An MP3 of this call is available. Please click Read Full Story >>>?Tua De Force? continues June 26 in Brazil
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
NEW YORK (April 19, 2010) ? Samoan strongman David ?Tuamanator? Tua, coming off a near shutout victory by unanimous 12-round decision last month against Friday Ahunanya, continues his ?Tua De Force? tour June 26 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The growing problem, however, is signing a suitable opponent fo Read Full Story >>>
Unbeaten middleweight Michael Oliveira Learns ropes from Bernard Hopkins
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
MIAMI (Apr. 19, 2009) ? For four invaluable weeks at the Normandy Gym in North Miami, undefeated middleweight prospect ?Chairman of the Board? Michael Oliveira (11-0, 8 KOs), the heir apparent to retired Brazilian boxing star Acelino ?Popo? Freitas, acted more like a sponge than a young prize fight Read Full Story >>>
VALERO COMMITS SUICIDE IN HIS POLICE CELL
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 19 Apr 2010
Edwin ?El Inca? Valero, the knockout artist from Venezuela and the WBC lightweight champion ?in recess? has committed suicide after stabbing his wife to death in their room at the Hotel Intercontinental in Valencia followin Read Full Story >>>
MEPRANUM TO GO AFTER WBO FLYWEIGHT TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 19 Apr 2010
Richie Mepranum.
A cracking unanimous decision victory over undefeated and hard-hitting flyweight contender Hernan ?Tyson? Marquez has put Richie Mepranum in line for a shot at the vacant WBO title.
?Fighter of the D Read Full Story >>>
TEAM ALA ARRIVES IN DUBAI
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 19 Apr 2010
Team ALA led by ALA Promotions president Michael Aldeguer has arrived in Dubai as the promoters gear up for the big fight card scheduled on Friday, headlined by WBO minimum weight No.1 ranked, multi-titled champion Mila Read Full Story >>>
Kudos to the WBO
By Atty. Danrex Joseph V. Tapdasan, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 19 Apr 2010
Last Saturday?s boxing event can be likened to a United Nations Convention. Inside the Ynares Sports Center in Pasig City, I could see at least seven (7) countries represented therein, counting only the fighters and the ring officials, excluding the members of raucous crowd at the venue. USA, Thaila Read Full Story >>>
Labanza beats Gelig again in Mandaue
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 19 Apr 2010
Eman Labanza of Balamban, Cebu won by unanimous decision over Romano Gelig of Jagna, Bohol last Sunday evening to cap the three day boxing festival held at the Mandaue City Plaza Square.
It was an entertaining six round superbanta Read Full Story >>>
MARTINEZ GETS JUSTICE, WINS WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLES FROM PAVLIK
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 19 Apr 2010
After being virtually robbed of the decisions in two title fights, the last one being against Paul Williams at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Argentina?s Sergio Martinez returned to the scene of the crime to sco Read Full Story >>>
Results from the 2nd Mayor Jonas C. Cortes Amateur Boxing Cup
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 19 Apr 2010
Jessel Magsayo of the BTC Boxing Club was chosen as the Best Boxer of the Tournament during the finals of the three day Mandaue City Interclub Amateur Boxing Tournament also billed as the 2nd Mayor Jonas C. Cortes Cup.
Magsayo han Read Full Story >>>
PBA: 35 years and counting
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 19 Apr 2010
Year 1975, three years after the declaration of Martial Law, was the year considered as ripe for a revolution in sports. Basketball was the first to rise up in arms, not necessarily against the system the sport was being ran, but to provide players with something to go earn a living as professional Read Full Story >>>
RIC RIC MARATA PASSES AWAY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 19 Apr 2010
Ric-Ric Marata who was picked by Alaska along with Bong Alvarez and Elmer ?Boy? Cabahug in what was considered the richest Annual Draft in PBA history in 1989 and was always an attraction on the court has passed away in New York. He was 56.
Aside from Alaska Milk, Marata also saw action for Sta Read Full Story >>>
SERGIO MARTINEZ WRESTS MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLES FROM KELLY PAVLIK
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 18 Apr 2010
4/17/10, Atlantic City, N.J. -- Sergio Martinez (L) of Spain timed a perfect right counter over Kelly Pavlik, Youngstown, Ohio en route to a unanimous decision victory Saturday night at the historic Boardwalk Hall in At Read Full Story >>>
SABAUPAN WINS VACANT IBF PAN PACIFIC LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 18 Apr 2010
Undefeated southpaw Al Sabaupan hammered a badly overmatched Indonesian Heri Adriyanto to win the vacant IBF Pan Pacific lightweight title in the Solar Sports presentation of ?Young Guns? at the Ynares Sports Center in Pasig City, Saturday night.
Sabaupan dropped Adriyanto in the very first roun Read Full Story >>>
FRANCISCO EARNS TITLE SHOT WITH SPECTACULAR TKO WIN OVER NUNEZ
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 18 Apr 2010
A day before his WBA International super flyweight title fight against Panama?s Ricardo Nunez, the WBA?s No. 2 ranked contender who is also ranked No.1 by the WBC, Drian ?Gintong Kamao/ Golden Fist? Francisco said Nunez " Read Full Story >>>
PORTER SCORES SPECTACULAR 1ST ROUND KO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 17 Apr 2010
Unbeaten junior middleweight Shawn Porter, who gave pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao some rough moments at the beginning when Freddie Roach brought him in as a sparring partner, has continued his rise to prominence with a spectacular first round knockout of Raul Punzon before a noisy crowd in Sal Read Full Story >>>
PAVLIK-MARTINEZ HEADS EXCITING FIGHT CARD ON ABS-CBN
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 17 Apr 2010
In what is certainly one of the most exciting fight cards in the first half of 2010, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly ?The Ghost? Pavlik (36-1, 32 LO?s) battles tough southpaw Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO?s) in a fo Read Full Story >>>
