Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 07:19:29 +0000
By NIKOLE JAVIER John Riel Casimero has been awarded a knockout win for his lone bout this year. The Korea Boxing Member’s Commission (KBMC) has voted to change Casimero’s declared no-contest against Ryo Akaho to a second-round knockout win in their junior featherweight clash last Dec. 3 in Incheon, South Korea. The 33-year-old Ormoc native […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 08:01:32 +0000
By CARLO ANOLIN The Philippines has lost another world boxing champion after John Riel Casimero was stripped of his bantamweight title. In an eight-page resolution, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Championship Committee came up with four specific conclusions after investigating Casimero’s case.Led by Luis Batista Salas, the WBO on May 3 unanimously recommended to […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2022 06:02:37 +0000
Paul Butler showed technical and smart boxing to score a unanimous decision over Jonas Sultan and claim the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim bantamweight title at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England Friday (early Saturday morning in Manila).Sultan, who served as a late replacement for embattled WBO bantamweight titlist John Riel Casimero, fell short […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 10:01:05 +0000
By CARLO ANOLIN The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) is set to conduct its own investigation on World Boxing Organization (WBO) John Riel Casimero, who allegedly violated certain medical guidelines ahead of his mandatory title defense against Paul Butler in Liverpool.“As the country’s pro boxing regulatory agency, we strongly condemn and discourage the commission of […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 06:29:42 +0000
By CARLO ANOLINControversial World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero found himself in another dilemma after violating certain weight cut and medical guidelines prior to his mandatory title defense against English challenger Paul Butler on April 22.Casimero could be stripped of his WBO title due to the use of sauna prior to the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 03:04:48 +0000
By CARLO ANOLIN World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero and English boxer Paul Butler headline Probellum’s inaugural boxing show in Liverpool on April 22.Casimero and Butler will cap off the night with lineup boxers like former super WBA middleweight champion Rocky Fielding, Liverpool-born brothers Peter and Joe McGrail, Will Cawley, and Luke […]
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