Boxing

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 09:52:08 +0000

BY NICK GIONGCO   Jerwin Ancajas makes his long-awaited Las Vegas debut on April 11, the day he makes the ninth defense of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-flyweight crown. After making stops in Macau, Belfast (Northern Ireland), Brisbane (Australia) Corpus Christi, Oakland, Fresno, Stockton and Puebla (Mexico), Ancajas finally gets to showcase his wares […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 09:40:39 +0000

Defending champion Emanuel Navarrete is drawing inspiration from the fabled rivalry between Mexicans and Filipinos in the run-up to his fifth defense of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super-bantamweight crown against Jeo Santisima on Saturday night (Sunday in Manila) in Las Vegas. “I draw inspiration from the other iconic fights between Mexican and Filipino fighters […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 07:51:27 +0000

BY NICK GIONGCO   Japanese champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue have signed up two Filipino fighters to serve as his sparring partners as he gets ready to face Filipino pride John Riel Casimero in their unification bantamweight clash on April 25 in Las Vegas. Since Feb. 14, ALA Boxing Club-Cebu stablemates Kevin Jake Cataraja and Prince […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 10:27:39 +0000

By NICK GIONGCO In an action-packed and bloody bout, Filipino champion Pedro Taduran kept the International Boxing Federation miniflyweight crown Saturday night (yesterday in Manila) when his clash with the game Mexican challenger Daniel Valladares ended on a fourth-round technical draw. Fighting on hostile ground, Taduran, making the first defense of the IBF 105-pound title, […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 07:42:34 +0000

BY NICK GIONGCO   A unification showdown at bantamweight is in the offing as Top Rank is set to announce an April 25 faceoff between Japanese Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue and Filipino John Riel Casimero possibly in Las Vegas. Sean Gibbons, the right-hand man of Manny Pacquiao and president of MP Promotions, told the Bulletin on […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:30:18 +0000

BY NICK GIONGCO     Efforts to get a deal in place for an April fight by Manny Pacquiao are being undertaken. American matchmaker Sean Gibbons, also head of Pacquiao’s MP Promotions, said that he is in talks with a group from the Middle East. “Working hard to get a fight in April,” reported Gibbons from […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 07:28:35 +0000

BY NICK GIONGCO   NEWLY-CROWNED World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero wants to become the undisputed world champion. “I want to win all the four major belts,” said Casimero during Tuesday’s Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum at the Amelie Hitel in Ermita, Manila. By four, Casimero is raring to add Naoya “Monster” Inouye’s World […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2019 06:59:27 +0000

BY NICK GIONGCO   JERWIN Ancajas bombarded Chilean challenger Miguel Gonzales with head and body shots for five rounds before stopping him in the sixth round to retain the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-flyweight crown Saturday night (Sunday in Manila) at the Auditorio GNP Seguros in Puebla, Mexico. Making the eighth defense of the IBF […]