Lofranco faces Refugio for WBA Asia title
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Jan 2025

ORTHODOX Arnel “The Sniper” Lofranco of Davao City will face veteran Jonathan “Hard Worker” Refugio of Malaybalay City on February 15 at the Kulaman Gym in SNA, Sultan Kudarat. “I'm ready for our fight,” sa  Read Full Story >>>

Cebuana Lhuillier Tennis Ambassador Nino Alcantara Embarks on a Promising International Tennis Journey
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Jan 2025
Filipino tennis star Nino Alcantara, one of Cebuana Lhuillier’s Tennis Ambassadors, is set to represent the Philippines on the international stage, competing in a string of high-profile ATP Challenger tournaments in Asia over the coming months. The ATP Challenger 75 event in Bangkok, Thailand, whi  Read Full Story >>>

PSFI to continue grassroots activities
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Jan 2025
THE Pilipinas Sambo Federation Inc. [PSFI] will continue with its grassroots activities in different regions of the country this year. “We will continue the program which was started already in Davao City,” said re-elected PSFI president Paolo Tancontian. Also in priority is the coming int  Read Full Story >>>

QUOTES FROM TODAY’S OPEN WORKOUT AT DOWNTOWN BOXING GYM IN DETROIT FEATURING MICHIGAN’S CLARESSA SHIELDS AND DANIELLE PERKINS
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Jan 2025

DETROIT, Mich., (January 7, 2025) – Ahead of “SUPER BRAWL SUNDAY” taking place on Sunday, February 2, at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Mich., global superstar Claressa Shields (15-0, 3 KOs) an  Read Full Story >>>

Timothy Bradley Jnr wants Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford, favors Crawford
By Owen Lewis, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 08 Jan 2025
Hall of Famer and ESPN boxing analyst Timothy Bradley Jnr favors Terence Crawford in a matchup with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Bradley took to his YouTube channel to argue in favor of Crawford. “Everyone keeps talking about the weight,” Bradley said – and indeed, Crawford only recently  Read Full Story >>>

Sherwin Tiu to defend title in Chess Pozorrubio rapid tiff
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Jan 2025
Sherwin Tiu will defend his title in the Pozorrubio Town Fiesta Rapid Chess Tournament at the 3rd floor Executive Building in Pozorrubio, Pangasinan on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Tiu, Jerry Areque, Jason Rojo and Genghis Imperial are seeing action along with Precious Eve Ferrer, Atty. Reddy Cera  Read Full Story >>>

SPORTS RECORDS 7: GABRIEL "FLASH" ELORDE, THE LONGEST REIGN AS SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Jan 2025

Gabriel "Flash" Elorde won the lineal super featherweight title in 1960. In 1963, he won the inaugural WBC and WBA super featherweight titles. He holds the record at the super featherweight division as the longest reig  Read Full Story >>>

Strictly Business: Lightweight Champion Denys Berinchyk to Defend Crown Against Keyshawn Davis February 14 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden LIVE on ESPN
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Jan 2025

Unbeaten junior middleweights Xander Zayas & Slawa Spomer collide in co-feature New Jersey’s Vito Mielnicki Jr. to battle Connor Coyle in middleweight televised opener Berinchyk-Davis, Zayas-Spomer, and Mielnic  Read Full Story >>>

EURI CEDENO EYES THE TOP TEN
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Jan 2025

UNDEFEATED MIDDLEWEIGHT READY TO TAKE ON DIVISION’S BEST IN 2025 ORLANDO, FL (January 7, 2025) – Rising middleweight star Euri Cedeno (10-0-1, 9 KOs), co-promoted by Boxlab Promotions and Kings Promotions, has d  Read Full Story >>>

FIGHTBOOK ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL LAUNCH IN EARLY 2025 AND OPENS PRE-REGISTRATION FOR PROFESSIONAL BOXERS
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Jan 2025
Los Angeles, Ca--JANUARY 7,2025 — Fightbook, the groundbreaking matchmaking platform designed to revolutionize the way fighters, promoters, and matchmakers connect, is proud to announce its official launch scheduled for early 2025. Ahead of this milestone, Fightbook is actively inviting profession  Read Full Story >>>

Benavidez Drops Bombshell on Crawford's Canelo Challenge: "He's Got No Chance"
By Ronald Crawley, RingSide24, Wed, 08 Jan 2025
David Benavidez has shared his thoughts on a potential fight between Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Terence Crawford. The light heavyweight contender, who's been trying to get a shot at Canelo himself, gave his take on how Crawford might fare against the Mexican superstar. Benavidez didn't hold back h  Read Full Story >>>

Correa-Min fight in Korea cancelled
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Jan 2025
THE slated fight between former Australia-based Michael Correa of Bohol against Min Ho Jung of South Korea on January 11 at the Nova Boxing Gym in Incheon, South Korea was cancelled. This was revealed by 39-year-old Correa [3-11-3, 1KO] yesterday. “Gi-cancel ang away namu [Our fight was canc  Read Full Story >>>

Hall Of Fame Legend Wants To Train Terence Crawford To KO Canelo: “I’ll Make Sure He Does It”
By Kerr Ferguson, SecondsOut.com, Wed, 08 Jan 2025
Terence Crawford wants to move up two divisions to prove his greatness against Saul ‘Canelo‘ Alvarez. Despite ‘Bud’ most recently fighting at super-welterweight, he wants to make the jump to super-middle – a further 14 pounds – and be just the third man to beat Canelo in almost 70 bou  Read Full Story >>>

Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez In position for mega-fights in 2025
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 07 Jan 2025

LOS ANGELES (January 6, 2025) –- Unified World Cruiserweight Champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (47-1, 30 KOs) has ideally positioned himself for mega-fights in 2025 with some of boxing’s brightest stars after  Read Full Story >>>

Comebacking Correa to fight in Korea
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 07 Jan 2025

FORMER Australia-based Michael Correa of Bohol is making a comeback after 10 years on the ring. The 39-year-old Correa [3-11-3, 1KO] will fight Min Ho Jung [17-5-2, 5KOs] of South Korea on January 11 at the Nova Boxing Gym in Incheo  Read Full Story >>>

Damian Knyba vs. Andrzej Wawrzyk all-Polish heavyweight fight headlines on Feb. 1 at Prudential Center
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 07 Jan 2025

NEWARK, N.J. — Polish heavyweight boxing makes its return to the Prudential Center for the first time in over a decade as Polish big men Damian Knyba and Andrzej Wawrzyk meet in a ten-round showdown on Saturday, Feb. 1  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao remains favorite to land Mario Barrios title shot
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 07 Jan 2025
Manny Pacquiao is more likely to face Mario Barrios next despite the emergence of alternative options, WBN understands. Bob Santos, trainer of WBC welterweight champion Barrios, told World Boxing News that he’s currently in contact with Pacquiao’s team. Asked by WBN if he’d spoken to either  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather is not stealing WBC title shot from Pacquiao
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 07 Jan 2025
World Boxing News can verify that Floyd Mayweather will not return to professional boxing for a world title shot in 2025, ten years after his last competitive fight. Mayweather potentially coming back at 48 to challenge for the WBC welterweight crown – to spite his rival Manny Pacquiao – is a  Read Full Story >>>

Run for Love on Feb. 9 at Azuela
By Kim Teves, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 07 Jan 2025
THE Kinetix Sports is organizing the Lamdag Run for Love on February 9 at Azuela Cove in Davao City. “It’s a family fun run for the benefit of Lamdag Foundation for Women’s Project, Inc.,” said Kenneth Sai of Kinetic Sports. The categories are 10-kilometer, 5K, 3K Family Run and 1K Run  Read Full Story >>>

Lagumbay to face Masangkay for PBF super light title
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 06 Jan 2025

SOUTHPAW Alvin “Time Bomb” Lagumbay of Bukidnon will make a comeback to face Pepito Masangkay of Davao City for the Philippine Boxing Federation super lightweight title on January 18 in Quezon City. “I'm goin  Read Full Story >>>

Edgar Berlanga Couldn’t Beat Canelo And Has Summed Up Terence Crawford’s Chances In Just 3 Words
By Toby Morgan, SecondsOut.com, Mon, 06 Jan 2025
Edgar Berlanga was the last man to face Canelo Alvarez and so knows what a task Terence Crawford may have ahead of him. Berlanga fought Canelo back in September, challenging the Mexican superstar for his WBC, WBA and WBO super-middleweight titles in Las Vegas. It was a dominant win for Alvarez  Read Full Story >>>

Plania, 5 Others Open Overseas Pinoy Ring Campaign in 2025
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 06 Jan 2025

Mike Plania. Mike Plania and five other Pinoy fighters will see action ushering our ring campaign abroad this 2025. Plania (31-4-0, 18 KOs) will challenge tall American knockout artist Omar Cande Trinidad   Read Full Story >>>

Bearing $900M Loss, Calls Mount for Terence Crawford to Rectify PBC’s ‘Foolish’ Canelo Alvarez Mistake
By Sauramita Debbarma, Essentially Sports, Mon, 06 Jan 2025
In 2023, Canelo Alvarez signed a highly lucrative $100 million deal with the PBC, which was expected to elevate the promotion to unprecedented heights. The three-fight deal, which ended with his fight against Edgar Berlanga in September 2024, was meant to cement PBC’s status as one of the world’  Read Full Story >>>

Canelo's Next Opponent Predicted By Tim Bradley: "Guaranteed" Loss Looms
By Ronald Crawley, RingSide24, Mon, 06 Jan 2025
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez has lost only twice in 66 fights. The Mexican superstar fell short against Floyd Mayweather and Dmitry Bivol. Now, Hall of Fame fighter Tim Bradley thinks Terence Crawford will be the third man to beat him. Bradley woke up at 3am one night with the urge to study both fighter  Read Full Story >>>

SPORTS RECORDS 6: JOE FRAZIER, UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION 1970-1973
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 05 Jan 2025

Joseph William Frazier, nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", is considered as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. He was the opponent to hand Muhammad Ali his first defeat. As an amateur boxer, Frazier won a gold medal   Read Full Story >>>

Canelo Changes His Mind On Terence Crawford Fight: “That’s What They’ll All Say”
By Kailem Lowe, Round by Round Boxing, Sun, 05 Jan 2025
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez looks to have finally made his mind up about a potential clash with Terence Crawford. The Mexican superstar has been heavily linked with a mega fight against the former undisputed welterweight champion, despite his initial uncertainty about facing ‘Bud’. Speaking   Read Full Story >>>

Japan Broadens Boxing Horizon, Crowns First IBO World Champion
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 05 Jan 2025

Takayama wins the IBO minimumweight world championship belt. Two weeks before the new year, 2025, Japan apparently turned a new leaf that broadens its international professional boxing horizon. This after i  Read Full Story >>>

Canelo Pinpoints Crawford's Weakness After Madrimov Bout: "Now I Know How To Beat Him"
By Ronald Crawley, RingSide24, Sun, 05 Jan 2025
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez has changed his tune about fighting Terence Crawford. The Mexican superstar now says he's open to the bout if the money's right. Crawford just moved up to super-welterweight and outpointed Israil Madrimov to win the WBA World Champion title. This puts him 14 pounds away from  Read Full Story >>>

Demetrius Andrade: ‘I don’t think Terence Crawford can beat Canelo Alvarez’
By Bernard Neequaye, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 05 Jan 2025
Demetrius Andrade has added his voice to the many calls for a fight that would match Saul “Canelo” Alvarez against Terence Crawford. Andrade believes it would be a bridge too far for Crawford to defeat Alvarez at 168lbs. Crawford, of Omaha, Nebraska, recently moved up from 147lbs to campaign   Read Full Story >>>

Top Three NBA Pairs in Battle Royale: Cavs, Celtics and Thunder Prevail
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 04 Jan 2025

Six teams which are doing fine thus far in the Eastern and Western Conference of the ongoing regular NBA season, battle each other early today with the favored squads winning. The Cleveland Cavaliers, the East top team met the cu  Read Full Story >>>

SPORTS RECORDS 5: GEORGE FOREMAN, THE OLDEST WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 04 Jan 2025

George Foreman won a gold medal in the heavyweight division in the 1968 Mexico Olympics. He turned professional the next year, and won the world heavyweight title with a very impressive second-round knockout of then un  Read Full Story >>>