June 10, 2026
Wednesday
INTERNATIONAL Boxing Organization (IBO) world junior flyweight champion Rey Loreto has filed a formal complaint with the Philippines’ Games and Amusements Board (GAB) against a South African boxing promoter who failed to pay his prize money amounting to $42,000, roughly P2 million. Loreto, 23, filed the complaint exactly 17 days after he knocked out South […]
POPULAR American TV personality Katie Couric was very straightforward in asking Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao the question: “Do you plan to become President of your country?” It was a question easily answerable by “Yes” or “No.” Manny Pacquiao’s answer, however, showed the depth of his religiosity and bared his true nature, a very unassuming […]
MERIDA, Yucatan, Mexico — World flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada officially weighed 112 pounds while challenger Romel Asenjo of the Philippines tipped the scale at 111 lbs during the official weigh-in at the Merida Museum Building here. There were doubts, however, on the real weight of Estrada, who is taller by two inches than Asenjo […]
EAST London, Eastern Cape, South Africa — In a fight everybody expected him to lose, International Boxing Organization (IBO) junior flyweight champion Rey Loreto relied on a big heart and a strong faith in God to score a stunning first-round knockout victory over local boxing hero Nkosinathi Joyi at the Mdantsane Gymnasium here last Sunday, […]
A JOVIAL and child-like Manny Pacquiao ribbed defending champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. on ESPN’s “First Take” saying that beating the flamboyant and undefeated American fighter would be “good for boxing.” “You know, there are athletes who allow success to get to their head,” the 36-year-old former street kid who holds the distinction as the only […]
I LOVE underdogs which is why I am rooting for Manny Pacquiao in his classic match with the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. Beyond my sympathy for underdogs, however, I am convinced that the Pacman could yet prove to be the most difficult opponent for Mayweather. In fact, this early, I am convinced that Manny could […]
PEOPLE opposing the proposal of Senator Koko Pimentel to exempt Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao from paying taxes for his multi-million dollar earnings in the historic fight against American Floyd Mayweather Jr. are so obsessed with the color of money they fail to appreciate the symbolism. And those who claim that the passage of a […]
NAKATAKDANG idepensa ni Edrin “The Sting” Dapudong ng M’Lang, North Cotabato ang hawak na International Boxing Organization (IBO) junior bantamweight title sa Nobyembre 9 sa Johannesburg, South Africa. Ito ang sinabi ni Rodney Berman, presidente ng Golden Gloves Promotions ng South Africa na siyang may hawak ng promotional rights para sa kauna-unahang world boxing champion […]