The World Boxing Council reported today that at the official weigh in for the WBC Silver lightweight title defense of Alejandro Sanabria , the champion weighed in at the 135 pound limit while Filipino challenger Jhunriel Ramonal  weighed in   four pounds less at 131.   The weigh in took place at the Manuel Bernardo [...]

___________________________________________________________________ Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has upped the ante following Floyd Mayweather’s offer to pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao of a guaranteed $40 million purse with Mayweather retaining all the pay per view income. Should a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight eventually happen it is expected to bring in an additional revenue of around $150 million. [...]

Although Floyd Mayweather Jr has applied for a license from the Nevada State Athletic Commission there is no certainty that the Commission will grant him one for his announced May 5 fight.   The Commission is headed by its current chairman Raymond “Skip” Avansino Jr, Francisco V. Aguilar, Bill D. Brady, Pat Lundvall and TJ [...]

Milan “Methodico” Melindo, unquestionably the most technically sound and dedicated fighter among the many emerging champions in the famed ALA Gym, is likely to prove too good for his tough-talking Mexican opponent Juan Esquer when they clash in the main event of an exciting card at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu, Saturday. The [...]

  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 [...]