Edri Aznar
1,102 articles · Sun.Star Cebu
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Hometown honors WBC champ Mayol
By Edri Aznar
NEWLY-crowned world champion Rodel Mayol returned to the place where he grew up, Sitio Calpayan, Barangay Tubod in San Fernando, to receive an Outstanding Achievement Award last Wednesday for becoming the latest…
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Town honors Mayol
By Edri Aznar
NEWLY-crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) light flyweight titlist Rodel Mayol will be honored by the municipality of San Fernando today. After becoming the newest world champion of the Philippines, Mayol, who was…
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Banal, Melindo on Jan. 13
By Edri Aznar
ALA Gym stars AJ Banal and Milan Melindo will open the year 2010 with a bang as they both will headline ALA Promotions’s and Smart Communications’s big boxing extravaganza dubbed as “Bak-bakan…
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AJ, Melindo in Sinulog card
By Edri Aznar
ALA boys AJ Banal and Milan Melindo will headline the “Bakbakan sa Sinulog” boxing extravaganza on Jan. 14 at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino. The undefeated Melindo, who has 19 wins with…
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Inspired by Manny
By Edri Aznar
RODEL Mayol already fell short in four world title shots but he still kept on going and was finally rewarded when he won the World Boxing Council (WBC) light flyweight crown last…
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Good news for Z
By Edri Aznar
DATCHES Gorres will soon be reunited with her husband, fallen ALA Gym star Z Gorres, in Las Vegas, as her visa was approved by the US Embassy yesterday. “Datches was granted her…
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Canillas wins in Summit boxing
By Edri Aznar
AFTER suffering his first career loss early this year, up-and-coming fighter Larry “Bon Jovi” Canillas has been on a wining romp and his latest victim was Donreil Marcos. Canillas stopped Marcos in…
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Mayol tries luck for the 4th time
By Edri Aznar
AFTER falling short at becoming a world champion twice this year, Rodel Mayol gets another crack at a world title as he fights Edgar Sosa for the World Boxing Council light flyweight…
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Gorres ‘will recover’
By Edri Aznar
FELLOW Cebuano boxer Gerry Pe?alosa said he is confident Z Gorres will recover from his injury and said what happened to the ALA gym stalwart was an “occupation hazard.” Gerry Pe?alosa, who…
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Federico promises victory
By Edri Aznar
VETERAN journeyman Federico Catubay has fought some of the best boxers in the lower weight classes, but always fell short of a victory. However, this time, Catubay vows to win, in one…
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Chance to get even
By Edri Aznar
Z GORRES may have a chance to avenge his earlier controversial loss to World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel as a possible rematch between both fighters has been brewing lately.…
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Young Casimero preps for title fight
By Edri Aznar
ALL systems are go for Jhonreil Casimero’s world title fight on Dec. 19 in Nicaragua as his and his team’s visa was approved yesterday. “Team Casimero secured a visa today. All the…
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Picking up the pieces
By Edri Aznar
ONE-TIME world title challenger Jimrex Jaca is on the comeback trail. The 26-yearold Jaca was once one of the hottest boxing prospects of the Philippines and also fought Juan Manuel Marquez for…
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Think on your feet: Gorres, Melligen told
By Edri Aznar
ALA stalwarts Z Gorres and Mark Jason Melligen need to fight intelligently, in order to win their Nov. 14 bouts, according to their promoter ALA Promotions president Michael Aldeguer. Gorres will face…
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Melligen prepares for big break
By Edri Aznar
MARK Jason Melligen is going to fight one of the toughest fights of his boxing career as he faces Mexican Michel Rosales on Nov. 13, the eve of the Manny Pacquiao and…
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Pacquiao wants a piece of boxing history
By Edri Aznar
NOW that he is the current pound-for-pound king, Manny Pacquiao is eyeing a piece of history in his Nov. 15 (RP time) fight against Miguel Cotto—to be the first boxer to win…
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Bautista still booms
By Edri Aznar
REY “Boom-Boom” Bautista knocked out Indonesian champion Maragin “Dinamita” Marbun in the seventh round and wrested the interim World Boxing Council International featherweight title last night at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino.…
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Boom-Boom returns; Czar fights Jesus tonight
By Edri Aznar
IN HIS much anticipated ring comeback, ALA Gym star Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista battles Indonesian champion Maragin “Dinamita” Marbun for the interim World Boxing Council featherweight title tonight at the Waterfront Hotel and…
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Explosive Friday
By Edri Aznar
EXPECT fireworks on “Hamon sa Kampeon” boxing event this Friday at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino as Indonesian champion Maragin “Dinamita” Marbun vowed to knock out highly-touted ALA boxer Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista…
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‘Hamon’ bets meet today
By Edri Aznar
THE protagonists of the ALA Promotions “Hamon Sa Kampeon” boxing extravaganza will face each other for the first time as they will be in a press conference today at the Aegean room…