Normel De Jesus rules IIEE Central Luzon Region leg chess tilt
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jun 2025
San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija ---Normel De Jesus of Sta. Maria, Bulacan emerged as champion of the IIEE Central Luzon Region leg rapid open chess tournament at the Nagano Gym, NEUST San Leonardo campus, San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija on Thursday, June 19, 2025 here. The former mainstay of University of Sa  Read Full Story >>>

Thanongsak Simsri Edges Christian Araneta by Split Decision, Claims IBF 108 World Title; Could Vayson Be Simsri's First Challenger?
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Jun 2025

CEBU, Philippines — In a hard-fought battle in Tokyo, Japan, Thanongsak Simsri of Thailand (39-1, 34 KOs) outmaneuvered Filipino Cristian Araneta (25-3, 20 KOs), securing a split decision victory and claiming the va  Read Full Story >>>

Tokyo Fist: Brian Norman Jr. KOs Jin Sasaki to Retain Welterweight Crown
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Jun 2025

TOKYO (June 19, 2025) — The King of the South conquered the Far East. WBO welterweight world champion Brian Norman Jr. defended his strap with a concussive fifth-round knockout of hometown challenger Jin Sasaki o  Read Full Story >>>

Araneta Scores Knockdown But Loses Title Bid to Simsri by Split Decision
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Jun 2025

Christian Araneta of the Philippines, despite scoring a third round knockdown, fall short in his bid to bring home the IBF light flyweight belt when he lost by split decision against Thanongsak Simsri of Thailand Thursday   Read Full Story >>>

Indiana Must Control Jalen Williams, Challenge at Slot to Extend Series
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Jun 2025

Concentrating on Shai Gilgeous Alexander has been the folly of the Indiana Pacers in the last two games, both loses, putting finals rivals Oklahoma City Thunder a win away from their first NBA championship. The prepo  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao vs. Barrios: Intensity Builds as Barrios Warns of Bad Intentions, Potential Future Fights, and Expert Takes Dominate News Cycle
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Jun 2025

The countdown to Manny Pacquiao's highly anticipated return to the ring on July 19th against WBC Welterweight Champion Mario Barrios is accelerating, and the news cycle is buzzing with increasing intensity. From st  Read Full Story >>>

Tickets On Sale Now for “Night of Champions” July 18 Live on DAZN from Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Jun 2025

ORLANDO, FL (June 18, 2025) — Boxlab Promotions is proud to announce that tickets are now on sale for its upcoming boxing event, “Night of Champions,” taking place Friday, July 18, 2025, at the luxurious C  Read Full Story >>>

Undefeated Boxer Dante Kirkman Makes History as First Pro Fighter to Graduate from Stanford University
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Jun 2025

PALO ALTO, CA (June 18, 2025) – Undefeated middleweight prospect Dante “The Inferno” Kirkman (4-0, 2 KOs) has added a prestigious accolade to his already impressive resume—earning his bachelor's degree from  Read Full Story >>>

USA Boxing Junior Olympics and Summer Festival Day Two Concludes
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Jun 2025
Seven Male Divisions and Two Female Divisions in Action on Tuesday’s Slate LAS VEGAS, Nev. (June 18, 2025) – The 2025 USA Boxing Junior Olympics and Summer Festival continued Tuesday inside the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev. There were 279 more bouts decided throughout the day  Read Full Story >>>

WBC Legends of Boxing Museum reopens on June 22 in Los Angeles
By Gabriel F. Cordero, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jun 2025

On June 22nd, 2025, the Grand Re-Opening of the “WBC Legends of Boxing Museum” will take place at 5226 Pomona Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022, from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Distinct from and not to be confused with   Read Full Story >>>

AFBC Extraordinary Congress declared invalid: Former Board's authority nullified
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jun 2025
Lausanne, Switzerland – The AFBC Normalisation Committee, established by the IBA Board of Directors, has issued a statement addressing the recent invitations received by AFBC National Federations to attend an AFBC Extraordinary Congress allegedly scheduled for 23 August 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiop  Read Full Story >>>

Winners of 2025 UTP Elite Eight Playoffs Named; 18 Junior Tennis Standouts to Represent PH in International Tournament
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jun 2025
The 2025 UTP Elite Eight Playoffs, one of the Philippines’ most prestigious junior tennis tournaments, concluded on June 15 in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. The weeklong competition brought together 72 of the country’s top junior tennis players—36 from Luzon/NCR and 36 from Visayas-Minda  Read Full Story >>>

Weights from Tokyo: Christian Araneta 107.6, Thanongsak Simsri 107.1 for Vacant IBF Light Flyweight World Title
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jun 2025

CEBU, Philippines — The stage is set! Filipino Christian Araneta and Thanongsak Simsri of Thailand has successfully made weight today ahead of their hot clash for the vacant IBF Light Flyweight World Title Thursday, J  Read Full Story >>>

Weigh-In Results: Brian Norman Jr. vs. Jin Sasaki
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jun 2025

LIVE coverage on ESPN+ THURSDAY starting at 4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT Ota City General Gymnasium (Tokyo, Japan) (ESPN+, 4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT) * The main event is expected to begin at approximately 7:15 a.m. ET/4:15 a.m  Read Full Story >>>

CLARESSA SHIELDS VS. LANI DANIELS PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jun 2025

DETROIT (JUNE 17, 2025) – Ahead of the highly anticipated Claressa Shields vs. Lani Daniels Undisputed Heavyweight Championship, Salita Promotions President Dmitriy Salita, 313 Presents President Howard Handler, and  Read Full Story >>>

Brian Norman Jr.: "This Championship Belt Means Everything to Me!"
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jun 2025

Norman to defend WBO welterweight crown against Japan's Jin Sasaki on enemy turf in Tokyo Coverage begins on ESPN+ THURSDAY at 4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT TOKYO (June 17, 2025) — Atlanta's newest world champion traveled  Read Full Story >>>

Julian Gonzalez Takes on Former World Title Challenger Jason Sanchez in Main Event on Friday, June 27th at The 2300 Arena in Philadelphia
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jun 2025
World Ranked Brittany Sims Takes on Marcela Nieta Quadir Albright Plus Undefeated Ali Ellis & Shammel Butler in Action PHILADELPHIA (JUNE 17, 2025)--On Friday night, June 27th, undefeated super featherweight Julian Gonzalez takes on veteran Jason Sanchez in the eighth-round main event at the 230  Read Full Story >>>

IBA reaffirms its commitment to good governance and stability in Africa
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jun 2025
Lausanne, Switzerland – The International Boxing Association (IBA) has issued a formal statement addressing recent developments involving the African Boxing Confederation (AFBC), following the public comments and actions of Mr. Berhanu, a member of the IBA Board of Directors. On 3 April 2025, t  Read Full Story >>>

Day One of the USA Boxing Junior Olympics and Summer Festival Concludes
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jun 2025
Two Hundred and Sixty-Four Bouts Contested on Opening Day LAS VEGAS, Nev. (June 16, 2025) – Day one of the 2025 USA Boxing Junior Olympics and Summer Festival is complete. Across two sessions, 264 bouts were decided among the male peewee, bantam, intermediate, junior, youth and elite divisions   Read Full Story >>>

The Past Week in Action 16 June 2025: Hitchins Stops Kambosos; Wins by Andy Cruz and Teremoana; Donaire Returns
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 Jun 2025

Hitchins (R) tags Kambosos.  Read Full Story >>>

THRILLA IN MANILA GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY 9 - MUHAMMAD ALI WINS WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 Jun 2025

By late 1963, Clay had become the top contender for Sonny Liston's world heavyweight title. Their title fight was scheduled on February 25, 1964, in Miami Beach, Florida. Liston had a terrifying character, a dominating fighter   Read Full Story >>>

OKC Nears First NBA Title in Thunder Era; Outclasses Indiana, 120-109 in Game 5
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 Jun 2025

Oklahoma City Thunder came near to its first NBA championship since the franchise moved from Seattle by outclassing the Indiana Pacers, 120-109 in game five in Oklahoma City. The Thunder forced the Pacers t  Read Full Story >>>

Crawford Refutes #3 P4P Ranking; WBA Doesn't Forget Nonito Donaire
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 Jun 2025

Days after the Ring Magazine came out with its latest pound for pound ranking, Terrence Crawford personally issued disagreement at being rated #3 behind Oleksander Usyk and Naoya Inoue. In an interview with a boxing website p  Read Full Story >>>

Fortune teller
By Nick Giongco, Daily Tribune, Tue, 17 Jun 2025
Conditioning coach Justin Fortune has been spending so much time with Manny Pacquiao the last few weeks that he is not afraid to issue a bold prediction. The Filipino eight-division legend is slated to challenge Mario Barrios for the World Boxing Council welterweight crown on 19 July at the MGM G  Read Full Story >>>

GM John Paul Gomez joins Touchmove in Roxas City
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 Jun 2025
Philippine chess grandmaster (GM) John Paul Gomez has confirmed his participation in the much-anticipated 4th edition of Touchmove, an Individual Open Rapid Chess Tournament scheduled for August 24 at the atrium of SM City Mall in Roxas City. At 39 years old and from Laguna province, Gomez become  Read Full Story >>>

Perfect foe, perfect outcome
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 Jun 2025

Nonito Donaire, Jr. couldn’t have found a more perfect opponent than Andres Campos in his comeback fight after a two-year layoff. Last Saturday, Donaire displayed master class in outboxing the Chilean to win the WBA   Read Full Story >>>

Prospects Collide Results: Rajon Chance Defeats Yan Carlos Perez
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 Jun 2025

Harley Burke Decisions Louis Maietta in Co-Feature​ Star Boxing event delivers tremendous fight card WHITE PLAINS, NY (June 16, 2025) - On Saturday night, Star Boxing delivered a thrilling boxing event that had fans en  Read Full Story >>>

Undefeated Russian super middleweight Petr “The Surgeon” Khamukov to headline This Friday in Long Beach on DAZN
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 Jun 2025

LOS ANGELES (June 16, 2025) – Often avoided Russian super middleweight Petr “The Surgeon” Khamukov (13-0, 6 KOs) will headline “LA Friday Night Fights”, presented by Paco Presents and Golden Boy Promotions,  Read Full Story >>>

International Boxing & MMA Consultants Appointed to serve as El Salvador Professional Combat Sport Commission
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 Jun 2025
CHICAGO (June 16, 2025) – El Salvador has a goal to become a center for major boxing and MMA events as part of President Nayib Bukele’s broader vision. The Boxing Federation has appointed International Boxing & MMA Consultants, Inc. (“IBMC”) as the national athletic commission overseeing pro  Read Full Story >>>

Sasotize teams champion and 1st runner up in 2nd JCI Senate Chess Tourney
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 Jun 2025
Lipa City, Batangas---The Sasotize Miko and Sasotize Yana had similar match points of 19 for its 6 wins and 1 draw in the 7-swiss 3x3 team competition of the 2nd JCI Senate Chess Tournament held in Lipa Academy of Sports Culture and Arts, Barangay Dagatan in Lipa City, Batangas last Sunday, June 15,  Read Full Story >>>

Araneta ready to drop bomb
By Nick Giongco, Daily Tribune, Mon, 16 Jun 2025
Just a few days before his world title crack in Japan, Christian “The Bomb” Araneta is already right on track. Araneta is slated to meet Thaongsak Simsri of Thailand for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) light-flyweight crown on Thursday at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tok  Read Full Story >>>