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ABAP sets conditions for Marcial
Sat, 30 May 2020
Ricky Vargas.
ABAP president Ricky Vargas has spoken with New York boxing manager Shelly Finkel in a one-hour video conference call to lay down the conditions of a possible engagement in handling Olympic middleweight q
When Manny faced Melvin
Fri, 29 May 2020
Melvin Magramo (L) and his son Giemel (R).
It was on Sept. 13, 1997, when Manny Pacquiao battled Melvin Magramo in a 10-round bout at the Cebu Coliseum. Pacquiao was coming off eight straight KO wins and fre
5 Pinoys in Miami
Wed, 27 May 2020
L-R: JC Manangquil, Reymart Gaballo and Sean Gibbons.
WBO bantamweight champion Johnriel Casimero isn’t the only Filipino fighter staying in the US during the pandemic. In Miami, there are five Filipino boxers un
‘Forever woman behind the man’
Tue, 26 May 2020
Boxing fan, election lawyer and champion of senior citizens Romy Macalintal reached out the other day to express his condolences to the Elorde family on the recent passing of Flash’s widow Mommy Laura. Romy never got to pay
Manny backs Magramo’s bid
Tue, 26 May 2020
Magramo.
Super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao has sent a message of support to Giemel Magramo who battles unbeaten Japanese southpaw Junto Nakatani for the vacant WBO flyweight crown at the Korakuen Hall in Tok
Marcial’s priority is Olympic quest
Tue, 26 May 2020
Eumir Marcial shows off his vegetable “plantation” on the rooftop of his Imus, Cavite, home.
There’s no doubt in Olympic middleweight boxing qualifier Eumir Marcial’s mind that his priority is representing the c
Home judging ill-advised
Fri, 08 May 2020
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman.
The WBC is seriously considering remote or home judging as a new protocol for fights with the pandemic still not under control. Once the situation is back to normal, the idea is to bring bac
Legends in their own time
Thu, 07 May 2020
They were born 51 years apart yet the late Laura Sarreal Elorde and super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao had something in common that tied their generations together. Mommy Laura, as the former world jun
Target date for Casimero bout
Wed, 06 May 2020
There’s a working date for the triple bantamweight championship unification fight between WBO titlist JohnRiel Casimero and super WBA/IBF ruler Naoya (The Monster) Inoue with MP Promotions head Sean Gibbons setting July
Ring matriarch passes away
Mon, 04 May 2020
The boxing world lost a shining light yesterday when Laura Sarreal Elorde passed away of natural causes at home in Sucat, Paranaque, leaving behind a legacy of a matriarch who was an inspiration to her late husband, former w
