Blackpool announced their top-flight arrival in stunning style by trouncing Wigan as Chelsea routed West Brom, James Milner fired Aston Villa to victory and Tottenham drew with Manchester City.

Former  WBO straw weight champion Manuel “Chango” Vargas has beaten WBC No. 8 ranked  Michael Arango in a scheduled ten round flyweight bout after Arango failed to come out for the 6^th round in the main event of a fight card in Sonora, Mexico, Sunday, Manila Time.

Former  WBO straw weight champion Manuel “Chango” Vargas has beaten WBC No. 8 ranked  Michael Arango in a scheduled ten round flyweight bout after Arango failed to come out for the 6^th round in the main event of a fight card in Sonora, Mexico, Sunday, Manila Time.

Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz says he had a “very positive meeting” with WBO light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto to discuss a possible rematch with Pacquiao should the planned November 13 megabuck showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr fail to push through.

There was concern among Filipino fight fans after a report on the preliminary pre-fight weigh in for the “Pinoy Power/Latin Fury” series of Top Rank Promotions scheduled at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Sunday, July 11, Manila Time and a television video clip stated that Philippine bantamweight champion Eden Sonsona weighed 137.1 pounds which was even heavier than featherweight title challenger Bernabe Concepcion who tipped the scales at 136. .

In a commendable gesture Charlie “The Dragon” Williams and Rodney “The Rocket” Morris shot some pool and provided useful tips to American troops stationed in Qatar in the Middle-East.

We’ve got a story and photos courtesy of Dustin Senger and our good friend Charlie Williams of Dragon Promotions. (Ronnie Nathanielsz.)

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Undefeated Filipino lightweight Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta who battles Mexico’s hard-punching Oscar “ Estudiante” Meza at the Micosukee Indian Gaming Resort in Miami, Florida on June 4 for the vacant WBO North American Boxing Organization title is “peaking at the right time” according to his co-manager Vince Parra.
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Super featherweight Michael Farenas, a protégé of former world two division champion Gerry Penalosa was scheduled to leave for Aguascalientes, Mexico on Wednesday or Thursday for his eight round showdown  with Nicaragua’s 22 year old Marlon Aguilar. He is now in Los Angeles.