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Night of fireworks

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 12 Feb 2025

In some 30 years in the boxing business, WBO Asia Pacific chairman Leon Panoncillo said he’d never witnessed a more exciting main event than what went down at the NuSTAR Convention Center, Cebu, last …

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Asian Boxing, OCA affirm alliance

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 11 Feb 2025

ABAP chairman Ricky Vargas inked a Memorandum of Understanding confirming the partnership of Asian Boxing, where he is a board member, and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) represented by director gen…

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Big-time boxing in Cebu

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 08 Feb 2025

CEBU. Three WBO regional championships will be at stake with WBO No. 1 minimumweight Vic Saludar headlining the undercard in a blockbuster boxing event called “Binukbukay Sa Sugbu” at the NUSTAR Resor…

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Chisora vs Wallin: Is it Really One Last Dance?

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 08 Feb 2025

The winner between Derek Chisora and Otto Wallin will certainly get a big opportunity in the near future. And this boxing junkie is fully aware ‘Del Boy’ claimed he will retire at 50 wins. But this is…

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Taduran defense may be rematch

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 02 Feb 2025

IBF minimumweight champion Pedro Taduran walked into the Grand Ballroom of the Manila Hotel to attend the San Miguel Corp. Philippine Sportswriters Association Annual Awards Night with the title belt …

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Benavidez vs. Morrell: Talking All That Jazz

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 01 Feb 2025

This Saturday live on Amazon Prime PPV from Las Vegas, Nevada, two unbeaten fighters meet in a 50-50 type scrap at the light heavyweight division. The battle of the David’s is an intriguing style matc…

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Diego Pacheco vs. Steven Nelson This Saturday on DAZN

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 25 Jan 2025

Rising contender Diego Pacheco continues to make his journey up the super middleweight ladder this Saturday facing Steven Nelson streaming live on DAZN. From a boxing perspective Pacheco and Nelson to…

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Ed’s smiling in heaven

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 19 Jan 2025

Ed Picson. For over 10 years, the late Ed Picson battled the big wigs of the International Boxing Association (IBA) in a fight to restore integrity in the amateur fight game. He was the lone Asian voi…

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GAB aims for more Pinoy world champs

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 14 Jan 2025

Atty. Francisco Rivera. GAB chairman Atty. Francisco Rivera’s wish for the new year is the ascension of more Filipino world boxing champions and from all indications, it may come true. Right now, the …

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Pinays cited for wrong reasons

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 10 Jan 2025

Aira Villegas (L) and Nesthy Petecio (R). Paris Olympic bronze medalists Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas were cited in a recap of the women’s boxing event in last year’s Summer Games but for the wron…

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ABAP builds up for new year

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 04 Jan 2025

Marcus Manalo. ABAP secretary-general Marcus Manalo said yesterday the national pool of 43 is taking a break from joining competitions until possibly the Thailand Open in May but will continue to trai…

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OCA backs Asian Boxing

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 02 Jan 2025

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has officially recognized the newly-organized Asian Boxing as the accredited supervisor of the sport at the SEA and Asian Games, a move that brings World Boxing much …

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Golden plans for ‘Thrilla’ tribute

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 02 Jan 2025

A date has been set for the 50th anniversary celebration of the “Thrilla In Manila” and the goal is to stage a star-studded show, highlighted by three world championship fights involving Filipinos, on…

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Following in Garcia’s footsteps

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 01 Jan 2025

Marcial (L) and Mindoro (R). Ceferino Garcia remains the only Filipino ever to reign as world middleweight boxing champion and ruled from 1939 to 1940. The Biliran slugger who invented the “bolo punch…

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Vargas named to Asian body

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 31 Dec 2024

Ricky Vargas. ABAP chairman Ricky Vargas was recently named to join a high-powered Board of the interim Asian Boxing that is affiliated with World Boxing, the international federation seeking to gain …

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Three in line for title bids

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 27 Dec 2024

L-R: Suganob, Suarez and Araneta. Three Filipino No. 1 contenders are in line for world boxing mandatory title shots with five more creeping in at No. 2 as the year comes to a close. There are only tw…

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All or nothing for Magsayo

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 21 Dec 2024

MP Promotions head Sean Gibbons knows it’s an all-or-nothing deal for WBC No. 2 superfeatherweight Mark Magsayo as he can’t afford to lose his next two fights in lining himself up for a title shot. La…

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Usyk vs. Fury II: Can Tyson Fury Force Lineal Trilogy?

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 20 Dec 2024

Earlier in the week this boxing podcaster saw a media member tweet about wishing this fight was for all four belts so it could be called undisputed. As if it’s not as meaningful now that the IBF is no…

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Rocha vs. Curiel: Someone’s getting tossed off the 147 ladder

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 15 Dec 2024

The most intriguing matchup for this coming weekend is Alexis Rocha squaring off against prospect Raul Curiel this Saturday streaming live on DAZN. Four years ago Rocha was in a similar spot Curiel’s …