WBC ANNOUNCES SANABRIA SILVER TITLE DEFENSE VS RAMONAL/Ronnie Nathanielsz   The World Boxing Council has announced thatWBC lightweight Silver champion Alejandro Sanabria will defend his title against unranked Filipino Jhunriel Ramonal in Chihuahua, Mexico on January 28 in a card promoted by Promociones del Pueblo.   . Sanabria who stands 5’9 ½” has a record [...]

  Top Rank promoter Bob Arum concedes “lets forget the May date” for  a possible fight between “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao and undefeated Floyd Mayweather. But he’s working on a November mega-buck fight instead. . In a telephone conversation with the Manila Standard, Arum said “What we are trying to accomplish assuming he [...]

Former IBF world minimum weight champion Florante Condes’ title fight against IBO champion Hekkie Budler on March 3  in South Africa has been postponed as Condes is scheduled to undergo surgery at 2:00 p.m. today (Friday) because of what doctors said was “urethral stricture.”   Condes is confined at the Kidney Center in Quezon City. [...]

Our very best wishes from Viva Sports and “The Main Event” boxing show in the Philippines. (Ronnie Nathanielsz)  

“Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao’s trusted adviser Michael Koncz continues to hold a series of meetings with different individuals in an effort to somehow work out a deal with Floyd Mayweather Jr  for a Pacquiao fight at the end of May or June 9 and if no agreement is reached an announcement on Pacquiao’s [...]

The World Boxing Council headed by its longtime president Don Jose Sulaiman has blasted the International Amateur Boxing Association AIBA stating blunbtly that its president Dr. Wu Ching -Kuo Wu as “unworthy of trust.”   The WBC said that AIBA, through an appointed promoter in Mexico staged a boxing card in Foro Polanco between profesional and [...]

  American Rafael Ramos from San Antonio, Texas has been chosen to referee the battale for the vacant WBO super bantamweight title between WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire and former champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr of Puerto Rico.   The WBO Asia Pacific vice president Leon Panoncillo informed the Manila Standard that President [...]

Rey Migreno has lost a close majority decision to WBC Asian Boxing Council flyweight champion Nawaphon Por Chokchai in a title fight in Samut Prakan, Thailand.   With the win the 20 year old Thai improved his record to 7-0 with 5 knockouts while the 25 year old Migreno dropped to 15-18-3  with 13 knockouts. [...]