Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:01:40 +0000
By Nick Giongco Jerwin Ancajas puts not only his world super-flyweight crown on the line but his 18-fight winning streak as well when he meets Japanese mandatory challenger Ryuichi Funai on May 4 at the 12,000-seater Stockton Arena in California. Making the seventh defense of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) 115-lb title for the seventh […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:10:17 +0000
By Nick Giongco SAN FRANCISCO – Unbeaten US fighter Errol Spence is supremely confident of beating Manny Pacquiao that he has boasted of handing the Filipino great “his retirement check.” Spence was so moved by his masterful win over the blown-up Mikey Garcia that he feels Pacquiao will be forced to announce his exit from […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 03:10:15 +0000
By Nick Giongco DALLAS – Manny Pacquiao is itching to get his hands on Errol Spence and put him where he rightfully belongs. As he took the elevator Sunday afternoon down the lobby of the Renaissance Dallas Hotel to catch a flight to Los Angeles, Pacquiao suddenly assumed a fighting pose then threw a four-punch […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 13:33:22 +0000
“That is still the best fight to be made,” said Sean Gibbons, who represents Pacquiao, who had to endure a 24-hour flight from Vienna via Dubai just to attend Errol Spence’s easy win over Mikey Garcia.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 12:31:20 +0000
Spence dominated Garcia throughout with a stinging jab and a barrage of combinations and his hometown crowd at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas cheered wildly as he solidified himself as one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:21:39 +0000
By Nick Giongco DALLAS, Texas – The landscape of the talent-rich welterweight division undergoes a major makeover this weekend when International Boxing Federation (IBF) 147-lb champion Errol Spence takes on Mikey Garcia and Manny Pacquiao making sure of his pivotal part in the impending change. Spence is intending to clean up the division with eyes […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:00:52 +0000
Donaire and Tete had earned berths to the semifinals after downing separate rivals: Tete defeated Russian Mikhail Aloyan and Donaire stopped Ryan Burnett.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 08:09:19 +0000
By Nick Giongco The fast-tracking of Charly Suarez’s world title shot took another step forward after the 2016 Rio Olympics campaigner racked up his second straight win Tuesday night in Davao del Norte. Suarez, 30, who fought current toast Vasyl Lomachenko in the amateurs, stopped Justin Cabarles in two rounds of their lightweight clash for […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 09:02:19 +0000
By Nick Giongco Donnie Nietes, one of the most accomplished Filipino fighters of all time, won’t be returning to the ring anytime soon. The former world minimumweight, light-fly, fly and super-fly champion, recently vacated the World Boxing Organization 115-lb throne to pursue career-defining fights rather than face Aston Palicte in a rematch. “We’re going to […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:57:24 +0000
World super-flyweight champions, International Boxing Federation kingpin Jerwin Ancajas and World Boxing Organization ruler Donnie Nietes are headed different directions. Attending Tuesday night’s Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards Night at the Manila Hotel, Ancajas and Nietes greeted each other as though they were long-lost buddies reliving the good old days. As per requests from those […]
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