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Jeff Horn described Manny Pacquiao as nothing but ordinary when he reflected on his upset win over the Filipino icon three years ago during a recent interview.

After 35 years, the country’s top boxing, Cebu-based promotion that has produced world-class pugs, including Donnie “Ahas” Nietes, is shutting down due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

It didn’t take long for Filipino Johnriel Casimero to get an opponent, and it’s against former Olympian Duke Micah of Ghana

Freddie Roach said Manny Pacquiao remains open to the idea of facing Floyd Mayweather despite slim chances of a rematch of their mega-fight five years ago.

Freddie Roach says Manny Pacquiao already has his boxing and political future in mind. Roach, in an article written by veteran fight scribe Dan Rafael for BoxingScene.com, bared that the ring icon/senator plans to retire after two more fights before seeking the country’s highest political seat.

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum is keeping his hopes up on a potential welterweight clash between Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford outside of the United States.

Michael was currently featured in the YouTube channel of Wish 107.5, a popular FM radio station showcasing artists singing inside the “Wish Bus.”

The government’s decision to re-impose Moderate Enhanced Community Quarantine to the National Capital Region and neighboring provinces is going to push back the target departure date of two Filipino fighters bound for the US.

The Joint Administrative Order (JAO), made up of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), Games and Amusements Board (GAB) and Department of Health (DOH), admits it will take more than just the submission of safety protocols for contact sports to get the go signal to resume training.

MP Promotions president Sean Gibbons is amenable to seeing WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in an exhibition match should a lucrative offer come their way.

WBA world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao may still see action inside the ring at least one more time before the end of the year.

After basketball and football, pro boxing could be next to get the green light from the government to have its practitioners resume training.

Newly-signed Olympic boxer Eumir Marcial should find himself on board a US-bound jet by next month to set the stage for his professional debut.

After planting rice and forging a machete in his native Albay for almost half a year, Pedro Taduran has decided to head back to Metro Manila to prepare for the impending go-signal that will allow professional boxing’s restart.

Mike Tyson, the former world heavyweight champion who retired in 2005, said Thursday he will make a comeback at age 54, fighting Roy Jones Jr. on September 12 in Los Angeles.

Nonito Donaire will make his ring return on Dec. 12 when he tries to wrest the WBC bantamweight crown from undefeated Frenchman Nordine Oubaali on US soil.

He is taking a page from Manny Pacquiao’s storied career by sending prized recruit Eumir Marcial to Freddie Roach’s landmark sweat shop in Hollywood, California.