Arden “The Spoiler” Diale battles Hernan “Tyson” Marquez for the WBA flyweight title in Sonora, Mexico on June 23.   The 23 year old Diale has a record 18-6-3 with 5 knockouts while Maraquez who is the same age has a record of 33-2 with 25 knockouts.   Diale won the Philippine title with [...]

One of the most promising young junior lightweights Roberto Gonzales made a tactical mistake of trying to slug it out with hard-hitting Ryan Sermona and paid a heavy price when he was knocked out in the 5th round and lost the IBF Pan Pacific Youth title in his hometown  of Puerto Galera in Minodor Oriental. Gonzales who [...]

  The “real” Genaro “Poblanito” Garcia is determined to erase the damage created by the “fake” Genaro “Panterito” Garcia who was stopped in the 2nd round in a farce of a fight against featherweight Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista and vows to KO his opponent Genesis Servania when the clash in the “Pinoy Pride XIV” fight  card [...]

Now that World Boxing Organization flyweight champion Brian Viloria has exorcised the habit of losing a title on his second defense with a smashing 9th round knockout of Mexico’s Omar Nino Romero on Sunday. he  wants to remain a world champion for some time.   Viloria told the Manila Standard “ I want to stay as [...]

  The Philippines Marjohn Yap was “unlucky not to win” according to the  South African matchmaker Siyolo Dabula  after the ALA Promotions fighter lost a questionable  a ten round decision against South Africa’s super flyweight champion Miniyakhe Sithyatha   at the Orient Theater in East London, South Africa on Sunday.   The fight was promoted by [...]

Former world light flyweight champion Rodel Mayol scored an impressive ten round decision over former WBO flyweight champion Julio Cesar “Pingo” Miranda dropping the rugged Mexican three times en route to a handsome win on the undercard of the Brian Viloria-Omar Nino Romero title fight at the Ynares Center in Pasig City.   All three [...]

        While Filipino fighters usually dominate the lighter weights with Manny Pacquiao being the biggest of them all at welterweight, promoter Gabriel “Bebot” Elorde believes he has a future middleweight prospect in Marlon Alta.   The last time the Philippines crowned a world middleweight champion was when Ceferino Garcia, known for the original bolo [...]

World Boxing Organization flyweight champion Brian Viloria scored a rousing 9th round TKO victory over former two-time light flyweight champion Omar Nino Romero before a throng of cheering Filipino fans at the Ynares Sports Center in Pasig City.   American referee Michael Ortega called a halt with Romero groggy and wobbling against the ropes near his [...]

  The Philippines Nesthy Petecio lost a 10-11 heartbreaker to Italy’s Valeria Calabrese in her opening bout at the AIBA World Women’s Championships in Qinhuangdao, China.   The loss dashed  Petecio’s  valiant  try to qualify for the Olympiad in the 51 Kg flyweight category.   An AIBA report said the first round ended even at 2-2 while [...]

With the memory of a great fighter and one of the top 100 biggest punchers in boxing resonating at the back of his mind, World Boxing Organization flyweight champion Brian Viloria should win his third fight in a controversial  trilogy with Mexican Omar Nino Romero at the Ynares.Sports Center in Pasig City on Sunday morning. [...]