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Outgunned Pinoy loses by TKO
Jeo Santisima was badly outgunned but never took a count as he displayed a warrior’s heart in failing to dethrone WBO superbantamweight champion Emanuel Navarrete who retained his title via a technical…
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Fight won’t go distance, says Aldeguer
ALA Boxing CEO Michael Aldeguer expects a knockout ending in the WBO superbantamweight title fight between defending champion Emanuel Navarrete of Mexico and Filipino challenger Jeo Santisima in the undercard of the…
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Suarez back to pro ranks
Charly Suarez. Rio Olympian Charly Suarez has returned to professional boxing after claiming his third Southeast Asian Games gold medal last year but isn’t shutting the door on trying to qualify for…
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Will Santisima’s chin hold up?
Santisima and Roach in Los Angeles. The odds are so lopsided that anyone who bets for ALA fighter Jeo Santisima to dethrone WBO superbantamweight champion Emanuel Navarrete in their Las Vegas bout…
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Two fights for Manny this year?
A plan is now being worked out for super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao to fight two more years with three or four bouts on the table. That could be the…
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Magramo guns for vacant title
Magramo. It’s the chance of a lifetime for Giemel Magramo as the fighter nicknamed “Pistolero” shoots for the vacant WBO flyweight crown against unbeaten Junto Nakatani in a scheduled 12-round bout at…
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Santisima next in line for title shot
Jeo Santisima. Masbate’s Jeo Santisima hopes to join four Filipino fighters who are currently world boxing champions but he faces a huge obstacle in WBO superbantamweight titlist Emanuel Navarrete of Mexico to…
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Schaefer predicts Donaire win
Ringstar Sports head and former Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer is convinced Nonito Donaire, Jr. will become a world champion once again. After coming close to toppling Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue in…
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Casimero off to Miami
Casimero shows off his brand-new tattoo. WBO bantamweight champion JohnRiel Casimero left Manila on a PAL flight last night to travel alone via Los Angeles to Miami where he’ll train for a…
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It would’ve been a KO
It wasn’t exactly the way IBF minimumweight champion Pedro Taduran wanted his first defense against Mexico’s Daniel Valladares to end at the Jardin Cerveza Expo in Guadalupe city, Nuevo Leon state, Metro…
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Rematch looms for Taduran
Taduran (right) and a bloodied Valladares exchange blows. IBF minimumweight champion Pedro Taduran kept his promise to return home with the belt but would’ve preferred to knock out challenger Daniel Valladares instead…
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Casimero out to shock world
WBO bantamweight champion JohnRiel Casimero will be ready to shock the world when he battles unbeaten super WBA/IBF titlist Naoya Inoue in Las Vegas on April 25 and if the Japanese is…
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April or July for Manny
There’s a lot of speculation as to when super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao and undefeated Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will fight again. Not against each other. Not yet. The scuttlebutt is…
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MVP always ready for country
ABAP Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan. ABAP secretary-general Ed Picson was on the line the other day wondering how Manila could’ve lost the chance to host the relocated Asia/Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament. The…
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Nietes regrets giving up title
Four-time world boxing champion Donnie Nietes surrendered his WBO superflyweight title to give countryman Aston Palicte a chance to win the crown but now regrets the decision. Nietes hasn’t fought in over…
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Taduran stakes title in Mexico
IBF minimumweight champion Pedro Taduran leaves for Mexico via Tokyo this morning to make the first defense of his crown against hometowner Daniel Valladares at the Gimnasio Cedereg in Guadalupe, Nueva Leon,…
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Ashfall drives Ancajas to Dipolog
A motorcycle drives in an ash-covered town in Cavite, Philippines. Ashfall caused by the Taal Volcano eruption has sent IBF superflyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas to relocate his training camp from Magallanes, Cavite…
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Khan an option for Manny
Former super WBA/IBF lightwelterweight champion Amir Khan is suddenly in the candidates’ list for super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent with interest from Middle East promoters stirring the pot…
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All about national pride
The book “50 Greatest Filipino Athletes of All-Time” will be launched in grand fashion at the Sheraton Manila Hotel Ballroom on Andrews Avenue, Pasay City, tonight and with the featured sports heroes…
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Floyd needs Manny to stay relevant
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. has announced that he’s coming out of a third retirement to fight this year and there are hints that Money is considering two events with UFC president Dana White…
