Nick Giongco
3,473 articles · PhilBoxing.com
-
Poor Charly Suarez
By Nick Giongco
Charly Suarez is neck-deep in training in Las Vegas knowing that a world title fight is next. Given what has happened the past week or so, it doesn’t look like that’s going…
-
Suarez getting raw end of deal?
By Nick Giongco
Top super-featherweight contender Charly Suarez could end up getting screwed again. The Filipino fighter, ranked No. 1 and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) mandatory challenger, might be left out in the cold…
-
Suarez camp to Navarrete: Vacate WBO throne
By Nick Giongco
As reports continue to swirl that World Boxing Organization (WBO) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-featherweight champion Mexican Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete is bypassing Charly Suarez for the second straight time, the Filipino…
-
GOING FULL TIME: Marcial revives professional career
By Nick Giongco
Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Marcial seems determined to ramp up his professional career. The Zamboanga-bred puncher arrived in the United States and immediately plunged into training mode. He was met at…
-
Shot at stardom: IBF orders Filipino fighter’s title match vs Yabuki
By Nick Giongco
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has instructed the camp of defending flyweight champion Masamichi Yabuki and mandatory challenger Miel Fajardo to start negotiations. The official order dated 27 July 2026 likewise advised…
-
Sampson’s strength
By Nick Giongco
Philippine boxing has found a new backer in Sampson Lewkowicz. The 75-year-old Uruguayan-American promoter is now working to get top-rated super-featherweight Charly Suarez his much-deserved world title shot. Lewkowicz, who runs Sampson…
-
Taduran targeting new foe
By Nick Giongco
Pedro Taduran’s mandatory defense of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) minimumweight crown against Zhu Dianxing is off. The DAILY TRIBUNE learned on Thursday that Zhu’s team is currently embroiled in a management…
-
Marcial in dire straits
By Nick Giongco
Eumir Marcial is in a tough situation. He wants to have his cake and it too. Marcial, the Tokyo Olympics bronze medal winner, is included on the boxing team that will compete…
-
Nowhere to run Lewkowicz assures Suarez of Navarrete rematch
By Nick Giongco
You can run but you can’t hide. Uruguayan-American promoter Sampson Lewkowicz guaranteed that world No. 1 super-featherweight Charly Suarez would finally get another shot at Mexican two-belt world champion Emanuel Navarrete before…
-
Taduran defending title on hostile ground?
By Nick Giongco
Reigning International Boxing Federation (IBF) minimumweight champion Pedro Taduran might end up fighting on hostile ground if his camp fails to stage his mandatory defense here at home. Plans are afoot to…
-
Taduran disses Collazo’s foe
By Nick Giongco
International Boxing Federation (IBF) minimumweight titlist Pedro Taduran, the country’s lone Filipino world champion, lashed out at Puerto Rican pound-for-pound star Oscar Collazo, who he says is a cherry picker.Filipino talent promotion…
-
Taduran tells Collazo: Fight me
By Nick Giongco
Filipino champion Pedro Taduran is not only wishing Puerto Rican star Oscar Collazo the best of luck this weekend against late replacement Neider Valdez of Mexico in their World Boxing Organization and…
-
Will Canoy make it to the U.S.?
By Nick Giongco
The world title shot of Filipino Joey Canoy is in danger of being scrapped. As of early Monday afternoon, Canoy was still waiting for the issuance of his US visa. Canoy is…
-
Holding all the aces: Casimero current toast of Philippine boxing
By Nick Giongco
As Manny Pacquiao awaits word from Floyd Mayweather in relation to their September showdown on Netflix, the current face of Philippine boxing is that of Johnriel “Quadro Alas” Casimero. Even though Casimero…
-
A letter for Johnriel Casimero
By Nick Giongco
Dear Johnriel, I was at ringside when you saved the day for Philippine boxing last Saturday at the Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, Japan. When you climbed the ring to face Luis…
-
Nery belittles Casimero’s power
By Nick Giongco
NAGOYA, Japan — Mexican slugger Luis Nery downplayed Johnriel Casimero’s knockout victory, insisting that he was just a shell of his old fiery self and that Naoya “Monster” Inoue hits a lot…
-
Peñalosa: Kenneth’s going up to 122
By Nick Giongco
TOKONAME, Japan — It’s not the end of the world for Kenneth Llover. “That’s how it is… you win some, you lose some,” Llover said in his dressing room moments after absorbing…
-
Locked and loaded: Llover’s camp enters twilight zone
By Nick Giongco
NAGOYA, Japan — The target is simple. To get the job done this Saturday, Kenneth Llover has to impose his will early on American rival Michael Angeletti in their International Boxing Federation…
-
READY TO RUMBLE: Llover primed for Angeletti clash
By Nick Giongco
The first impression Michael Angeletti left on the camp of Filipino Kenneth Llover is how tall the undefeated American is. “I thought he wasn’t really that tall but he’s really 5-feet-8,” Llover’s…
-
Peñalosa pays close attention to Llover
By Nick Giongco
TAGAYTAY CITY — As Kenneth Llover was working out a sweat on top of the Spartan Warehouse Gym, a compact fellow wearing saffron-colored shirt and black denim watched intently, dissecting the fighter’s…