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Niida keeps WBA 105lb belt!
By Joe Koizumi, FightNews.com, Sun, 02 Sep 2007
Yutaka Niida (22-1-3, 8 KOs), 104.75, Japan, impressively kept his WBA 105-pound belt by a unanimous decision (117-112 twice and 117-111) over top contender Eriberto Gejon (23-2-1, 14 KOs), 105, over twelve heats on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan. Niida, making his sixth defense, clearly controlled the se Read Full Story >>>NIIDA DEFEATS GEJON BY DECISION!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 01 Sep 2007
WBA minimumweight champion Yutaka Niida this time won more convincingly after he defeated Filipino Eriberto Gejon via unanimous decision seconds ago at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Scores were 117-112 (twice) and 117-111.
More to come... Read Full Story >>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICK!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 01 Sep 2007
Philboxing.com would like to greet a belated Happy Birthday the WBF President Mick Croucher of Australia.
The stronger-as-ever WBF top honcho turned 60 yesterday, and remains poised to make his organization very active and successful next year and the years to come.
Happy Birthday, mate, and C Read Full Story >>> WILL WAKEE AND RP GET THEIR 4TH WORLD CHAMPION TODAY?
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 01 Sep 2007
Cebuano Eriberto 'Yukka' Gejon will attempt to become the country's fourth reigning boxing world champion when he challenges WBA minimumweight champion Yutaka Niida in a 12-round showdown at the famed Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao down with the flu, cancels sparring
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard Today, Sat, 01 Sep 2007
CEBU CITY—Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao was forced to cancel his planned sparring session with Mexicans David Rodela and Raymund Beltran at the RWS Gym of Rex “Wakee” Salud this afternoon after he was downed by a viral infection that is reportedly sweeping Cebu.
Following h Read Full Story >>> Ailing Manny skips training
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, The Philippine Star, Sat, 01 Sep 2007
Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao skipped his training yesterday at the RWS Gym because he was not feeling well.Pacquiao was supposed to report at the sweatshop owned by Cebuano topnotch promoter Rex “Wakee” Salud at 2 p.m. to spar with Arniel Tinampay and Aaron Melgarejo, but Pacman did Read Full Story >>> WBF STRONGLY SUPPORTS CAMPAIGN AGAINST MISMATCHES
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 01 Sep 2007
The WBF has come out strongly in support of the campaign against mismatches involving Filipino and Thai boxers in Australia.
The issue of mismatches was recently raised by Viva Sports/Manila Standard following an uproar b Read Full Story >>> Yukka’s 7th-round itch
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 01 Sep 2007
THE seventh Filipino world title challenger, the Cebuano Eriberto “Yukka” Gejon, is predicting a seventh-round knockout when he challenges Japanese WBA minimum-weight champion Yutaka Niida for the second time today at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Gejon, the seventh Filipino box Read Full Story >>> “The Hurricane” to strike Las Vegas!!!
By Angelo Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 01 Sep 2007
Oakland, CA -- In an effort to continue her goal of placing women’s boxing on the mainstream map, Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton has decided to make the leap and turn to the professional ranks. Ana who was still a Read Full Story >>> Distress calls from Wild Card gym
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 01 Sep 2007
LOS ANGELES -- It gets lonelier everyday as they wait for Manny Pacquiao to return and complete his training here.
But, before everything, there are two distress calls that must immediately reach home.
The first comes from the remaining staffers of Team Pacquiao here who now complain about the Read Full Story >>> BOXING'S FALL LINE-UP IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS
By Matthew Aguilar, BoxingTalk.com, Sat, 01 Sep 2007
Call these next two weeks the “quiet before the storm.” It’s been a while since boxing, criticized as of late, and supposedly nonexistent after the Floyd Mayweather-Oscar De La Hoya megafight in May, has feat Read Full Story >>> Lawyer-like defense
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 01 Sep 2007
MY good friend and colleague Atty. Renato Galleon has one minor complaint.
Utilizing his wit, which is just about as deadly as his perimeter jump shot, Atty. Galleon pulled no punches when he chastised the Last Round with this scathing rebuke: “When you are playing against us, your defense Read Full Story >>> GEJON, NIIDA MAKE WEIGHT!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 31 Aug 2007
Reporting from Tokyo, Filipino Eriberto Gejon informed that there were no hitches at the official weigh-in as he easily made weight at 104.5 lbs while WBA minimumweight champin Yutaka Niida came in at 104.3 lbs.
"I'm ready. My conditioning has been great," Gejon told this writer a few minutes ago Read Full Story >>> SALUD CONFIDENT GEJON WILL WIN WORLD TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 31 Aug 2007
Rex “Wakee” Salud, the manager of Eriberto “Yukka” Gejon expressed confidence that Gejon will win the WBA minimum weight title when he battles Japan's Yutaka Niida in a rematch at the famed Read Full Story >>> ROACH: PACQUIAO IS A LITTLE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 31 Aug 2007
CEBU CITY - After another grueling day of workouts on the road and in the gym, celebrated trainer Freddie Roach says Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao is “a little bit ahead of schedule” in his preparation for Read Full Story >>> State of the Game: Endangered Species
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 31 Aug 2007
As you look around press row and see the diminishing number of writers covering the fights for major daily newspapers, you're reminded of the polar bears who are fighting for their survival as the ice caps melt away.
They say with Read Full Story >>> Little Brown Dolls: Filipino Ring Stars Love To Fight To Pinoys
Boxing Confidential, Fri, 31 Aug 2007
THEY were called “little brown dolls,” but how they could fight!
Twenty-seven world champions enshrined in the record books since the early ‘20s attest to the ability, speed, coura Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao nearing apex of training
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 31 Aug 2007
NOW that he is in full focus on his training, Manny Pacquiao is nearing the apex of his preparation for his rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera on Oct. 6 (Oct. 7 RP time) at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Resort Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada in the US.
Pacquiao is now free to embark on hard training wi Read Full Story >>> Suico targets Diaz’ WBC title
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Fri, 31 Aug 2007
The man who just beat Erik Morales is in Randy Suico’s gunsight. WBC lightweight champion David Diaz is the target and Suico hopes to shoot a bull’s-eye in his second attempt to win a world crown.
There’s no doubt in Joe Koizumi’s mind that sooner or later, Suico will bec Read Full Story >>> Pacman sees no problem in weigh-in
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 31 Aug 2007
At 136 lbs and in the thick of training, Manny Pacquiao expects no problem making the WBC-supervised weigh-in on Sept. 6 or one month before he faces Marco Antonio Barrera in Las Vegas.
“I feel okay. I like my weight. I like the way I’m moving right now,” said Pacquiao the other Read Full Story >>>
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