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Business as usual at ABAP

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 08 Nov 2018

Even as boxing is under threat of expulsion from the Olympic calendar, there is no stopping the training of Filipino fighters hoping for a chance to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Games. ABAP secretary-ge…

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Who is Zolani Tete?

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 08 Nov 2018

Zolani Tete. The man whom newly-crowned WBA bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. is facing next is a 5-9 South African with a 72-inch wingspan and a long list of victims that includes five Filipi…

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Manny scores a knockout at Oxford

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 07 Nov 2018

WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao delivered an inspiring speech before the Oxford Union, the university?s prestigious debating society, then spoke from the heart in a one-on-one interview …

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Donaire's next fight in Manila?

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 06 Nov 2018

Newly-crowned WBA bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. said yesterday his next fight against WBO titlist Zolani Tete of South Africa will likely be held in Asia with Manila an option to host the …

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Donaire breaks Scottish jinx

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 05 Nov 2018

Nonito Donaire, Jr. finally broke a 55-year jinx where no Filipino fighter won in Scotland by halting Belfast's Ryan Burnett to wrest the WBA bantamweight crown at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow last …

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Vindication for the Filipino Flash

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 05 Nov 2018

Nonito Donaire, Jr. went against the odds to score what appeared to be a freakish stoppage of defending WBA bantamweight champion Ryan Burnett who was ruled unfit to continue by his trainer Adam Booth…

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Cambridge in Manny's bandwagon

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 04 Nov 2018

It won?t only be Oxford welcoming Sen. Manny Pacquiao to its hallowed halls but Cambridge is also in the UK tour where the WBA welterweight champion is delivering speeches before two prestigious debat…

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Ring legend in Donaire's corner

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 04 Nov 2018

A boxing legend was in Nonito Donaire, Jr.?s corner when he stopped Northern Ireland?s defending WBA bantamweight champion Ryan Burnett in a World Boxing Super Series fight leading to unify the 118-po…

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Who's next Pinoy world boxing champ?

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 02 Nov 2018

Aside from three reigning world champions, there are 39 Filipino boxers in the top 15 ratings of the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO----widely considered the most prestigious governing bodies of the sport. Of t…

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Future's wide open for Manny

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 01 Nov 2018

At the moment, WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao?s target is Adrien Broner and while contracts are still being finalized, it appears they?ll face off in Las Vegas on Jan. 19. Beyond Broner…

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Vargas, Picson to Moscow for AIBA polls

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 31 Oct 2018

POC/ABAP president Ricky Vargas and POC communications director/ABAP secretary-general Ed Picson left Manila for Moscow last night to attend the two-day AIBA World Congress that will culminate with th…

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Randy insists foul blows cramped style

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Wed, 31 Oct 2018

Abandoning a plan to hit and run, Randy Petalcorin threw caution to the wind as he fought Nicaraguan knockout artist Felix Alvarado head on from the start then blamed foul blows that caused his thighs…

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It's a toss-up for vacant title

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 29 Oct 2018

It looks like all bets are off on the scheduled 12-round bout between Davao City?s Randy Petalcorin and Nicaragua?s Felix Alvarado at the Midas Hotel and Casino tent tonight as the battle for the vaca…

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Water and cornflakes

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sun, 28 Oct 2018

Like Sen. Manny Pacquiao, former WBO superfeatherweight, WBC lightweight, WBA superlightweight and WBC welterweight champion Adrien Broner said he came from nothing. His way out of poverty was through…

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No-nonsense ref for IBF title fight

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 25 Oct 2018

Ernie Sharif. A no-nonsense referee from Pittsburgh will work the scheduled 12-round fight between Davao City?s Randy Petalcorin and Nicaragua?s Felix Alvarado for the vacant IBF lightflyweight champi…

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If Broner is "The Problem," is Manny "The Solution?"

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 22 Oct 2018

Adrien Broner is called ?The Problem? but it?s likely WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will be ?The Solution? when they face off, tentatively in Las Vegas on Jan. 19. The fight is a must-win f…

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Manny to speak at Oxford

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 22 Oct 2018

WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao has accepted an invitation to speak before the Oxford Union, the university?s prestigious debating society, in Oxford, a city in southeast England 51 mile…

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Randy ready for KO artist

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 20 Oct 2018

Petalcorin. Nicaragua?s Felix Alvarado is touted to be the most devastating puncher in the lightflyweight division today and he?s coming to town to face Davao City?s Randy Petalcorin for the vacant IB…

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What drives Donaire in title race

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 18 Oct 2018

It?s the prospect of unifying the world bantamweight championship that?s fueling Nonito Donaire?s mission to top the World Boxing Super Series and the first step is to dethrone WBA titlist Ryan Burnet…