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.
Nonito Donaire Jr. vowed to go “power for power, speed for speed” while Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux promised to do “more than I have done in the past.”
His stamina no longer a concern, Brian Viloria will try to extend his dominance over Mexican fighters when he dangles his WBO and WBA flyweight titles against Juan Francisco Estrada at 10:25 tonight (same time in Manila) at Cotai Arena of The Venetian Resort and Casino here.
Mike Alvarado boxed his way to a narrow but unanimous decision over Brandon Rios on Saturday to take the interim WBO light welterweight title and reverse the outcome of their slugfest five months ago.
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. is hopping on a plane to New York for a presser set on Friday (Manila time), even without Guillermo Rigondeaux’s signature for the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) testing.
The announced April 13 showdown between reigning WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. and Cuban challenger Guillermo Rigondeaux hit a snag.
World WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham will defend his title with a rematch against German compatriot Robert Stieglitz on March 23.
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. vowed a knockout win and he delivered Sunday (Manila time).
World super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham defended his WBO belt on Saturday with an eighth round technical knock-out win over France’s Mehdi Bouadla in Nuremberg.
Brian “The Hawaiian Punch” Viloria scored a 10th round TKO victory over Hernán “Tyson” Marquez to unify the WBO and WBA flyweight belts Sunday in an exciting fight at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
Wladimir Klitschko had to go the distance to defend his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight belts by decision against Mariusz Wach of Poland on Saturday.
German cruiserweight Marco Huck successfully retained the WBO title for the 10th time with a unanimous decision win over compatriot Firat Arslan on Saturday.
He has one more tough rival to hurdle, but Nonito Donaire Jr. is already a cinch for WBO Fighter of the Year honors.
