On August 29, Dragonfire Promotions makes a return to the Metro City Night Club for another exciting night of fights. In the main event, “Lethal” Joel Lewis hopes to extend his winning streak to three in a row as he takes on   

JAMAINE "THE TECHNICIAN" ORTIZ TRAINING CAMP NOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 21 Aug 2025

"I’ve been locked in all camp, and it doesn’t matter who’s across from me — I’m here to dominate" ORLANDO, FL (August 20, 2025) – Super lightweight contender Jamaine “The Technician” Ortiz   Read Full Story >>>

Gervonta Davis vs. Jake Paul: Exhibition Bout Announced for November
By Gabriel F. Cordero, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 21 Aug 2025

Three-time world champion and current WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs) is set to face YouTube superstar Jake Paul (12-1-0, 7 KOs) in an exhibition bout on November 15 at the State Farm Arena in  Read Full Story >>>

Legendary boxing coach John Brown Compares cornering Tommy Morrison & Rising young star Marco Romero
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 21 Aug 2025
Marco Romero (L) with Coach John Brown. “The Homecoming” on Sept. 6 in Olathe, Kansas KANSAS CITY, Kan. (August 20, 2025) – Boxing coach John Brown, who has trained nearly 20,000 boxers, has chosen to gu  Read Full Story >>>

World Kid to Host Meet-and-Greet and Open Workouts In advance of “The Return” on August 31 in Detroit
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 21 Aug 2025
DETROIT (August 20, 2025) – World Kid has announced it will host two special events, both open to the media and public, as part of the lead-up to the professional boxing card, “The Return,” presented by World Kid Promotions, on Sunday afternoon, August 31, at Wayne State Fieldhouse in Detroit.  Read Full Story >>>

Assassin’s Creed: Brian Norman Jr. Signs Multi-Year Contract Extension with Top Rank
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 21 Aug 2025

The WBO welterweight world champion defends his crown against Devin Haney on Nov. 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia LAS VEGAS (Aug. 20, 2025) — The King of the South, who sits atop the welterweight throne,   Read Full Story >>>

Five Philippine FIDE Masters are scheduled to arrive in Roxas City
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 21 Aug 2025
Five renowned Philippine FIDE Masters (FM) are set to arrive in the City of Roxas to participate in the Touchmove Invitational Open Rapid Chess Tournament, scheduled for August 24 at the atrium of SM City Mall. The tournament will commence at 9 AM and will feature a time limit of fifteen minutes   Read Full Story >>>

Boxing Promotional Powerhouse Top Rank Confirmed for Eighth Annual Box Fan Expo, During Mexican Independence Day Weekend, Saturday, September 13, in Las Vegas
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 21 Aug 2025
Box Fan Expo – the Largest Boxing Fan Event held in the U.S – the Ultimate Boxing Fan Experience Tickets On-Sale Now at EventBrite Las Vegas (August 20, 2025) — Boxing promotional powerhouse Top Rank has confirmed that they will appear at the Eighth Annual Box Fan Expo on Saturday, Septe  Read Full Story >>>

THRILLA IN MANILA GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY 12: MUHAMMAD ALI LOSSES THEN WINS AGAINST KEN NORTON
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 20 Aug 2025

After stopping Jimmy Ellis, Ali fought Jerry Quarry, and had a second fight with Floyd Patterson, and faced Bob Foster in 1972, winning a total of six fights that year. During his two fights in 1973 with Joe Bugner and Ken No  Read Full Story >>>

Pasig and Quezon City top 1st PCAP Rated Open championship
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 20 Aug 2025
The Pasig City King Pirates finished first with equal contribution of 6.5 each from the Individual champion IM Chito Garma, 2nd placer Omar Bagalasca, AGM Marc Labog, Kevin Arquero and Sherin Tiu. The IIEE PSME Quezon City Simba’s Tribe took the 2nd place led by individual 4th placer IM Ronald Dab  Read Full Story >>>

Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford Full Fight Card Revealed
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 20 Aug 2025

The stage is officially set for one of boxing’s most historic nights as the undisputed super middleweight championship clash between Saul “Canelo” Álvarez and Terence “Bud” Crawford headlines a stacked c  Read Full Story >>>

Uysk vs Itauma - David Haye decides whether heavyweight showdown should be next for rising star
By Matt Astbury, DAZN News, Wed, 20 Aug 2025
It's been a whirlwind for British heavyweight Moses Itauma after his destructive knockout of Dillian Whyte on Saturday night. The winning punch landed in the first round of their Riyadh encounter and put the boxing world on notice. Itauma is making heavyweight boxing look very easy with an u  Read Full Story >>>

Sadam Ali's career highlight: Defeating Terence Crawford to become 2008 U.S. Olympian
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 20 Aug 2025

“The Return” on August 31 in Detroit DETROIT (August 19, 2025) – A special and rare daily double in boxing belongs to former World Champion and 2008 U.S. Olympian, Sadam “World Kid” Ali (27-3, 14  Read Full Story >>>

Irish amateur star Jim Donovan to make pro debut on Sept. 13th Outdoors at Windsor Park in Belfast
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 20 Aug 2025
NEW YORK (August 19, 2025) – Middleweight prospect Jim Donovan, of Ireland's Fightin’ Donovans clan, will make his long-awaited professional debut outdoors on September 13th at Winsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Donovan will face Lukasz Szczepaniak (2-1-1, 0 KOs), of Poland, in a 4-rou  Read Full Story >>>

Boxer and Philanthropist Boyd Melson Awarded Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award by President Joe Biden
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 20 Aug 2025

Brooklyn, NY (August 19, 2025) – 46th US President Joe Biden has honored Boyd Melson, a former professional boxer, Operation Inherent Resolve Iraq combat veteran, and tireless humanitarian, with the Presidential Lifetime  Read Full Story >>>

THE PAST WEEK IN ACTION 18 AUGUST 2025: Itauma Stops Whyte in 1; Ball Outpoints Goodman; Hrgovic Decisions Adeleye; Yaqubov Defeats Foster
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 19 Aug 2025

HIGHLIGHTS: - Heavyweight sensation Moses Itauma blows away Dillian Whyte in the first round. -Nick Ball retains the WBA feather title with a unanimous decision over Sam Goodman. Raymond Ford beats Abraham Nova on p  Read Full Story >>>

Is Gilas Relying Too Much on Fil-Fors, Naturalised Players at Expense of Locals?
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 19 Aug 2025

Australia made a threepeat as FIBA Asia Cup men's basketball champion by nosing out a gritty China team, 90-89 in the finals held at the King Abdullah Arena in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. What stood out in that championship gam  Read Full Story >>>

YOELVIS "LA JOYA" GOMEZ TRAINING CAMP NOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 19 Aug 2025

"I come from Cuba, and I’ve stared down tougher shadows than this. I don’t just want to win — I want to dominate" ORLANDO, FL (August 18, 2025) – Middleweight standout Yoelvis Gomez (8-1, 7 KOs), who is co-pr  Read Full Story >>>

Eight out of ten
By Nick Giongco, Daily Tribune, Tue, 19 Aug 2025
Amid the thrill and excitement over hot bantamweight prospect Kenneth Llover’s eighth-round stoppage of two-division world champion Luis Concepcion, there was one fellow who expressed a bit of caution over the victory. Gerry Peñalosa, who handles Llover and promotes him, told a group of scribe  Read Full Story >>>

Efren "Bata" Reyes Yalin 10-Ball Championship offers a total pot prizes of P2 million to the winners
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 19 Aug 2025
The Efren "Bata" Reyes Yalin 10-Ball Championships will be held from August 26-30, 2025 in Mandaluyong City. The tournament is part of the celebration of Efren Reyes' 71st birthday and aims to discover the next generation of billiards champions according to International Billiard and Snooker Cham  Read Full Story >>>

Llover nears IBF title shot
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 19 Aug 2025

Fresh from disposing of former two-time world champion Luis Concepcion, unbeaten IBF No. 8 bantamweight Kenneth (Lover Boy) Llover is now a step closer to sealing a crack at the IBF belt but it’s still a win   Read Full Story >>>

Basil fights Escriber for vacant interim PBF light flyweight on Aug. 23
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 19 Aug 2025

CARL Jeffrey “Ibaloi Warrior” Basil of Baguio City will battle with Reycar Escriber of Mandaluyong City for the vacant interim PBF light flyweight title on August 23 at the Multi-Purpose Building Covered Court in Sa  Read Full Story >>>

James Perkins crowned the new WBC U.S. Silver Light Heavyweight title
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 19 Aug 2025
AND THE NEW CHAMP: (L-R) Head trainer Joe Ricciardi, WBC U.S. Silver Light Heavyweight Champion James Perkins and manager/assistant trainer Dennis Willcox. 20-0 James Perella & 4-0 Shea Willcox turned in i  Read Full Story >>>

Team USA Travels to England for 2025 World Boxing Championships Preparation Camp
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 19 Aug 2025
Fourteen USA Boxing Elite High Performance Athletes Preparing for Inaugural World Championships COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (August 18, 2025) – The 2025 USA Boxing Elite High Performance team departed for Sheffield, England, on Saturday, August 16, for the team's acclimation camp in preparation for  Read Full Story >>>

Peter Kahn Signs Undefeated Super Flyweight Juanmita Lopez DeJesus To Managerial Contract
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 19 Aug 2025
MIAMI, FLORIDA--2022 BWAA Manager of the Year Peter Kahn is pleased to announce the signing of undefeated Juanmita Lopez DeJesus to an exclusive managerial contract. Lopez, 19 years-old of Caguas, Puerto Rico has a professional record of 3-0 with two knockouts. Before turning pro, Lopez repres  Read Full Story >>>

The crucial unknowns behind Moses Itauma, boxing’s newest superstar
By Steve Bunce, Independent Online, Tue, 19 Aug 2025
It took Moses Itauma less than two minutes to drop and stop Dillian Whyte in Riyadh on Saturday night. Whyte was sent sprawling from a short right hook; he fell face first heavily and somehow beat the count, but his legs betrayed him for just a few seconds. He stood, unsteady and glassy eyed, and  Read Full Story >>>

‘No one’s ever done that to Dillian’: Frank Warren reacts to Moses Itauma’s KO of Dillian Whyte
By Wil Esco, Bad Left Hook, Tue, 19 Aug 2025
Queensberry promoter Frank Warren took some time to chat with iFL TV about Moses Itauma’s swift knockout win over Dillian Whyte over the weekend, what surprised him about it, and where Itauma could go from here with Turki Alalshikh eyeing a fight between him and Oleksandr Usyk. Check out some of w  Read Full Story >>>

Cortejos to face unbeaten Fitzgerald for Australian light title
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 19 Aug 2025

JHON Cortejos of Manila will face undefeated Tommy Fitzgerald of Australia for the Australian lightweight title on August 23 at The Melbourne Pavilion in Flemington, Australia. The 31-year-old Cortejos [4-3-1,   Read Full Story >>>

SEBASTIAN "EL TRUENO" JUAREZ TRAINING CAMP NOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 19 Aug 2025

"I’m not here to be another face in boxing—I’m here to carve my name into it.” ORLANDO, FL (August 18, 2025) — Boxlab Promotions’ rising middleweight prospect, Sebastian Juarez (8-0, 5 KOs) of Brownsvi  Read Full Story >>>

WHO NEXT FOR MOSES ITAUMA?
iFL TV, Tue, 19 Aug 2025
Ahead of last Saturday night, much of the talk centred on whether the 20-year-old heavyweight sensation Moses Itauma has what it takes to become a heavyweight great. Dillian Whyte was seen as a step up in opposition — arguably the first fighter Itauma had faced who posed a real threat to him.   Read Full Story >>>

IIEE PSME Quezon City Simba’s Tribe currently at 2nd in day 1 of 1st PCAP Individual Open
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 19 Aug 2025
The IIEE PSME Quezon City Simba’s Tribe led by IM Ronald Dableo together with Norman Madriaga, NM Jose "Jojo" Aquino Jr., Samson Chhiu Chhin Lim, NM Bob Jones Liwagon, Narciso Gumila Jr., and CM Marc Christian Nazario had a team effort of 25 points behind the 26.5 total of team Pasig City King Pir  Read Full Story >>>

The Mongoose Rides Into the Sunset: Burdick Wins the Battle of the Jonathans
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 18 Aug 2025

San Francisco’s Kezar Pavilion—an old cathedral of sweat and struggle tucked near the edge of Golden Gate Park—witnessed a fitting finale on August 16th. Under the bright Dragon House MMA lights, Jonathan “The Mongoos  Read Full Story >>>