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JAPAN UPDATE: WBC#6 WETHYA KEEPS OPBF 122LB BELT, UNBEATEN OHBA DEFEATS PAREDES By Joe Koizumi, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 Jun 2007 WBC#6 WETHYA KEEPS OPBF 122LB BELT
KOBE, JAPAN -- WBC#6/WBA#14 Wethya Sakmuangklaeng (86-4, 52 KOs), 122, kept his OPBF super-bantam belt as he came off the canvas in the fifth and dominated the second half to pound out a unanimous decision (115-113 twice and 116-112) over OPBF#2 Japanese Kyohei Read Full Story >>>ROACH SAYS PACQUIAO MAY FIGHT VALERO By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 03 Jun 2007

Celebrated trainer Freddie Roach says Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao may fight undefeated Venezuelan Edwin Valero who has a record of 22 knockouts in 22 wins “possibly in Macau” in October.
Ro Read Full Story >>> MANNY BELIEVES BOBBY WLL BEAT SOTO By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 03 Jun 2007 In a dinner with the original Team Pacquiao members headed by Rod Nazario at the Highlands Steak House in the Mall of Asia the other night prior to his departure for the US, Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao expressed confidence that younger brother Bobby would beat Humberto Soto in their June 9 cla Read Full Story >>> PHIL-ling Up By Rico Navarro, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 03 Jun 2007

Are you happy with the current state of Philippine boxing? Are we happy that Manny Pacquiao is recognized as the people's world champion? Are we also happy that Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista is on the verge of winning a world Read Full Story >>> Woe Awaits Pacquiao's Foe By Hermie Rivera, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 02 Jun 2007

The world’s best fighter is enroute to New York city to receive from America’s boxing writers, a distinction no other Filipino ringster has ever achieved -— Fighter of the Year honors.
Manny Pacquiao Read Full Story >>> NOT THE NIGHT FOR A TITLE By Sev Sarmenta, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 02 Jun 2007 It’s always disappointing when a championship fight ends up with nobody winning the crown.
This was the case last Friday June 1 at the Angono Municipal Gym when the vacant Philippine flyweight title remained vacant.
Contenders Danilo Lerio and Louie Bantigue clashed heads in the third Read Full Story >>> RP FLYWEIGHT TITLE REMAINS VACANT AS LERIO DRAWS WITH BANTIGUE By Tam Almeda, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 02 Jun 2007 RP No.1 Flyweight contender Danilo Lerio and No.2 contender Louie Batigue accidentally clashed heads in the 3rd round of their fight for the Vacant Philippine Flyweight Championship held at the Angono Municipal Gym in Angono, Rizal, inflicting cuts in Lerio’s right forehead and in BantigueR Read Full Story >>> BAUTISTA, BANAL FAN DAY TODAY PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 02 Jun 2007

CEBU CITY -- It’s Fans’ Day for Cebuano boxing today, June 2, at the ALA Boxing Gym, Banilad Town Center.
At 6:00 PM, Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista and AJ “Bazooka” Banal will hold an autog Read Full Story >>> SULAIMAN DENIES SAYING PACQUIAO IS AFRAID OF MARQUEZ By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 01 Jun 2007 WBC president Jose Sulaiman has denied a report that claimed he said Manny Pacquiao is afraid of reigning WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez after Pacquiao declined a mandatory title shot at the Mexican.
Sulaiman told Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today by way of clarification th Read Full Story >>> SULAIMAN SAYS PACQUIAO ILL-ADVISED, MISGUIDED By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 01 Jun 2007

WBC president Jose Sulaiman says Manny Pacquiao is “ill-advised and misguided” in turning down the opportunity for a mandatory title shot at WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez.
In an overseas t Read Full Story >>> BOBBY PACQUIAO EYES TITLE FIGHT AGAINST MARQUEZ By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 01 Jun 2007 While Manny Pacquiao has declined a mandatory title shot against WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez his younger brother Bobby Pacquiao says he is eyeing a crack at Marquez.
In an interview on the boxingscene.com website Pacquiao said his manager Michael Koncz had told him that Read Full Story >>> FIL-AM BOBBY VILLAVER: THAILAND'S NOT-SO-SECRET WEAPON PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 01 Jun 2007 It is no longer such a secret among boxing managers and promoters in Thailand that a Carcar, Cebu-born Fil-Am Hawaiian trainer is the reason why all of a sudden Thai boxers are looked upon as a threat to world contenders and champions defending their world title.
Alberto "Bobby" Villaver is no Read Full Story >>> NIETES IS GAB BOXER OF THE MONTH! By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 31 May 2007 WBO Asia-Pacific minimumweight champion Donnie Nietes of the ALA Boxing Gym has been selected as the Boxer of the Month in the GAB's latest rankings released yesterday by the government agency.
Nietes was chosen owing to his impressive titular defense over Thailand's Thongthailek Por Vorasing la Read Full Story >>> BobPac and Humberto Soto: - A Meeting at Old Town Los Angeles By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 31 May 2007
 BobPac (R) with Soto at today's presscon.
Los Angeles, CA -- It would not be too difficult to surmise why the media people at Bob Arum’s Top Rank Promotions picked old town Los Angeles as the site to hype Read Full Story >>> Going Nuclear: Bautista vs. Ponce de Leon By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 31 May 2007
 
Is it finally going to happen? Every Filipino fight fan has been waiting for it for the past couple of years. Rey “Boomboom” Bautista , Candijay, Read Full Story >>> GANOY DEFENDS IBF TITLE ON JUNE 8 By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 31 May 2007 Hard-hitting Filipino Ranee Ganoy is scheduled to defend his IBF Pan Pacific lightweight title against Indonesia’s Joey de Ricardo in Brisbane, Australia on June 8.
The 27 year old Ganoy who is based in Sydney is managed by Dido Bohol who migrated to Australia several years ago and is tr Read Full Story >>> GAB Lifts Thailand Fight Ban By Epifanio M. Almeda, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 30 May 2007 During the meeting of boxing managers and promoters yesterday, 29 May 2007, at the spacious ballroom of the Elorde Sports Complex in Sucat, Para?aque City, Philippine Games and Amusements Board Chairman Eric R. Buhain practically lifted the ban in the sending of fighters to Thailand.
Mr. Buhai Read Full Story >>> BUHAIN PROMISES SISONORIO CASE ISN'T CLOSED By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 30 May 2007 Games and Amusements Board chairman Eric Buhain has promised that the Lito Sisnorio case in which the 24 year old former WBC Youth flyweight champion died following brain surgery after a battering last March 30 at the hands of former world champion Chatchai Sasakul “is not going to be a closed Read Full Story >>> FLASH ELORDE’S CHOICE AS ALL-TIME GREAT TOUCHES LAURA By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 30 May 2007
 Gabriel "Flash" Elorde.
Laura Elorde, the widow of the late world junior lightweight champion Gabriel “Flash” Elorde is a lady of few words but she told Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today she was touched by the ch Read Full Story >>> UNITY IN BOXING By Danny Leigh, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 29 May 2007 THE ULTIMATE BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS, ONE POWER, ONE RANKINGS, ONE CHAMP.
THE POWERS IN BOXING SHOULD TAKE CONTROL OR PASS IT ON...A LEGITIMATE BOXING GOVERNING BODY NEEDS TO BE ESTABLISHED.
If Don King, Bob Arum and Oscar DeLa Hoya can put their past behind them, and work together in boxing, w Read Full Story >>>
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