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Martinez is One Serious Tough Fight for Gerry By Ron Galarpe, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 21 Oct 2006
Gerry Pe?alosa of the Philippines and Mauricio Martinez of Panama have one common denominator in their careers and that is against former WBO bantamweight titlist Ratanachai Sor Vorapin of Thailand. Pe?alosa won o Read Full Story >>>FIGHT FANS CHANCE TO JUDGE By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 21 Oct 2006 Fight fans will have a chance to judge for themselves whether the decision in the battle between Indonesia's No. 1 minimum weight Sofyan Efendi and veteran Steve Dimaisip, a late replacement for Jun Arlos was a bum decision or a fair one. The fiight was staged before a huge crowd in Trece Martires C Read Full Story >>> PE?ALOSA IN MUST WIN FIGHT By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 21 Oct 2006 Former world super flyweight champion Gerry Pe?alosa is in a must-win fight against former WBO bantamweight champion and current No.1 Mauricio "Cry Baby" Martinez on Sunday, Manila Time, at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.
Eric Gomez, vice president and international matchmaker of Golde Read Full Story >>> Boxing Judge Defends GAB Move PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 21 Oct 2006 Editor's Note: In a letter to GAB Boxing Chief Dr. Nasser Cruz, boxing judge Epie Almeda shows his support to the increase of fees to boxing judges.
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20 October 2006
GAMES & AMUSEMENTS BOARD
Attention: DR. NASSER CRUZ
Chief, Boxing Division
Paseo de Roxas, Makati City
Read Full Story >>> GAB RESPONDS TO CANTADA TIRADE By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 21 Oct 2006 The head of the Games and Amusements Board boxing division, Dr. Nasser Cruz says the increased fees of judges and referees which was assailed by boxing promoter and sportsman Edgardo "Boy" Cantada as excessive and arbitrary was because it was a double championship fight card.
Cantada in a stingi Read Full Story >>> MALCOLM TUNACAO IN NON-TITLE BOUT NOV. 11! By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Oct 2006 Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) bantamweight champion Malcolm 'Eagle Eye' Tunacao returns to action on November 11 in a non-title, 10-round bout against Japan's Masahito Igawa at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Tunacao, ranked WBC no. 3 bantamweight, took the OPBF title with a lo Read Full Story >>> Sultan faces Nigerian in Singapore By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Oct 2006 Filipino Dondon Sultan will face former victim Solomon Igberime on November 25 for the vacant WBF welterweight title at the Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre.
This was confirmed yesterday by Sultan's manager Sammy Gello-ani in an interview with this writer.
Sultan is coming o Read Full Story >>> BAUTISTA LOOKS SHARP IN SPARRING, WANTS PONCE DE LEON! By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Oct 2006 Undefeated Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista wowed the crowd that trooped to the Fight Club in Banilad, Cebu yesterday, as he knocked out one sparmate, and engaged in torrid exchange of leathers with two more sparmates in his first public appearance since injuring his right collarbone that cancelled an sched Read Full Story >>> Weights from Cebu! By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Oct 2006 The official weigh-in for tomorrow's huge 'War in the Ring' card has just been finished at the fabulous Lai Garden Seafood and Restaurant in Cebu, and here are the weights of the fighters seeing action:
Z GORRES 114.5 lbs, VS SONY MANAKANE 116 lbs
(Manakane came in at 117 lbs, but came back to m Read Full Story >>> SUICO VS VALERO BEING FINALIZED IN JAPAN! By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Oct 2006 It's hands of stone versus hands of stone!
A deal has been finalized where Cebu's Randy 'Komong Bato' Suico will serve as chief sparmate and take on undefeated knockout artist and WBA super-featherweight king Edwin Valero in Japan.
Suico's manager Joe Koizumi said last week that his ward, the Read Full Story >>> HOLYFIELD SAYS HE IS LOOKING FOR A TITLE SHOT By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Oct 2006 Four-time heavyweight champion Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield says hopefully he can get a championship fight “if everything comes out right” in his November 10 showdown with Latino champion Fres Oquendo in Texas.
In an exclusive overseas telephone interview with Viva Read Full Story >>> SARAH GERONIMO TO SING NATIONAL ANTHEM AT PACMAN FIGHT By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Oct 2006 Sensational young superstar Sarah Geronimo will sing the Philippine National Anthem at the Grand Finale rubber match between Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao and legendary Mexican Erik “El Terrible” Morales at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on November 18.
The request for Sar Read Full Story >>> Breaking News … Pacman’s New Benz By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Oct 2006
Manny Pacquiao went shopping couple of days ago and bought a well-deserved treat for himself and his family. The treat is a brand new Mercedez Benz SL 550. Congratulations, Pacman!
Manny pulled in to the Wildcard parking lot t Read Full Story >>> CANTADA PROTESTS GAB FEE INCREASES, CANCELS FISTORAMA By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Oct 2006 Edgardo "Boy" Cantada, promoter and TV producer of the weekly boxing show "Fistorama" over RPN 9 and telecast worldwide on the Filipino channel has strongly protested the "arbitrary increase" of ring officials compensation by the GAB and as a result has decided to cancel the pro boxing show and shif Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Morales III Seeks to Validate Some Science, Too By Sid Bañez, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Oct 2006 Will some unconventional scientific theories propel Erik Morales to new heights in the boxing cosmos?
After Manny Pacquiao pummeled Erik Morales to submission, the ecstatic fan in me all but wrote off the Tijuana warrior. Naturally, I also dismissed his excuse for losing: that he trained wrongly Read Full Story >>> FEARSOME ANGKY SET TO TEST 'BAZOOKA' BANAL By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Oct 2006 Indonesian champion Angky Angkota arrived last Tuesday in Cebu confident that he will be the first fighter to put a dent on RP no. 2 superfly Alex John Banal's perfect record, and he's doing it in knockout fashion.
Facing the media this afternoon in a special press conference at the Sen Ryu Resta Read Full Story >>> CONDES MAY FIGHT ON HOLYFIELD CARD By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Oct 2006 Filipino minimum weight champion Florante Condes may see action on the undercard of the Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield heavyweight battle against Latino champion Fres Oquendo at the Alamadone in San Antonio, Texas on November 10.
Promoter Murad Muhammad said he was keen on giving Conde Read Full Story >>> PE?ALOSA BENEFITS FROM JACA FIGHT CANCELLATION By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Oct 2006 Former world super flyweight champion Gerry Pe?alosa will benefit from the last-minute cancellation of the WBO title fight between Jimrex Jaca and former WBC/IBF featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas this Sunday, Manila Time.
Viva Sports/Manila Sta Read Full Story >>> VISA PROBLEMS MAY KO JACA-MARQUEZ SHOWDOWN By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Oct 2006 Securing an American visa proved to be tougher than going toe-to-toe with one of the world's most elite fighters as Filipino Jimrex Jaca realized yesterday following his third visit at the US Embassy in Manila.
As of yesterday afternoon, Jaca (real name Jemuel Divino) was still unable to secure h Read Full Story >>> JACA’S TITLE FIGHT WITH MARQUEZ IN JEOPARDY By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 Oct 2006 Jimrex Jaca’s title fight against WBO interim featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez October 21 is in jeopardy after Jaca failed to secure a B1 visa from the US Embassy in Manila yesterday..
Jaca’s manager Rex “Wakee” Salud told Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today that J Read Full Story >>>
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