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Melindo goes for world title tonight
By Dale Rosal, Cebu Daily News, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
Expect a more focused Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo tonight when he takes on Thai Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr. for the IBF world interim junior flyweight title in the main event of Pinoy Pride 39: Road to Redemption at the Cebu Coliseum.
Melindo, who has a record of 34-2-0 (win-loss-draw) with 12KOs, is l Read Full Story >>>Manny Pacquiao knocks out retirement thoughts
Reuters, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
Filipino boxer and Senator Manny Pacquiao said he would carry on fighting next year after unveiling a new boxing gym in downtown Tokyo on Friday.
The 37-year-old southpaw returned to the ring after a seven month retirement to claim the WBO welterweight title by beating Jessie Vargas in Las Vegas Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum celebrating his 2,000th boxing promotion
By Jesse Granger, Las Vegas Sun, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
For more than 50 years Bob Arum has promoted some of the greatest fighters in boxing history.
The include: Muhammad Ali, Marvin Hagler, Manny Pacquiao, George Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard among many other champions and notables.
But if not for a fight of his own early in his promoting career n Read Full Story >>> ALBERT PAGARA FIGHTS COMMEY FOR REDEMPTION
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
At fight night Saturday November 26 at Cebu Coliseum, Prince Albert Pagara faces Raymond Commey of Accra, Ghana in what was billed as "Road to Redemption." It will be included in the Pinoy Pride 39 yearend presentati Read Full Story >>> ONE CHAMPIONSHIP BRINGS WORLD-CLASS MMA CONTENT TO AFRICA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STARTIMES
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
25 November 2016 ? Beijing, China: The largest sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship? (ONE), has just announced a blockbuster media partnership with StarTimes -- a Beijing-based media group dedicated to p Read Full Story >>> From The East To The Beast: Lomachenko might be the best
By Norm Frauenheim, 15rounds.com, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
The evolution of boxing?s surprising new generation ? fighters from the old Soviet Union ? continues Saturday with Vasyl Lomachenko, who many believe will be the best of them, if not one of the best ever.
In the lead-up to the Lomachenko-Nicholas Walters bout at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, his Read Full Story >>> Vasyl Lomachenko - The No Padding Model
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
There is an audacity to the career of WBO 130 lb. titlist Vasyl Lomachenko.
Two Olympic Gold medals, and two world amateur championships, said a lot about how good he was before he ever turned pro. His stated desire to fight for a title in his professional debut didn?t come to fruition. One wonde Read Full Story >>> WEIGHTS FROM CEBU: MELINDO - 108 LBS., SAKKREERIN - 107.6 LBS
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
CEBU CITY -- World title contender Milan 'El Metodico' Melindo of the Philippines stepped the scales at exactly 108 lbs, the light flyweight limit, while Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr of Thailand weighed in at 107.6 lbs during Read Full Story >>> Snips and Snipes 24 November 2016
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
Yet another case of good goes bad for boxing. The Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev fight was a big one that came together quickly and easily with two of the world?s top fighters facing each other. With Kovalev being such a big Read Full Story >>> TOMORROW! Lomachanko vs Walters Official Weigh-In - 4 P.M. PT
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
This Saturday! Nov. 26, Live on HBO?
The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Streamed Live at 7 P.M. ET / 4 P.M. PT via www.toprank.tv
LAS VEGAS (Nov. 24, 2016) -- It's Fight Week for the blockbuster Read Full Story >>> Nicholas Walters: Long Layoff Won't Bother Me; I'll Win Anyway
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
LAS VEGAS ? Nicholas Walters hasn?t fought in 11 months.
That?s not an ideal activity level when you?re headed toward a daunting challenge like Vasyl Lomachenko, Walters? opponent Saturday night at The Cosmopolitan (HBO; 10:35 p.m. ET). If ring rust is a concern for the 30-year-old Walters, thoug Read Full Story >>> Vasyl Lomachenko faces biggest challenge in hard-punching, unbeaten Nicholas Walters
By Bob Velin, USA Today, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
More than 50 years and 1,999 events later, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum believes he has a fighter in his stable worthy of comparison to his very first client, Muhammad Ali.
This fighter is about as far from Ali in every way you could imagine, except for possessing the one quality that sets grea Read Full Story >>> Proud Jamaican warrior Nicholas Walters set to shock rising star Vasyl Lomachenko
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
Ferocious puncher Nicholas Walters may have knocked out 21 of his 26 victims in the ring, and is regarded as a very stiff test for rising star Vasyl Lomachenko when they meet in Las Vegas this weekend in a classic match-up of silky skills versus fiery leather, but the proud Jamaican's first love was Read Full Story >>> No more excuses
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
MILAN ?El Metodico? Melindo dreamed of fighting for a world championship in Cebu.
Tomorrow Saturday, he is given one, an interim championship fight for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) World Jr. Flyweight belt against No. 3 ranked Fahlan Sakkreerin of Thailand for tomorrow?s Pinoy Pride Read Full Story >>> Melindo, Pagaras back on ring in ?Pinoy Pride 39?
Business World Online, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
Rising boxers Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo and brothers Jason and Albert Pagara are ready to get back in the ring and use their ?pusong palaban? as they lead the Filipino fighters in the ?Pinoy Pride 39: Road to Redemption? card, happening at the Cebu Coliseum in Cebu City on Saturday (Nov. 26), and Read Full Story >>> Albert Pagara aims to bounce back after lone loss to Cesar Juarez
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
After his eighth round knockout loss to Cesar Juarez of Mexico, Filipino boxing sensation Albert Pagara aims to bounce back in a 12-rounder fight against Raymond Commey of Ghana on Saturday, Nov. 26 at the Cebu Coliseum, Cebu City, Philippines.
Pagara had an impressive 26-fight winning streak Read Full Story >>> Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Manny Pacquiao: Is it possible?
By Steve Kim, Undisputed Champion Network, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
As Vasyl Lomachenko embarks on the first defense of his WBO super featherweight title against the respected Nicholas Walters, promoter Bob Arum has been telling anyone who will listen that, down the line, we could see a fight between the uber-talented Ukrainian and Manny Pacquiao, the current WBO we Read Full Story >>> Talent, speed and power: Vasyl Lomachenko takes on Nicholas Walters
By John Raspanti, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
This Saturday night at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, NV, WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko will defend his championship belt against former featherweight titleholder Nicholas ?The Axe Man? Walters.
Lomachenko, who was born in the Ukraine 28 years ago, first drew major interest as Read Full Story >>> Exclusive: Kathy Duva still waiting for Roc Nation reply on rematch
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
Main Events promoter Kathy Duva has made an official move to start the ball rolling for a rematch between star fighter Sergey Kovalev and new light-heavyweight king Andre Ward.
The pair fought out an entertaining battle at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night for the WBO, IBF and WBA titles at 17 Read Full Story >>> Nicholas Walters looks to ?hurt? Vasyl Lomachenko
By Robert Morales, L.A. Daily News, Fri, 25 Nov 2016
As good as Vasyl Lomachenko is, as much as promoter Bob Arum touts him as the greatest he?s seen since a young Muhammad Ali, Lomachenko knows he is in for a real nasty time Saturday when he defends his super featherweight belt against hard-hitting Nicholas Walters. The two will tangle at the Cosmopo Read Full Story >>>
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