Ryan Songalia
800 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Tunacao vows to defeat Yamanaka for WBC bantamweight belt
It has been 12 years and one month since Malcolm Tunacao lost the WBC flyweight belt via first-round knockout to Pongsaklek Wonjongkam in his second title defense. Tunacao, of Mandaue City, Philippines,…
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Verdejo scores explosive second-round KO of Quezada
2012 Puerto Rican Olympian Felix Verdejo (4-0, 3 KOs) scored an explosive second-round technical knockout over Martin Quezada (2-4, 2 KOs) in a scheduled four-round junior lightweight bout at Coliseo Ruben Zayas…
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Fury’s mouth, fists bring excitement back to the heavyweights
NEW YORK ? Something seemed a bit off. It was nearly 30 minutes into the press conference at Jack Demsey's Pub in Midtown Manhattan to announce undefeated British heavyweight contender Tyson Fury…
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Cuello, Jaro to take tune-up fights in Japan on April 7
Former flyweight world champion Sonny Boy Jaro and top strawweight contender Denver Cuello will fight in separate bouts on the undercard of WBA bantamweight titleholder Koki Kameda's defense against Juan Carlos Payano…
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Hopkins, the old master, once again awes boxing world
BROOKLYN, N.Y. ? At the final press conference to promote Tavoris Cloud-Bernard Hopkins on Wednesday afternoon, Hopkins' trainer Naazim Richardson launched a diatribe towards the press for what he felt was a…
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Donnie Nietes: The overlooked Filipino champion
In Philippine boxing history, Donnie Nietes is in rare company. The WBO junior flyweight titleholder from Bacolod City is joined by Manny Pacquiao, Nonito Donaire Jr., Brian Viloria, Eleuterio "Little Dado" Zapanta,…
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50 Cent doubts Mayweather will fight six times in 30 months
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is skeptical whether former business partner Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight six times over the next 30 months, as is reportedly planned in the deal that brought the…
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Video: Nonito Donaire post-press conference interview
RING junior featherweight champ Nonito Donaire analyzes his next opponent, WBA titleholder Guillermo Rigondeaux, for the New York City boxing media after the press conference announcing their April 13 HBO-televised showdown.
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Testing issue settled: Donaire set to face Rigondeaux
NEW YORK ? Fear not, the fight is on. Still, RING junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. stuck to his promise not to move forward with the official announcement of his April…
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Donaire lands in NY, but still waits for Rigondeaux’s VADA testing agreement
NEW YORK - World junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr., has arrived in New York City ahead of Thursday's (Friday, PHL time) press conference to announce his fight with WBA 122 pound…
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Penalosa Brothers added to Macau card on April 6
Unbeaten Filipino prospects Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr., and Dave Penalosa will see action on April 6 on the historic boxing event at the Venetian Casino & Resort in Macau, says their uncle…
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Donaire threatens no-show at Thursday’s press conference
NEW YORK - Junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire says he will not be attending Thursday's planned press conference in New York to announce a fight with WBA titleholder Guillermo Rigondeaux on April…
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‘Mexican Russian’ Gradovich not shaken by short notice
Evgeny Gradovich was just as surprised as everyone else when he got the call last week to replace Luis Franco to face IBF featherweight titleholder Billy Dib on March 1. Gradovich, a…
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Rigondeaux ‘expected’ to sign for Donaire fight soon, says manager
NEW YORK - Gary Hyde, the manager of WBA junior featherweight titleholder Guillermo Rigondeaux, says that he expects that his client will sign to face THE RING's 122-pound champion Nonito Donaire on…
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Dib “disappointed” by Franco’s withdrawal from title fight
IBF featherweight titleholder Billy Dib says he is ?disappointed and shocked? by the news that Luis Franco has withdrawn from their March 1 title fight. Dib (35-1, 21 knockouts) was expecting to…
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Pavlik says there’s a ?95 percent chance? his retirement is permanent
NEW YORK ? Former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik says there is a ?95 percent chance? that his retirement sticks, but cautions that he can't predict how he'll feel in the future. ?I…
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Garcia defeats Salido, but performance blunted by headbutt
NEW YORK - Through eight rounds, Miguel Angel "Mikey" Garcia had fought the fight of his life, dropping incumbent WBO featherweight titleholder Orlando Salido four times to create an insurmountable lead on…
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Arum rules out Mares for Donaire, focuses on Rigondeaux
NEW YORK ? Top Rank CEO Bob Arum knows better than anyone that no deal is final until both parties have signed their contracts, but he feels pretty confident that fans will…
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Boxing is a family tradition for Mikey Garcia
NEW YORK, N.Y. ? Miguel Angel Garcia, the undefeated featherweight contender who more frequently goes by ?Mikey,? vaguely remembers when his brother Robert won the IBF junior lightweight title against Harold Warren…
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Marquez promoter confident of fifth Pacquiao fight
NEW YORK - Zanfer Promotions president Fernando Beltran feels that his client, Juan Manuel Marquez, will return the favor Manny Pacquiao extended to him in making a fourth fight by granting him…
