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ABA's KEN SMITH CITES PINOL AND BRAVEHEART PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Oct 2008 EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a letter sent to Philboxing.com by American Boxing Academy's Ken Smith, who founded the fast-improving Digos City-based stable.
"I see my friend Manny Pinol has gotten on board with Philboxing.com. That was certainly a wise move for him and his boxers in Cotobato a Read Full Story >>>Food Poisoning Downs Ultra Busy Lewkowicz! PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Oct 2008 International matchmaker non-pareil Sampson "Picasso" Lewkowicz, here in the Philippines to meet up with two young boxers Anthony Marcial and Marvin Sonsona, has been down by what was reported to be a case of food poisoning.
The globe-trotting boxing man was taken to the Makati Medical Center for Read Full Story >>> LEWKOWICZ TAKES MARCIAL, SONSONA UNDER HIS WING By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Oct 2008

Manila -- Well-known international matchmaker Sampson Lewkowicz has taken promising Filipino prospects Anthony 'Rocky' Marcial and Marvin 'Marvelous' Sonsona under his wing as he promised to guide the two yo Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE TWO POUNDS OVERWEIGHT RIGHT NOW By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Oct 2008 Nonito The Filipino Flash? Donaire says he weighed 114 pounds after a light workout today and is now concentrating on making sure he makes the 112 pound limit for his mandatory title defense against South Africa ?s Moruti Mthalane at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel and Casino on Sunday, Manila Time.
Read Full Story >>> IBO BANTAM CHAMP MOVES TO MILENKOVIC By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Oct 2008 Well known 2007 WBC ?International Trainer of the Year? Branco Milenkovic?s growing stable has been joined by IBO bantamweight champion Silence Mabuza in what trainer Nick Durandt terms a ?pure busibess? decision.
Durandt is the trainer of IBF flyweight Moruti Mthalane who battles Nonito ?The Fi Read Full Story >>> THAI PROMOTER EYES RP FIGHTERS IN KING?S 81ST BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Oct 2008 An international promoter from Thailand has invited his Filipino counterparts to send a team in a big time boxing promotion to be held in connection with the 81st Birthday Anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on December 5.
Siraphop Ratanasuban, known in boxing circle as Songchai Jr Read Full Story >>> Donaire's Confidence Is Sky High By Rick Folstad, The Sweet Science, Tue, 28 Oct 2008

Left hooks like the one that crumbled Vic Darchinyan last year are rare and precious. They should be studied and recorded for future generations, made available for viewing like a huge diamo Read Full Story >>> Mijares-Darchinyan 'After Dark' on Showtime By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Oct 2008

This weekend?s bout at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California between WBA/WBC jr. bantamweight champion Cristian Mijares and IBF belt-holder Vic Darchinyan (Showtime 9 pm ET/PT) is exactly the type of fight that made 'Bo Read Full Story >>> GANOY IN IBF ELIMINATOR FOR NO.2 LIGHTWEIGHT SPOT By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Oct 2008

Ranee ?KO Kid? Ganoy (25-10-2, 20 KO?s), the hard-hitting Filipino, will face former Ghanian boxer now fighting out of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Ray ?Emperor? Narh (22-1, 19 KO?s)in an eliminator for the No. 2 spot in the IBF lightw Read Full Story >>> Ref selection for Pacman fight starts By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 28 Oct 2008 The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) will soon begin the process of selecting the officials ? three judges and referee ? for the much-ballyhooed Dec. 6 battle between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya.
"What the commission is going to do is send out to both camps (Pacquiao and De La Ho Read Full Story >>> A shield can be Pacman?s biggest weapon By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 28 Oct 2008 Leonard put it bluntly and told Pacquiao he won?t stand a chance against Oscar De La Hoya if he forgets his shield, no matter how flimsy, in the dugout.
That, you bet, is a big improvement from what the sage Angelo Dundee had predicted when he swore that he didn?t see any chance of Pacquiao winni Read Full Story >>> CHRIS JOHN UNDERGOES SURGERY ON CUT EYE By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Oct 2008

WBA featherweight champion Chris ?The Dragon? John (42-0-1, 22 KO?s)had to undergo minor surgery at the MMC Hospital which is located next to the Australian Embassy in Jakarta on his return from Tokyo where he retained his ti Read Full Story >>> ABAP polls crucial to sport?s future By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Tue, 28 Oct 2008 The Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) will hold elections for officers in Makati tomorrow and sources said yesterday a reorganization is in the offing to bolster the country?s bid for a gold medal in the 2012 London Olympics.
Expected to attend the polls are 17 ABAP regional di Read Full Story >>> Pound-for-pound update By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 28 Oct 2008 APPARENTLY, my last column ?Milking it for all its worth?, was enticing enough to merit an e-mail from veteran boxing analyst Hermie Rivera who told me that my piece was on target and funny. He even added that ?Bob Arum is rolling down the ropes with LOL?. Hermie ended his message by saying that he Read Full Story >>> MARTIAL ARTS CHAMP OFFERS TO HELP ABAP SCOUT FOR OLYMPIC BOXERS By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Oct 2008 ILOILO CITY ? A former martial arts champion who now runs a gym here for martial arts, wushu and boxing, has offered to help the embattled Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) in its quest for the country?s prolonged search for the elusive gold medal in the 2010 London Olympics.
? Read Full Story >>> Sweet Science - Courage, Toughness and Fools By Paul Strauss, EastSideBoxing.com, Tue, 28 Oct 2008 Is there a difference between courage and toughness? Are the courageous sometimes really just fools? Can you learn to be courageous and tough? How can an apparently courageous act ever be deemed foolish?
First, we need to formulate the beginnings of a definition of each of these. Let's start with Read Full Story >>> Hoya?s finishing touch doubted By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 28 Oct 2008 A noted boxing observer Monday said he saw a major flaw in De La Hoya?s recent fights?his inability to close the show in his favor.
In his article on www.newsday.com on Sunday, boxing writer Robert Cassidy noted that De La Hoya was leading against such tough foes as Felix Trinidad, Bernard Hopkin Read Full Story >>> 3 NORTH COTABATO BOXERS TOP GAB SEPT. RANKINGS PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 27 Oct 2008 Kidapawan City - Three young professional boxers from North Cotabato are ranked No. 1 in their respective divisions in the September ratings released by the Philippine Games and Amusements board recently.
Edrin "The Sting" Dapudong, 23, who now campaigns in the junior flyweight division, ranked Read Full Story >>> GOMEZ LAUGHS OFF REPORT THAT DE LA HOYA WAS BEATEN UP IN SPARRING By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 27 Oct 2008

Golden Boy Promotions vice president and international matchmaker Eric Gomez, in an overseas telephone conversation with www.insidesports.ph, Standard Today and Viva Sports half seriously said if Victor ?Vicious? Ortiz (22-1-1, 17 K Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE?S FIGHTS THIS WEEKEND COULD BE HIS LAST AS A FLYWEIGHT! By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 27 Oct 2008

Canoga Park, CA:- It is fairly easy to understand that now-a-days most news outlets, electronic media included, are talking more about the exploits of Manny Pacquiao and his impending ?Dream Fight? against ex-Olympian Read Full Story >>>
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