Dale Rosal
259 articles · Philippine Daily Inquirer
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MELVIN?S MISSION
By Dale Rosal
This 22-year-old boxer from Bukidnon province is off to a terrific start. And not only he has been winning, Melvin ?Gringo? Jerusalem has been beating one opponent after another with authority as…
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Villanueva-Tete world title eliminator moved
By Dale Rosal
World Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia Pacific Bantamweight champion ?King? Arthur Villanueva of ALA Boxing Gym will have to wait a little longer before he could face world number two Zolani Tete of…
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?Gringo? gets ?chance of a lifetime?
By Dale Rosal
His career is off to a soaring start and this early, a ?chance of a lifetime? has already arrived for Melvin ?Gringo? Jerusalem. The 22-year-old unbeaten fighter of the ALA Boxing Gym…
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Gello-ani sees a dominant Casimero in 115-lb division
By Dale Rosal
SAMSON Gello-ani, the veteran boxing promoter and the manager of two-division world champion Johnriel ?Quadro Alas? Casimero, is confident that his prized ward will dominate the super flyweight division. Casimero, a 26-year-old…
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Nietes targeting IBF, WBO titles next year
By Dale Rosal
After two division world champion Johnriel ?Quadro Alas? Casimero (23-3-0, 15KOs) relinquished his International Boxing Federation (IBF) world flyweight title to move to the super flyweight division, another Filipino is poised to…
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Big fight awaits Milan next year
By Dale Rosal
Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo is finally a world champion, but for how long? It will be known next year when he takes on Japanese Akira Yaegashi, the regular International Boxing Federation junior…
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Melindo goes for world title tonight
By Dale Rosal
Expect a more focused Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo tonight when he takes on Thai Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr. for the IBF world interim junior flyweight title in the main event of Pinoy Pride…
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No excuses: Melindo vows to end world title drought
By Dale Rosal
Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo strongly believes in the saying ?the third time?s the charm.? This he assured everyone when he and his opponent, former world title challenger Fahlan Sakkrareen Jr. of Thailand,…
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Melindo guns for KO versus Thai foe
By Dale Rosal
MILAN Milendo of the ALA Boxing Gym is gunning for no less than a knockout when he faces Fahlan Sakkrareen for the IBF World Interim Junior Flyweight title in the main event…
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Cebuano boxing officials call for ouster of GAB?s Nasser Cruz
By Dale Rosal
A GROUP of Cebuano boxing officials has filed a petition to oust Games and Amusements Board (GAB) Chief of Boxing Chairman Dr. Nasser Cruz from his office because of alleged corruption. International…
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MELINDO?S FOE NOW IN TOWN
By Dale Rosal
Former world title challenger Fahlan Sakkreerin of Thailand kept it low when he talked about his fight against Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo of the Philippines yesterday in a press conference for the…
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?The Prince? eyes huge redemption in Pinoy Pride 39
By Dale Rosal
he road to redemption for Albert Pagara is laden with potholes. And the dynamite-fisted warrior popularly known as ?The Prince? is fully aware of the dangers that lurk on November 26 when…
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?A big loss for Philippine sports?
By Dale Rosal
A legend in sports journalism. An institution in Philippine sports. This was how some sports personalities described Ronnie Nathanielsz, who passed away yesterday a few days after he suffered a cardiac arrest…
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Will it be third time lucky for Milan?
By Dale Rosal
Will it be third time lucky for Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo? Or will his dreams of snatching a world crown remain a dream?.forever? Melindo gets his third ?and perhaps his last? chance…
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MELINDO?S PROMISE
By Dale Rosal
Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo?s journey as a fighter has been long and ruthless and not a few has dismissed the 28-year old Cagayan de Oro native as somebody in the twilight of…
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Expect tougher, more focused Melindo in PP39
By Dale Rosal
Former world title challenger Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo vowed to win impressively and impress boxing fans in his upcoming world title fight vs Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr. of Thailand on Nov. 26 in…
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Pagara to battle tough Ghanaian in PP39 card
By Dale Rosal
After a painful defeat last July in the United States, ALA Boxing Gym?s stalwart, ?Prince? Albert Pagara returns to the ring against a tough foe in the undercard of Pinoy Pride 39:…
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Milan to banner PP39 on Nov 26
By Dale Rosal
Fresh from a successful boxing promotion in the US last September, ALA Promotions International returns to its home base to treat Cebuano boxing fans with a stacked up fight card for the…
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Gello-ani confident Casimero will win
By Dale Rosal
For veteran boxing promoter Samson Gello-ani, it?s not a question of whether Johnriel ?Cuadro Alas? Casimero will win against Briton Charlie Edwards, but how. The SGG Promotions top honcho is brimming with…
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ALA Gym fighters brace for tough US encounters
By Dale Rosal
THREE of ALA Boxing Gym?s top boxers led by the longest reigning Filipino world champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes are bracing for tough battles in September 24?s ?Philippines vs. Mexico? fight card in…