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Batawang headlines Sept. 17 card
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 02 Sep 2005
WBA Pan-African Light Flyweight Champion and world contender Bert Batawang stakes his lofty ratings against the dangerous brawler Eugene Gonzales in another slam-bang boxing promotion of Samson ?Don King? Gello-ani on September 17, 2005 at the Mandaue Sports Complex.
The ageless Batawang and th Read Full Story >>>PACQUIAO READY FOR BATTLE!
By Victor Perea, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 02 Sep 2005
We can all see it now: the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, packed yet again with ever faithful Erik Morales fans, and yet there is still enough room for the parade of Pacquiao followers to rock the house. A sold out fight of Read Full Story >>> 'ELORDE BOXING SPECIALS' TV SHOW DEBUTS WITH RUBILLAR-UBATAY BOUT
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 02 Sep 2005
The bout between world rated Juanito Rubillar vs. Edwin Ubatay will be featured in the intitial offering of "Elorde Boxing Specials" TV Show over IBC Channel 13 Friday night, September 2 (Thursday morning in the U.S.).
The "Elorde Boxing Specials" is a one-hour program that will be telecast ever Read Full Story >>> AFTER LONGORIA, PACMAN TO THROW CEREMONIAL PITCH IN LA
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 31 Aug 2005
Manny Pacquiao has certainly gone a long way from those days when he would hitch jeepney rides in Manila, dangling perilously from the rear end of his ride.
In a solid testament to his cross-cultural appeal today in sporting America, Pacquiao has just been tapped to perform a chore even members Read Full Story >>> NIIDA STEPS UP TRAINING FOR GEJON BOUT
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 29 Aug 2005
World Boxing Association 105-lb kingpin Yutaka Niida is practically not pulling any stop as he prepares for what will most likely be his toughest challenge to date as he defends his world crown against Cebuano Eriberto "Yukka" Gejon on September 25 at the 20,000-capacity Yokohama Arena.
Promoted Read Full Story >>> ANCAJAS WINS IN AUSTRALIA, 3 RP PUGS LOSES IN THAILAND
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Aug 2005
Davao City's welter journeyman Jesar Ancajas scored a majority decision win over Australia's Adrian Campbell at Panthers World Entertainment Center in Penrith, NSW, Australia yesterday. FightNews reported that Ancajas (14-12-2) sent the upstart Campbell (6-3) to the canvas in the first round and in Read Full Story >>> BROTHEL HOUSE OF SPORTS
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Aug 2005
“The fight racket” wrote American sportswriter Jimmy Cannon, “ ever since its rotten beginnings, has always been the red light district of sports.”
“The fight racket” Cannon was referring to is no other than the sport of boxing.
How true indeed!
This is t Read Full Story >>> FLORES, RUBILLAR FIGHT SEPARATE FOES TONIGHT IN 'KULOG SA ELORDE'
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 27 Aug 2005
REXON Flores and Juanito Rubillar will both risk their lofty world rankings against separate veteran foes in the main event of “Kulog sa Elorde” card tonight (Saturday) at the air-conditioned Elorde Sports Center in Sucat, Para?aque City.
Both scheduled for 10-round non-title tiffs, F Read Full Story >>> ANOTHER JAPANESE TRAINS AT ALA GYM
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 26 Aug 2005
Japan's national flyweight champ, Daisuke Naito, is the latest of the list of foreign fighters seeking refuge at the famed ALA Gym, as he prepares for a grand rematch with WBC flyweight king and ex-tormentor Pongsaklek Wongjongkam on October 10 at the famed Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Naito w Read Full Story >>> My Mother's Tears
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 26 Aug 2005
Last Saturday, Aug. 20, our family gathered in Nueva Vida, the village of our youth in M'lang, North Cotabato to mark our departed father's birthday. We lighted candles and shared food under the shade of a mango tree that I planted 40 years ago at the back of our ancestral home.
Our father, Bern Read Full Story >>> Parade of Young Stars: The Mindanao Invitational Open Amateur Boxing Tournament
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 25 Aug 2005
When the Mindanao Invitational Open Amateur Boxing Tournament unfolds in North Cotabato Aug. 28 to 31 this year, boxing fans will be treated to a dazzling show of young talents in amateur boxing who are expected to figure prominently in the Olympic eliminations two years from now.
Two provinces & Read Full Story >>> BAUTISTA GETS TOP CONDITIONING FROM FORTUNE
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 23 Aug 2005
Manny Pacquiao's personal conditioning coach, Justin Fortune, is now at the helm of WBO Asia Pacific bantam champ Rey Bautista's physical conditioning as the latter plunges into the remaining two weeks before he takes on Felix Murillo on September 10 at the Staples Center underneath the Erik Morales Read Full Story >>> WILD AND WACKY NIGHT OF BOXING
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Boxing returned to South Cotabato last week in a rather wild and wacky way as the night was marked by events that ranged from the hilarious to dangerous.
The crowd that witnessed the event at the air-conditioned South Cotabato Gymnasium was not big. But it was remarkable enough as it was the fir Read Full Story >>> JACA, DELADA JOIN MURAD CAMP
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 22 Aug 2005
Two more outstanding Filipino boxers are set to join the promotional outfit of American boxing promoter Murad Muhammad, bringing to three the new faces who will soon be seeing action in bigtime boxing in the United States.
Cebuano kingmaker Rex "Wakee" Salud, who has so far produced three world Read Full Story >>> Raider of Boxing Treasures
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 21 Aug 2005
Michael Koncz was introduced to me by Manny Pacquiao shortly before my birthday December 16 last year when I hosted dinner for the world champion and his trainer, Freddie Roach, in Davao City.
Long-haired and in his 50s, he looks like a member of the cast of the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. Pa Read Full Story >>> NORTH COTABATO HOSTS WEEK-LONG BOXFEST
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 20 Aug 2005
It will be a week-long boxing festival starting Aug. 27 when North Cotabato hosts the 1st Mindanao Invitational Amateur Boxing Tournament and a big professional boxing card on Aug. 31 to mark the 91st foundation anniversary of the booming province in the Southern Philippines.
North Cotabato Gover Read Full Story >>> Setting It Straight
PhilBoxing.com Exclusive Interview with Justin Fortune
By Victor Perea, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 20 Aug 2005
The members of Team Pacquiao are no strangers to controversy and hearsay. Throughout this past year they have dealt with everything from rumors of throwing the fight versus Erik Morales to the real life fiasco of Murad Muhammad’s suspected extortion from Pacquiao.
With the many problems th Read Full Story >>> GEJON TO SPAR WITH MAYOL NEXT WEEK
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 19 Aug 2005
World Boxing Association no. 1 minimumweight Eriberto "Yukka" Gejon will start sparring with World Boxing Council no. 1 minifly Rodel Mayol next week as the former prepares for his September 25 challenge of WBA 105-lb champ Yutaka Niida at the 20,000-capacity Yokohama Arena in Japan.
Gejon and M Read Full Story >>> FOR MURAD, THE DREAM LIVES ON
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 18 Aug 2005
American boxing promoter Murad Muhammad, whose stormy promotional relationship with Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao ended in an out of court settlement two months ago, is still determined to pursue his dream of helping Filipino boxers make it big in the US boxing scene.
"I want to put an end Read Full Story >>> LAURENTE SET TO BATTLE TOP JAPANESE PROSPECT
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 18 Aug 2005
Pan-Asian Boxing Association interim super-bantam champ Pederito Laurente of the Johnny Elorde Stable makes a major career gamble when he takes on a world-class Toshiaki Nishioka, the WBC no. 1 and WBA no. 3 super-bantam contender, on September 3 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Reports comi Read Full Story >>>
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