The effects of staying in the same weight class for nearly a decade took a toll on Rogen Ladon after making a first-round exit in the 2nd World Boxing Qualification for Paris Olympics on Saturday, May 25, in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Rogen Ladon, right, fights Rafael Lozano Serrano of Spain. (Photo...
It's all or nothing for Carlo Paalam and three other Filipino boxers as they vie for the remaining Paris berths in the final World Qualification Tournament at the Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok, Thailand which fires off Friday, May 24. Carlo Paalam (File photo) Paalam, Roger...
A lean but mean Philippine boxing team left for Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday, May 5, for its final buildup for the World Qualification Tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics scheduled late this month. Carlo Paalam guns for another shot at the Olympics after winning the silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo...
Boxers Rogen Ladon and John Marvin asserted their mastery over their rivals to advance to the next round of their respective weight classes in the World Qualification Tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday, March 6, in Busto Arsizio, Italy. Rogen Ladon, left, fights his way to the next...
Filipino boxers opened their Paris Olympics campaign with a bang after two fighters advanced to the next round at the start of the World Qualifications Tournament in Busto Arsizio, Italy on Sunday, March 3 (Monday, March 4 in Manila). Nesthy Petecio, left, and Rogen Ladon win their first-round...
The Philippine boxing team showed its readiness for Olympic qualifications to Paris after scooping four gold medals in the 2024 Boxam Elite Tournament in La Nucia, Spain on Saturday, Feb. 3. Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Nesthy Petecio bannered the winners after overpowering her taller rival in...
Four Filipino fighters led by 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Nesthy Petecio downed their respective rivals to earn final berths in the 2024 Boxam Elite Tournament in La Nucia, Spain on Friday, Feb. 2. Nesthy Petecio inches closer to the gold medal in the Boxam Elite Tournament. The...
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)...
Ian Clark Bautista (Eugene Herrera/POC) Three national boxers pulled off convincing wins for a late medal rush for Team Philippines but it was the shocker of the Gilas Pilipinas loss in the title match that gave a bitter ending to the country's campaign in the 31st Southeast Asian Games on Sunday,...
Eumir Marcial waves to the Filipino crowd. (Photo from Eugene Herrera) The Philippine boxing team delivered three gold medals Sunday at the close of the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Rogen Ladon, Ian Clark Bautista and Eumir Marcial pounced on their rivals to add mints in the Team...
National boxers Rogen Ladon, Eumir Felix Marcial, Irish Magno and Ian Clark Bautista gun for the gold on Sunday, May 22, in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Eumir Felix Marcial in red (MB File Photo) Ladon, Marcial and Magno—all Olympic veterans—and Bautista remain in the hunt...
Filipino boxers Eumir Felix Marcial and Rogen Ladon advanced to their respective gold medal rounds while James Palicte, Josie Gabuco, and Riza Pasuit fell in the semifinal in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam Thursday night, May 19. Eumir Marcial (AFP File Photo) The national pugs...