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Ancajas steps up training at Wild Card

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 26 Feb 2021

IBF superflyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas is set to make the ninth defense of his crown against dangerous Mexican mandatory challenger Jonathan Javier Rodriguez at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angele…

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Boxing moves on

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 24 Feb 2021

Taduran (L) and Cuarto face off this Saturday in Gensan with Taduran's IBF belt at stake. Since the pandemic struck last year, seven pro boxing shows have been staged and there’s another coming off th…

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Saludar wins but rematch looms

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 23 Feb 2021

Robert (Inggo) Paradero celebrated too early and paid a hefty price for showboating in the last two rounds as veteran Vic Saludar stepped up the pace down the stretch to eke out a split 12-round decis…

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IOC axe leaves out Suarez

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 21 Feb 2021

Charly Suarez. Three-time SEA Games gold medalist Charly Suarez’ hopes for a return to the Olympics were dashed when the IOC Boxing Task Force decided last Monday to cancel the world qualifying tourna…

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Pinoys dispute WBA title

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 20 Feb 2021

Saludar (L) and Paradero (R) at yesterday's weighin. It’ll be experience against youth as veteran “Vicious” Vic Saludar engages upstart Robert (Inggo) Paradero in a scheduled 12-round fight for the va…

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IOC cancels boxing qualifiers

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 20 Feb 2021

There will be no more world Olympic boxing qualifying tournament in Paris as the IOC Task Force decided the other day to cancel the event which was slated on May 13-20 and reset to June due to the pan…

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Paradero ignores stats

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 16 Feb 2021

Robert Paradero is unbeaten but the record shows that 12 of his 18 victims had more losses than wins so his pristine mark of 18-0, with 12 KOs, may be deceiving. Still, Paradero insists that the quali…

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Saludar won't leak secret fight plan

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 09 Feb 2021

Saludar (L) and Paradero. Former WBO minimumweight champion Vic Saludar swears he’ll never make the same mistake twice in his boxing career. In 2015, he was on the way to an easy win over defending WB…

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Do or die for Paradero

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 06 Feb 2021

Unbeaten Robert Paradero yesterday admitted it will be tough to beat former WBO champion Vic Saludar but he’s confident of getting the job done in their 12-round fight for the vacant WBA minimumweight…

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Careful what you wish for

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 30 Jan 2021

It’s unthinkable for a new kid on the boxing block like Ryan Garcia, who isn’t even a full-fledged world lightweight champion, to call out super WBA welterweight titleholder (in recess) Sen. Manny Pac…

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Class of his own

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 24 Jan 2021

Luisito Espinosa. Of all the Filipino world boxing champions, Luisito Espinosa was blessed with the classic fighter’s physique. The man called “Lindol” stood 5-7 1/2, tall for the bantamweight and fea…

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Cuarto to fight like Manny

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 16 Jan 2021

Cuarto (R) and Taduran (L). Challenger Rene Mark Cuarto plans to use super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s fighting style and technique in attempting to dethrone IBF minimumweight titl…

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Marcial likely to stay in L.A.

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 14 Jan 2021

Marcial (R) with Roach (L) and Gibbons (C). Tokyo Olympic middleweight boxing qualifier Eumir Marcial is expected to stay in Los Angeles until after his next pro fight in March and possibly up to Apri…

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GAB hails world title fights here

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 14 Jan 2021

Pedro Taduran (L) and Rene Cuarto (R). Since the pandemic breakout last year, the Philippines staged only four boxing promotions, two in Mandaue with Omega and two in General Santos City with Sanman. …

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McGregor gone in two rounds

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 11 Jan 2021

If ever super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao faces MMA fighter Conor McGregor, Los Angeles-based Australian strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune said yesterday it’s over in tw…

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ABAP eyes 7 more Tokyo tickets

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 10 Jan 2021

Ed Picson. The window is slowing closing on more boxing qualifiers for the coming Tokyo Olympics but ABAP secretary-general Ed Picson said yesterday he’s hoping things will open up once training resum…

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Pro boxing review: Five Pinoys reign as world champs

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 02 Jan 2021

The Philippines fell one man shy of duplicating the record for most Filipino world boxing champions in the same year but under pandemic conditions, it was still a remarkable feat as super WBA welterwe…

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Another Pinoy next for Inoue

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 30 Dec 2020

Michael Dasmariñas. It won’t be WBO bantamweight champion JohnRiel Casimero battling super WBA/IBF titlist Naoyo Inoue next but another Filipino who’s been waiting over a year for his chance of a life…

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Spirit of Christmas

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 25 Dec 2020

This pandemic has turned the world and our lives upside down. But it won’t dissipate the spirit of Christmas. There will be less church goers attending Mass and services because government has restric…

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Manny recalls winning his 1st world title

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 23 Dec 2020

Pacquiao (R) and Sasakul during their Dec., 1998 battle. It was 22 years ago and Manny Pacquiao was 19, less than two weeks before his 20th birthday. He was in the Tonsuk College Ground in Phutthamont…