For as long as the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) continues to recognize and include Eumir Marcial as one of its boxers, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has no problem providing the Tokyo Olympics-bound boxer with his needs. Officials of the sports agency clarified...
Photo from Top Rank International Boxing Federation (IBF) super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas may have a few months of rest before the Filipino fighter returns to action later this year. MP (Manny Pacquiao) Promotions chief Sean Gibbons said Wednesday, April 21, that nothing is definite at the...
WBO bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero (Team Casimero) MP Promotions chief Sean Gibbons said John Riel Casimero, the WBO bantamweight champion, is eager to clash with fellow titleholder Guillermo Rigondeaux. Gibbons has expressed desire for Casimero to take on the Cuban WBA regular champ in a...
Rimar Metuda led a triumphant campaign of Sanman boxers as he scored a third round knockout win over veteran Eden Sonsona in their welterweight match in General Santos City Wednesday, March 17. Sports competitions continued to pick up down south as the Sanman Boxing Promotions had another...
Philippine garment factories expect to receive new orders worth up to $500 million from top global fashion brands as they start transferring production orders from troubled Myanmar to the Philippines and other Asian countries. Photo credit: (Philexport News and Features) Foreign Buyers Association...
IDOL - Boxing fans are in for a treat should the fight between Manny Pacquiao, right, and Ryan Garcia pushes through. Garcia was the first one to announce that the match is on, but Pacquiao's camp has not given out official details yet. (Photo from Manny Pacquiao's Facebook page) The much-hyped...
Fight fans will get an early treat as boxers Alphoe Dagayloan of Quibors Boxing and Ben Ligas of the Elorde Promotions face off for the vacant Philippine Championship flyweight belt on January 30. Quibors boxing manager and promoter Gerry Balmes said Thursday that they are excited with...
Ar-Ar Andales scored a third round technical knockout win over Zandre Padiran in their minimum weight collision that highlighted the return of boxing in Luzon after a successful four-card fight by the Quibor Boxing Promotion last Sunday in Rizal, Laguna. The 21-year-old Andales, the reigning World...
The highly anticipated professional debut of Eumir Marcial will likely happen this month, but MP (Manny Pacquiao) Promotions president Sean Gibbons is more excited to see the Filipino boxer fight for the country’s first gold medal in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Marcial, the 30-year-old native of...
Former WBO bantamweight champion Marlon Tapales scored a second round knockout win against Eden Sonsona as boxing resumed in Mindanao last Saturday with an exciting fight card presented by the Sanman Boxing Promotion at the Sanman Gym in General Santos City. The win of the 28-year-old Tapales in...
Former WBO bantamweight champion Marlon Tapales (left) and Eden Sonsona during the weigh in on Friday at the Sanman Gym in General Santos City. (Photos courtesy of JC Manangquil) Former WBO bantamweight champion Marlon Tapales takes on Eden Sonsona Saturday as boxing returns in the South with...
Penitente Apolinar (right) of the Omega Boxing Promotions, against Jetro Pabustan from Cagayan de Oro in the 10-round featherweight fight last Wednesday in Mandaue City, Cebu. Cebu-based boxing outfit Omega Sports Promotion has set another event next month as a follow-up to its successful staging...
