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It’s not over for Marlon

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 28 Dec 2023

Marlon Tapales could’ve taken a safe route in defending his WBA and IBF superbantamweight titles against a no-risk challenger but opted to go for all the marbles in a bid to make history as the first …

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Tapales credits sparmates for toughness

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 25 Dec 2023

For over a month, WBA/IBF superbantamweight champion Marlon Tapales worked out with a platoon of sparmates in Baguio to get ready for the fight of his life against unbeaten WBC/WBO titlist Naoya Inoue…

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Joshua/Wallin and Wilder/Parker: No Time To Play

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 23 Dec 2023

The time has come, well technically the moment boxing fans have waited for is almost here (hopefully). One final hurdle to jump thru then us fans will get the matchup that’s eluded us all these years.…

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Tapales unfazed by odds

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 23 Dec 2023

It won’t be a cakewalk for WBA/IBF superbantamweight champion Marlon Tapales to defeat WBC/WBO titlist Naoya Inoue in their scheduled 12-round bout for undisputed recognition at the Ariake Arena in To…

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All or nothing

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 21 Dec 2023

There’s only one Filipino reigning as world boxing champion today and he’s risking everything to become the undisputed 122-pound champion. Five titles will be at stake when Marlon Tapales battles Naoy…

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Bam Rodriguez vs. Sunny Edwards: Flyweight Separator

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 16 Dec 2023

This Saturday night live from the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona Jessie Rodriguez takes on Sunny Edwards streaming live on DAZN. This unification bout will help as a separator of sorts at t…

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No rest for Magsayo

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Tue, 12 Dec 2023

Magsayo delivers a crushing right at Avelar. Former WBC featherweight champion Mark Magsayo is taking no break for the holidays and was set to jump back into training at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angel…

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Devin Haney vs. Regis Prograis: Talking All That Jazz

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 09 Dec 2023

The back and forth between the fighters and camps of Devin Haney and Regis Prograis has only added hype to what was already great matchup at the junior welterweight division. Haney is moving up in wei…

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Ryan Garcia vs. Oscar Duarte: All Jokes Aside

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 01 Dec 2023

Boy oh boy did things get ugly at the prefight presser on Thursday for Ryan Garcia versus Oscar Duarte. All jokes aside did we see more drama outside the ring than what will take place inside the ring…

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David Benavidez vs. Demetrius Andrade: Just To Get A Rep

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 25 Nov 2023

On Thanksgiving weekend here in the states David Benavidez faces Demetrius Andrade in a main event on a stacked Showtime PPV card. The word stacked gets thrown around all too often these days but besi…

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Stevenson/De Los Santos & Navarrete/Conceicao: Do The ‘B’ Sides Have The Formula To Be The One?

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 16 Nov 2023

On a rare Thursday night, Shakur Stevenson takes on Edwin De Los Santos in the main event on ESPN/ESPN+ from Las Vegas, Nevada. The co-feature pits the always entertaining Emanuel Navarrete versus Rob…

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Ajagba vs. Goodall & Cordina vs. Vasquez: Breakdown & Predictions

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 04 Nov 2023

This Saturday during the afternoon and at night in the states boxing fans have two interesting main events to sink their teeth in. Efe Ajagba continues his climb to a title shot facing Joseph Goodall …

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Eumir back to pros

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 03 Nov 2023

Asian Games lightheavyweight boxing silver medalist Eumir Marcial said yesterday he’ll fly back to his Las Vegas training camp under US Olympic coach Kompa (Kay) Koroma as soon as his passport is clea…

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Fury/Ngannou & Foster/Hernandez: One for the Money, Two for the Show

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 28 Oct 2023

This Saturday afternoon in the States, the WBC (lineal in my book) heavyweight champion Tyson Fury returns to the ring for a big payday versus a fighter making his pro debut in Francis Ngannou on ESPN…

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World Boxing officially accepts the Philippines as a member; Vargas cites World Boxing hallmarks

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 27 Oct 2023

ABAP chairman Ricky Vargas said yesterday the Philippines’ formal affiliation with the newly-formed World Boxing, which is seeking IOC recognition as the sport’s international federation, will usher i…

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Boxing in Olympic limbo after Paris

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Fri, 27 Oct 2023

IOC has ruled out a working relationship with the discredited leadership of IBA, the long-standing international governing federation of boxing. In the Tokyo Olympics, IOC formed an interim body to ov…

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ABAP applies to join World Boxing

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Thu, 26 Oct 2023

Defection from the discredited International Boxing Association (IBA), stripped of recognition by IOC, continues at a global scale and affiliation with the newly-formed, Swiss-based World Boxing is gr…

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Two more Paris qualifiers for boxers

By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com Mon, 16 Oct 2023

Only lightheavyweight Eumir Marcial qualified for the Paris Olympics out of nine fighters in the Philippine boxing team at the Hangzhou Asian Games with two more chances to book tickets in world compe…

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Tszyu vs. Mendoza: Best Laid Plans at Junior Middleweight

By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com Sat, 14 Oct 2023

In Tim Tszyu’s third bout of 2023, the son of a legend’s goal to become undisputed didn’t go exactly as planned in more ways than one. Tim’s opponent Brian Mendoza makes a surprise visit to Australia’…