Thailand’s WBO Asia Pacific featherweight champion Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo lived up to his lofty  WBC No.1 and WBO No.2 rankings to score a 6th round TKO over Filipino journeyman Randy Megrino in Thailand Wednesday.   The undefeated Piriyapinyo improved his unbeaten record to 43-0 with  26 knockouts while Megrino dropped to 12-10-2 with 7 knockouts.   WBO [...]

It seems, at least on the surface, that strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza’s decision to leave pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao in the middle of his training camp in Baguio City isn’t hurting Pacquiao’s preparation for his showdown with undefeated junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on [...]

Donnie “Ahas” Nietes who walks into the ring with a python around his neck will defend his newly won WBO light flyweight title against Mexico’s Felipe Salguero at the Resorts World Hotel & Casino near the Manila International Airport on June 2.   The fight card will be telecast by the giant broadcast network ABS-CBN [...]

Pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz who handles MP Promotions has made it clear that former world flyweight champion Rodel Mayol is not ready to fight on the Brian Viloria-Omar Nino Romero title fight undercard on  May 12 at the Ynares Sports Center in Pasig City. Solar Sports informed the Manila Standard [...]

Ten young Filipino athletes will get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to personally watch the 2012 Olympic Games in London thanks to the British Council Philippines and the British  Embassy in Manila in cooperation with the Philippine Sports Commission and the MVP Sports Foundation of businessman-sportsman Manny Pangilinan.   The ten young athletes are all regional and national [...]

There is confusion over the report that rugged Arden Diale is  scheduled to fight WBA flyweight champion Hernan “Tyson” Marquez on July 14  place at the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas on the undercard of  WBO junior welterweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez’ title defense against a still unnamed opponent.   Boxingscene.com said Zanfer Promotions headed [...]

In what appeared to be a mismatch, Filipino Mike “Tyson” Tumbaga lost by a 2nd round TKO to vastly superior puncher Patomsuk Patompothing in an IBF Pan Pacific light welterweight title fight in Chiangmai, Thailand. Also on the undercard Amor Tinio was beaten in an eight round bout by IBF world ranked No. 8 Fahsai “Mountain [...]

  Gretchen “Chen Chen” Abaniel gets another crack at a world title when he fights Thailand’s Tereraport Pannimit for the vacant WBO female minimum weight title in Bangkok on April 25.   The 26 year old Abaniel lost her bid for the IBF title to highly talented Mexican Katia Gutierrez by a 4th round TKO in [...]

    Even as Olympic sprinter and triple gold medalist Usain Bolt says that if he is able to duplicate his performances in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China in London, it would make him “Living Legend.”   Bolt made the statement on the BBC Sport program “100 Days To Go” last Wednesday.   The [...]

        In what is expected to be a highly-charged, knockdown, drag-out scuffle the Philippine Volcanoes will face off against top seeds Sri Lanka in the finals of the HSBC 5 Nations at the Rizal Memorial Stadium at 5 p.m. on Saturday.   The Volcanoes made up mostly of players with Filipino heritage with either [...]