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INTERVIEW: Mark Magsayo ready to follow in Manny Pacquiao’s footsteps at Alamodome
Mark Magsayo is in jovial spirit. It’s easier reminiscing on his childhood now that his shoulder is draped in the green and gold of a WBC featherweight world title. “I wasn’t born…
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MARK MAGSAYO VS. REY VARGAS: DATE, FIGHT TIME, TV CHANNEL AND LIVE STREAM
Mark Magsayo faces Rey Vargas in his first fight since becoming the WBC featherweight champion. Rising Filipino star Mark Magsayo (24-0, 16 KOs) looks to make the first defense of his WBC…
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Cuarto cries foul
Cuarto. Rene Mark Cuarto lost his IBF minimumweight crown to Mexico’s Daniel Valladares on a split 12-round decision in Monterrey yesterday morning (Manila time) but insisted he was victimized by dubious officiating…
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MASAM SPORTS 63: ANOTHER FILIPINO CHAMPION FALLS, RENE MARK CUARTO LOSES IBF MINIMUMWEIGHT TITLE TO DANIEL VALLADARES
Rene Mark Cuarto lost to Daniel Valladares who survived two cuts to win via split decision grabbing the IBF strawweight title belt in Monterrey, Mexico. * * * One judge scored the…
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Rey Vargas has flaws that Mark Magsayo can exploit, says analyst
Veteran boxing analyst Atty. Ed Tolentino is convinced that while former super bantamweight champion Rey Vargas is without a doubt a good fighter, he is not perfect and has chinks in his…
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Barriga mulls retirement
Mark Anthony Barriga. Mark Anthony Barriga may hang up his gloves after losing a unanimous 12-round decision to defending WBO lightflyweight champion Jonathan (Bomba) Gonzalez of Puerto Rico in Kissimmee, Florida, recently.…
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Quiñonero fights Verdadero in Resbak 2
DENNIS “The Cannon” Quiñonero of Cenonas Mixed Martial Art from Davao City will finally see action in the Resbak 2 professional mixed martial arts tournament on July 12 at the Sunkeen Arena…
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MARK MAGSAYO VS REY VARGAS: PAY ATTENTION TO THIS ONE
Last January, Mark Magsayo stunned long time WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. in a majority decision. Magsayo came out fast in the early going, timing Russell with hard counterpunches and surprising…
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Donaire Sr says Magsayo needs to improve accuracy of his punches, hopes to see improvement
Renowned boxing trainer Nonito Donaire Sr. is hoping that WBC world featherweight champion Mark Magsayo has improved his flaws ahead of his first title defense against Rey Vargas on July 10 (PH…
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Jai Opetaia dethrones Mairis Briedis in cruiserweight upset
Jai Opetaia upset defending IBF cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis at the Gold Coast Convention Center in Broadbeach, Australia, Saturday night. Scores were 116-112,115-113, and 116-112 all for Opetaia. Maxboxing had Opetaia winning…
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Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao – who beat the most world champs?
WBN looks at who beat the most world champions out of Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather and Pacquiao represent two of the greatest boxers to grace the ring. It’s merely our…
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CUARTO LOSES IBF TITLE BY SPLIT DECISION TO VALLADARES IN MEXICO
Rene Mark Cuatro of the Philippines failed to defend his IBF minimumweight belt when he lost to Mexican Daniel Valladares by split decision at Deportivo Revolución de San Nicolás de los Garza…
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MASAM SPORTS 62: MARK MAGSAYO’S FIRST TITLE DEFENSE AGAINST REY VARGAS
WBC world featherweight champion Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo will face former WBC super bantamweight champion Rey Vargas in a battle of unbeaten fighters that headlines the boxing extravaganza on July 9 at the…
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IBF Champion Cuarto defends belt in Mexico
International Boxing Federation (IBF) minimumweight champion Rene Mark Cuarto makes his second world title defense on July 2, 2022 against Mexican challenger Daniel Valladares in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Both Cuarto and…
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Mark Magsayo refuses to cherry-pick first title defense
WBC featherweight champion Mark "Magnifico" Magsayo is one of the Philippines' two remaining world champions and he’s doing everything he can to make sure he keeps his belt past July 9. "I’ve…
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What happens when Canelo Alvarez fights angry? ‘Ask Caleb Plant’
Canelo Alvarez sees his anger towards Gennadiy Golovkin as a benefit headed into their Sept. 17 championship bout on DAZN. He cites Caleb Plant as why. Entering their Sept. 17 trilogy boxing…
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Cu rules Under 13 Open National Youth & Schools Chess Championship Semi-Finals
MANILA---When National Master Ivan Travis Cu is around nobody comes close. Living up to his billing, the San Juan City-based Cu scored perfect 7.0 points to rule the semifinals of the Under…
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Magsayo targets stardom
Mark Magsayo leaves for the site where Manny Pacquiao’s legend was born on 5 July, four days before making a mandatory defense of his World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight crown. As he…
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MASAM SPORTS 61: THE RUMORED MANNY PACQUIAO EXHIBITION
Former light welterweight champion Amir Khan disclosed that there were tentative proposals from Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach to schedule a fight with former eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao in an exhibition…
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Arquero captures Marikina chess title
Final Standings: (7 Round Swiss System, 47 players field, 15 minutes + 3 seconds increment) 6.0 points---Kevin Arquero 6.0 points---Mark Daluz 5.5 points---GM Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. 5.0 points---Julius Gonzales 5.0 points---IM…
