Teodoro Medina Reynoso
911 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Bad News, Good News
First the bad news. In an unfortunate outside the ring double whammy, two Pinoy fighters had their scheduled potentially career boosting bouts in the US cancelled for health and medical reasons, one…
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What if a Young Manny Pacquiao Did Not Bypass The Bantamweights? (Part 3 of 3)
Pacquiao and Sahaprom (R). Manny Pacquiao actually fought six bouts from the time he moved two divisions up to the super bantamweight from flyweight before he got his big break against Lehlo…
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What if A Young Manny Pacquiao Did Not Bypass the Bantamweights (Part 2)
Ayala (R) and Tapia, June 26, 1999 in Las Vegas. Possibilities and Possible Title Opponents Saddled by weight problems at flyweight, Manny Pacquiao after losing his world title by an upset stoppage…
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What if Young Manny Pacquiao Did Not Bypass the Bantamweight? (Part I)
Young Pacquiao overpowers Lehlo Ledwaba on June 23, 2001 in Las Vegas. In distinguishing himself as the only fighter to win world championships in eight divisions, Manny Pacquiao also set the record…
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Loma May Return as P4P King; Manny Could Lose Rear Post
With Canelo Alvarez return to action still in a haze albeit the possibility of him being paired with a "soft touch", Vasily Lomachenko, if victorious in his still to be rescheduled high…
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July in Boxing History (Part 3 of 3)
Mancini (L) and Espana (R), July 24, 1982, Warren, Ohio. Hopefully, July 2020 will see the continuous and steady return of professional boxing especially in the United States after the still ongoing…
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July in Boxing History (Part 2 of 3)
Wilfredo Gomez (R). Hopefully, July 2020 will see the continuous and steady return of professional boxing especially in the United States after the still ongoing coronavirus pandemic forced a full stop to…
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July in Boxing History (Part 1 of 3)
Dempsey drops Carpienter, July 2, 1921, New Jersey. Hopefully, July 2020 will see the continuous and steady return of professional boxing in the United States after the still ongoing coronavirus pandemic forced…
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Top Rank Pursuing Unification Between Ancajas and Franco
It has been reported that Top Rank's Bob Arum is working a deal with the Golden Boy Promotions for a possible unification bout involving IBF super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas and newly…
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Casimero Must be Patient as Arum Holds Key to Inoue Fight
Patience is a virtue. Heaven holds a place for those who wait. Johnriel Casimero must be patient as it is not Naoya Inoue but promoter Bob Arum who holds the key to…
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Olympic Boxing Final World Qualifier Quandaries
The hope of the Philippines to advance more boxers in the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympics through the final world qualifier tournament, originally set last May in Paris, France but suspended and yet…
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July 5, 1986: Dodie Boy Peñalosa vs Hilario Zapata, First World Title Fight in PH Post EDSA
Dodie Boy Peñalosa (L) with son Dodie Boy Jr. July 5, 1986, exactly thirty four years ago marked the return of world championship boxing in the Philippines when Diosdado Jumaran Peñalosa, Jr.…
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Casimero Should Stay in the US As Inoue Could Fly in Anytime
Johnriel Casimero should continue to stay in the US and wait for the arrival of Naoya Inoue to firm up their still to be rescheduled world bantamweight title unification under Bob Arum's…
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Asian Boxing Outlook: Imperatives in Post Covid Lockdown
Many Asian countries have begun to ease restrictions to revive their battered economies and start the transition to the new normal at the heels of a near global lockdown on account of…
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“OFW” Approach Beneficial to PH Boxing Amid Covid Crisis
Mike Plania stuns Joshua Greer Jr. A paradox of this present Covid-19 pandemic time is that the much criticized preferred priority practice of sending our top fighters abroad seems to be working…
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Wanheng Menayothin, Thai Boxing At Crucial Crossroads
How much Thais value a world boxing championship? So much they are willing to invest millions of dollars, translated to hundreds of millions of baht to stage fights to win it or…
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Ex Champion Sees US Fight Between Casimero and Inoue Pushing Through
Morris East. Former WBA junior welterweight champion Morris East has reacted to my earlier story on the much awaited fight between Johnriel Casimero and Naoya Inoue being left hanging with Bob Arum's…
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Mike Plania Has to Negotiate A Virtual Minefield at 122 Lbs
After his morale, and hopefully world ranking, boosting victory over American top ranked bantamweight contender Joshua Greer, Jr. in their recent overweight match, Mike Plania has decided to continue to campaign in…
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June 28, 2008: When Manny Pacquiao Broke Through A Historic Barrier at Lightweight (Part 3/3)
Part Three: The Breakthrough at 135 Heading to the fight that evening of June 28, 2008 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, questions still lingered in the minds…
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Arum Focusing on Crawford Has Monster Inoue Hanging
Premier boxing promoter Bob Arum signed up Japanese sensation Naoya Inoue last November at the heels of his best career win thus far over legendary Filipino multi division titlist Nonito Donaire in…
