By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 24 Jun 2007
Manny Pacquiao intends to pursue his dream of becoming a lawyer according to well-known election lawyer and boxing buff Atty. Romulo Macalintal who together with a group of lawyers of Team Unity had lunch with Pacquiao in General Santos City last June 20. Macalintal told Viva Sports/Manila Stand Read Full Story >>>
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 24 Jun 2007
Former world super flyweight champion Gerry Penalosa who leaves for Los Angeles on Tuesday to pick up the tempo of his training for his WBO bantamweight title fight against champion Jhonny Gonzalez of Mexico in Sacramento on A Read Full Story >>>
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sun, 24 Jun 2007
LAS VEGAS -- All along it figured to be a battle of vicious body punchers, Ricky Hatton, the relentless British banger, and Jose Luis Castillo, the Mexican who learned his trademark left hook as a longtime sparring partner for Julio Cesar Chavez, perhaps the greatest body puncher of them all. Tha Read Full Story >>>
By Nick Giongco, FightNews.com, Sun, 24 Jun 2007
Top trainer Freddie Roach said on Friday that he will order Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao to report for training at the Wild Card Boxing Club in the first week of August as he expects a tough outing for his No. 1 ringster."I will ask him to come here on August 1," Roach said from the Wild Card Read Full Story >>>
By Brett Conway, MaxBoxing.com, Sun, 24 Jun 2007
Corrales-Castillo I has become the gold standard of boxing. Ricky Hatton hopes on Saturday he and Jose Luis Castillo can measure up. “Castillo’s fight against Diego Corrales was one of the fights of the century,” Hatton said during Read Full Story >>>
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 24 Jun 2007
AFTER a humiliating defeat, Apol Suico is hoping to get back to the winning track as he headlines the “Paraksian San Kiray sa Khokak” boxing card in Cataingan, Masbate tonight. Suico, who suffered a second-round technical knockout loss to former Olympian Danilo Lerio last March 3 , is pitting hi Read Full Story >>>
By Ryan Songalia, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 24 Jun 2007
The honor of boxing is that, even in something as dangerous as a fight and as trivial as a sports contest, the combatants still risk everything in the pursuit of victory. Then, when a highly touted prospect like Julio "Baby Face" Garcia shows an utter lack of concern for winning, it challenges the i Read Full Story >>>
Business Mirror, Sun, 24 Jun 2007
RING deaths, their causes and how to prevent them are among the key issues to be addressed during the 45th World Boxing Council (WBC) Convention from November 11 to 17 in Manila. According to Games and Amusement Board (GAB) chairman Eric Buhain, the growing number of untimely deaths in the sport Read Full Story >>>
