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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

MANILA, Philippines – Super flyweight boxer Karlo Maquinto remained in a deep coma at the FEU-NRMF Medical Center in West Fairview, Quezon City, Saturday, Jan. 30, with his condition inoperable as he suffered a massive subdural hematoma causing pressure from the blood clot to push the left side of his brain to the right after [...]

Japanese and foreign fans cannot wait only for spring season’s cherry blossoms but also the mega event on April 6th at Tokyo International Forum. On January 30th, Teiken Promotion and Shinsei Promotion announced in a press conference the third defense of WBC super featherweight champion Takahiro Aoh (22-2-1,10 KOs) against top ranked contender Terdsak Kokietgym [...]

By REY DANSECO FORMER champion Fernando “Cochulito” Montiel will resume his bid to win another world title on March 3 in his hometown, Los Mochis, Mexico. Manuel Montiel of Promociones Montiel plans to stage Montiel’s first ring appearance this year against Indonesia’s Angky Angkota. Facing each other will give them a chance to rebound from [...]

By REY DANSECO GARY Shaw has signed talented Filipino bantamweight prospects – unbeaten southpaw Jundy “Pretty Boy” Maraon (14-0-1, 11 KOs) and Glenn “The Rock” Porras (27-3, 17 KOs). Shaw is known for getting fighters with high knockout percentage, like superstar Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr, who left him for Bob Arum several years ago. [...]

By REY DANSECO SIXTH ranked Milan Melindo will not put his WBC Youth Intercontinental title. Instead, he gives priority to risk his version of Intercontinental title in little-known WBO tonight in Cebu City, Philippines. The WBO allowed a Mexican challenger Juan “Panterita” Esquer (27-9-2, 21 KOs) of Navojoa, Sonora despite coming off in two loses [...]

By REY DANSECO Undefeated Dodie Boy “DBP2″ Peñalosa Jr has opted to face a Thai in one of the feature bouts of his uncle Gerry Peñalosa’s boxing show on Jan. 28 at Recom Dome in Caloocan City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Peñalosa (7-0, 7 KOs) will test his mettle once again against Superjames Singmanasak in his [...]

By REY DANSECO THE Asian Boxing Council (ABCO) will stage heavyweight title bout on the 21st of this month. American-born Chauncy “Hillyard Hammer” Welliver will make a show in his hometown fans in Auckland for the first time since November 2009. Welliver’s will also risks his New Zealand National Boxing Federation (NZNBF) heavyweight title. The [...]