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Ex-Marawi City mayor “invited for questioning” over alleged links to siege after attending PDP-Laban sortie

  (Eagle News) — A former mayor of Marawi City was “invited for questioning” on Friday afternoon, April 12, over his alleged involvement in the Marawi siege, but was released later on. Former Marawi City mayor Omar Solitario Ali was approached by the military after attending a PDP-Laban sortie in Marawi City. He was brought to the 103rd Infantry Brigade merely for questioning, according to Col. Romeo Brawner, commander of the 103rd IB. He was […]

Boxing: Before Mayweather-McGregor … Ali vs Inoki

by Rob Woollard Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — There are many in the boxing world who are appalled by the prospect of Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor climbing into a ring next month. Bob Arum is, emphatically, not one of them. After more than half a century in the fight game, the legendary 85-year-old promoter often gives the impression of a man who has seen it all before. And when it […]

Arum, inihalintulad si Lomachenko kay Ali

Itinuturing naman ngayon ni top rank Big Boss Bob Arum na tila bersyon ng isang batang Muhammad Ali si Ukrainian boxer at two-division champion Vasyl Lomachenko. Ito’y matapos umanong gumawa ng kasaysayan sa larangan ng boxing ang Ukrainian boxer makaraang makakuha kaagad ng World Champion sa dalawang weight classes sa loob lamang ng pitong laban. Sa ngayon, may rekord si Lomachenko na anim na panalo at isang talo at sakaling muling manalo kontra kay WBO […]

Key fights in the boxing career of Muhammad Ali

(Reuters) Important bouts in the career of former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali: * Sept. 5, 1960 – Wins the Olympic light-heavyweight gold medal in Rome in a unanimous decision over Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland. * Oct. 29, 1960 – Makes his professional debut in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, winning a six-round unanimous decision over Tunney Hunsaker, whose day job was police chief of Fayetteville, West Virginia. * Feb. 25, 1964 – Boasting a 19-0 […]