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Top Rank chief and Hall of Famer promoter Bob Arum is ecstatic for the upcoming world bantamweight bout between unified super WBA and IBF champion Naoya Inoue and Michael Dasmariñas at the Virgins Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday (Manila time).

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum bared that the proposed mega-bout between Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao and WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford did not materialize due to money woes.

ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith has expressed his fear that Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao might get knocked out by WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford.

Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao and WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford are reportedly in talks for their Abu Dhabi clash in June.

Matchmaker Eddie Hearn said Mikey Garcia remains interested in facing Manny Pacquiao but admitted a possible fight may not happen until the unforeseeable future.

MP Promotions head tweets GIF, meme on ESPN post stating Arum optimistic on Pacquiao-Crawford in 2021

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.

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.

John Vincent Moralde, another US-based boxer representing JC Mananquil’s Sanman Promotions of General Santos City, is booked to tangle with Alexis Del Bosque of Mexico in another behind-closed-door show being put by Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank (TR).

On July 16, Mark John Yap, a former Orient-Pacific Boxing Federation bantamweight champion, faces an acid test as he meets Colombian power-puncher Miguel ‘Escorpion’ Marriaga at The Bubble inside the MGM Grand.

The Philippine Navy Special Operations Group is lending a hand to Jerwin Ancajas’ buildup for his ninth defense of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-flyweight title in the US.

Reymond Yanong of the Philippines suffered a first-round knockout to American rival Genaro Gamez in their scheduled eight-round welterweight bout on Tuesday night (Wednesday morning in Manila) in Las Vegas.

Unheralded Filipino fighter Reymond Yanong returns to the ring just 12 days after his debut in the coronavirus era as the puncher nicknamed Robocop takes on Genaro ‘El Conde’ Gamez in an eight-round welterweight bout at The Bubble inside the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

John Riel Casimero has decided to remain in his rented Las Vegas home and patiently wait for a fight to be booked.

Amid the celebration over the decision to allow basketball and football to allow their athletes to return to training mode, the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) is awaiting answers from the Inter-Agency Task Force whether professional boxing can also follow suit.

Attempting to duplicate Mike Plania’s upset victory last June 16, Mark Bernaldez faced unbeaten American Albert Bell but lost on a shutout 10-round decision at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Mark Bernaldez attempts to join stablemate Mike Plania in the winners circle today as he meets tall and unbeaten American Albert Bell in a scheduled 10-round lightweight bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Filipino fighter Mark Bernaldez tries to turn up the heat tomorrow when he meets unbeaten American stylist Albert Bell in an eight-round super-featherweight match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.