Monday, 21 September 2026 · Philippines
Yulo to receive Sports Hero award
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Yulo to receive Sports Hero award

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 20 Mar 2025

Two-time Paris Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Carlos Yulo will be feted with the first-ever Outstanding Sports Hero trophy, a departure from the usual boxing honors, in the second Pacquiao-Elorde Aw…

ABAP gets ready for battle
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ABAP gets ready for battle

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 09 Mar 2025

Six fighters are now in training in Guangzhou, China up to March 14 and 10 will report at another boot camp in Korea on April 7-17 as ABAP gears up for competitions this year starting with the Thailan…

Why restore 15 rounds?
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Why restore 15 rounds?

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 04 Mar 2025

WBA president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza. Korean fighter Kim Duk Koo was only 27 when he died from injuries five days after suffering a 14th round knockout loss to Ray (Boom Boom) Mancini in a WBA lightwe…

More mandatory challengers
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More mandatory challengers

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 03 Mar 2025

L-R: AJ Paciones, Joey Canoy and Vic Saludar. In the first of this two-part series, three Filipino No. 1 contenders were featured as mandatory challengers in line to take world title cracks this year-…

Mandatory challengers
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Mandatory challengers

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 28 Feb 2025

L-R: Suganob, Suarez and Araneta lead Filipino mandatory challengers. The latest WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO ratings show six Filipinos in line for title shots as mandatory challengers. That means sometime this y…

Brothers on warpath
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Brothers on warpath

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 19 Feb 2025

Beware! The avenging Shigeoka brothers are on the comeback trail with their sights set on regaining the world boxing championships they lost to two Filipinos last year. Yudai Shigeoka, 27, will be the…

Secret is never retire
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Secret is never retire

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 15 Feb 2025

Antonio L. Aldeguer. The man who made “Pinoy Pride” a mantra in Philippine boxing is no longer involved in the sport as he closed down the famed ALA stable in 2020 after a 35-year journey that produce…

Saludar in line for title shot
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Saludar in line for title shot

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 13 Feb 2025

Former WBO/WBA minimumweight champion Vic (Vicious) Saludar is ranked No. 1 by WBO in the 105-pound division and at 34 with 32 fights under his belt, knows time is running out to chase another world t…

Night of fireworks
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Night of fireworks

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 12 Feb 2025

In some 30 years in the boxing business, WBO Asia Pacific chairman Leon Panoncillo said he’d never witnessed a more exciting main event than what went down at the NuSTAR Convention Center, Cebu, last …

Asian Boxing, OCA affirm alliance
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Asian Boxing, OCA affirm alliance

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 11 Feb 2025

ABAP chairman Ricky Vargas inked a Memorandum of Understanding confirming the partnership of Asian Boxing, where he is a board member, and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) represented by director gen…

Big-time boxing in Cebu
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Big-time boxing in Cebu

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 08 Feb 2025

CEBU. Three WBO regional championships will be at stake with WBO No. 1 minimumweight Vic Saludar headlining the undercard in a blockbuster boxing event called “Binukbukay Sa Sugbu” at the NUSTAR Resor…

Taduran defense may be rematch
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Taduran defense may be rematch

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 02 Feb 2025

IBF minimumweight champion Pedro Taduran walked into the Grand Ballroom of the Manila Hotel to attend the San Miguel Corp. Philippine Sportswriters Association Annual Awards Night with the title belt …

Benavidez vs. Morrell: Talking All That Jazz
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Benavidez vs. Morrell: Talking All That Jazz

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 01 Feb 2025

This Saturday live on Amazon Prime PPV from Las Vegas, Nevada, two unbeaten fighters meet in a 50-50 type scrap at the light heavyweight division. The battle of the David’s is an intriguing style matc…

Ed’s smiling in heaven
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Ed’s smiling in heaven

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 19 Jan 2025

Ed Picson. For over 10 years, the late Ed Picson battled the big wigs of the International Boxing Association (IBA) in a fight to restore integrity in the amateur fight game. He was the lone Asian voi…