Torre-Duterte tiff set Sunday at Rizal Memorial

The venue is set at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila.

- By AARON RECUENCO and IVY TEJANO

And Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Nicolas Torre III, said he would be there starting 9 a.m. on Sunday, July 27, for a charity boxing match in response to the challenge posed by acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte.

Now the question is, will Baste show up too?

“It’s all up to him... it will be at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. A (boxing) ring is already being set up there. There are already sponsors who committed to giving ‘ayuda’ (relief goods) to those affected by the typhoon,” said Torre after his boxing practice at the PNP gym in Camp Crame, Quezon City on Thursday, July 24.

“Anytime, I am ready. Now if he’s not there, we will just continue with our activity of giving ayuda to our kababayans (countrymen),” he said.

So far, there is no direct confirmation yet from Duterte and his camp if he will accept Torre’s challenge.

Duterte, in one of his podcasts, started it all by challenging Torre to a fistfight.