Drug Test Before Boxing Match? Torre Mum, but Challenge Still On

Drug test before boxing match? Torre mum, but challenge still on

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III refuses to answer acting Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte’s demand for their proposed boxing match for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to first order all elected officials to undergo a drug test. On his podcast last Sunday, Duterte said he could defeat Torre in a fistfight. The PNP chief accepted the challenge last Wednesday, proposing to turn the showdown into a ch…

Settle score the old-fashioned way, Baste and Torre: Jolens na lang

Troubling is the silence of institutions that ought to assert authority and discipline in the face of such behavior. Both Baste Duterte and Nicolas Torre are bad examples of how public disputes should be settled not by alpha-male posturing

LOOK: Torre trains in the rain for charity boxing match vs Baste

Torre trains in the rain for charity boxing match vs Baste Duterte

Torre to Duterte: Get ready to rumble

(UPDATE) PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) chief Nicolas Torre III on Thursday began working out at the gym after he called acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte’s online taunt to a fistfight.In his podcast, Duterte, 37, said Torre — who played a key role in the arrest of the mayor’s father, former president Rodrigo Duterte — was only tough because of his position and said he could easily take him on in a fistfight.Torre, 55, accepted the cha…

Baste Duterte flies to Singapore ahead of Torre boxing match

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) confirmed that acting Davao Mayor Baste Duterte flew to Singapore Friday morning, just days before his highly anticipated charity boxing match with Philippine National Police chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III scheduled on Sunday at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila. Duterte challenged Torre to the bout in a …