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WORLD TOP 10 - POUND-FOR-POUND
Sportinglife.com (UK), Thu, 25 May 2006
I'll be the first to admit I thought Oscar De La Hoya's days as a 'pound-for-pound' elitist were well gone, but his sensational display against Ricardo Mayorga in Las Vegas recently had me and the rest of the boxing w Read Full Story >>>Marquez moves on after Indonesian disaster
By Ralph Gonzalez, The Sweet Science, Thu, 25 May 2006
It wasn’t even close. Juan Manuel Marquez (44-3, 33 KO’s) easily outfought, out-countered, hurt and schooled Chris John (37-0, 20 KO’s) in the art of pugilism on March 4th of this year. The scores that were handed in at the end of the night told a completely different story. Judge Read Full Story >>> PANONCILLO APPOINTED AS WBO VICE-PRESIDENT!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 24 May 2006
In what is considered a major shot in the arm for Philippine boxing, Filipino-American Leon Panoncillo has just been appointed by World Boxing Organization president Paco Valcarcel as its vice-president for the Asia Pacific, said sources from Puerto Rico.
Panoncillo, who used to be the WBO Asia-P Read Full Story >>> 'LITTLE BROWN DOLLS': A Gallery of Filipino World Boxing Champs
By Hermie Rivera, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 24 May 2006
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, courage and flash of Filipino fighters, who campaigned mainly in the lower weight classes.
If there was Read Full Story >>> A Few Moments with the Master
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 24 May 2006
It was three o'clock Saturday afternoon and I was standing near the main entrance of the Staples Center with a couple of friends, Jhun Parungao of Woodland Hills, and his visiting friend from Manila, Dr. Armyl Banez. We were Read Full Story >>> LABAO TKOs MORENO IN "BABAG SA CALAUAG"
By Salvador Lopez, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 24 May 2006
Rey Labao repeated his mastery over Roberto Moreno by registering an impressive victory over the latter via a 2nd round technical knockout.
The scheduled 10-round fight, which incidentally was for the LUZPROBA Featherweight Championship, was the main event of the show dubbed as “Babag sa Ca Read Full Story >>> RP CHAMP BARDON FACES JAPANESE ON JUNE 17
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 24 May 2006
Philippine flyweight champ Jojo Bardon of the Wakee Salud Stable will take on one-time WBA and WBC flyweight contender Trash Nakanuma in a 10-round non-title brawl on June 17 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Bardon (14-9-1, 8 KO's) is coming off a hard-fought split decision victory over Rock Read Full Story >>> Roach: Don't rush Boom Boom!
By Nick Giongco, FightNews.com, Wed, 24 May 2006
Trainer non-pareil Freddie Roach said unbeaten Filipino super-bantamweight Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista is indeed a jewel "but I will not rush him" into fighting for the world title. "The kid's just 19 years old and maybe after one year, he'd be ready," said Roach, who was in Bautista's corner when the Read Full Story >>> Cebu honors SEA Games organizer
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Wed, 24 May 2006
The Sportswriters Association of Cebu (SAC) named the chairman of the provincial organizing committee for the recent Southeast Asian (SEA) Games as its Sportsman of the Year in the 24th All-Cebu Sports Awards at the Rajah Park Hotel in Cebu City last Monday.
Jonathan Guardo, former chairman of t Read Full Story >>> Barrera vows to watch Pacquiao-Larios fight
By Bong Pedralvez, ABS-CBN News, Wed, 24 May 2006
One good turn deserves another. For watching his fight against Rocky Juarez on Saturday (Sunday in Manila), Marco Antonio Barrera told Manny Pacquiao that he will watch the Filipino prizefighter when he takes on Oscar Larios on July 2 at the Araneta Coliseum.
Barrera made his promise to go to the Read Full Story >>> Barrera is super fit -- for retirement
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 24 May 2006
THEY CLAIMED Marco Antonio Barrera, first Mexican to have made Manny Pacquiao super famous, would be defending his world title.
Barrera was absent for that official chore on Saturday (Sunday morning in Manila) in California.
The fellow who fought the shorter Rocky Juarez was a flabby cop who h Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Larios Coming July 1
The Sweet Science, Wed, 24 May 2006
LOS ANGELES, CA (May 22, 2006) – Superstar Manny Pacquiao from The Philippines and Mexican buzzsaw Oscar Larrios will go mano-a-mano in a 12-round championship bout in the historic Araneta Coliseum, w Read Full Story >>> Marco Antonio Barrera - Mexico's Greatest Ever Fighter!
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Wed, 24 May 2006
Marco Antonio Barrera did it again on Saturday (May 20th). He gritted his teeth and fought in the trenches to pull out a very close, but by all means honest, victory over one of the best contenders out there in the super featherweight division. Marco's been doing this for years now. He has consisten Read Full Story >>> Boom Boom Interview on 'Sports Chat'
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 23 May 2006
FRESH from a smashing knockout victory over the weekend in Los Angeles, Filipino boxing phenom Rey Boom Boom Bautista will be the main man in Wednesday’s edition of “Sports Chat”.
The 19-year Bautista had a meaningful chat with sportswriter/broadcaster Dennis Principe which wil Read Full Story >>> IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 23 May 2006
As soon as Marisela, one of the members of my staff came in to work the Monday following the Friday WBC title fight between Marco Antonio Barrera and Ricardo Juarez, she came to me and said: "Hey Doc, did you see that?" I thought she was referring to the knockout victory of Rey Boom Boom Bautista Read Full Story >>> SULTAN ARRIVES; DELADA DEPARTS FOR AFRICAN TITLE BOUT
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 23 May 2006
Newly-crowned Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA) welterweight king Dondon Sultan arrived in Cebu last night, and was warmly welcomed upon arrival at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport following his stirring win over Anton Solopov last Saturday in Surgut, Russia.
Sultan had knocked out Solopov Read Full Story >>> Nova explosion - a star is born
By Homer D. Sayson, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 23 May 2006
CHICAGO – He has all the qualities of a star. Young, good looking in a macho kind of way, fierce and focused, and his punches travel faster than gossip. It’s easy to like Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista. That’s why America’s boxing public has quickly embraced him.
In Read Full Story >>> Bautista’s world title fight may be sooner
By Dennis Principe, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 23 May 2006
WITH NO less than Golden Boy Oscar dela Hoya as his chief backer, Boholano boxing phenom Rey ‘Boom Boom’ Bautista’s quest for a world title fight may come sooner than expected.
According to Bautista’s Filipino promoter Sammy Gello-ani, Dela Hoya’s promotional outfit Read Full Story >>> Win some, lose some
The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 23 May 2006
AFTER BACK-to-back losses at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, some doomsayers have sent us pessimistic messages saying Filipino boxers are starting to lose and that luck has already run out of our local pugs.
It is true that in a span of a fortnight, promising boxers Rodel Mayol and Jimrex J Read Full Story >>> What's Going On In Asia?
By Scott Mallon, The Sweet Science, Tue, 23 May 2006
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam has been ordered by the WBC to make his mandatory defense against current WBC International champion and number one contender Monelisi Myekeni of South Africa. The long-awaited bout with Jorge “Travieso” Arce is not going to happen as Arce can no longer make the 112 Read Full Story >>>
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