After its smashing staging of a world title fight last month, Manny Pacquiao Presents: Blow-By-Blow returns Sunday, Oct. 18, with a slambang card headlined by the clash for the vacant Orient-Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) super-flyweight crown at the Okada Manila. Giemel Magramo (left) and Judy...
Filipino pug Charly Suarez strengthened his bid for a title shot after leaping to the No. 1 spot in the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior lightweight class rankings recently. Charly Suarez, center, improves his spot at No. 1 in the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior lightweight class...
Aaron Jude Bado’s bronze medal feat at the 2024 World Boxing Cup in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia came at a price on Tuesday, Sept. 25, after suffering an accidental headbutt that rendered him unfit to continue his gold-medal campaign. Aaron Jude Bado, left, with head coach Roel Velasco. (ABAP) Competing...
Aaron Jude Bado provided the lone bright spot for Team Philippines as his teammates fell like dominoes at the start of the 2024 World Boxing Cup at the UG Arena in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Monday, Sept. 23. Aaron Jude Bado. (ABAP) Bado, who won the gold medal in last year’s Asian U22 Boxing...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a resolution seeking to bestow the Senate Medal of Excellence to Aira Villegas and Nesthy Petecio who both won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Estrada said both Filipina boxers deserve to be conferred the Senate’s...
Nesthy A. Petecio (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) honored Olympians Nesthy A. Petecio (boxing) and Elreen Ann Ando (weightlifting), both enlisted personnel at the Coast Guard Special Service Office, for their laudable performance in the ongoing Paris Olympics in...
CEBU CITY—Ramil Macado and Lorenz Dumam-ag, two of the country’s promising boxers clash in a title fight in the main event of “Engkwentro sa Mandaue: Halad ni Mayor Jonas Cortes alang sa Kapistahan” boxing card at the Mandaue City Sports Complex on Wednesday, May 1. Mandaue City Mayor...
TAGBILARAN City, Bohol—Regie Suganob gave his Japanese foe a neat lesson in boxing on his way to scoring an eighth-round technical knockout (TKO) win in the main event of “Kumong Bol-anon XV” on Tuesday, April 30, at the Holy Name University Barder Gym here. Regie Suganob and his corner...
CEBU CITY -- A rising Filipino boxer tries to hold his ground against a determined Japanese foe as Regie Suganob battles Kai Ishizawa in the main event of the 15th installment of "Kumong Bol-anon" boxing series on Tuesday, April 30, at the Holy Name University Barder Gym in Tagbilaran City,...
A small Philippine boxing team is scheduled to leave for the United States on Monday, April 9, to bolster its preparations for Olympic qualifications, as well as the 2024 Paris Games. Nesthy Petecio, left, and Aira Villegas hope to beef up their Paris Olympics preparations in a training camp in US....
Olympian Rogen Ladon and Aira Villegas outhustled their respective rivals to barge into the semifinals while three Filipino fighters succumbed to their opponents in the 2024 Boxam Elite Tournament in La Nucia, Spain on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Rogen Ladon inches closer to the gold medal. (File Photo)...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Jake Paul, a YouTube sensation turned pro boxer, will partner with USA Boxing to provide an inside look at preparations for the Paris Olympics on his social media accounts. YouTube sensation turned pro boxer Jake Paul of USA (AFP) The US sport governing body announced the plan...
