Headed by supervisor Frank Quill, a gentleman from Australia, this Filipino judge, referee Jack Reiss and judge Marty Sammon both from California, USA flew in smooth and uneventful.

The third judge from South Korea is expected to join his fellow officials Sunday.

L-R (counter clockwise) Rey Danseco, Frank Quill, Jack Reiss, Keiichiro Kanehira and Seiji Shinoda after dinner Saturday night at Hilton Tokyo. Marty Sammon and a Korean judge are not in photo

With the presence of Japan Boxing Commission (JBC), the press conference, official weigh in ceremony and rules meeting will be slated from 1 p.m. on Monday at Korakuen Hall – the same venue of the scheduled 12-round voluntary contest on Tuesday night.

Kyoei Boxing Co., LTD, headed by its president Keiichiro Kanehira and chairman-secretary Seiji Shinoda bankrolls the bout.

Top ranked contender and reigning WBC silver super flyweight champion Silvester Lopez, 24, of the Philippines got his visa last Thursday and plan to get here on Monday night to be at ringside.

The WBC has ordered the winner of Rungvisai-Sato fight to face Lopez (19-3-1, 15 KOs) next.

Rungvisa, 23, stands 5-foot-3 and at least four-inch short compare with Sato, who will turn 28 years old on April first.

The opposing boxers displayed their readiness in the anticipated exciting trade of leathers in separate public workout last Wednesday and Thursday at Kyoei Gym before they passed the medical examination Friday afternoon at JBC office.

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Rey Danseco is the Boxing Judge of the Year 2010 and 2011 in the Philippines at the 11th and 12th Gabriel ”Flash” Elorde Memorial Boxing Awards-Banquet of Champions. Aside from being one of the most active boxing judges from Asia, he is the Sports editor of one of the Philippine leading newspapers called Bagong Tiktik (Spy) and television boxing commentator.

EMAIL: reydanseco@yahoo.com

Headed by supervisor Frank Quill, a gentleman from Australia, this Filipino judge, referee Jack Reiss and judge Marty Sammon both from California, USA flew in smooth and uneventful.

The third judge from South Korea is expected to join his fellow officials Sunday.

L-R (counter clockwise) Rey Danseco, Frank Quill, Jack Reiss, Keiichiro Kanehira and Seiji Shinoda after dinner Saturday night at Hilton Tokyo. Marty Sammon and a Korean judge are not in photo

With the presence of Japan Boxing Commission (JBC), the press conference, official weigh in ceremony and rules meeting will be slated from 1 p.m. on Monday at Korakuen Hall – the same venue of the scheduled 12-round voluntary contest on Tuesday night.

Kyoei Boxing Co., LTD, headed by its president Keiichiro Kanehira and chairman-secretary Seiji Shinoda bankrolls the bout.

Top ranked contender and reigning WBC silver super flyweight champion Silvester Lopez, 24, of the Philippines got his visa last Thursday and plan to get here on Monday night to be at ringside.

The WBC has ordered the winner of Rungvisai-Sato fight to face Lopez (19-3-1, 15 KOs) next.

Rungvisa, 23, stands 5-foot-3 and at least four-inch short compare with Sato, who will turn 28 years old on April first.

The opposing boxers displayed their readiness in the anticipated exciting trade of leathers in separate public workout last Wednesday and Thursday at Kyoei Gym before they passed the medical examination Friday afternoon at JBC office.

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Rey Danseco is the Boxing Judge of the Year 2010 and 2011 in the Philippines at the 11th and 12th Gabriel ”Flash” Elorde Memorial Boxing Awards-Banquet of Champions. Aside from being one of the most active boxing judges from Asia, he is the Sports editor of one of the Philippine leading newspapers called Bagong Tiktik (Spy) and television boxing commentator.

EMAIL: reydanseco@yahoo.com

WBC International light welterweight champ Prawet Singwancha and Filipino challenger Edgar Gabejan are both ready to clash on Friday afternoon (Thursday night in Mexico) after making the weight in Korat, Nakhon Rachasima, Thailand yesterday.

Singwancha was first on the scale with supervision of Edward Thangarajah at Chaophaya Inn.  The 5-foot-6 rated No. 5 in the world by the WBC took twice the scale before making the weight although he passed 63.300 kilograms (139.3 lbs) right after Gabejan easily submitted his load 63.500 kg (139.7 lbs).

The scheduled 12-round title fight will take place 3:30 pm Friday in a makeshift boxing arena at the Bannongmah School ground in Non Sung District of northeastern Thailand’s province of Nakhon Ratchasima.

From Bangkok, Gabejan took a comfortable bus ride with some officials, including referee Anek Hongtongkam, this writer and ring physician Dr. Chai. The trip began around 8:30 am and arrived in Korat about 10 minutes before 1 pm, with three stopovers.

Gabejan, 30, hopes to duplicate his stablemate, Sonny Boy Jaro’s feat last week when the latter dethroned legendary Pongsaklek Wonjongkam for the WBC flyweight title.

“I don’t have idea about his (Prawet) style. We will see tomorrow, anyway, we’re almost at the same height,” said Gabejan, who took the vacant Philippines Boxing Federation (PBF) lightweight title in his last ring appearance in February.

“This is my first fight over lightweight, so I’m not sure if I’m comfortable with it. I will do my best.”

Singwancha, who will turn 35 years old on March 13, will try to make his fifth title defense after taking the vacant title in 2009.

Officials
Referee: Anek Hongtongkam (Thailand)
Judges: Rey Danseco (Philippines), Noppharat Sricharoen (Thailand), Franz Marti (Switzerland)
Supervisor: Edward Thangarajah (Thailand/Sri Lanka)

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Rey Danseco is the Boxing Judge of the Year 2010 in the Philippines at the 11th Gabriel ”Flash” Elorde Memorial Boxing Awards-Banquet of Champions in March 2011. Aside from being one of the most active boxing judges from Asia, he is the Sports editor of one of the Philippine leading newspapers called Bagong Tiktik (Spy) and television boxing commentator.

EMAIL: reydanseco@yahoo.com

WBC International light welterweight champ Prawet Singwancha and Filipino challenger Edgar Gabejan are both ready to clash on Friday afternoon (Thursday night in Mexico) after making the weight in Korat, Nakhon Rachasima, Thailand yesterday.

Singwancha was first on the scale with supervision of Edward Thangarajah at Chaophaya Inn.  The 5-foot-6 rated No. 5 in the world by the WBC took twice the scale before making the weight although he passed 63.300 kilograms (139.3 lbs) right after Gabejan easily submitted his load 63.500 kg (139.7 lbs).

The scheduled 12-round title fight will take place 3:30 pm Friday in a makeshift boxing arena at the Bannongmah School ground in Non Sung District of northeastern Thailand’s province of Nakhon Ratchasima.

From Bangkok, Gabejan took a comfortable bus ride with some officials, including referee Anek Hongtongkam, this writer and ring physician Dr. Chai. The trip began around 8:30 am and arrived in Korat about 10 minutes before 1 pm, with three stopovers.

Gabejan, 30, hopes to duplicate his stablemate, Sonny Boy Jaro’s feat last week when the latter dethroned legendary Pongsaklek Wonjongkam for the WBC flyweight title.

“I don’t have idea about his (Prawet) style. We will see tomorrow, anyway, we’re almost at the same height,” said Gabejan, who took the vacant Philippines Boxing Federation (PBF) lightweight title in his last ring appearance in February.

“This is my first fight over lightweight, so I’m not sure if I’m comfortable with it. I will do my best.”

Singwancha, who will turn 35 years old on March 13, will try to make his fifth title defense after taking the vacant title in 2009.

Officials
Referee: Anek Hongtongkam (Thailand)
Judges: Rey Danseco (Philippines), Noppharat Sricharoen (Thailand), Franz Marti (Switzerland)
Supervisor: Edward Thangarajah (Thailand/Sri Lanka)

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Rey Danseco is the Boxing Judge of the Year 2010 in the Philippines at the 11th Gabriel ”Flash” Elorde Memorial Boxing Awards-Banquet of Champions in March 2011. Aside from being one of the most active boxing judges from Asia, he is the Sports editor of one of the Philippine leading newspapers called Bagong Tiktik (Spy) and television boxing commentator.

EMAIL: reydanseco@yahoo.com

FILIPINO brawler Sonny Boy Jaro stopped the aging legendary champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam in the sixth round during the rainy Friday in Chonburi, Thailand.

JARO

Jaro (34-10-5, 24 KO) floored the 34-year old Thai hero four times in three separate rounds to become the first Filipino WBC flyweight champion in more than a decade since Malcolm Tunacao dethroned Manny Pacquiao’s conqueror, Medgoen Singsurat in 2000.

The hard-hitting Pinoy sent Wonjongkan (83-4-2, 44 KO) to the canvass in the first and fourth rounds, where in the bell saved him.

But in the sixth stanza, the WBC No. 8 contender made sure the recently named “Fighter of the Decade” of the WBC would not take a second wind.

Jaro bombarded Wonjongkam with everything and successfully put him down again for the count. After getting on his feet, the pride of Thailand was caught with Jaro’s finishing blows and crashed against the ropes going down to the canvass.

The referee, at that time, was no doubt Wonjongkam couldn’t continue and his rule has come to an end.

Jaro took the world title in his fourth try after losing in WBC light flyweight title fight over 12 rounds against Mexico’s Edgar Sosa, who he knocked down in the 9th round, in 2008.

Jaro did not last over two rounds in his other title shot against Giovani Segura for WBA world super flyweight title in 2009 and Oscar Ibarra for WBC silver super flyweight title in 2010.

The kid from Silay City in Central Philippines made his pro-debut with fourth round TKO win against Daniel Arisala at the Elorde Sports Center in September 2001, six months after the 24-year old Wonjongkam dethroned Tunacao with first round knockout win in Pichit, Thailand.

Wonjongkam defended the crown 17 times in his next 26 fights until in the 18th time he put the title on the line, Japanese Daisuke Naito out-boxed him in very close fight in Tokyo, Japan on July 2007.

Wonjongkam became the fourth Thai and sixth fighter overall who regained the title in the division when he beat Koki Kameda with majority decision in March 2010 in Tokyo’s Ariake Colosseum.

The 5-foot-4 Thai kingpin made four more title defenses until the underdog Filipino challenger gave him the most devastating setback in his 18-year boxing career.

The gold and green title belt turns as Jaro’s early birthday present to himself for his 30th birthday on March 24. He might also acquired Wonjongkam’s position as No. 8 in the pound-for-pound ranking of the Ring Magazine where Manny Pacquiao consider as the best and Nonito Donaire Jr, who is ranked fourth.

Jaro is the 33rd recognized flyweight champion of the WBC and he is the fifth Filipino to hold this title after Erbito Salavarria (1970-71), Frank Cedeno (1983-84), Manny Pacquiao (1989-99), and Tunacao (2000-2001).

The bout was the 47th flyweight championship bout of WBC in Thailand and 145th in the history since the inception of the WBC in 1963. It was also the 99th WBC championship in Thailand and 1,770th overall in the 49 year history of the WBC.

In 33 WBC world flyweight champions, there were only six boxers who regained the crown includes Pone Kingpetch (Thailand, the first WBC flyweight champ), Chartchai Chionoi (Thailand), Betulio Gonzalez (Venezuela), Shoji Oguma (Japan), Sot Chitalada (Thailand) and Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (Thailand).

The Philippines hosted only two WBC flyweight title bouts, when Salavarria dominated Japanese Susumu Hanagata in 1971 and Pacquiao annihilated Argentina’s Gabriel Mira in the fourth round knockout in 1999 both at the Araneta Coliseum – venue of the “Thrilla in Manila”.

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Rey Danseco is the Boxing Judge of the Year 2010 in the Philippines at the 11th Gabriel ”Flash” Elorde Memorial Boxing Awards-Banquet of Champions in March 2011. Aside from being one of the most active boxing judges from Asia, he is the Sports editor of one of the Philippine leading newspapers called Bagong Tiktik (Spy) and television boxing commentator.

EMAIL: reydanseco@yahoo.com

FILIPINO brawler Sonny Boy Jaro stopped the aging legendary champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam in the sixth round during the rainy Friday in Chonburi, Thailand.

JARO

Jaro (34-10-5, 24 KO) floored the 34-year old Thai hero four times in three separate rounds to become the first Filipino WBC flyweight champion in more than a decade since Malcolm Tunacao dethroned Manny Pacquiao’s conqueror, Medgoen Singsurat in 2000.

The hard-hitting Pinoy sent Wonjongkan (83-4-2, 44 KO) to the canvass in the first and fourth rounds, where in the bell saved him.

But in the sixth stanza, the WBC No. 8 contender made sure the recently named “Fighter of the Decade” of the WBC would not take a second wind.

Jaro bombarded Wonjongkam with everything and successfully put him down again for the count. After getting on his feet, the pride of Thailand was caught with Jaro’s finishing blows and crashed against the ropes going down to the canvass.

The referee, at that time, was no doubt Wonjongkam couldn’t continue and his rule has come to an end.

Jaro took the world title in his fourth try after losing in WBC light flyweight title fight over 12 rounds against Mexico’s Edgar Sosa, who he knocked down in the 9th round, in 2008.

Jaro did not last over two rounds in his other title shot against Giovani Segura for WBA world super flyweight title in 2009 and Oscar Ibarra for WBC silver super flyweight title in 2010.

The kid from Silay City in Central Philippines made his pro-debut with fourth round TKO win against Daniel Arisala at the Elorde Sports Center in September 2001, six months after the 24-year old Wonjongkam dethroned Tunacao with first round knockout win in Pichit, Thailand.

Wonjongkam defended the crown 17 times in his next 26 fights until in the 18th time he put the title on the line, Japanese Daisuke Naito out-boxed him in very close fight in Tokyo, Japan on July 2007.

Wonjongkam became the fourth Thai and sixth fighter overall who regained the title in the division when he beat Koki Kameda with majority decision in March 2010 in Tokyo’s Ariake Colosseum.

The 5-foot-4 Thai kingpin made four more title defenses until the underdog Filipino challenger gave him the most devastating setback in his 18-year boxing career.

The gold and green title belt turns as Jaro’s early birthday present to himself for his 30th birthday on March 24. He might also acquired Wonjongkam’s position as No. 8 in the pound-for-pound ranking of the Ring Magazine where Manny Pacquiao consider as the best and Nonito Donaire Jr, who is ranked fourth.

Jaro is the 33rd recognized flyweight champion of the WBC and he is the fifth Filipino to hold this title after Erbito Salavarria (1970-71), Frank Cedeno (1983-84), Manny Pacquiao (1989-99), and Tunacao (2000-2001).

The bout was the 47th flyweight championship bout of WBC in Thailand and 145th in the history since the inception of the WBC in 1963. It was also the 99th WBC championship in Thailand and 1,770th overall in the 49 year history of the WBC.

In 33 WBC world flyweight champions, there were only six boxers who regained the crown includes Pone Kingpetch (Thailand, the first WBC flyweight champ), Chartchai Chionoi (Thailand), Betulio Gonzalez (Venezuela), Shoji Oguma (Japan), Sot Chitalada (Thailand) and Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (Thailand).

The Philippines hosted only two WBC flyweight title bouts, when Salavarria dominated Japanese Susumu Hanagata in 1971 and Pacquiao annihilated Argentina’s Gabriel Mira in the fourth round knockout in 1999 both at the Araneta Coliseum – venue of the “Thrilla in Manila”.

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Rey Danseco is the Boxing Judge of the Year 2010 in the Philippines at the 11th Gabriel ”Flash” Elorde Memorial Boxing Awards-Banquet of Champions in March 2011. Aside from being one of the most active boxing judges from Asia, he is the Sports editor of one of the Philippine leading newspapers called Bagong Tiktik (Spy) and television boxing commentator.

EMAIL: reydanseco@yahoo.com

MANNY Pacquiao came back home Saturday from several days of stay in the United States.

In an interview, the 33-year old fighter revealed his plan to make two or three more fights, including his bout against Timothy Bradley on June 9 and his desired fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr for the WBC welterweight bouts in November.

BOXING champ Manny Pacquiao with wife Maria Geraldine "Jinkee" Jamora-Pacquiao at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines Saturday, February 25. InterAksyon.com/Eric Apolonio

Should he make one more fight, Pacquiao will do it before the May 2013 elections and then hangs up his gloves for good.

Serving as congressman, Pacquiao is looking for election as governor in Sarangani in Southern Philippines.

Pacquiao arrived with his wife Maria Geraldine “Jinkee” Jamora-Pacquiao and his two advisers from New York with stopped over in Hong Kong.

“I have maybe two, three more fights,” Pacquiao was quoted as saying by Interaksyon yesterday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila.

Pacquaio hopes Mayweather will win against WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, who he badly beat in 2009, so that they can resolve the argument who is the real pound-for-pound king today.

“Hopefully he (Mayweather) will fight (me) before I retire. I’m hoping for a November fight,” said Pacquiao.

Pacquiao plans to train at least eight weeks, beginning in high altitude Baguio City in Northern Philippines and then at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood.

“I don’t want to be over confident and will train hard for this fight, I think we can give a good fight” Pacquiao said.

Pacquiao ang Bradley graced the media tours in Beverly Hills, California and New York early this week.

The Filipino champion also reportedly gave his deposition for his defamation case he previously filed against Mayweather.

Mayweather will fight Cotto on May 5th in Las Vegas before serving his sentenced of 30-day in jail.

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Rey Danseco is the Boxing Judge of the Year 2010 in the Philippines at the 11th Gabriel ”Flash” Elorde Memorial Boxing Awards-Banquet of Champions in March 2011. Aside from being one of the most active boxing judges from Asia, he is the Sports editor of one of the Philippine leading newspapers called Bagong Tiktik (Spy) and television boxing commentator.

EMAIL: reydanseco@yahoo.com

MANNY Pacquiao came back home Saturday from several days of stay in the United States.

In an interview, the 33-year old fighter revealed his plan to make two or three more fights, including his bout against Timothy Bradley on June 9 and his desired fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr for the WBC welterweight bouts in November.

BOXING champ Manny Pacquiao with wife Maria Geraldine "Jinkee" Jamora-Pacquiao at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines Saturday, February 25. InterAksyon.com/Eric Apolonio

Should he make one more fight, Pacquiao will do it before the May 2013 elections and then hangs up his gloves for good.

Serving as congressman, Pacquiao is looking for election as governor in Sarangani in Southern Philippines.

Pacquiao arrived with his wife Maria Geraldine “Jinkee” Jamora-Pacquiao and his two advisers from New York with stopped over in Hong Kong.

“I have maybe two, three more fights,” Pacquiao was quoted as saying by Interaksyon yesterday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila.

Pacquaio hopes Mayweather will win against WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, who he badly beat in 2009, so that they can resolve the argument who is the real pound-for-pound king today.

“Hopefully he (Mayweather) will fight (me) before I retire. I’m hoping for a November fight,” said Pacquiao.

Pacquiao plans to train at least eight weeks, beginning in high altitude Baguio City in Northern Philippines and then at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood.

“I don’t want to be over confident and will train hard for this fight, I think we can give a good fight” Pacquiao said.

Pacquiao ang Bradley graced the media tours in Beverly Hills, California and New York early this week.

The Filipino champion also reportedly gave his deposition for his defamation case he previously filed against Mayweather.

Mayweather will fight Cotto on May 5th in Las Vegas before serving his sentenced of 30-day in jail.

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Rey Danseco is the Boxing Judge of the Year 2010 in the Philippines at the 11th Gabriel ”Flash” Elorde Memorial Boxing Awards-Banquet of Champions in March 2011. Aside from being one of the most active boxing judges from Asia, he is the Sports editor of one of the Philippine leading newspapers called Bagong Tiktik (Spy) and television boxing commentator.

EMAIL: reydanseco@yahoo.com

The boxers are WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, WBC/WBO bantamweight ruler NonitoDonaire, WBO flyweight king Brian Viloria and WBO female superbantamweight queen Ana Julaton, who  accounted for  two title wins each, and WBO light flyweight champion Donnie Nietes who had one win.

Pacquiao, Donaire, Viloria ,Nietes and Julaton are the country’s reigning world champions.

Pacquiao, 33, twice successfully defended the WBO 147-lb title against Sugar Shane Mosley in May and against Juan Manuel Marquez in November. The two wins alone netted Pacquiao $42M, making him sports’ highest money earner during the year.

The Elorde Boxing Awards which is also being presented by COBRA Energy Drink will also honor Pacquiao with a special citation which the Elorde family will announce during the Awards Night held in memory of the boxing legend and International Hall of Famer, Flash Elorde, who held the world junior lightweight crown for seven consecutive years from 1960.

Previous honors  already conferred by the Elorde Boxing Awards on Pacquiao are Pound-for Pound King,  Boxer of the Year, induction into the  Elorde Hall of Fame, Boxer of the Decade and Quintessential Athlete awards.

“The award the Elorde family will be honoring him with through the Elorde Boxing Awards/Banquet of Champions is for his achievements as a man off the ring,” said Da Flash’s wife Laura. “Manny Pacquiao is a legend who has given honor to his countrymen and, in many ways, made an impact on the lives of millions of ordinary Filipinos.”

“It is the character that marked Filipino champions before him , including the great Pancho Villa (1920s) and Da Flash, who became true champions of the poor outside the ring,” she added.

Also to be awarded are other international and Philippine champions, most promising boxer, the best fight of the year, best promoter and manager and individuals and entities that have contributed to the promotion of professional boxing.

The boxers are WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, WBC/WBO bantamweight ruler NonitoDonaire, WBO flyweight king Brian Viloria and WBO female superbantamweight queen Ana Julaton, who  accounted for  two title wins each, and WBO light flyweight champion Donnie Nietes who had one win.

Pacquiao, Donaire, Viloria ,Nietes and Julaton are the country’s reigning world champions.

Pacquiao, 33, twice successfully defended the WBO 147-lb title against Sugar Shane Mosley in May and against Juan Manuel Marquez in November. The two wins alone netted Pacquiao $42M, making him sports’ highest money earner during the year.

The Elorde Boxing Awards which is also being presented by COBRA Energy Drink will also honor Pacquiao with a special citation which the Elorde family will announce during the Awards Night held in memory of the boxing legend and International Hall of Famer, Flash Elorde, who held the world junior lightweight crown for seven consecutive years from 1960.

Previous honors  already conferred by the Elorde Boxing Awards on Pacquiao are Pound-for Pound King,  Boxer of the Year, induction into the  Elorde Hall of Fame, Boxer of the Decade and Quintessential Athlete awards.

“The award the Elorde family will be honoring him with through the Elorde Boxing Awards/Banquet of Champions is for his achievements as a man off the ring,” said Da Flash’s wife Laura. “Manny Pacquiao is a legend who has given honor to his countrymen and, in many ways, made an impact on the lives of millions of ordinary Filipinos.”

“It is the character that marked Filipino champions before him , including the great Pancho Villa (1920s) and Da Flash, who became true champions of the poor outside the ring,” she added.

Also to be awarded are other international and Philippine champions, most promising boxer, the best fight of the year, best promoter and manager and individuals and entities that have contributed to the promotion of professional boxing.