Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 07:38:10 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA National boxers, particularly those eyeing berths for the 2024 Paris Olympics, will have a busy year ahead as they gear up for several training camps and competitions abroad. Among the training camps lined up for them are in Muak Lek, Thailand in February, somewhere in China in August right before the 19th Asian […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 07:19:29 +0000
By NIKOLE JAVIER John Riel Casimero has been awarded a knockout win for his lone bout this year. The Korea Boxing Member’s Commission (KBMC) has voted to change Casimero’s declared no-contest against Ryo Akaho to a second-round knockout win in their junior featherweight clash last Dec. 3 in Incheon, South Korea. The 33-year-old Ormoc native […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 09:53:33 +0000
By CALVIN CORDOVA CEBU CITY — Former world champion Vic Saludar needs to be in razor-sharp form if he is to arrest a two-match slide against an opponent who has high regard for him. Saludar, nicknamed The Vicious, will take on Ariston Aton in the main event of the “Rumble in Naga card slated Wednesday, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 10:49:55 +0000
By CARLO ANOLIN Manny Pacquiao is definitely back.As if he did not come from retirement, Pacquiao displayed vintage performance and dominated South Korean martial artist DK Yoo in their six-round exhibition match Sunday, Dec. 11, at the Korea International Exhibition Center in South Korea.The eight-division world boxing champion showed who’s boss and went all-out from […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2022 09:32:52 +0000
By CARLO ANOLIN Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao begins his comeback campaign on Saturday, Dec. 10, in the boxing ring as he faces South Korean mixed martial artist DK Yoo in a six-round exhibition match at the Korea International Exhibition Center in South Korea.The match not only marks Pacquiao’s return but also his first bout […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2022 09:20:15 +0000
By CALVIN CORDOVA CALAPE, Bohol — He promised to go all-out to score an impressive win and John Vergil Vitor did just that. Vitor scored an emphatic second-round knockout out (KO) win against South Korea’s Dong Kwan Lee in the main event of the “Kumong Bol-anon 8” card on Thursday night, Dec. 8, at the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 09:31:27 +0000
By CALVIN CORDOVA TAGBILARAN CITY — A chance to contend for a world title fight is hard to come by for most boxers. With this in mind, hard-hitting boxer John Vergil Vitor vowed to go all-out when he goes up against a South Korean opponent in the main event of the “Kumong Bol-anon 8” card […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:11:25 +0000
By CARLO ANOLIN Eight-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao and former Aussie opponent Nedal Hussein could meet and clash against each other in the ring following the recent fiasco over their match 22 years ago.But that is if both fighters are willing enough to iron out, interestingly, now an unsettled business, in an exhibition rematch.Formal […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:21:41 +0000
Brandon “The Truth” Vera kept it short and simple while addressing his home crowd at the press conference for ONE 164: Pacio vs. Brooks on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at the Solaire Theater in Pasay City. Vera takes on hulking Amir Aliakbari in a heavyweight MMA bout on Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Mall of Asia Arena, and it’s a fight that has played out in his mind for the longest time. […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:58:33 +0000
MANILA (AFP) – Former boxing referee Carlos Padilla has admitted cheating to help fellow Filipino Manny Pacquiao defeat Australian Nedal “Skinny” Hussein in a fight more than two decades ago. Pacquiao was 21 and a rising star when he went 10 rounds against Hussein for the WBC International super-bantamweight title near the Philippine capital Manila […]
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