Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 07:42:34 +0000
BY NICK GIONGCO A unification showdown at bantamweight is in the offing as Top Rank is set to announce an April 25 faceoff between Japanese Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue and Filipino John Riel Casimero possibly in Las Vegas. Sean Gibbons, the right-hand man of Manny Pacquiao and president of MP Promotions, told the Bulletin on […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:30:18 +0000
BY NICK GIONGCO Efforts to get a deal in place for an April fight by Manny Pacquiao are being undertaken. American matchmaker Sean Gibbons, also head of Pacquiao’s MP Promotions, said that he is in talks with a group from the Middle East. “Working hard to get a fight in April,” reported Gibbons from […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 07:28:35 +0000
BY NICK GIONGCO NEWLY-CROWNED World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero wants to become the undisputed world champion. “I want to win all the four major belts,” said Casimero during Tuesday’s Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum at the Amelie Hitel in Ermita, Manila. By four, Casimero is raring to add Naoya “Monster” Inouye’s World […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2019 06:59:27 +0000
BY NICK GIONGCO JERWIN Ancajas bombarded Chilean challenger Miguel Gonzales with head and body shots for five rounds before stopping him in the sixth round to retain the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-flyweight crown Saturday night (Sunday in Manila) at the Auditorio GNP Seguros in Puebla, Mexico. Making the eighth defense of the IBF […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 10:15:10 +0000
FILIPINO boxers Carlo Paalam and Eumir Marcial defeated their respective opponents in the boxing event of the 30th Southeast Asian Games at the PICC forum tent on Friday. Paalam beat 2017 Malaysia SEA Games gold medalist Muhammad Fuad Redzuan to enter the men’s light flyweight finals. Paalam is at least assured of a silver. Defending champion Marcial defeated […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:43:59 +0000
VETERAN Josie Gabuco defeated Vietnamese Thi Diem Kieu via unanimous decision win on Friday in the semifinals of the women’s light flyweight boxing competition of the 30th Southeast Asian Games at the PICC forum tent. JOSEF T. RAMOS
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 10:15:10 +0000
FILIPINO boxer Carlo Paalam defeated 2017 Malaysia SEA Games gold medalist Muhammad Fuad Redzuan to enter the men’s light flyweight finals of the 30th Southeast Asian Games boxing competition at the PICC forum tent. Paalam is at least assured of a silver. JOSEF T. RAMOS
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Credit to Author: Roberto José Andrade Franco| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 20:45:24 +0000
The first boxer of Mexican descent to ever win the heavyweight title was never supposed to be a champion at all. Now that he is, he’s more than a champion—he’s a folk hero.
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 12:39:07 +0000
OLYMPIAN Charly Suarez defeated Myanmar’s Min Ankar Paing to barge into the semifinals where he is assured of a bronze medal in the lightweight class of the 30th Southeast Asian Games men’s boxing competition on Thursday at the PICC Forum tent. Suarez’s win came after the referee stopped the contest in the second round where he knocked down his opponent twice. […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 06:00:47 +0000
ASIAN Games silver medalist Rogen Ladon defeated Indonesian Aldoms Suguro on Thursday to move into the medal round competition of the 30th Southeast Asian Games men’s boxing competition at the PICC forum. Ladon is a least assured of a bronze medal.
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