Philippine Asian News Today Vol 20 No 24 | Page 31

December 16 - 31, 2018
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY
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Adrien Broner Arrested in Florida
By Julian-Ray Fortaleza
Troubled boxer Adrien Broner
has found himself caught in a
legal web once again. Broner,
who is scheduled to face
Manny Pacquiao on the 19th of
January, had a warrant out and
was arrested two days before
Christmas.
The warrant cited failure to
appear in court for a speeding
case where he also lacked
registration or a license. This is
not a first for Broner, who has
been in the headlines for similar
things in the past. In terms
of more recent legal issues, a
jeweller has sued Adrien Broner
for 1.5 million dollars worth
of jewelry, along with another
million worth of punitive
damages.
At the height of his career,
Broner looked to be following
in the footsteps of Floyd
Mayweather jr. in the ring, but
in recent years his legal record
is looking more similar to that
of Mayweather’s and not his
boxing record.
Broner is a sizeable underdog
in this fight, as he has struggled
with recent opponents such as
Jessie Vargas and Mikey Garcia.
Pacquiao defeated Vargas in
Las Vegas during the tail end of
2016.
Alternatively, Pacquiao has
recently scored his first knockout
since he fought Miguel Cotto
in 2009, the same 2-year span
where he also knocked out
Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La
Hoya. Merely 15 months before
his win over Cotto, Pacquiao
had won a belt
at lightweight
over
US
olympian,
and
world
champion
“Dangerous”
David Diaz.
Broner has
found himself
in legal trouble
every
year
since
2016,
which was also
a failure to
appear in court
for an arrest
that occurred
in
2014.
Constant legal
training camp before the biggest
troubles and
distractions are not ideal for a fight in one’s career.
Negrense Pug Ladon wants gold in 2019
2018 Asian Games silver
medalist Rogen Ladon wants
nothing but gold next year.
The 25-year-old Bago, Negros
Occidental native is targeting
a gold medal in the World
Championship as well as the
Southeast Asian Games that the
country is hosting.
“My wish is to make it to the
2020 Tokyo Olympics and win a
gold in the world championship,”
Ladon told The Manila Times in
a phone interview.
Ladon’s only gold medal since
he started his amateur career
in 2009 is from the 2012 2nd
Taipei Cup.
“It’s always been silver or
bronze; I really want to win gold
this year.”
But Ladon said it still depends
on the Association of Boxing
Alliances in the Philippines if he
will be allowed to compete or
not.
The
2019
Amateur
International Boxing Association
World Boxing Championship
is slated on September 7 to
21 in Sochi, Russia, while the
SEA Games will be held from
November 30 to December
11 at various venues including
Clark, Subic and Manila.(J.T
ramos, TMT
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Nietes braces for Dec 31 world title bout vs Ioka
Donnie “Ahas” Nietes is
already in Macau for his World
Boxing Organization (WBO)
super flyweight fight against
Japanese Kazuto Ioka slated
on New Year’s Eve at the Wynn
Palace in Cotai.
Trainer Edito Villamor
said they wrapped up the
training camp in Cebu without
any issues describing it as a
“perfect training camp.”
“I
saw
Nietes’
determination in the training
camp to get a world title. We
have a good result and it was a
perfect training camp,” Villamor
told The Manila Times in Filipino
through a phone interview
History repeats...
to sixth, 21 points behind leader
Forest Hills.
“The error bothered me,” Jun,
44, said when he came to me to
point out the mistake. “Now I
am in peace. I can sleep soundly
tonight.”
Who said the game is bereft
of honest men
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For the record, the just-ended
69th Fil-Am Golf Invitational in
Baguio City’s Camp
John Hay and Baguio Country
Club has drawn a total of 251
teams from more than 10
countries—127 in Seniors play
and 124 in Men’s Regular. At an
average of 5 players per team,
the City of Pines hosted at least
1,255 golfers, not counting 2
alternates allowed per team.
The world’s longest-running
amateur golf tilt played in two
weeks was presented mainly by
before heading to the airport.
Villamor added that they
almost completed 100 rounds
of sparring with different type of
boxers to help Nietes cope with
various styles in preparation
against Ioka (23-1 win-loss
record with 13 knockouts).
“We sparred for almost
100 rounds and we changed sparring partners so that Donnie
would be able to give his best.
Kumuha kami ng ibang boxers
pero mga Filipino din kasi pag
kami-kami nand’yan ‘yung pag-
alalay. Para din maibigay ni
Donnie ‘yung best niya,” Villamor
said.(J.T. Ramos, TMT)
San Miguel Corp. and Toyota.
Toyota’s best-selling Rush was
a hole-in-one prize at No. 10
of Baguio CC and at No. 18 of
Camp John Hay. The biggest
amateur golf tournament in the
world was co-chaired again by
CJH’s GM Tim Allen and BCC’s
GM Anthony de Leon. The
best four scores from the five-
man teams counted for the day,
with a birdie given 3 points, par
2 points and bogey 1 point. A player holing out for double
bogey will incur a two-point
penalty for his team—a rule
adopted to speed up play in the
series ending Dec. 15. Without
this rule, every round could end
up uncompleted on account
of darkness—due to the sheer
volume of players. Cheers!
Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year to all!
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