I want you to hit me as hard as you can.
This is the famous line of Tyler Durden, one of the main characters in Chuck Palahniuk’s iconic novel, Fight Club. The novel was adapted into a film of the same name and starred Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter. The book became an [...]
February 23rd, 2010
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(I came across this piece while I was checking my office computer and deleting old files. I originally wrote it a couple of years ago for our now defunct company newsletter.)
A few weeks before the “Now or Never” fight card featuring Cebuano Z Gorres vs. Armenian Vic Darchinyan last Feb 2, 2008, Joseph [...]
February 22nd, 2010
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I admit this post is a little late, considering that this fight card was scheduled five days ago, but I’ve been swamped with work at my day job (reasons, reasons) so I was a bit delinquent in updating this blog. Anyway, here are a few random thoughts on the recent Pinoy Power 3.
• Nonito Donaire continues [...]
February 17th, 2010
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Let me make one thing clear. I love Randy Couture to bits. The man is practically an MMA living legend. He is arguably the most famous fighter in the UFC (perhaps only rivaled by former long-time UFC light-heavyweight champion Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell), owing to his never-say-die attitude inside the Octagon and his humble and [...]
February 8th, 2010
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My friend Mike Limpag, a devoted family man, avid football nut, and hardworking sports editor of my favorite Cebu community newspaper, Sun.Star Cebu, reported today that there are efforts to better the plight of boxers in Las Vegas after Cebuano boxer Z Gorres suffered a career-ending subdural hematoma in his last fight. Mike [...]
February 5th, 2010
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