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World Boxing officially accepts the Philippines as a member; Vargas cites World Boxing hallmarks

ABAP chairman Ricky Vargas said yesterday the Philippines’ formal affiliation with the newly-formed World Boxing, which is seeking IOC recog…

Fri, 27 Oct 2023

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Boxing in Olympic limbo after Paris

IOC has ruled out a working relationship with the discredited leadership of IBA, the long-standing international governing federation of box…

Fri, 27 Oct 2023

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ABAP applies to join World Boxing

Defection from the discredited International Boxing Association (IBA), stripped of recognition by IOC, continues at a global scale and affil…

Thu, 26 Oct 2023

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Two more Paris qualifiers for boxers

Only lightheavyweight Eumir Marcial qualified for the Paris Olympics out of nine fighters in the Philippine boxing team at the Hangzhou Asia…

Mon, 16 Oct 2023

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Two left standing

Marcial (L) and Paalam (R). Featherweight Carlo Paalam and lightheavyweight Eumir Marcial are the last two warriors in contention from the P…

Tue, 03 Oct 2023

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Three boxers pursue advance

Eumir Felix Marcial Tokyo Olympic boxing medalists Eumir Marcial and Nesthy Petecio hope to clinch quarterfinal berths while John Marvin is …

Fri, 29 Sep 2023

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Eumir faces Viet ‘suki’

One down, four to go. That’s the countdown for lightheavyweight boxer Eumir Marcial in chasing gold in the 80kg division of the Hangzhou Asi…

Wed, 27 Sep 2023

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Paalam adjusts to new weight

Carlo Paalam. A change in weight divisions has led Tokyo Olympic flyweight silver medalist Carlo Paalam to chase a gold medal as a featherwe…

Fri, 22 Sep 2023

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Fighting through pain

Suarez (L) clips Vazquez with a left. Two undefeated Pinoy fighters recently displayed exceptional courage under fire in critical bouts far …

Wed, 13 Sep 2023

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Two up, one down

Astrolabio (L) and Suarez. Three Filipino fighters saw action overseas last weekend with Vincent Astrolabio and Charly Suarez picking up win…

Thu, 31 Aug 2023

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Big day for boxing

Charly Suarez. The day after the FIBA World Cup begins, three fights involving Filipinos will take place overseas on Aug. 26. In San Juan, P…

Wed, 16 Aug 2023

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Cold spell in boxing

Marlon Tapales is the only Filipino champion left standing. No Filipino reigned as world champion in pro boxing’s four major governing bodie…

Fri, 11 Aug 2023

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Tapales out to tame The Monster

WBA/IBF superbantamweight champion Marlon Tapales isn’t fazed by the reputation of newly-crowned WBC/WBO titlist Naoya Inoue and said yester…

Sun, 06 Aug 2023

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IBA in death throes

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has been stripped of recognition by IOC and an appeal for reinstatement before the Court of Arbit…

Sun, 06 Aug 2023

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New hope for Jerwin

Former IBF superflyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas rebounded from back-to-back losses to Argentinian nemesis Fernando Martinez to thrash Colo…

Thu, 29 Jun 2023

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Jade refused to quit

It’s a rare thing in pro boxing that a chunk of a fighter’s ear is nearly torn off from excessive pounding. In 2006, Argentinian Sebastian L…

Thu, 29 Jun 2023

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League of Destiny to ramp amateur boxing

Eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao has come up with an innovative plan to boost amateur boxing through his own MP League of Destin…

Sat, 17 Jun 2023

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Tapales guns for unification

In a bold move, IBF/WBA superbantamweight champion Marlon Tapales is taking a big risk in foregoing an “easy” title defense to shoot for an …

Fri, 16 Jun 2023

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IOC moves to save boxing

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has recommended the withdrawal of recognition from the discredited federation Inte…

Wed, 14 Jun 2023

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Back to drawing board

It was a brief four-month reign as WBO minimumweight champion for Bukidnon’s Melvin Jerusalem but after losing the crown in his first defens…

Sun, 04 Jun 2023