Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 04:28:29 +0000
BY NICK GIONGCO Reymond Yanong of the Philippines suffered a first-round knockout to American rival Genaro Gamez in their scheduled eight-round welterweight bout on Tuesday night (Wednesday morning in Manila) in Las Vegas. Trapped on the ropes, Yanong fell after taking a vicious right to the jaw from Gamez. The referee reached the count […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2020 07:41:09 +0000
By Nick Giongco Unheralded Filipino fighter Reymond Yanong returns to the ring just 12 days after his successful debut in the coronavirus era as the puncher nicknamed Robocop takes on Genaro ‘El Conde’ Gamez in an eight-round welterweight bout at The Bubble inside the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. During the official […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2020 07:03:37 +0000
By NICK GIONGCO Amid the celebration over the decision to allow basketball and football to allow their athletes to resume training, the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) is awaiting answers from the Inter-Agency Task Force whether professional boxing can also follow suit. GAB chairman Baham Mitra was expecting pro boxing to be […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2020 05:44:33 +0000
PANAMA CITY (AFP) – Panamanian Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran was released from hospital Thursday after being treated for coronavirus, the six-time boxing world champion announced via social media. “Today, with the blessing of God, I returned home after battling the COVID-19 virus. It was a World Championship fight,” Duran wrote on his Instagram account. […]
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Credit to Author: Ryan Songalia| Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:19:45 +0000
“If this is what you want,” said Mikkel LesPierre, “then you will by any means do what’s necessary to make it happen.”
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 04:15:22 +0000
By NICK GIONGCO Mike Plania, the first Filipino fighter to return to the ring during the coronavirus era, is scheduled to arrive in the country on Friday, according to the hard-hitting prospect’s chief handler. Two weeks ago in Las Vegas, Plania upset world No. 1 Joshua Greer via split decision during a […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 06:20:03 +0000
By NICK GIONGCO “Pacman” the dog, who served as Manny Pacquiao’s sidekick and running mate for over a decade, died after accidentally being ran over by a car driven by the boxing champion’s close aide in General Santos City the other day. The incident took place when the Mazda sedan of David Sisson struck Pacman […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 01:49:35 +0000
By NICK GIONGCO These extraordinary times have certainly made a lot of boxers do what had been previously thought as undoable. Tokyo Olympics qualifier Eumir Marcial tried his hand into farming and tuyo making while International Boxing Federation super-flyweight titlist Jerwin Ancajas ventured into poultry and piggery using free-range chickens and wild boars. […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 04:18:41 +0000
By Nick Giongco Two weeks after Mike Plania’s landmark win, another Filipino fighter took the limelight on Friday (Thursday night in the US) after winning a his six-round bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Reymond Yanong was awarded a split decision win over Clay Burns of Fort Worth, Texas, in an […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 01:30:50 +0000
By NICK GIONGCO Boxing great Roberto Duran has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Panamanian four-division champion’s daughter said in her social media post. “We received the results of COVID-19 that were done to my dad and tested positive. My dad is well, Hospitalized for observation. We’ll be sharing information with you […]
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