By REY DANSECO 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 [...]
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PACQUIAO EYES 2 OR 3 MORE FIGHTS (0)
Published on Sat, 25/02/12 | Rey Danseco
Pacquiao, 4 other Filipino world champs in 12th Elorde Boxing Awards (0)
Published on Sat, 18/02/12 | Rey Danseco
FIVE Filipino fighters who won nine of 13 title bouts in 2011 will be honored as most outstanding boxers of the year in the 12th Gabriel “Flash” Elorde Boxing Awards/Banquet of Champions on March 25 at the grand ballroom of the Makati City’s DusitThani Hotel in Metro Manila, Philippines. The boxers are WBO welterweight champion [...]
PACQUIAO, KNICKS’ JEREMY LIN TO MEET IN NEW YORK (0)
Published on Fri, 17/02/12 | Rey Danseco
By REY DANSECO FORMER five-division WBC champion Manny Pacquiao has arrived Los Angeles, California Friday night. Pacquiao has three purposes in going back to the US. The 33-year old superstar will meet his lawyers in preparation of the deposition in his defamation lawsuit on Friday against Floyd Mayweather Jr. On Tuesday, Pacquiao and his next [...]
IWABUCHI STOPS WAUKE, WINS JAPANESE 140LB TITLE (0)
Published on Thu, 16/02/12 | Rey Danseco
Muscular top contender Shinya Iwabuchi (18-3, 15KO) knocked out Japanese super light weight champion Yuji Wauke (15-3, 7KOs) at 1:34 into the seventh round in the 10-round-scheduled title bout at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on February 13th. It was an interesting battle between two southpaws of bipolar styles; champion Wauke was good at right jabs [...]
PACQUIAO PLANS TO RETIRE NEXT YEAR (0)
Published on Mon, 13/02/12 | Rey Danseco
By REY DANSECO FORMER five-division WBC champion Manny Pacquiao said he might hang up his gloves next year, exactly 18 years after his pro-debut. Pacquiao’s primary reasons will be his intentions to concentrate in his political career and businesses. The 33-year old congressman plans to run for governor of Sarangani province in Southern Philippines in [...]
THE STORY ABOUT DONAIRE’S INJURY (0)
Published on Mon, 6/02/12 | Rey Danseco
By REY DANSECO MORE than a decade ago, then skinny and little-known Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr fractured the little finger in his left hand from punching bag at Ten Goosen Boxing Gym in Van Nuys, California. This injury was able to heal, but re-injured when the soldier turned boxing trainer Nonito “Dodong” Donaire Sr [...]
UPDATE FROM JAPAN: Yuba makes history; Nakagawa KOs Kirima, wins National title (0)
Published on Mon, 6/02/12 | Rey Danseco
The crowd broke into cheers when the 35-year-old southpaw Tadashi Yuba finally achieved a historic feat on February 4th at Korakuen Hall, the busiest fighting venue of the world, in Tokyo. Yuba (40-7-2, 30 KOs), Japanese #2 and OPBF #5, beat top ranked and OPBF #3 rated talent Carlos Linares (9-2, 8KOs), younger brother of [...]
FIRST RING DEATH IN 2012: Promising Filipino Fighter Dies 6 Days After Philippine Bout (0)
Published on Fri, 3/02/12 | Rey Danseco
UNBEATEN Filipino super flyweight fighter Karlo Maquinto (8-0-1, 6 KOs) passed away while in comatose six days after his gutsy performance before a jampacked crowd at Recom Gym in Amparo Subdivision, Caloocan City, near Manila in the Philippines. Maquinto, 21, died due to acute subdural hematoma at 10:15 a.m. on Friday (Thursday night in Mexico [...]