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Sources: Tyson Fury-Dillian Whyte fight to proceed after step-aside deal for Anthony Joshua collapses
By Mike Coppinger, ESPN.com, Fri, 28 Jan 2022
Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte will meet in the ring after all. There was an agreement in principle for both Whyte and Anthony Joshua to step aside and forego planned bouts with Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, respectively, in exchange for millions of dollars, but the deal fell apart after parties attempt  Read Full Story >>>

Ancajas dangles world title vs Martinez in Vegas debut
By Roy Luarca, Rappler, Fri, 28 Jan 2022
Jerwin Ancajas, whose reign as IBF super flyweight king is now the longest among current champions, faces a real threat in unbeaten Argentine Fernando Martinez MANILA, Philippines – It’s time for Jerwin Ancajas to strut his stuff in Las Vegas. Ancajas will dangle the International Boxing Fed  Read Full Story >>>

MARK MAGSAYO’S LONG, HARD ROAD OUT OF HELL
By Ryan Songalia, The Ring, Fri, 28 Jan 2022
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — Mark Magsayo walked into a packed gym on Monday, about 48 hours after his world title win, and saw a sight that reminded him of his own beginnings. “They’re the same like when I started at 8 years old,” said the new WBC featherweight titleholder Magsayo before giving   Read Full Story >>>

Saludar Promoter Seeks Priority Seeding As Unified WBA World Title Challenger
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022

The true promoter of just deposed WBA regular world titlist Victorio Saludar, Kenneth Ralph Rontal of Championship Boxing Development Philippines based in Mindanao has asked the WBA for priority considerati  Read Full Story >>>

OLYMPIC CHAMPION GALAL YAFAI SIGNS PROMOTIONAL DEAL WITH MATCHROOM
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022

Tokyo 2020 gold medallist makes pro debut on February 27 Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Galal Yafai MBE has signed a long-term promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and will make his highly antic  Read Full Story >>>

Escobedo to grace MVPSF Secondary Online Rapid Chess Championship Grand Finals
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022
MANILA---Department of Education Undersecretary Atty. Revsee A. Escobedo will grace the Manny V. Pangilinan Sports Foundation Secondary Online Rapid Chess Championship Grandfinals Palarong Pambansa Continuity Plan Pilot Event on January 28 - 30, 2022 at Tornelo Platform. Atty. Escobedo who is als  Read Full Story >>>

Averting a hijack
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022

Mark Magsayo admitted that at the end of his WBC featherweight title fight against defending champion Gary Russell, Jr. in Atlantic City last weekend, he was worried about the decision. But coach Freddie Roach told him  Read Full Story >>>

Atlanta middleweight Antonio Todd, Jr. Riding high after upsetting WBC No. 10 rated Hugo Centeno
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022

QUINCY, Mass. (January 26, 2022) – Last Saturday night in Detroit, Atlanta middleweight Antonio Todd, Jr. registered his career-defining victory, upsetting World Boxing Council (WBC) No. 10-rated Hugo “The Boss” Centeno,   Read Full Story >>>

Lira Mocoy Placer to compete in the MVPSF Secondary Online Rapid Chess Championship Grand Finals
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022
MANILA---Lira Mocoy Placer, a grade 9 student of Pampanga High School, will be competing in the Manny V. Pangilinan Sports Foundation Secondary Online Rapid Chess Championship Grandfinals Palarong Pambansa Continuity Plan Pilot Event. The online tournament will run from January 28 to 30, 2022 at   Read Full Story >>>

Probellum Setting Casimero for a Fall?
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022

Casimero. The deadline of fifteen days from December 22, 2021 set by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) for Probellum to submit its plans for the restaging of Johnriel Casimero's mandatory title defense against British  Read Full Story >>>

Don King Productions "RETURN TO GREATNESS" Final Press Conference Quotes
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022

MAYOR WILLIAM D. FRANKLIN OF WARREN, OHIO, PROCLAIMS WEDNESDAY, JANURARY 26, 2022, AS “DON KING DAY” AT FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE FOR DON KING PRODUCTIONS’ SIX-CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT CARD HEADLINED BY ILUNGA MAKABU VS.   Read Full Story >>>

MASAM SPORTS 23: MARK MAGSAYO TO DEFEND TITLE AGAINST REY VARGAS AS ORDERED BY WBC
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022

After winning the World Boxing Council featherweight title, the next opponent for the new champion Mark Magsayo has been identified. The WBC announced that Mexican Rey Vargas will be the mandatory challenger as ordered  Read Full Story >>>

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA HEAVYWEIGHT SONNY CONTO PUTS UNDEFEATED STREAK ON THE LINE AGAINST MIKE MARSHALL IN LIVE BOXING AT LIVE!
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022

PHILADELPHIA (January 25, 2022)—South Philadelphia heavyweight fighter Sonny Conto (8-0, 7KOs) puts his impressive undefeated streak on the line against Mike Marshall (6-2-1, 4 KOs) of Danbury, CT, in a six-round he  Read Full Story >>>

MARIO BARRIOS TRAINING CAMP QUOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022

Former World Champion Barrios Battles Former Unified Welterweight Champion Thurman in FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View Main Event Saturday, February 5 from Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas OAKLAND, CALIF. (January  Read Full Story >>>

PROBELLUM’S UPCOMING DUBAI EVENT TO HOST HISTORY-MAKING FEMALE WORLD TITLE MATCH
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022

Dubai, UAE – January 26, 2022 – Olympic gold medalist Estelle Mossely will face Argentinian Yanina del Carmen Lescano at Probellum’s two-night boxing showcase in Dubai this March, with the fighters making history b  Read Full Story >>>

Barcenilla, Lorenzo power Laguna past Manila in PCAP chess tilt
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022
MANILA---Grandmaster Rogelio " Banjo" Barcenilla Jr. and Kimuel Aaron Lorenzo powered the Laguna Heroes to a 11.5-9.5 victory over a NM Jerry Areque-led Manila Indios Bravos of the 2nd season of Professional Chess Association of the Philippines online chess tournament virtually held at Chess.com Pla  Read Full Story >>>

Nacho Advises Canelo To Be More Like Pacquiao
By Paul Magno, Overtime Heroics, Thu, 27 Jan 2022
Veteran Hall of Fame trainer Ignacio “Nacho” Beristain knows a lot about a lot when it comes to the sport of boxing. And, as former trainer of Juan Manuel Marquez, one of the things he knows best is Manny Pacquiao. Holding the Filipino icon as a measuring stick for greatness in a recent inter  Read Full Story >>>

Mark Magsayo: “I’ve Been Wanting To Fight Leo Santa Cruz”
By Garrisson Bland, 3KingsBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022
Newly crowned featherweight champion Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo (24-0, 16 KO’s) is still in celebration mode after taking the belt away from “Mr.” Gary Russell Jr (31-2, 18 KO’s). The Filipino champion wants to do something his foe Russell couldn’t do, and that is run a unification match  Read Full Story >>>

Magsayo's Promoter: Gary Russell Absolutely Deserves A Rematch; He Fought Gallantly
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 27 Jan 2022
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – Mark Magsayo doesn’t have a contractual obligation to grant Gary Russell Jr. a rematch. Though free to fight any contender ranked within the top 15 by the WBC in his first title defense, even Magsayo’s promoter admitted that Russell deserves a second shot at the   Read Full Story >>>

MTK Global signs undefeated star Moussa Gholam
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 26 Jan 2022

MTK Global is delighted to announce the signing of unbeaten super-featherweight sensation Moussa Gholam on an advisory deal. Gholam (18-0, 11 KOs) has been extremely impressive since entering the paid ranks in 2016, wi  Read Full Story >>>

MARK MAGSAYO AIMING TO BECOME UNDISPUTED FEATHERWEIGHT, THEN TO MOVE UP WEIGHT CLASSES
By Alexander Netherton, DAZN News, Wed, 26 Jan 2022
The new champion sees no problem with staying in the division to clean up. New WBC featherweight champion Mark Magsayo dismissed Gary Russell Jr.’s claim he won their bout and said he would consider moving up the divisions after unification bouts. The Filipino fighter scored an upset against  Read Full Story >>>

WBC orders Magsayo to dangle featherweight title vs Vargas
By Roy Luarca, Rappler, Wed, 26 Jan 2022
If the Mark Magsayo-Rey Vargas title duel pushes through, it will be a battle of the unbeaten that will also feature two Hall of Fame mentors MANILA, Philippines – Mark Magsayo hardly had the time to savor victory when news about the World Boxing Council ordering him to defend the featherweight c  Read Full Story >>>

Rigondeaux, Astrolabio Successful in 30-Day Weight Check Ahead of WBC Int'l Clash in Dubai
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 26 Jan 2022

Loving him... or getting completely bored out of him, Cuban Guillermo "El Chacal" Rigondeaux has been in the limelight of boxing since his pro debut in Miami back in 2009; and at 41, he is still willing to lace   Read Full Story >>>

Oleksander Usyk’s manager says that next fight option is still up in the air
By Anthony Cocks, RingNews24, Wed, 26 Jan 2022
The co-promoter of unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk 19-0 (13) believes that it would be mad for Anthony Joshua 24-2 (22) to turn away step-aside money to allow his charge to face WBC champion Tyson Fury 31-0 (22). But Alexander Krassyuk admits there are still a lot of moving parts in d  Read Full Story >>>

Mark Magsayo lacks Manny Pacquiao’s killer instinct
By Jorge Conejo, NowBoxing.com, Wed, 26 Jan 2022
I watched the Gary Russell Jr. vs. Mark Magsayo boxing event for the WBC featherweight championship last Saturday night and I felt the right man won. I had Magsayo winning 7 rounds to 5, the fight was close and it was competitive but I just felt the Filipino was more in control and Russell was le  Read Full Story >>>

Terence Crawford helps train Amir Khan as ESPN+ pick up Kell Brook fight
World Boxing News, Wed, 26 Jan 2022
Pound-for-pound star Terence Crawford is helping prepare former opponent Amir Khan as the Briton closes in on a farewell fight. Khan faces old rival Kell Brook in a grudge match that the Bolton man says will be his last contest before he walks away for good. Depending on the result, ‘King’  Read Full Story >>>

What’s next for Magsayo?
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 26 Jan 2022

Now that the WBC featherweight title belt is safely around his waist, Mark Magsayo isn’t in a hurry to make his first defense or try to unify the championship for another strap. Magnifico is enjoying the moment, ce  Read Full Story >>>

Rey Vargas Intends To Pursue Mandatory Shot at Mark Magsayo
By Osiris Mendez, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 26 Jan 2022
Unbeaten Mexican contender Rey Vargas was confirmed by WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman as the official challenger for the World Boxing Council's featherweight title. A new WBC featherweight champion was crowned this past Saturday night, when Filipino puncher Mark Magsayo won a close twelve round   Read Full Story >>>

February 19: Amir Khan-Kell Brook British Grudge Match to Stream LIVE on ESPN+
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 26 Jan 2022

Khan-Brook sold out Manchester's AO Arena in 10 minutes (Jan. 25, 2022) — The long-simmering rivalry between British superstars Amir Khan and Kell Brook will finally come to a head in a 149-pound catchweight battle Sat  Read Full Story >>>

JULIO CESAR MARTINEZ CLASHES WITH CHOCOLATITO
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 26 Jan 2022

World Flyweight ruler moves up in weight against Super-Fly legend on Mar 5 Julio Cesar Martinez will face Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez at the Pechanga Arena San Diego in San Diego, California on Saturday Ma  Read Full Story >>>

DUBAI TO HOST PROBELLUM DOUBLE-HEADER FEATURING WORLD TITLE FIGHTS IN MARCH
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 26 Jan 2022

Dubai, UAE - January 25, 2022 - Probellum returns to Dubai in March for an action-packed weekend of elite-level boxing staged over two consecutive nights with an incredible card featuring a combination of current and form  Read Full Story >>>