans, and we watched some professional boxing bouts last April 28 at the Cordillera Career Development College gym,…

Fiasco in Mangaldan SK hoopfest By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE experience of the organizers of the Mangaldan SK Inter-Barangay Basketball Tournament provides crucial lessons to other barangays holding similar tournaments in the province. It was during the middle of the elimination round when rumors spread that there were some…

Viva Pangasinan By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT WAS in 1973 when our Pangasinan cyclists, led by this writer and my teammate and town mate Cesar Catambay, started the very first onslaught in Philippine road racings. It was then called the “Tour of Luzon,” the first professional multi-stage bicycle road…

‘To dream the impossible dream’ By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I BELIEVE most of our countless cycling aficionados are not aware that only two Asian cyclists have so far participated in the Tour de France (TdF) since its birth in 1903. They are Fumiyaki Bepper and Yukiya Arashiro, both from…

Cycling tours to watch this year By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. APRIL or May is cycling time for multi-stage bicycle racing. This started in 1955 when the first multi-stage bikathon in the Philippines was held and organized by the late Atty. Geruncio Lacuesta, a native of Bayambang. It was called…

More confusion in Mangaldan SK cagefest By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. TWICE I have written here (March 4 and 18 issues) about the brouhaha raised by the supporters, managers and especially the coaches of some teams over their immense consternation about the poor officiating of the referees and the table…

Filipino vs. Mexican in boxing By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. PALS, relatives and even some unfamiliar faces keep asking me (especially nowadays) why the current trend in world boxing fights is always a Filipino versus a Mexican. This is unlike before during the era of our ex-Filipino world titlists like…