''Blow by Blow'', presently under the title ''Manny Pacquiao Presents: Blow By Blow'', is a Philippine television sports reality competition show broadcast by PTV, IBC, TV5 and

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. It aired on PTV from October 30, 1994 to February 1996. The show moved to IBC from March 4, 1996 to 1999, TV5 from December 13, 2015 to 2016 and One Sports since January 8, 2023.

History

The show is usually taped on small venues and gyms across Metro Manila (usually from Parañaque or Mandaluyong). The show is noted for airing the early bouts of

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, who quickly became one of its featured boxers.

Revival

The show was revived on December 13, 2015, and aired every Sunday afternoon on TV5. Pacquiao, one of the homegrown boxers featured in Blow by Blow, together with Sports5, former North Cotabato vice governor and acclaimed boxing analyst Manny Piñol, and boxing promoters Gerry Garcia and Lito Mondejar spearheaded the return of the program that will feature boxing fights of amateur boxers in the country. In November 2022, Pacquiao, through his MP Promotions, revived the show this time on

channel.

Notable incidents

Eugene Barutag incident

On December 9, 1995, a young fighter from General Santos City named Eugene Barutag, was scheduled for an eight-round match against veteran Randy Andagan of Biñan, Laguna. Barutag was winning the match in the first four rounds and almost knocked out Andagan, but the latter got his second wind and beat the younger boxer, who at the end of the bout, collapsed in his corner. At that time, there were no standby paramedics in case of emergency. Using the service vehicle of Vintage Sports, Barutag was rushed to the Jose Reyes Memorial Hospital and was declared dead on arrival. The bout was shown on an

i-Witness ''i-Witness'', formerly ''i-Witness: The GMA Documentaries'' is a Philippine television documentary show broadcast by GMA Network and GMA News TV. Originally hosted by Vicky Morales, Luchi Cruz-Valdes, Mike Enriquez, Cheche Lazaro and Jessi ...

episode entitled ''Kamao'' (fist). The episode won a

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, together with two other documentaries that the program produced.I-Witness wins prestigious Peabody Journalism Award
, Good News Pilipinas, April 8, 2010 The fight also features in the 2015 movie, Kid Kulafu, where Manny Pacquiao witnesses his death.

Presenters

*Bobby Mondejar (ring announcer) * Ed Picson *

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* Ronnie Nathanielsz * Chino Trinidad *Romy Kintanar