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Nick Ball Defends Belt Against TJ Doheny & Ammo Versus Volny on Saturday
Keith Thurman scored his first knockout in over 9 years on Wednesday morning. Thursday in the AM, hardcores witnessed a dramatic 12th round stoppage in the fight of the year between Kenshiro…
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ABAP gets ready for battle
Six fighters are now in training in Guangzhou, China up to March 14 and 10 will report at another boot camp in Korea on April 7-17 as ABAP gears up for competitions…
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Why restore 15 rounds?
WBA president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza. Korean fighter Kim Duk Koo was only 27 when he died from injuries five days after suffering a 14th round knockout loss to Ray (Boom Boom) Mancini…
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More mandatory challengers
L-R: AJ Paciones, Joey Canoy and Vic Saludar. In the first of this two-part series, three Filipino No. 1 contenders were featured as mandatory challengers in line to take world title cracks…
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Gervonta Davis versus Lamont Roach at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn
Gervonta Davis returns to the big city and bright lights of New York City fighting contender Lamont Roach at the Barclays Center. It appears the hardcore fight fan is more interested in…
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Mandatory challengers
L-R: Suganob, Suarez and Araneta lead Filipino mandatory challengers. The latest WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO ratings show six Filipinos in line for title shots as mandatory challengers. That means sometime this year, they’ll get their…
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Beterbiev vs Bivol 2: Can Dmitry Turn The Tables?
This Saturday afternoon from Saudi Arabi the rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol streams live on DAZN PPV or PPV.com. Many boxing folks don’t believe we needed to see a second…
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Brothers on warpath
Beware! The avenging Shigeoka brothers are on the comeback trail with their sights set on regaining the world boxing championships they lost to two Filipinos last year. Yudai Shigeoka, 27, will be…
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Secret is never retire
Antonio L. Aldeguer. The man who made “Pinoy Pride” a mantra in Philippine boxing is no longer involved in the sport as he closed down the famed ALA stable in 2020 after…
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Berinchyk vs Davis: Fight Week Racism Only Adds Fuel to Keyshawn’s Fire
The world we live in continues to increase the level of ignorance and flat-out racism. It has been pushed to the forefront instead of staying on certain longstanding websites. This Friday night…
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Saludar in line for title shot
Former WBO/WBA minimumweight champion Vic (Vicious) Saludar is ranked No. 1 by WBO in the 105-pound division and at 34 with 32 fights under his belt, knows time is running out to…
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Night of fireworks
In some 30 years in the boxing business, WBO Asia Pacific chairman Leon Panoncillo said he’d never witnessed a more exciting main event than what went down at the NuSTAR Convention Center,…
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Asian Boxing, OCA affirm alliance
ABAP chairman Ricky Vargas inked a Memorandum of Understanding confirming the partnership of Asian Boxing, where he is a board member, and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) represented by director general…
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Big-time boxing in Cebu
CEBU. Three WBO regional championships will be at stake with WBO No. 1 minimumweight Vic Saludar headlining the undercard in a blockbuster boxing event called “Binukbukay Sa Sugbu” at the NUSTAR Resort…
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Chisora vs Wallin: Is it Really One Last Dance?
The winner between Derek Chisora and Otto Wallin will certainly get a big opportunity in the near future. And this boxing junkie is fully aware ‘Del Boy’ claimed he will retire at…
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Taduran defense may be rematch
IBF minimumweight champion Pedro Taduran walked into the Grand Ballroom of the Manila Hotel to attend the San Miguel Corp. Philippine Sportswriters Association Annual Awards Night with the title belt draped on…
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Benavidez vs. Morrell: Talking All That Jazz
This Saturday live on Amazon Prime PPV from Las Vegas, Nevada, two unbeaten fighters meet in a 50-50 type scrap at the light heavyweight division. The battle of the David’s is an…
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Diego Pacheco vs. Steven Nelson This Saturday on DAZN
Rising contender Diego Pacheco continues to make his journey up the super middleweight ladder this Saturday facing Steven Nelson streaming live on DAZN. From a boxing perspective Pacheco and Nelson took vastly…
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Ed’s smiling in heaven
Ed Picson. For over 10 years, the late Ed Picson battled the big wigs of the International Boxing Association (IBA) in a fight to restore integrity in the amateur fight game. He…
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GAB aims for more Pinoy world champs
Atty. Francisco Rivera. GAB chairman Atty. Francisco Rivera’s wish for the new year is the ascension of more Filipino world boxing champions and from all indications, it may come true. Right now,…
