LOS ANGELES - Mikey Garcia added the IBF lightweight belt to his WBC title on Saturday night (Sunday, Manila time), dominating the previously unbeaten Robert Easter for a clear unanimous decision victory.Garcia (39-0) knocked down Easter in the third round and ...
Jul 29, 2018
FRESNO, California - In one of Philippine boxing's finest hours, two Filipino boxers go at each other to prove they're among the best in the world today.And neither of them is named Manny Pacquiao.Jerwin Ancajas puts his International ...
by Gerry Ramos
May 26, 2018
PINCH your cheek and keep telling yourself this: "It's just his first fight in the United States."Carrying the weight of his countrymen's huge expectations squarely on his shoulders, International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior bantamweight (115 lbs.) champion ...
by Ed Tolentino
Feb 4, 2018
FOR Milan Melindo Jr., the gloved fairy tale started when he was six years old, when his father Milan Sr. gifted him with a pair of boxing gloves.The younger Milan was already familiar with the sport at the time, having watched ...
by Ed Tolentino
Sep 13, 2017
IT took Marlon Tapales roughly nine years to win a world boxing title; today he just gave the crown away after being toppled by a phantom foe known only as the "weighing scale."Set to defend the World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight ...
by Ed Tolentino
Apr 22, 2017
LONDON - World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is back with the trainer who helped him win an Olympic gold medal in 2012.Rob McCracken was announced on Thursday (Friday, Manila time) as Joshua's full-time coach, replacing Tony Sims, after an ...
Dec 2, 2016
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