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ALA wants Donnie in unification bout By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, 09 Feb 2019 ALA Promotions president Michael Aldeguer is confident that World Boxing Organization (WBO) super flyweight champion Donnie Nietes won’t be stripped of his title if he ever decides not to take on fellow Filipino Aston Palicte in a rematch.
“In the bylaws of the WBO, if it’s a unification, it coul Read Full Story >>>Pacquiao Reportedly Gives Son His Blessing To Become A Pro Boxer By Niall Doran, Boxing News and Views, 09 Feb 2019 In his most recent training camp before the Adrien Broner fight Manny Pacquiao’s son was seen alongside him in various parts of his final training camp in the US before last month’s bout with Broner in Vegas.
A fight Pacquiao senior ultimately won by unanimous decision.
It would appear that fi Read Full Story >>> Boxing Chief Teases Khabib Nurmagomedov Vs. Manny Pacquiao At Luzhniki Stadium By Nasir Jabbar, Sport Bible, 09 Feb 2019 So, Manny Pacquiao vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov is a thing.
There's wild rumours about Nurmagomedov venturing into the world of boxing. It appears an opponent is in mind and it's not Floyd Mayweather.
The UFC lightweight champion called out Mayweather (yawn!) with the pair going back-and-forth, but Read Full Story >>> Weights from Manila: Gaballo 118.5 vs Nakamura 119; Duno 134 vs Dhanda 135 for WBA Asia Title Saturday on ESPN5 Philippines By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, 08 Feb 2019
 Duno and Dhanda during Friday's weighin.
MANILA, Philippines -- WBA Interim Bantamweight Champion Reymart Gaballo (20-0, 17 KO's) of General Santos City scaled-in at 118.5 lbs while Japanese warrior Yuya Na Read Full Story >>> US Olympic Medal Winner Nico Hernandez and Russian Olympian Elena Saveleva to Co-Headline Salita Promotions Boxing on UFC Fight Pass on Friday, February 15 PhilBoxing.com, 08 Feb 2019 Card to also feature commentating debut of Unified Middleweight Champion Claressa Shields
(Feb 6, 2019) UFC Fight Pass, Salita Promotions and Mark Taffet Media have reached an agreement to live stream five world-class professional boxing matches on Friday, February 15, featuring US Olympic bronz Read Full Story >>> Snips and Snipes 7 February 2019: Joshua Likely to Face Miller in NYC on June 1 By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, 08 Feb 2019
 Joshua-Miller faceoff.
It looks as though Anthony Joshua’s first fight in the USA will be against Jarrell Miller in New York on 1 June and confirmation of that is imminent. Reportedly Joshua’s purse will be Read Full Story >>> GERVONTA DAVIS VS. HUGO RUIZ FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES PhilBoxing.com, 08 Feb 2019

Super Featherweight Champion Davis Joined by Promoter Floyd Mayweather Ahead of Title Defense Against Former Champion Ruiz This Saturday Live on SHOWTIME® From Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. and Presented B Read Full Story >>> Jose Ramirez and Gabriel Flores Jr. Visit Community Cancer Institute PhilBoxing.com, 08 Feb 2019

Ramirez-Jose Zepeda and Ray Beltran-Hiroki Okada to be televised LIVE on Sunday, Feb. 10 on ESPN and ESPN Deportes beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT
CLOVIS, Calif. (Feb. 7, 2019) — WBC super lightweight champion Jose Read Full Story >>> Antonio Vargas returns Feb.22 on Boxeo Telemundo PhilBoxing.com, 08 Feb 2019

Miami, FL: Rio 2016 Olympian Antonio Vargas is set to return on the Boxeo Telemundo Ford undercard, with the show celebrating it's 30th anniversary. The 1st of 4 installments airing in back to back weeks, will kick off Frid Read Full Story >>> AJ to fight Miller—spread the news By Ben Thomsett , Boxing.com, 08 Feb 2019
“Why don’t they just listen to us?” said my friend. “Joshua needs to fight Wilder to save the division. Flying over to the US to punch that fool Miller around is ridiculous and demeaning.”
I sighed, but there was no reasoning with him. He’d read Twitter. He’d seen the water mark around the to Read Full Story >>> Gerry likes Garcia for Manny By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, 08 Feb 2019

While Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is making up his mind whether or not to fight WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao, former two-time world titlist Gerry Penalosa said yesterday Philadelphia brawler Danny Garcia would be a Read Full Story >>> Magsayo in limbo By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, 08 Feb 2019

WBC No. 1 featherweight Mark Magsayo of Tacloban City, Leyte, hasn’t fought in over a year and the inactivity has resulted in the WBO dropping him from No. 1 to No. 8. If he continues to stay idle, it’s likely the WBC w Read Full Story >>> BRIAN CASTAÑO TALKS TRAINING CAMP, ERISLANDY LARA, ARGENTINE LEGENDS & MORE AHEAD OF MAIN EVENT TITLE DEFENSE LIVE ON SHOWTIME® PhilBoxing.com, 08 Feb 2019 WBA Super Welterweight Champion Takes on Former World Champion Lara Saturday, March 2 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn
& Presented by Premier Boxing Champions
BROOKLYN (February 7, 2019) - WBA super welterweight titlist Brian Castaño is nearing his first U.S. main event and talked about how trai Read Full Story >>> 'Intervention' Viral Star Rocky Lockridge Dies, Boxing Legend Remembered PhilBoxing.com, 08 Feb 2019

TMZ SPORTS -- Former boxing champ Rocky Lockridge -- who later had the most famous appearance on the show "Intervention" -- has passed away at age 60, his family confirms.
Family members tell us Rocky died Thursday mor Read Full Story >>> 12-TIME WORLD CHAMPION JAMES TONEY CONFIRMED FOR FIFTH ANNUAL BOX FAN EXPO, DURING CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND, SATURDAY MAY 4, IN LAS VEGAS PhilBoxing.com, 08 Feb 2019 Tickets On-Sale Now at EventBrite
Las Vegas (February 7, 2019) - 12-Time world champion James Toney has confirmed that that he will appear and hold a Meet & Greet with his fans at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the fifth Annual Box Fan Expo on Saturday May 4, 2019 from 10am to 5pm, during Ci Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Strength Coach Names 4 Possible Opponents For PacMan’s Next Fight By Niall Doran, Boxing News and Views, 08 Feb 2019 Late last year former pound for pound number one boxer Floyd Mayweather intimated on social media and in various videos that he was coming back to boxing for a Manny Pacquiao rematch.
Subsequently, it never happened and Floyd boxed an exhibition bout in Japan on December 31st instead.
Followin Read Full Story >>> No longer ‘Horny’ By Ed C. Tolentino, The Manila Times, 08 Feb 2019 Manny Pacquiao understandably sounded a bit peeved when former tormentor Jeff “The Hornet” Horn recently challenged him to a rematch of their controversial July 2017 match in Brisbane.
Pacquiao shot down with a verbal Uzi Horn’s pronouncement that he is ready to face the Filipino ring icon in a r Read Full Story >>> Palicte eyes payback vs Nietes By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, 08 Feb 2019 Aston Palicte can’t wait to get even with Donnie Nietes and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) is making sure a rematch will happen the soonest possible time.
Yesterday, the WBO ordered the camps of Nietes and Palicte to start negotiations for a rematch following the controversial decision that Read Full Story >>> WBO orders Nietes rematch vs Palicte By Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News, 08 Feb 2019 MANILA -- The WBO has ordered WBO junior bantamweight champion Donnie Nietes and fellow Filipino Aston Palicte to begin their negotiations for a rematch.
Palicte, who has settled for a split draw against Nietes in September, has recently knocked out Puerto Rico’s Jose Chiquiro Martinez to set him Read Full Story >>> Eddie Hearn in bold Joshua v Wilder PPV prediction, $50m ‘peanuts’ claim World Boxing News, 08 Feb 2019 Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn has made a bold prediction for the Pay-Per-View numbers a heavyweight clash between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder can generate.
Hearn, who hopes to make the fight later in 2019, also stated a Wilder win over Tyson Fury this spring could see Joshua make well over $50 Read Full Story >>>
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