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ANOTHER JAPANESE TRAINS AT ALA GYM
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 26 Aug 2005
Japan's national flyweight champ, Daisuke Naito, is the latest of the list of foreign fighters seeking refuge at the famed ALA Gym, as he prepares for a grand rematch with WBC flyweight king and ex-tormentor Pongsaklek Wongjongkam on October 10 at the famed Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Naito w Read Full Story >>>My Mother's Tears
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 26 Aug 2005
Last Saturday, Aug. 20, our family gathered in Nueva Vida, the village of our youth in M'lang, North Cotabato to mark our departed father's birthday. We lighted candles and shared food under the shade of a mango tree that I planted 40 years ago at the back of our ancestral home.
Our father, Bern Read Full Story >>> Parade of Young Stars: The Mindanao Invitational Open Amateur Boxing Tournament
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 25 Aug 2005
When the Mindanao Invitational Open Amateur Boxing Tournament unfolds in North Cotabato Aug. 28 to 31 this year, boxing fans will be treated to a dazzling show of young talents in amateur boxing who are expected to figure prominently in the Olympic eliminations two years from now.
Two provinces & Read Full Story >>> BAUTISTA GETS TOP CONDITIONING FROM FORTUNE
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 23 Aug 2005
Manny Pacquiao's personal conditioning coach, Justin Fortune, is now at the helm of WBO Asia Pacific bantam champ Rey Bautista's physical conditioning as the latter plunges into the remaining two weeks before he takes on Felix Murillo on September 10 at the Staples Center underneath the Erik Morales Read Full Story >>> WILD AND WACKY NIGHT OF BOXING
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Boxing returned to South Cotabato last week in a rather wild and wacky way as the night was marked by events that ranged from the hilarious to dangerous.
The crowd that witnessed the event at the air-conditioned South Cotabato Gymnasium was not big. But it was remarkable enough as it was the fir Read Full Story >>> JACA, DELADA JOIN MURAD CAMP
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Two more outstanding Filipino boxers are set to join the promotional outfit of American boxing promoter Murad Muhammad, bringing to three the new faces who will soon be seeing action in bigtime boxing in the United States.
Cebuano kingmaker Rex "Wakee" Salud, who has so far produced three world Read Full Story >>> Raider of Boxing Treasures
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Michael Koncz was introduced to me by Manny Pacquiao shortly before my birthday December 16 last year when I hosted dinner for the world champion and his trainer, Freddie Roach, in Davao City.
Long-haired and in his 50s, he looks like a member of the cast of the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. Pa Read Full Story >>> NORTH COTABATO HOSTS WEEK-LONG BOXFEST
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 20 Aug 2005
It will be a week-long boxing festival starting Aug. 27 when North Cotabato hosts the 1st Mindanao Invitational Amateur Boxing Tournament and a big professional boxing card on Aug. 31 to mark the 91st foundation anniversary of the booming province in the Southern Philippines.
North Cotabato Gover Read Full Story >>> Setting It Straight
PhilBoxing.com Exclusive Interview with Justin Fortune
By Victor Perea, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 20 Aug 2005
The members of Team Pacquiao are no strangers to controversy and hearsay. Throughout this past year they have dealt with everything from rumors of throwing the fight versus Erik Morales to the real life fiasco of Murad Muhammad’s suspected extortion from Pacquiao.
With the many problems th Read Full Story >>> GEJON TO SPAR WITH MAYOL NEXT WEEK
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 19 Aug 2005
World Boxing Association no. 1 minimumweight Eriberto "Yukka" Gejon will start sparring with World Boxing Council no. 1 minifly Rodel Mayol next week as the former prepares for his September 25 challenge of WBA 105-lb champ Yutaka Niida at the 20,000-capacity Yokohama Arena in Japan.
Gejon and M Read Full Story >>> FOR MURAD, THE DREAM LIVES ON
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 18 Aug 2005
American boxing promoter Murad Muhammad, whose stormy promotional relationship with Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao ended in an out of court settlement two months ago, is still determined to pursue his dream of helping Filipino boxers make it big in the US boxing scene.
"I want to put an end Read Full Story >>> LAURENTE SET TO BATTLE TOP JAPANESE PROSPECT
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 18 Aug 2005
Pan-Asian Boxing Association interim super-bantam champ Pederito Laurente of the Johnny Elorde Stable makes a major career gamble when he takes on a world-class Toshiaki Nishioka, the WBC no. 1 and WBA no. 3 super-bantam contender, on September 3 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Reports comi Read Full Story >>> RP CHAMP BARCELONA JOINS MURAD MUHAMMAD
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Aug 2005
Philippine superfly champion Eric Barcelona, recently named Boxer of the Month by the Games and Amusements Board, has just joined the stable of American promoter Murad Muhammad and will soon start campaigning in the United States with no less than the World Boxing Association (WBA) 115-lb title of M Read Full Story >>> WBA CHAMP HIRES MEXICAN SPARMATES FOR GEJON BOUT
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 13 Aug 2005
World Boxing Association minimumweight kingpin Yutaka Niida of Japan has just hired a couple of Mexican sparmates as he plunges into the crucial stages of his preparation for the September 25 defense of his title against top-ranked Filipino Eribero "Yukka" Gejon.
The 26-year-old Niida, who goes Read Full Story >>> BARCELONA IS GAB'S JULY BOXER OF THE MONTH
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 12 Aug 2005
Philippine superfly champ Eric Barcelona has been voted as the Games and Amusements Board's Boxer of the Month for July following his scintillating win in Japan last month.
The Bukidnon-based Barcelona had knocked out Japanese Hiroshi Nakano in the fourth round last July 10 in Komaki, Japan.
Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO, VELASQUEZ FACE TO FACE!
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 12 Aug 2005
Manny Pacquiao (R) and Hector Velasquez (L) finally met face to face at today's press conference at Max's Restaurant in Glendale, California. They will co-headline the event dubbed "Double Trouble" that will also feature Mexican Read Full Story >>> Rey Bautista to face Columbia's Felix Murillo in Pacquiao/Morales undercard!
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Aug 2005
Top Rank announced today that Rey "Boom-Boom" Bautista's opponent on September 10 under the Pacquiao/Morales doubleheader dubbed "Double Trouble" at the Staples Center in Los Angeles will be Columbia's Felix Murillo.
Murillo was reported to have a record of 13-4-1 win-loss-draw. Boxrec has only Read Full Story >>> BAUTISTA TO SKIP AUG. 19 FIGHT
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 09 Aug 2005
World Boxing Organization Asia-Pacific bantam champ Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista will forego a planned August 19 bout in the United States, where he would have been the main event, in favor of a chance to see action in the September 10 undercard of the Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao double-header.
Read Full Story >>> LAURENTE SCORES WIN IN JAPAN
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 04 Aug 2005
Former Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation lightweight ruler Dennis Laurente of the Johnny Elorde Stable scored one important victory the other day when he knocked down previously unbeaten Japanese no. 9 lightweight Yuki Yoshizawa in the opening round and went on to score a well-received majority Read Full Story >>> Rey Bautista's Opponent On Aug. 19 Named!
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Aug 2005
Rey Bautista's opponent for his upcoming fight on August 19 in Stockton, California was finally named. BoxRec reported today that Bautista will take on Mexican-American Samuel Lopez, the reigning WBA Fedelatin bantamweight champion. Lopez, fighting out of North Hills, CA via Mexico City has a reco Read Full Story >>>
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