By Carlos Costa That hot summer day when young Filipino fighter ArAr Andales put his boxing gloves for the very first time, there was a beautiful, yet far away dream inside his head. That dream was to one day fight for the world title and to win it so as […]
By Carlos Costa In thrilling fashion, Filipino GAB Lightweight Champion Roldan “Dan” Aldea (14-7-1, 8 KO’s) of the Elorde Gym scored the most important of win of his boxing career by punishing and stopping cold in eight rounds unbeaten world-ranked WBC # 28 Mikhail Alexeev (12-1, 4 KO’s) Saturday night, […]
By Carlos Costa Japanese Ryota Murata (15-2, 12 KO’s) impressively regained his WBA Middleweight “Regular” World Title by stopping in two rounds nemesis Rob Brant (25-2, 17 KO’s) tonight Friday night, July 12, at the EDION Arena in Osaka, Japan. From the getgo, an aggressive Murata came out swinging hard […]
By Carlos Costa LILOAN, Cebu — Omega Sports Promotions deliver to fans an exciting evening of boxing last weekend, featuring five action clashes that did not fail to thrill and entertain. The results are all here: In a very close, exciting main event clash, unbeaten 23-year-old Mark Vicelles (11-0, 5 […]
B By Carlos Costa World-ranked Filipino featherweight Dave Peñalosa (15-0, 11 KO’s), son of former two-time world champion Dodie Boy Peñalosa, scaled-in at 125 pounds while WBC # 11 “Lights Out” Lerato Dlamini (12-1, 6 KO’s) of South Africa came-in at the limit of the division ahead of their battle for […]
By Carlos Costa CEBU, Philippines — A total success was the Professional Boxing Officials of Central Visayas (POB-CV) seminar for boxing referees and judges with the participation of GAB chairman Baham Mitra and international ring official Bruce McTavish. The well-attended, highly instructive and entertaining seminar unfolded over the weekend at […]
