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Former President Joseph Estrada raises
the hand of world champion and future godson Nonito Dinaire
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Former
President Joseph Estrada will be the godfather at the
wedding of the newest Philippine boxing sensation Nonito
Donaire Jr., IBF and WBO flyweight champion, scheduled
to take place before the year ends.
Nonito
will wed Rachel Marcial, a Filipino-American athlete
who was one of the qualifiers in the AAU Championships,
US Collegiate Nationals and World University Games.
Rachel, who is also 2002 World Taekwondo Military champion,
also wants to be a member of the Philippine Taekwondo
team to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Both
US residents, Nonito and Rachel were personally escorted
by San Juan Mayor JV Ejercito to visit former Pres.
Estrada at his San Juan home last Sunday. Donaire presented
his IBF championship belt to the former chief executive,
after dealing a knockout to the then-undefeated champion
Vic Darchinyan last July.
The
couple is currently in training, with Rachel acting
as Nonito's special trainer so that she can personally
monitor her fiance's weight, and help him with quicker
moves for his April 14 fight against Hussein Hussein
in Dubai.
Former
Pres. Estrada told the couple he would do his best to
be present at Nonito's Dubai fight.
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DONAIRE
GIVES "Z" ADVICE
Filipino
prospect Z Gorres must move a lot and jab a lot if he wishes
to beat Armenian knockout artist Vic Darchinyan when they
clash on Feb. 2 at the Cebu Waterfront Hotel and Casino.
This
advice comes from International Boxing Federation flyweight
champion Nonito Donaire Jr., who owns the distinction of handing
Darchinyan his only loss (5th round knockout) in 30 outings
in their title-duel last July.
"Z
just has to stick to his game plan," said Donaire. "He
has to move and move since he's a lot quicker than Darchinyan,
who really has a power punch. He needs to jab a lot and try
to outbox Darchinyan."
Since
that loss, Darchinyan has managed to bounce back, scoring
a 12-round knockout of Filipino Federico Catubay to raise
his ring record to 30-1, including 23 by knockouts.
Gores,
the pride of Mandaue, is coming off an eight round technical
knockout of Eric Ortiz. (many b.)
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