The Philippines Marjohn Yap battles South Africa’s super flyweight champion Miniyakhe Sithyatha in a ten round bout   at the Orient Theater in East London, South Africa on Sunday .   It will be the 21-year-old South African’s first international bout.   Sithyatha has a record of  13-2, including 7 knockouts while the 23-year-old Yap has [...]

  World Boxing Organization president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel has announced that Michael Ortega of the United States has been appointed as referee for the WBO flyweight title defense of champion Brian Viloria (30-3, 17 KO’s) of the Philippines against Omar Nino Romero (31-4-1, 13 KO’s)of Mexico.   The third meeting between the two, titled “Island [...]

    Former two-time world junior welterweight champion Eddie Perkins who won the WBA title with a unanimous 15 round decision over the tall and handsome Filipino Roberto Cruz at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex on June 15, 1963 has passed away at the age of 75. Perkins  who stood 5’5” tall and won both the [...]

Olympic hopeful Marc Anthony Barriga of the PLDT-ABAP National Boxing Team refused to be enticed into a slugfest with Russia’s David Ayrapetyan who had also qualified for the 2012 London Olympics and fought a smart fight to win the gold medal at the prestigious annual Sydney Jackson Memorial Tournament at the Uzbekistan Sports Complex in [...]

Former world junior welterweight champion Amir Khan’s grudge rematch with IBF and WBA champion Lamont Peterson has been called off after Peterson tested positive for banned steroids. Khann himself confirmed that the fight had been cancelled and that he is looking for a possible opponent for a June 30 fight  date although nothing is definite. [...]

  World Boxing Organization flyweight champion Brian Viloria is dedicating his title defense against Mexico’s Omar Nino Romero at the Ynares Sports Center in Pasig City on Sunday to his close friend  and former world champion Andy Ganigan who passed away recently,  two years after suffering permanent brain damage following an unprovoked assault by a [...]

Heavy hitting light flyweight Denver Cuello (30-4-6, 20 KO’s) is scheduled to arrive in Mexico this weekend for his WBC world title eliminator against Ganigan Lopez (20-4, 14 KO’s) on a card promoted by Canelo Promotions and Boxeo de Gala at the Palenque de la Feria in Celaya, Guanajuato next Saturday. Cuello who is a [...]

  Featherweight Charly Suarez who is still battling for a possible wild card entry into the 2012 London Olympic Games has been beaten at the Sydney Jackson Memorial Tournament at the Universal Sports Complex in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.   Suarez, captain of the Philippine squad lost to Uzbekistan’s Faziddin Gaibnazarov who had already qualified for the [...]

  Seven chosen star players will not see action in the PBA All Star Game in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte this weekend due to various injuries.   Neither will coach Chot Reyes be around to coach the Veterans team in the All Star Game against the Rookies, Sophomores and Juniors as he is in San [...]

World Boxing Council president Don Jose Sulaiman has announced that the WBC Board of Governors will meet in Mexico City on May 28-29 “to review the organization if the first Professional Boxing World Cup.”   There have been similarly oriented programs in the past with the World Cup of Boxing between Mexico and Thailand  promoted [...]