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 >>>

April 27, 2007 top boxing news..

The Art of the Knockout: Boxing's best KO Artists todayBy David A. Avila, The Sweet Science, 27 Apr 2007With knockout artist Acelino Freitas of Brazil poised to meet WBA lightweight titleholder Juan Diaz, it may be the perfect time to list the 12 most dangerous knockout punchers in the world today. Below are fighters who possess the ability to win a fight with a single punch. Those on this list have accomplished knockouts against the elite prizefighters of the world. There are many other fighters with great knockout records, but have yet to accomplish knockouts against the elite competition. Read Full Story >>>

IBF OFFICIALLY SANCTIONS CONDES-RACHMAN IBF BATTLE
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 27 Apr 2007
The New Jersey-based International Boxing Federation (IBF) has officially sanctioned this week the upcoming titular challenge of Filipino mandatory challenger Florante Condes against its world minimumweight champion Muhammad Rachman on June 16 in Jakarta, Indonesia. IBF Championship Chairman Lindsey Tucker, in an email to Leon Margules of Warriors Boxing, the winning bidder for the bout, which was forwarded by Condes' co-mana Read Full Story >>>

MAYWEATHER’S FATHER PRAISES PACQUIAO’s PUNCHING POWER
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 27 Apr 2007
The father of undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr has praised Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao who, in the eyes of many boxing writers is considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world although the prestigious Ring Magazine and others have named Mayweather as No.1. In a conversation with Michael Marley of Boxing Confidential, Mayweather Sr who was himself a boxer said Pacquiao was “a real puncher, a guy who can take you out with just one shot. That is why they call him the Pacma Read Full Story >>>
Mayweather cites Pacman’s power, flaws
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, 27 Apr 2007
Floyd Mayweather Sr., the master trainer, has some good things and bad things to say about Manny Pacquiao. "Nobody should take the Pacman lightly. You can’t drop your hands when you fight a guy like Pacman," the prized boxing guru told Michael Marley of boxingconfidential.com recently. "Pacman is a real puncher, a guy who can knock you out with just one shot. That is why they call him the Pacman because he packs a punch. That’s the only thing he can do but he does it very wel Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao hasn t learned a thing from Roach, says Mayweather
By Roy Luarca, Inquirer News Service, 27 Apr 2007
MANILA, Philippines -- The only thing Filipino ring superstar Manny Pacquiao can do well is punch. And celebrated trainer Freddie Roach has absolutely nothing to do with it. That is as far as Floyd Mayweather Sr. is concerned. Pacman is a real puncher, a guy who can take you out with just one shot, Mayweather told boxingconfidential.com s Michael Marley on Tuesday. That is why they call him the Pacman because he packs a punch. Now that s the only thing he can do well but he does it very we Read Full Story >>>

Poll body to probe Pacquiao, House Speaker for 'vote-buying'
Sun.Star Manila, 27 Apr 2007
TWO more administration bets are now in hot water and will be called by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to shed light on reports that they resorts to "vote-buying" by giving out health insurance cards to win votes. Comelec Commissioner Resurreccion Borra said the en banc has already instructed the law department to conduct a preliminary investigation to determine if boxing champion Manny Pacquaio, who is running for congressman of General Santos City and South Cotabato, and House Speak Read Full Story >>>

Pacman, JDV, Chavit, Atienza son face vote-buying charges
GMANews.tv, 27 Apr 2007
A Commission on Elections (Comelec) official said Thursday that the investigation into vote-buying allegation against Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez could also be expanded to look into similar complaints against other candidates. Comelec Commissioner Resurreccion Borra said the poll body was also swamped with vote-buying complaints against Manila mayoral candidate Ali Atienza, administration senatorial candidate Luis “Chavit" Singson, Pangasinan congressional candidate Jose de Venecia Read Full Story >>>

TONY MARTIN TO WORK AS CUTMAN FOR 'BOOM BOOM', BANAL!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 26 Apr 2007
Renowned Las Vegas-based boxing trainer and cutman Tony Martin has been tapped by sportsman Tony Aldeguer to work as cutman for the undefeated Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista and AJ 'Bazooka' Banal on May 5's 'The World Awaits' card at the MGM Grand. Martin, who fetched Aldeguer and family upon arrival this week in Las Vegas, was a long-time Cebu resident and has been based in Las Vegas with his family for the last four or so years. Martin is also expected to be the cutman for the world-ranked Be Read Full Story >>>

CONCERN OVER CONDES’ IBF TITLE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 26 Apr 2007
The Indonesian handlers of IBF minimum weight champion Muhammad Rachman claim they have not yet received the signed contract of mandatory challenger Florante Condes of the Philippines for the scheduled June 16 title fight in Jakarta. The manager of Rachman, Martinez dos Santos told Fight News that the April 20 deadline for getting the signed contracts of both fighters had passed and they are still “eagerly awaiting” the signed contract of Condes who is co-managed by Aljoe Jaro an Read Full Story >>>

PhilBoxing Featured Forum Topic: Banal In Over His Head Against Rosas?
PhilBoxing.com, 26 Apr 2007
Posted by ako_barok, Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:04 am.
It is a little disconcerting that Rosas's camp is able to study the fight tapes of Banal and dissect his every move from previous bouts. On the one hand. Banal does not have anything to go on save for the verbal info from scouts and Rosas's fight stats. http://www.ringtalk.com/index.php?action=fullnews&showcomments=1&id=1285 I know that this is a once in a lifetime opportunit Read Full Story >>>