Harry Tañamor could possibly be our country's first Olympian champion - not unless there will be a "dirty politics" involved.
Our country is clearly abundant of a lot of talented boxers this world has ever seen. And we have proven it with the current WBC lightweight champion and no. 1 pound-for-pound Manny Pacquiao. Now is our chance to prove to the world that we can compete with Olympic Boxing superpowers Cuba and USA.
Former Olympian Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco bagged the Silver Medal during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics - our closest to the elusive gold so far. Velasco is very confident that Tañamor could win the gold; unless he faces his Chinese nemesis Zou Shiming early on. The host country is clearly on advantage because thay are at their backyard, homecourt can play a major factor.
Another factor hinders Tañamor's quest for gold - the "manipulation" factor. Last year, Filipinos were wiped out of the Asian Olympic Qualifiers because of alleged "dirty politics" that may happen during the Olympics.
Though disheartening, Tañamor himself sees this as a challenge, a fuel to his engine that will help him propell to earn the country's honor through his fists.
source: http://www.tribune.net.ph/sports/20080722spo1.html
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as what i have commented on previous 2008 Olympic-related articles...
We are all hoping and praying for the best.
So Tanamor, Bring home the very very GOLD BACON!
-alg
Go Tanamor! Make our country proud!
go hairy tanamor!!hahah..kyanin sna..wg lng mdya..
Sana nga makamit ni Harry Tañamor ang gintong medalya sa darating na olympics ngayong Biyernes. Hindi lamang siya ang ipagdadasal ng Pilipinas, pati na rin ang iba pang kalahok. Sana ay maging maayos at patas ang labanan sa 08/08/08..=P
Boxing again? I think boxing should now be promoted as the national sport of this country.
But still... Go Tañamor!
haha!! good luck to Tanamor!!! I hope there really is a big chance for him to bring the gold home! If ever this will happen, it will be our first ever Olympic Gold Medal.. and that is great for us!! I wish all our athletes for the olympics luck! I know that they are all doing their best to get the gold.. They will surely bring honor to our country! :)
hayaan naman sana ng iba na maging masaya at manatiling laro ang laban..lumaban ng patas at malinis..
all hopes i guess is on this boxer, I hope he will be able to come out on top.
You know i think they should let manny p. to do the job, they should let him into the olympics to represent RP!
this is another upper for our country! it just shows how good Filipinos are! let's go Philippines!
:D
Wait a second. Why Tanamor? Tanamor may possibly be a future Olympic gold medalist. But he might not be the first.
Let us remember that there are other Filipino athletes vying for the same prize. (but in different competitions) If Tanamor gets the gold, then good. But if others get the gold as well, then we Filipinos will surely be proud.
I do believe that this man can possibly win the Gold this Beijing Olympics. I have heard that he is very good and the one who probably has the greatest chance of retrieving the Gold. He is said to be very talented. But, Filipinos already have a record of being good boxers, that's why i hope we have a chance!
Go Team Philippines!!! :)
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