By REY DANSECO Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) will begin its activities this month of October with wars between Japanese and Filipinos in Japan. Unbeaten WBC No. 6 Ryo Miyazaki (14-0-3, 8 KOs) puts his lightweight title on the line against newly crowned Philippine champion and WBC No. 16 Jerson Mancio (13-1-3, 5 KOs) [...]

By REY DANSECO NEWLY crowned WBC silver super flyweight champion Silvester Lopez returned to Manila, Philippines Thursday without his title belt after beating erstwhile champion Oscar Ibarra in Mexico. But WBC president Jose Sulaiman immediately gave his assurance to the 23-year old Asian that he will send the gold, green and silver belt. “I am [...]

By REY DANSECO FORMER 5-division WBC champion Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez will start their serious build up for their much awaited third match later this year. After joining the 4-city press tour, Pacquiao plans to work out at Makati’s Planet Jupiter Gym here in Manila while waiting for his trainer Freddie Roach to [...]

By REY DANSECO Thai champions Patomsuk Pathompothong and Thangthong Kiattaweesuk made another reason to make their countrymen proud after beating their foreign opponents recently in Phitsanulok, Thailand. Pathompothong (14-1-1, 8 KOs) was sent to the limit by unranked Billy Sumba (18-5-1, 4 KOs) of Indonesia in their 8-round non-title fight last Friday. It was Pathompothong [...]

By REY DANSECO In a battle of national champions, Nihito Arakawa of Japan and undefeated Jay “Rapido” Solmiano of the Philippines are both ready to fill the vacant OPBF lightweight title in a Tuesday night show at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan on Oct. 4. This will be Arakawa’s second attempt to win the coveted [...]

By REY DANSECO   TWO big WBC title bouts in the Philippines this month have been moved in October. Reigning WBC International light flyweight champion Jonathan Taconing (11-1-1, 9 KOs) will defend his belt against newly crowned Thailand light flyweight champion Ngaoprajan Chuwatana (7-7, 7 KOs) on October 8 instead of Sept. 24. While one [...]

By REY DANSECO MEXICAN Rosbel “Lobito” Montoya dominated Filipino Jason Pagara in their title fight for minor belt Saturday night at Cebu City Waterfront Hotel & Casino in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines. Although the three judges had different tallies in their scorecards, they unanimously favored the reigning WBC FECOMBOX light welterweight champion. One judge [...]