Banario stakes One FC crown vs Oishi May 31
By June NavarroHonorio “The Rock” Banario stakes his featherweight title for the first time against top contender Koji Oishi in the main fight of One FC: Rise to Power on May 31 at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Honorio “The Rock” Banario stakes his featherweight title for the first time against top contender Koji Oishi in the main fight of One FC: Rise to Power on May 31 at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao will battle US fighter Brandon Rios in Macau in November, organizers said Tuesday, in a match that promoters hope will ignite Chinese interest in big-time boxing.
Liborio Solis of Venezuela pounded out a points win over defending champion Kohei Kono of Japan to claim the World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight title on Monday.
GUERRERO, in Spanish, means ‘warrior’. Robert Guerrero, who will challenge Floyd “The Money” Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand today for the WBC welterweight title, is confident that he will live up to his name.
He claims to be more mature now, chastened by a stint in jail and eager to be just as much a businessman as a fighter. Indeed, Floyd Mayweather Jr. acted almost statesmanlike earlier this week when Robert Guerrero’s father began screaming that he was a woman beater who would finally get beaten himself Saturday night.
Sergio Martinez retained his WBC middleweight title with a unanimous decision over Martin Murray on Saturday despite being sent to the canvas several times by the Englishman.
The tug-of-war for Timothy Bradley ended Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) with Juan Manuel Marquez eventually yanking the American off the hands of Manny Pacquiao.
MILAN Melindo finally gets his due when he challenges Mexican Juan Francisco Estrada for his unified world flyweight titles in July.
REY “Boom Boom“ Bautista tries to slay the ghost of 2007 when he stakes his WBO International featherweight title against dangerous Jose “Negro” Ramirez of Mexico in the headliner of Pinoy Pride XIX: Mexican Invasion tonight at University of Southern Philippines gymnasium in Davao City.
Firing stiff jabs and showing lightning-quick reflexes, Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux outclassed Nonito Donaire Jr. on Saturday night for a stunning unanimous decision victory to unify their world super bantamweight titles at the jampacked Radio City Music Hall here.
Without missing a beat, Top Rank big boss Bob Arum said Nonito Donaire Jr. should move up to a heavier division to avoid the trouble of making weight each time he fights.
Malacañang said on Sunday that Filipinos would continue to root for fallen champion Nonito Donaire Jr. and that his return to glory would be a source of motivation.
Like the other fallen boxing champions before him, Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. vowed Sunday a comeback.
