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Gaballo snares interim WBC crown

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 21 Dec 2020

Late replacement Reymart Gaballo of Polomolok seized the chance of a lifetime and made it pay off as he fought like a man possessed from start to finish in pounding out a split 12-round decision over …

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Mama was paid but not Sultan

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 20 Dec 2020

Jayson Mama arrived in South Africa last Wednesday to challenge IBF flyweight champion Moruti Mthalane only to be told the fight, scheduled today, was cancelled. Mama’s manager J. C. Manangquil said t…

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Donaire ready to move on

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 19 Dec 2020

It would’ve been the stage to showcase his rediscovered killer’s instinct and new-found fountain of youth but Nonito Donaire, Jr. said yesterday he’s not griping over the cancellation of his fight aga…

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Shutout for Marcial

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 18 Dec 2020

Olympic middleweight qualifier Eumir Marcial outlanded tough Andrew Whitfield by a rate of three punches to one and left the Idaho brawler with his right eye swelled to a slit in pounding out a unanim…

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It’s D-Day for Eumir

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 17 Dec 2020

Tokyo Olympic middleweight boxing qualifier Eumir Marcial of Zamboanga City makes his pro debut against unheralded Andrew Whitfield, a paper mill worker on a 12-hour shift in Lewiston, Idaho, in a sch…

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Saudi beckons for Manny’s next fight

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 16 Dec 2020

There are four possible dates on the table for super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s next fight and Saudi Arabia looms as the host country to mark his first title defense since dethron…

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Mama unfazed by tough odds

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 16 Dec 2020

It won’t be easy sailing for General Santos City challenger Jayson Mama who’s determined to defy the odds in dethroning IBF flyweight champion Moruti Mthalane in their scheduled 12-round bout in Durba…

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Donaire won’t give up fight

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 14 Dec 2020

Brandishing three negative tests to prove a false positive, Nonito Donaire, Jr. said yesterday he’s still hoping against hope to be given the green light for his fight against Puerto Rico’s Emmanuel R…

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Gaballo ready for war

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 10 Dec 2020

Reymart Gaballo with Cuban trainer Moro Fernandez in Miami. Reymart Gaballo is on a mission to capture the WBA bantamweight crown and his first step is to regain the interim title in a scheduled 12-ro…

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Boxing back in business

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 24 Nov 2020

Boxing promoter J.C. Manangquil. Last Saturday, J. C. Manangquil of Sanman Promotions staged a boxing event with five fights in General Santos City in a bold and heartful effort to keep the sport aliv…

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Donaire won’t take new foe lightly

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 19 Nov 2020

Nonito Donaire, Jr. isn’t taking Puerto Rico’s Emmanuel Rodriguez lightly as he steps up training for their scheduled 12-round fight for the vacant WBC bantamweight title at the Mohegan Sun Arena in U…

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Why Manny still sells

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 12 Nov 2020

Boxing experts are heralding the dawn of a new Golden Age in the 147-pound welterweight division. In the 1940s, the world celebrated the exploits of Sugar Ray Robinson, Jake LaMotta, Henry Armstrong a…

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Not over for Magramo

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 10 Nov 2020

Magramo. Giemel Magramo is back home in Paranaque, none the worse for wear after losing to Junto Nakatani on an eighth round TKO for the vacant WBO flyweight crown in Tokyo last Friday but raring to p…

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Magramo goes for broke tonight

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 06 Nov 2020

Giemel Magramo with Flash Elorde’s widow Laura. It’s all or nothing for Giemel Magramo who battles unbeaten Japanese southpaw Junto Nakatani in a scheduled 12-round bout for the vacant WBO flyweight c…

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Fil-Am dreams to be like Manny

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 05 Nov 2020

Little DJ Zamora (right) and Canelo Alvarez. There’s a 17-year-old, 5-10 left-handed Fil-Am featherweight who is unbeaten in three pro fights, has sparred with the likes of Shawn Porter, Ryan Garcia a…

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Make no Bones about it

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 03 Nov 2020

Calerence Adamds (L) and Johnriel Casimero. Former WBA superbantamweight champion Clarence (Bones) Adams took over training WBO bantamweight titleholder Johnriel Casimero in Las Vegas from Nonoy Neri,…

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Gone too soon

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 02 Nov 2020

Rico Navarro. Last month, my good friend Rico Navarro texted to invite me for a one-on-one chat on his weekly online show “Bleacher Talk Goes Live” and I readily accepted. Rico and I go back a long wa…

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Inoue wins but Casimero unimpressed

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 02 Nov 2020

Super WBA/IBF bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue was hardly threatened in mowing down overrated Australian challenger Jason Moloney in Las Vegas yesterday morning (Manila time) and even as the Japanese…

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How scary is The Monster?

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 01 Nov 2020

Super WBA/IBF bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue got banged up by Nonito Donaire, Jr. in their unification showdown in Saitama last November but still walked away with his unblemished record intact. Th…