Belfast was treated to an almighty preview for Saturday's historic all-Irish IBF World Welterweight Title following an electric Weigh-In this evening at a jam-packed The ICC. The noise from the crowd was deafen  

Canoy cancels title fight due to child’s death
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 13 Sep 2025

MINIMUMWEIGHT Joey “The Babyface” Canoy of General Santos City has cancelled his title-fight due to the untimely death of his second baby last week in Gensan. The 32-year-old Canoy [24-5-2, 15KOs] has scrapped his f  Read Full Story >>>

Vietnam’s Pool Revolution: Hanoi Open Pool Championship
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 13 Sep 2025
The Hanoi Open Pool Championship is more than just a tournament. For Vietnam, it has become a symbol of pool’s growing global reach — and a rallying point for a nation with one of the most passionate fanbases in the sport. Last year, over 3,000 fans packed into the arena, creating an atmosphe  Read Full Story >>>

SUNDAY: Naoya Inoue vs. Murodjon Akhmadaliev Undisputed Super Bantamweight Showdown to Stream Exclusively on Top Rank’s Facebook Channel in the U.S. & UK
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 12 Sep 2025

Live coverage from Nagoya, Japan, begins at 4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT (Sept. 11, 2025) — The highly anticipated undisputed super bantamweight championship showdown between reigning king Naoya Inoue and former unifi  Read Full Story >>>

National Shelter Month Run on October 25 in DGT
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 12 Sep 2025
THE National Shelter Month 2025 Run will be held on October 25, Saturday at 4 a.m. at the Davao Global Township in Matina, Davao City. “The proceeds will go to the Warriors of the House of Hope,” said Dorothy Gumapac, Regulation Officer IV of Department of Human Settlements and Urban Developm  Read Full Story >>>

Canelo-Crawford: Betting Odds Reveal a Battle of Money vs. Public Opinion
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 12 Sep 2025

With arguably this year's biggest boxing matchup is a couple of days away, the betting landscape for the clash between undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Álvarez and three-division world champion Teren  Read Full Story >>>

BELFAST PRESS CONFERENCE: EVERYTHING LEWIS CROCKER AND PADDY DONOVAN SAID AHEAD OF HISTORIC WORLD TITLE SHOWDOWN
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 12 Sep 2025

The talking is over. The countdown to Saturday’s historic all-Irish IBF World Welterweight Title fight edges even closer. Lewis Crocker and Paddy Donovan exchanged their final verbal blows before they c  Read Full Story >>>

GABRIELA “SWEET POISON” FUNDORA TO DEFEND UNDISPUTED CROWN AGAINST HIGHLY RANKED NEW FOE ALEXAS “IRON LADY” KUBICKI
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 12 Sep 2025

UNIFIED CHAMP AND HISTORY-MAKING OSCAR “EL PUPILO” COLLAZO TO DEFEND TITLES AGAINST JAYSON “STRIKER” VAYSON AS HEADLINER UNDERCARD SET TO TURN UP THE COACHELLA VALLEY HEAT AND WORLDWIDE ON DAZN INDIO, CA  Read Full Story >>>

Chino Sy Tancontian is Sports Hero of the Year 2025
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 12 Sep 2025

CHINO Sy Tancontian of Sambo is the 2025 Southern Sports Hero of the Year by the Southern Sports Digest and Davao Sportswriters Association. The 23-year-old Tancontian earned the Sports Hero award for his gold medal in the 51st   Read Full Story >>>

WHITE SPIRIT Dana White out to build the NFL of boxing with HUGE plans revealed ahead of Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford
By Jack Figg, The Sun, Fri, 12 Sep 2025
DANA WHITE is out to build the NFL of boxing - starting with Canelo Alvarez's super-fight with Terence Crawford. White successfully turned the UFC into a mainstream powerhouse and the premium platform for MMA. But he says boxing has been plagued with too many obstacles - from rivalling promote  Read Full Story >>>

Canelo vs Crawford and the biggest fights of the 21st century
By Alex Pattle, Independent Online, Fri, 12 Sep 2025
This Saturday in Las Vegas, Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez will clash in one of the biggest fights of the century. It is the latest megafight to come to fruition in boxing, as two genuine stars and pound-for-pound talents go head to head in an undisputed-title fight at Allegiant Stadium, whi  Read Full Story >>>

Two (or Three) Lefts Make a Right: Francisco Guilledo to Luisito Espinosa
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2025

The Filipino boxing aficionados of old called it Gancho al hígado, luego de izquierda a la cabeza— a hook to the liver, then a left to the head. It was the favorite punch combination of Francisco Tings  Read Full Story >>>

Yoseline Perez Advances to 2025 World Boxing Championships Semifinals
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2025
Perez Leads the Way Among United States Three Boxers During Quarterfinals Action LIVERPOOL, England (September 10, 2025) -- Yoseline Perez stole the show for the United States on Wednesday at the 2025 World Boxing Championships, inside M&S Bank Arena, in Liverpool, England. The Team USA competito  Read Full Story >>>

UNIFIED WORLD CHAMPION OSCAR COLLAZO HOSTS MEDIA WORKOUT
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2025

Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (Sept. 10, 2025) — Villalba, Puerto Rico’s unified WBA, WBO, and Ring Magazine Minimumweight World Champion, Oscar “El Pupilo” Collazo (12-0, 9 KOs), hosted a media workout today in  Read Full Story >>>

Riyadh Season has boxing media independence on the ropes
By Eric Raskin, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2025
Some 65,000 people will watch Saul “Canelo” Alvarez defend the super middleweight championship of the world against Terence “Bud” Crawford this Saturday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, while another 30 million or so will watch the fight unfold live on Netflix. With that many eyeballs   Read Full Story >>>

Jerwin Ancajas Set for IBF Mandatory Eliminator Against Former World Champ Ryosuke Nishida; Winner Fights Naoya Inoue
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2025

Jerwin with awesome chance! Yes indeed, popular Filipino former champ Jerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas is gearing up for a crucial bout against Japanese Ryosuke Nishida in an IBF 12-round super bantamweight eliminator.   Read Full Story >>>

“Night of Champions” Returns to Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando on September 19
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2025

Kevin Brown vs. Juan Meza Angulo for the Super Lightweight WBA Continental North American Title ORLANDO, FL (September 10, 2025) — Boxing returns to Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, as Boxlab Promotions  Read Full Story >>>

Local Favorite Bryce Mills Tops First Boxing Card At del Lago Resort & Casino
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2025

On Thursday, October 30, in Waterloo, NY WATERLOO, NY--Junior welterweight Bryce Mills, riding a 13-fight win streak, returns to the ring Thursday evening, Oct. 30, as he headlines the inaugural boxing card at the beautiful V  Read Full Story >>>

Round 12 with Mauricio Sulaiman: It´s Fightweek Fight: Canelo vs. Crawford
By Mauricio Sulaimán, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 10 Sep 2025

I had a week filled with special activities and accomplishments as I also made final preparations to travel to Las Vegas for what’s expected to be the most important fight in years: with our champion Saúl “Canelo  Read Full Story >>>

Casimero comeback next month in Kyrgyzstan?
By Nick Giongco, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 10 Sep 2025

Three-division world champion John Riel Casimero is set to return to the ring in Kyrgyzstan on 25 October, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations relative to the Filipino puncher’s much-awaited com  Read Full Story >>>

Team USA Concludes Day Six of 2025 World Boxing Championships
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 10 Sep 2025
Jajaira Gonzalez and Robby Gonzales Suffer Defeats in Round of 16 LIVERPOOL, England (September 9, 2025) -- The United States concluded day six of the 2025 World Boxing Championships after Jajaira Gonzalez (women’s 60 kilograms) and Robby Gonzales (men’s 80 kilograms) were defeated on Tuesday  Read Full Story >>>

Andrade, Garras rule Milo marathon in Tagum
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 10 Sep 2025
JOERGE Andrade and Ariela Garras ruled the 42-kilometer footrace in the National Milo Marathon held in Tagum City last Sunday, September 7. The 32-year-old Andrade of Digos City clocked two hours, 41 minutes and 30 seconds at the New Tagum City Hall. He was followed by Rino Satingan [2:50:01]   Read Full Story >>>

CROCKER-DONOVAN II: INSIDE LOOK AT FIRST FACE-OFF IN BELFAST
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 10 Sep 2025

Lewis Crocker and Paddy Donovan stood toe-to-toe tonight in the very spot they will collide in this Saturday in the opening Face-Off to launch their historic Fight Week. Belfast’s own Crocker – headlining a  Read Full Story >>>

Freddie Roach Predicts 'Breakout Performance' From Callum Walsh Vs. Fernando Vargas Jr.
By Keith Idec, The Ring, Wed, 10 Sep 2025
LAS VEGAS – Freddie Roach recognizes that not everyone is as convinced Callum Walsh will become a junior middleweight world champion as the Hall-of-Fame trainer. After what Roach witnessed during Walsh’s latest training camp, however, he senses that the strong Irish southpaw is prepared to co  Read Full Story >>>

Former Panamanian WBA champ Jorge Lujan hospitalized
By Gabriel F. Cordero, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 10 Sep 2025

Jorge Lujan. Former Panamanian world champion Jorge Luján, 70, reportedly suffered a transient cerebrovascular accident and is hospitalized at the Ciudad de la Salud in Panama City. On November 19, 1977, Luján upset t  Read Full Story >>>

Southern Sports Heroes Night on Sept. 28
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 10 Sep 2025
THE 2025 Sports Heroes Night will be held on September 28, Sunday at the Grand Ballroom of The Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao City. It is presented by the Southern Sports Digest in coordination with Davao Sportswriters Association. “We will be honoring sports heroes and those who have helped a  Read Full Story >>>

ABAP feels WB’s growing pains
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 10 Sep 2025

Marcus Manalo. ABAP secretary-general Marcus Manalo said yesterday a hiccup on the administrative side of newly-IOC recognized international federation World Boxing’s inaugural World Championships currently ongoin  Read Full Story >>>

Laurente is new Philippine super featherweight champ
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 10 Sep 2025
JONNIEL “The Gentle Assassin” Laurente of Paranaque City is now the new Philippine super featherweight champion. The 24-year-old Laurente defeated Jhon “Disaster” Gemino by a unanimous decision last Saturday, September 6 in Ilagan. Laurente now has 12 wins with five knockouts, three lo  Read Full Story >>>

Is TKO freezing out sanctioning bodies from Canelo-Crawford?
By Lance Pugmire, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 10 Sep 2025
The new TKO boxing promotion ultimately hopes to award its own title belts. In the meantime, the group is giving all four sanctioning bodies the cold shoulder. Traditionally, representatives would award their four belts to the winner of Saturday night’s undisputed super-middleweight title fight  Read Full Story >>>

THE PAST WEEK IN ACTION 8 SEPTEMBER 2025: Nunez Outpoints Diaz; Iglesias Stops Shishkin; Valdez, Conlan Register Wins in Return
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 09 Sep 2025

Nunez (L) connects at Diaz. HIGHLIGHTS: -Eduardo Nunez retains the IBF super featherweight belt with a points win over Christopher Diaz-Velez and rated super flyweight Pedro Guevara is held to a draw by Alexis Mol  Read Full Story >>>

Dante Kirkman Stays Undefeated Triumphing with Dominant Unanimous Decision Win
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 09 Sep 2025

PALO ALTO, CA (September 8, 2025) – From the opening bell, Stanford graduate and rising middleweight prospect Dante “The Inferno” Kirkman (5-0, 2 KOs) showcased complete command in his latest outing, scoring a domin  Read Full Story >>>

CANELO ALVAREZ VS TERENCE CRAWFORD - FULL FIGHT BREAKDOWN AND MAIN CARD PREVIEW
iFL TV, Tue, 09 Sep 2025
It’s the fight that many believed we would never see and many believed was impossible to make. Two pound-for-pound generational greats putting it all on the line in their bid to be the undisputed super-middleweight champion of the world. If you’d told a majority of boxing fans eight years   Read Full Story >>>