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Vargas eyes at least two boxing golds
Wed, 24 Jul 2024
OSAKA. PBA chairman Ricky Vargas was here to preside in the league’s annual planning meeting but during a break, wore a different hat the other day when as ABAP president, he spoke about his expectations of
Astrolabio ready to rumble
Fri, 19 Jul 2024
Filipino challenger Vincent Astrolabio won’t leave anything to chance in a bold bid to dethrone undefeated WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani in a scheduled 12-round bout at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in T
Pacquiao verdict in question?
Sat, 13 Jul 2024
Paradigm Sports Management lawyers opposing the California superior court judgment that dismissed the breach of contract case against former eight-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao are given up to Monday to file an obj
Three for the road
Thu, 11 Jul 2024
L-R: Astrolabio, Taduran and Apolinario.
WBC minimumweight champion Melvin Jerusalem is the only Filipino reigning world boxing titlist at the moment but three countrymen are out to join him in the fir
Jerusalem due for title defense
Wed, 26 Jun 2024
The country’s only reigning world boxing champion Melvin Jerusalem is mandated to stake his WBC minimumweight crown against No. 1 contender Luis Castillo of Mexico and MP Promotions head Sean Gibbons said yesterday he’s
Pacquiao mulls fighting for WBC title
Tue, 25 Jun 2024
Former eight-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao insists his three-round engagement with Japanese kickboxer Chihiro Suzuki in Saitama on July 28 is a “serious fight, not an exhibition” but it appears he’s looki
Night of fireworks
Tue, 25 Jun 2024
There were 10 fights in the bill and only two went the distance as over a thousand fans witnessed the action on sandy ground in “Bakbakan Sa Masbate 2,” the first-ever boxing show to be staged on the beach at Matayu
Magsayo closer to title shot
Mon, 17 Jun 2024
Mark Magsayo (L) with trainer Marvin Somodio.
Tagbilaran fighter Mark (Magnifico) Magsayo took a major step closer to another world title shot by scoring a unanimous 10-round decision over Mexican southpaw Eduard
Boxing coaches named for Paris
Sat, 08 Jun 2024
Don Abnett.
Australian coach Don Abnett will lead the cast of mentors and tacticians working with the Philippines’ five-strong boxing team at the Paris Olympics. Abnett, 63, has been involved in boxing for over 40 years and jo
The fighting five
Fri, 07 Jun 2024
You can’t say enough about the fighting heart of the five Philippine boxers who qualified for the Paris Olympics. Lightheavyweight Eumir Marcial was first to book a ticket by making it to the final of the Asian Games in
