Ed de la Vega, DDS
1,328 articles · PhilBoxing.com
-
Fernando Vargas’ Last Hurrah — It’s For Pride, He Says
Two time junior middleweight champ, Fernando Vargas, the fearless warrior from Oxnard, California will finally be doing his last fight. On Saturday, September 8 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Vargas…
-
Pacquiao?s First Day at the Wildcard
Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino dynamo and present day boxing hero of hundreds of thousands of boxing aficionados from the homeland and abroad finally arrived in Los Angeles last night to begin the…
-
BAUTISTA HONORED TO CAPTAIN TEAM PHILIPPINES
“Malaki pong karangalang ang maging captain ng mga kasama ko. Pipilitin ko pong manalo para sa kanila, sa ALA, sa pamilya ko at sa bayan natin,” Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista replied when…
-
WORLD CUP: TEAM PHILIPPINES MEETS THE PRESS
Hollywood, Ca. -- Today, at the Wildcard Gym in a press conference arranged by Oscar de la Hoya‘s Golden Boy Promtions, Team Philippines faced the Los Angeles media for the final time…
-
TEAM PHILIPPINES UNVEIL NEW LOOK AND BATTLE CRY
Hollywoods, CA - Posing today for an exclusive photo for PhilBoxing.com and the ABS crew from the Philippines, the members and coaches of World Cup Team Philippines showed off their new look…
-
Amonsot Set to Go Home; World Cup Team Right on Track
I visited the Wildcard Gym today to check on the World Cup Team and get a first hand info about Czar Amonsot. Trainer Edito Villamor who is in constant touch with Michael…
-
Injuries to Amonsot and Katsidis Could Have Been Minimized
Watching the Michael Katsidis/CzarAmonsot fight last Saturday at the Mandalay through my 300mm digital camera lens from the overhead photographers section was something that scared the mittens out of me. I mean,…
-
KATSIDIS WINS THE BATTLE, AMONSOT, THE FANS
Las Vegas, Nevada -- For the country and for Czar Amonsot, it was not meant to be. The Philippines is now 2 and 1 in title fights for the month of July…
-
ALA Boys World Cup Participants Will Sport Custom-Made Mouth Guards
Today, Michael Domingo and Bert Batawang accompanied by their trainer Jeremiah Quijano, were at our offices to be fitted with custom-made mouth guards. They will use the new mouth guards for their…
-
Nonito Donaire Homebound on Thursday
Nonito Donaire Sr. has informed a few minutes ago that the Donaire family will be leaving for Manila and points south to share the victory of his son Nonito with his Filipino…
-
Cebu Fight Card a Huge Success
Nietes connects to the body of Sakulpan. Cebu City: - When the fight card that just concluded a few hours ago was initially conceived, it had to include local big names like…
-
AMONSOT IS NOW IN L.A. TO PREPARE FOR KATSIDIS
Los Angeles -- WBO Asia Pacific Lightweight champ, Czar Amonsot came to town yesterday after a long trip from Cebu and an overnight stop in Las Vegas. Amonsot is in town on…
-
Arum’s Plans Were on the Nose
When Bob Arum decided to offer Bobby Pacquiao a fight with Humberto Soto, it was easy to surmise that deep within his mind set, he was already planning a possible fight between…
-
PACQUIAO RECEIVES BWAA ‘FIGHTER OF THE YEAR’ AWARD; CALZAGHE A NO-SHOW
LOS ANGELES -- The Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) awards dinner according to reports coming out of the Copacabana in New York was aS good as it was hyped except that…
-
Bob Pac, Soto Equal at 131
LOS ANGELES -- Today, reports coming out of New York indicate that both Bobby Pacquiao and Humberto Soto weight in at a sizzling 131 lbs. for the big fight on Saturday. Thus,…
-
The Pacman is in Town for Honors and R&R
LOS ANGELES -- Manny”Pacman” Pacquiao, the Filipino boxing icon who recently completed his venture in Philippine politics is in town. The Pacman will be at ringside on Saturday, June 9th at the…
-
BobPac and Humberto Soto: – A Meeting at Old Town Los Angeles
BobPac (R) with Soto at today's presscon. Los Angeles, CA -- It would not be too difficult to surmise why the media people at Bob Arum’s Top Rank Promotions picked old town…
-
Nonito Donaire Gets a New Mouthguard for the Darchinyan Fight
Donaire (R) with Dr. de la Vega. Nonito Donaire, the “Filipino Flash” from San Leandro, California has a big job ahead on July 7 to accomplish what his younger brother Glenn failed…
-
Bobby Pacquiao: It will be a different fight!
If Humberto Soto is looking past Bobby Pacquiao on their meeting at the Madison Square Garden in New York on June 9, 2007, he better think twice. Pundits have it that Bob…
-
Mercito “Guerrero” Gesta Alive and Well at the Wildcard Gym
LOS ANGELES -- Mercito Gesta, a young featherweight described by PhilBoxing’s Salven Lagumbay as “the sweet punching dynamo who is a natural warrior with smooth movements and tremendous lateral skills” is alive…
