JASON “El Niño” Pagara (30-2, 19KOs) is winding down in his preparations for the upcoming defense of his WBO International light welterweight title against Mexico’s Aaron “La Hoya” Herrera (25-1, 17 KOs) at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino on May 25. Pagara spent Thursday afternoon at the ALA Gym sparring with stablemate Joseph [...]
Superflyweight prospect Marlon Tapales will be fighting in Japan on May 26 ,2013 against Carlos Ruben Dario Ruiz (16W-2L, 10 KOs) of Argentina in Kanazawa City.
Melvin Gumban turned back a resilient Fernando Ocon and won by unanimous decision in the main event of the ALA-Cobra “Tunay na Lakas” boxing card Saturday night at the Mandaue City Plaza Square.
MELVIN Gumban of Escalante City will face Fernando “Batang Bato” Ocon in a 10-round non-title bout that will serve as the main event of a May 4 fight card at the Mandaue City Plaza Square. The undefeated Gumban (13W-0L, 6 KOs) beat Marjun Tabamo last February in Bohol by unanimous decision. The 23 year-old pug [...]
It’s all systems go for tonight’s first Pinoy Pride boxing event in Mindanao as the card’s headliners, Rey ‘Boom Boom’ Bautista and Mexico’s Jose ‘Negro’ Ramirez both made the division limit of 126 lbs during yesterday’s official weigh-in held at SM City Davao.
Davao City— The stunning losses of Philippine boxing’s “Big Three”— Manny Pacquiao, Brian Viloria and Nonito Donaire—has fired up ALA Gym boxers Rey ‘BoomBoom’ Bautista and Rocky ‘The Road Warrior’ Fuentes to train harder for their battles against Mexican boxers this Saturday in Davao City.
ALA Gym boxers Rey ‘Boom Boom’ Bautista (34W(25 KOs)- 2L) and Rocky Fuentes (34W(20 KOs)– 6L-2D) will meet their respective Mexican opponents, Jose “Negro” Ramirez (24W (15 KOs)- 3L) and Juan Kantun (20W (15 KOs)-3L-3D) for the first time in a press conference scheduled today in Davao City. Bautista will be defending his WBO International [...]
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire and Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux of Cuba easily made weight during the official weigh-in for their unification showdown slated today at the Radio City Music Hall in New York.
World Boxing Organization (WBO) President Francisco ‘Paco’ Valcarcel has announced the names of the ring officials who will be working in the superbantamweight unification world title fight between WBO champion Nonito ‘The Filipino Flash’ Donaire and WBA champion Guillermo ‘The Jackal’ Rigondeaux of Cuba at the Radio City Music hall in New York City this Sunday morning (Philippine Time).
WBO superbantamweight champion Nonito ‘The Filipino Flash’ Donaire and WBA superbantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba looked sharp and ripped in a workout in front of the international media Tuesday in New York to drum up support for their upcoming world championship unification battle on April 13 (April 14 Sunday in the Philippines). The Donaire-Rigondeaux [...]
MALCOLM Tuñacao of Mandaue City lost in his attempt to win a second world title when he was stopped by WBC bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka in the 12th and final round in a fight held last Monday (April 8) in Tokyo, Japan. Yamanaka knocked down Tuñacao twice in the third round but the Filipino southpaw [...]
Four Filipino fighters had mixed fortunes in Japan over the weekend.
Juan Francisco “El Gallo” Estrada spoiled what could have been an all-Pinoy show in Macau when he outfought Brian “The Hawaiian Punch” Viloria to take the WBO and WBA world flyweight title belts at the Cotai Arena of Macau’s Venetian Hotel here late Saturday.
