April 28, 2007 top boxing news

ROACH TURNS FOTOG; BAUTISTA, BANAL SET TO FLY TO VEGAS
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 28 Apr 2007
Bautista and Banal pose for Coach Freddie. Undefeated Rey `Boom Boom` Bautista and Alex John `Bazooka` Banal, together with trainer Edito Villamor, are set to fly to Las Vegas on Monday for their May 5 assignments on the Oscar De la Hoya-Floyd Mayweather card. The group will take an American Airlines flight 1235 that will depart Puerto Rico at 4:20PM and will arrive in Las Vegas at 10:15PM. `The boys a Read Full Story >>>

Fistiana launched Elorde’s careerBy Ben Simpao, The Manila Bulletin, 28 Apr 2007THE revival of Sunday’s Fiesta Fistiana harkens back memories of boxing bouts that rapturously stretched from 1955 to 1967, giving boxing aficionados the most bangs for their pesos. In that 12-year span, 13 Philippine titles – the fly, bantam, feather and lightweight crowns were dispatched under the aegis of the Philippine Sports Association (PSA) Fistiana promotions, a charitable venture that brought Christmas cheers to aging, blind and disabled boxers. Gabriel "Flash" Elorde Read Full Story >>>

Pacman ranks among world’s top KO artists
By Roy Luarca, Inquirer News Service, 28 Apr 2007
MANILA, Philippines -- It used to be just his left hand that can send foes to dreamland. Now, with a solid right hook to boot, Manny Pacquiao is an even more potent knockout artist. He can do it with a single punch, a 1-2-3 combination or a barrage of blows done in blurring succession and hard to count. This was evident in Pacquiao’s demolition of Erik Morales in November and his eighth-round stoppage of Jorge Solis on April 14 in San Antonio, Texas. Not surprisingly, the Filipino Read Full Story >>>

LAINEZ PREDICTS KO WINS BY BAUTISTA, BANAL
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 27 Apr 2007
Well known TV boxing analyst Moy Lainez has predicted that emerging ring sensations Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ "Bazooka" Banal will win by knockouts on the undercard of the blockbuster "The World Awaits" fight card featuring Oscar De La Hoya vs Floyd Mayweather Jr at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 5. In a telephone conversation with Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today, Lai Read Full Story >>>

Julaton Goes for Higher Ranking
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, 27 Apr 2007
Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton, the Filipino featherweight from the Bay Area in Northern California who boxes as an amateur will be going up the ring on May 5th in an attempt to improve her #4 ranking. Julaton will meet the current US #1 ranked woman featherweight in a duke out at the West Wind Events Center located along University Avenue in Oakland California. Julaton’s foe will be Ronica “Relentle Read Full Story >>>

ALA BOXING GROUP TIES UP WITH SOUTH KOREA'S BOXING PLAZA
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, PhilBoxing.com, 27 Apr 2007
CEBU CITY --- In what could be another big boost to the Cebu boxing fraternity, Team ALA has entered into a business tie-up with South Korea's prestigious Boxing Plaza - a partnership aimed to further strengthen the boxing industry not only in the Philippines and Korea but also in the entire Asia-Pacific region. "We are joining forces with these people from Korea," announced international promoter Sammy Gello-ani Read Full Story >>>

CONDES-RACHMAN TITLE FIGHT IS ON
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 27 Apr 2007
The co-manager of Philippine minimum weight champion Florante Condes, nicknamed "The Lion from Manila" says his mandatory title fight against champion Muhammad Rachman of Indonesia will go ahead as scheduled on June 16 at the Indoor Tennis Stadium in Jakarta. In an email to Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today, American Dante Ortiz said Rachman’s manager Martinez dos Santos handlers of Rachmann didn’t know what he was talking about when the claimed they had not received a copy of a Read Full Story >>>

SGG LINKS UP WITH KOREAN GROUP!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 27 Apr 2007
The country's top promoter Sammy Gello-ani has officially announced today its tie-up with a Korean group in an effort to shore up their Asian presence and bring better activity to their respective fighters. Gello-ani faced the media today at a special press conference held at the Marriott Hotel in Cebu City, accompanied by South Korean promoter Lee Dong Gyu, Boxing Plaza top honcho Park Yong Min, and their planni Read Full Story >>>

Rachman vs Condes is on!
By Jeffrey Pamungkas, FightNews.com, 27 Apr 2007
IBF strawweight champion Muhammad Rachman (Indonesia) is finally confirmed to fight his mandatory challenger Florante 'Little Pacquiao' Condes of the Philippines on June 16 at the Indoor Tennis Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. In the previous news, Rachman's manager Martines dos Santos had informed this writer that they were still waiting for Condes' signature, but Dante Ortiz, Condes' manager, immediately responded by e-mail to Fightnews that he has sent the signed contract to Warriors Boxing as Read Full Story >>>

ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW WITH AJ BANAL
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, 27 Apr 2007
Banal training in Puerto Rico. Emerging Filipino ring sensation AJ "Bazooka" Banal took time out to speak with PhilBoxing.com's Dong Secuya from the De La Hoya training camp in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico where he is currently training with fellow Filipino Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista under the invitation of Golden Boy Oscar de la Hoya. Banal and Bautista will fight in the undercard of the historic De la Hoya vs Mayweather ca Read Full Story >>>