Filipino featherweight fighter Michael Casama emerged as the lone Filipino, in fact foreign, winner in an international boxing card held at the Korakuen Boxing Arena in Tokyo, Japan yesterday, July 6, 2024. The promotion  

Boxing team finalizes Olympic blueprint in German camp
By Nick Giongco, Daily Tribune, Sun, 07 Jul 2024
LISBON, Portugal — Members of the Philippine boxing team immediately settled in their new environ in Germany where they will be finalizing the blueprint for the gold medal drive in the fast-approaching Paris Olympics. Ronald Chavez, one of the leading coaches of the five-man squad said on Satur  Read Full Story >>>

Boxing Showdown in Tokyo: Ioka and Martinez Face Off for Super Flyweight Supremacy
By Niall Doran, Boxing News and Views, Sun, 07 Jul 2024
The boxing world turns its attention to Kokugikan, Tokyo this Sunday, at the renowned Kokugikan Arena sets the stage for an exciting fight card. Headlining the event is the highly anticipated super flyweight unification bout between Japan’s own Kazuto Ioka and Argentina’s undefeated in sixtee  Read Full Story >>>

Terence Crawford To Face Israil Madrimov in High-Stakes Clash
By Judy Rotich, Sports Illustrated, Sun, 07 Jul 2024
The numerous highlights from Terence Crawford’s career, which have contributed to his 40-0 record and status as one of boxing’s top pound-for-pound fighters, remain vividly remembered. From his swift response to learning he was behind on the ESPN scorecard before knocking out Shawn Porter, to  Read Full Story >>>

Kazuto Ioka vs. Fernando Martínez: Press Conference Quotes and Fight Prediction
By S Saadeq Ahmed, Big Fight Weekend, Sat, 06 Jul 2024
Kazuto Ioka (31-2-1, 16 KOs) and Fernando Martínez (16-0, 9 KOs) will soon clash in a highly anticipated super flyweight unification. The two men headline a Shisei Promotions card at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Fight fans in Japan can catch the action live on ABEMA. Those outside Japan   Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao Endorsed By The WBC For A Welterweight World Title
By Judy Rotich, Sports Illustrated, Sat, 06 Jul 2024
Filipino Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is coming out of retirement! The boxer had announced his retirement in 2021 after losing his last match by unanimous decision to Yordenis Ugas. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has paved the way for the boxer to return to the world championship stage, saying th  Read Full Story >>>

RP Blu Girls Delivers Dramatic Comeback Victory Against Czechia
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Jul 2024
Manila---In an amazing display of grit and never-say-die attitude, the RP Blu Girls defeated Czechia, 4-3, during the 2024 Canada Cup International Softball Championship Playoffs on Saturday in Surrey, British Columbia. The game initially seemed lost for the Cebuana Lhuillier-backed team, with th  Read Full Story >>>

Ioka vs. Martinez, Stevenson, Zepeda, & Under The Radar Bouts
By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Jul 2024

On paper it appears that 2 of the 3 main events this weekend feature long odds in favor of the ‘A’ side. The one standout as a headliner is a unification bout between Kazuto Ioka and Fernando Martinez. Although this box  Read Full Story >>>

WILLIAM ZEPEDA VS. GIOVANNI CABRERA OFFICIAL WEIGHTS
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Jul 2024

BROADCAST LIVE FROM TOYOTA ARENA ON SATURDAY, JULY 6, AND WORLDWIDE ON DAZN Zepeda vs. Cabrera is a 12-round lightweight fight presented by Golden Boy Promotions. The event will be available worldwide to all subscr  Read Full Story >>>

Weigh-In Results: Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Jul 2024

TOMORROW at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT LIVE on ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN+ Prudential Center (Newark, New Jersey) (ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN+, 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT) • Shakur Stevenson 134.1 lbs. vs.   Read Full Story >>>

Golovkin would entertain Saudi offers to return to the ring
By Steve Keating, Reuters, Sat, 06 Jul 2024
July 5 (Reuters) - Former-middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin said he remains in peak form and would entertain offers to return to the ring from a newly proposed Saudi-backed boxing league. Once recognised as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, Golovkin (42 wins, 37 by KO, two los  Read Full Story >>>

FISHER VS. BABIC WEIGHTS AND RUNNING ORDER
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Jul 2024

ALL TIMES ARE LOCAL 16:30 DOORS OPEN 16:40 LIVE ON BEFORE THE BELL 4 x 3 mins International Heavyweight contest LEWIE POCHETTY 216.6 lbs v AMINE BOUCETTA 232.6 lbs (Barnet, England) (Ghent,  Read Full Story >>>

RP Blu Girls Clinch Playoff Spot in 2024 Canada Cup
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Jul 2024
Manila---The RP Blu Girls have secured a place in the playoffs of the 2024 Canada Cup after finishing in the top four during the group stage of the tournament, despite an erratic up-and-down performance that ended with a 2-3 record. The Cebuana Lhuillier backed RP Blu Girls kicked off their campa  Read Full Story >>>

Golovkin in World Boxing's corner to keep sport in Olympics
By Steve Keating, Reuters, Fri, 05 Jul 2024
July 5 (Reuters) - Former-middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin will rely on his power of persuasion and not his feared fists to convince Kazakhstan's boxing federation that World Boxing is the best hope to keep the sport on the Olympic programme. Recently appointed president of Kazakhstan† Read Full Story >>>

Battle of Undefeated: Sam Goodman vs Chainoi Worawut in Super Bantam World Title Eliminator in Australia
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Jul 2024

An intriguing and crucial match in the hot 122-pound division is about to unfold next Wednesday in The Land Down Under. It will happen when Aussie rising-star Sam "The Ghost" Goodman and Thachtana Luangphon (a.k.a.  Read Full Story >>>

Davao Crocodile Park and Zoo Conservation Run on September 1
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Jul 2024
THE Davao Crocodile Park and Zoo will hold its Conservation Run on September 1 at the DCP Grounds in Riverfront Corporate City, Diversion Road, Ma-a, Davao City. It will have the 19km, 10km, 5km and 2km categories. The early registration has started already and will end July 31. The early regi  Read Full Story >>>

WBC president expels Ryan Garcia, says "he is a good person who has severe problems ... and needs help badly'
By Kevin Iole, KevinIole.com, Fri, 05 Jul 2024
Ryan Garcia was expelled Thursday from the World Boxing Council by its president, Mauricio Sulaiman, who said in a interview with KevinIole.com that he feels Garcia "is in serious danger of hurting himself, hurting others or being hurt by someone else who doesn't have his best interests at heart."   Read Full Story >>>

Ryan Garcia expelled by WBC after racist comments, vulgarities and anti-Muslim comments
By Gabriel F. Cordero, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Jul 2024

On Thursday afternoon, July 4, García posted vulgar and racist words on X/Twitter several times. There he also compared himself to the Ku Klux Klan and made derogatory comments and mockery about George Floyd, the black man   Read Full Story >>>

Freddie Roach: Giovanni Cabrera is ‘a free spirit’
By Kieran Mulvaney, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 05 Jul 2024
Eleven months and one week after losing his undefeated record to Isaac Cruz, Giovanni Cabrera takes on another of the lightweight division’s biggest punchers when he steps in the ring with William Zepeda at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California on Saturday. For Cabrera trainer Freddie Roach,   Read Full Story >>>

FISHER VS. BABIC + UNDERCARD PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Jul 2024

Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Sport Chairman: "Good afternoon everyone. Thank you Jamie, thank you Darren. What a night we have on Saturday. What a weekend. Is there anything more English than this weekend? Wimbledo  Read Full Story >>>

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