Rey Bautista alias "Boom-Boom" Reigning WBO Intercontinental Super Bantamweight Champion Reigning WBO Youth Super Bantamweight Champion WBO Asia-Pacific Bantamweight Champion, Aug 17, 2004 - Jan 1, 2006

MANILA, Philippines - Fresh from demolishing Indonesia’s Maragin Marbun, newly crowned interim WBC International featherweight champion Rey (Boom Boom) Bautista said recently his dream is to avenge his first round knockout loss to Daniel Ponce de Leon and he’s even willing to face the Mexican in a rematch without pay. But ALA Boxing Gym owner Tony Aldeguer said he’s holding Bautista bac

Boom-Boom’s pow!
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Oct 20, 2009
IN truth, the work of an observer, a fight fan or a critic is simple and easy. The object of our insatiable pre-occupation is the athlete who tirelessly grinds it out day after day, and sometimes well into the night, in his endless quest for perfection-if at all that is attainable. And all that we have to do is partake of what has been offered- for us to criticize, laud or leer at our pleasure. That is not to say of course, that it doesn’t serve a purpose. For it is beyond ca  Read Full Story >>>

Boom Boom goes left
By Rico Navarro, PhilBoxing.com, Oct 19, 2009

The left was right after all. This was the biggest message that Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista sent out Friday night to announce that he was ready for another run at big-time boxing. After an 11-month lay-off and surgery done on his left wrist, Boom Boom proved that along with his right hand, his left is also just as effective and can be relied on to send boxers to sleep. Boom Boom knocked out Indonesian j  Read Full Story >>>

The bravery of Boom Boom
By Bill Velasco, The Philippine Star, Oct 19, 2009
CEBU City – It is one thing to just get into the ring and risk serious permanent injury for a living, it is another to survive being vilified in your own bailiwick. For months, Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista endured being doubted at the least, and being savaged at worst. For 11 months, he had been away from the ring, where he loved to be, recovering not only from surgery, but also from deeply wounded pride. In 2007, Bautista suffered his first loss, a crushing defeat in the first   Read Full Story >>>

It's never too late to jump back on the Boom Boom bandwagon
By Dennis Guillermo, Examiner.com, Oct 18, 2009
“Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.” - John Fitzgerald Kennedy Fresh from an 11-month layoff due to a wrist injury, Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista showed last Saturday night in Cebu city, Philippines that he still has "it" in him. For all the criticisms and harsh comments he received since his disappointing losses against Heriberto Ruiz last year and to Daniel "Ponce" De Leon in 2007, Boom Boom silenced his critics with a sensational 7th round TKO victory agains  Read Full Story >>>