Boxers' triumph

You'll know that athletes have achieved something immense when their victories break into the front page, skipping their exclusive domain, the sports section. And if the number of sports stories found on page 1 in 2007 was the gauge of how our athletes fared in the international arena, its safe to say that, it was, indeed, another big year for Negrense sportsmen.

The durable Gerry Peñalosa of San Carlos City and young Donnie Nietes of Murcia and Bacolod City underscored Negros Occidental's niche as a boxing mecca when they carved out two of the most important victories in a big year for the sport that saw the country produce four world champions.