The Mexican matchmaker/agent who foisted a “fake” Genaro  Garcia on unsuspecting ALA Promotions, their featherweight regional champion Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista and some 40,000 fight fans in Tagbilaran City, Bohol has at long last found.   World Boxing Council president Don Jose Sulaiman had summoned Correa to a hearing after he sent a fake Genaro [...]

WBC straw-weight silver champion Denver Cuello of the Philippines has arrived in Celaya, Mexico and predicted he will knock out challenger Ganigan Lopez in his title defense at the Palengke de la Feria in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico  on Sunday, Manila Time..   The  World Boxing Council  informed the Manbila Standard that some 3,000 fight fans [...]

  World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion and “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao will gift the eight division world champion an exclusive diamond ring as superchampion.   WBO  president, Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel has announced that  the diamong ring will be presented to Pacquiao before his fourth title defense against undefeated junior welterweight champion Timothy [...]

  South Africa’s Macbute Sinyabi is ready to put the heat on Thailand’s hometown favorite  Thangthong Kiattaweesuk when they clash in an open air venue at the hottest time of the day in an IBF super bantamweight eliminator on Saturday.   The 33 year old Kiattawqeesuk who is undefeated with a record of 23-0 with [...]

Manny Pacquiao has flatly denied he ever quoted the book of Leviticus from the Bible which condemned gays and said they should be killed  for which some segments of the US media have taken him to task. The verse in question from Leviticus states “if a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, [...]

Denied a chance to fight for the WBC minimum weight title after he was controversially disqualified in the 3rd round of a title eliminator against Juan Hernandez in Mexico on May 22, 2010, Denver Cuello  won’t make a mistake this time when he battles another Mexican Ganigan Lopez at the Palengke de la Feria in Celaya, [...]

“Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao is “on the right track” according to strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza.   Ariza who spoke to the Manila Standard after Pacquiao’s workout on Monday said he is “drinking  more fluids, did more isometric exercises today and we discussed going back to the track and what we’re going [...]

Light flyweight Jose Gabuco and bantamweight Alice Kate Aparri have entered the quarter finals of the World Women’s Boxing Championships in  Qinhuangdao, China, easing somewhat the pain suffered by the heartbreaking loss of Nesthy Petecio in the Olympic qualifying flyweight division by a 10-11 margin to 2010 European champion Valeria Calabrese of Italy. Gabuco’s round of [...]

Denied a chance to fight for the WBC minimum weight title after he was controversially disqualified in the 3rd round of a title eliminator against Juan Hernandez in Mexico on May 22, 2010, Denver Cuello  won’t make a mistake this time when he battles another Mexican Ganigan Lopez at the Palengke de la Feria in Celaya, [...]

  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 [...]