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Outgunned Pinoy loses by TKO

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 24 Feb 2020

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 technica…

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Fight won’t go distance, says Aldeguer

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 23 Feb 2020

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 u…

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Suarez back to pro ranks

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 21 Feb 2020

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 t…

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Will Santisima’s chin hold up?

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 20 Feb 2020

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 thi…

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Two fights for Manny this year?

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 19 Feb 2020

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 agenda before Pacquiao decides h…

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Magramo guns for vacant title

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 18 Feb 2020

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

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 10 Feb 2020

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 …

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Schaefer predicts Donaire win

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 09 Feb 2020

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 …

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Casimero off to Miami

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 08 Feb 2020

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 month with …

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It would’ve been a KO

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 05 Feb 2020

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, Me…

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Rematch looms for Taduran

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 04 Feb 2020

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 V…

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Casimero out to shock world

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 03 Feb 2020

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 called the Monst…

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April or July for Manny

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 30 Jan 2020

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 b…

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MVP always ready for country

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 29 Jan 2020

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 to…

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Nietes regrets giving up title

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 29 Jan 2020

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 …

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Taduran stakes title in Mexico

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 25 Jan 2020

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, Nuev…

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Ashfall drives Ancajas to Dipolog

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 22 Jan 2020

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 Ma…

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Khan an option for Manny

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 21 Jan 2020

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 pro…

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All about national pride

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 21 Jan 2020

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 …