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Pound for Pound: The Top 12 Fighters in the World
By David A. Avila, The Sweet Science, Sat, 12 May 2007
Now that the dust has settled from the world title fight between Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya, a number of realities have been revealed including the Pound for Pound champion of the w Read Full Story >>>Did “The Word is Waiting” Really Save Boxing?
By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 12 May 2007
I was happy to hear that the promotion for the mega showdown between Oscar De la Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. went very well generating 2.15 million pay-per-view buys. Some people have stated that this is a clear indication that boxing is alive and kicking. For some reason this internet hack doesn& Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao shelves GenSan campaign rally
GMA News Online, Fri, 11 May 2007
A day after a campaign supporter of his electoral rival was reportedly murdered, boxing icon and congressional bet Manny Pacquiao on Friday cancelled his campaign rally in General Santos City because of an alleged bomb threat.
Pacquiao, who is seeking the congressional seat in the first district Read Full Story >>> GELLO-ANI: WORLD CUP HOSTING A BIG CHALLENGE FOR CEBUANOS
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
CEBU CITY -- Hosting the prestigious World Cup of Boxing here in the Queen City of the South is a very big challenge for the Cebuanos and that well-known international promoter Sammy Gello-ani be Read Full Story >>> BARRERA COULD BE NEXT PROMOTIONAL THORN BETWEEN TOPRANK AND GOLDEN BOY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has reiterated his warning to Top Rank Promoter Bob Arum to lay off former WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera because Barrera “still has a promotional contract with Golden Boy.”
Schaefer told Viva Sports/Manila Standard T Read Full Story >>> ALA Boys Shine In Quezon City
By Salvador Lopez, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
Three boxers from the famed ALA Gym in Cebu displayed their wares in Barangay Toro, Quezon City last night amidst the presence of emerging boxing stars Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista and AJ “Bazooka” Banal.
In the main event of the evening, ALA boy Along Denoy scored a 4th roun Read Full Story >>> Prizefighter Pacquiao Aims to Beat Philippine President's Foe
By En-Lai Yeoh, Bloomberg.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
Manny Pacquiao retained his World Boxing Council Super Featherweight title last month in San Antonio, Texas, with an eighth-round knockout of Mexico's Jorge Solis. At home in the southern Philippines next week, he hopes to deliver a similar defeat to a heavyweight in a whole new sport: politics.
Read Full Story >>> BAUTISTA, BANAL FACE CEBU MEDIA!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
CEBU CITY--Undefeated Filipino fighters Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista and AJ 'Bazooka' Banal arrived here today from Manila following their successful stint on the record-breaking 'The World Awaits' card at the MGM Grand in Las Read Full Story >>> B. Pacquiao-Soto tops Cotto-Judah undercard!
FightNews.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
The pay-per-view portion of the June 9 "X-Plosive!" Cotto-Judah card in New York City's Madison Square Garden is headlined by a battle of top-ten rated super featherweights. With a world title shot at stake, WBC #3 Humberto Soto and WBC #6 Bobby Pacquiao will go at it with fists blazing. "If it's on Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO TO FIGHT UNBEATEN VALERO INEXT N MACAU!
By Pedro Fernandez, RingTalk.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
PACMAN?S PROMOTER ARUM IN PHILIPPINES
General Santos City, PI- In another promotional move that is indicative of both his boxing tenure and acumen, Top Rank?s Bob Arum arrived in the Philippine capitol (Manila) yesterday. On his way to General Santos City to support Manny Pacquiao in his bid to b Read Full Story >>> Former Heavyweight Champion Lennox Lewis Confirms Filipino Boxing is on the Upswing
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 11 May 2007
LAS VEGAS--Former undisputed world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis has confirmed that indeed Philippine boxing is on the upswing and has expressed admiration on the new brand of fighting style put forth by Filipino fighters seeing action in the United States.
Lewis was at special ringside when Read Full Story >>> ARUM WANTS TO TALK IT OVER WITH GOLDEN BOY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he hopes that sometime later this month he can sit down with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions executives if not De La Hoya himself to resolve the current legal battle over the promotional rights Read Full Story >>> EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND
By Sev Sarmenta, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
The joy and thrill of sports is having an opinion.
I forget now who said this line. But it rings loud and true before and after a sporting event. Every one views a sporting event differently. Some are experts, othe Read Full Story >>> Edito Villamor Proud of Visayan Language
And Proves that He Too is World-Class Trainer
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
Prior to Bautista's WBO super bantamweight elimination bout against Sergio Manuel Medina of Argentina last Sunday, Villamor said a representative from HBO who is well-versed in Tagalog while he works on Boom Boom's corner Read Full Story >>> Sultan makes first defense
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 11 May 2007
WORLD Boxing Foundation (WBF) welterweight champion Dondon “El Supremo” Sultan is set to make his first title defense against No.12 contender Hamza Issa of France on June 15 in Calais, France.
Sultan, who fights out of the SGG Boxing Stable, won his title over Eddie Delic of Australi Read Full Story >>> BUHAIN TO LOOK INTO TEPURA FIGHT IN JAPAN
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
Games and Amusements Board chairman Eric Buhain says he will look into the circumstances of how Filipino super flyweight Pingping Tepura was allowed to fight undefeated Daiki Kameda (8-0, 6 KO’s) in Shizuoka on April 30 despite the fact that Tepura was not rated among the top ten by the GAB.
Read Full Story >>> Home are the Vegas brave
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 11 May 2007
MANILA, Philippines -- Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista got a feel of what’s it like to be a star Thursday.
The unbeaten Filipino boxing star flew business class from Las Vegas and was warmly received by fans on his team’s arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Para? Read Full Story >>> RULES VIOLATED IN TEPURA-KAMEDA FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
The Japan Boxing Commission as well as the Games and Amusements Board have apparently agreed to violate the standing rule of the JBC that only Filipino boxers ranked in the top ten can fight in Japan.
The violation involved super flyweight Pingping Tepura whose manager is listed as Rex ”Wa Read Full Story >>> Manila rolls red carpet for ALA boys
Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 11 May 2007
THE nation’s capital is going gaga over Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista.
Though his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport from the US was not as frenzied compared to that of Manny Pacquiao’s, Bautista still drew a lot of supporters yesterday.
“Compared to h Read Full Story >>> Tiger City still on top
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Fri, 11 May 2007
Jay San Pedro’s Tiger City Gym claimed its second straight Chris Sports’ King of the Ring championship by a hairline over Power Punch and the Sarreal Gym before an overflow crowd at the Greenhills promenade parking lot recently.
There were 27 two-round fights, including a pair of non Read Full Story >>>
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