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The Mexican government is excited over the final stop in Mexico City of the media tour for the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez trilogy set to take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on November 12.
WBC/WBO world bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire risks being effectively stripped of his World Boxing Council title should he fail to make a defense by August 19.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is hoping that WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonioto “The Filipino Flash” Donaire will return to the promotional arm with which he has a contract and allow Top Rank to work on a title defense.
Hall-of-Fame referee Joe Cortez has been named by WBO president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel as the referee for the WBO world flyweight title fight between former two-time world champion Brian Viloria (28-3, 16 KO’s) and current title holder Julio Cesar “Pingo” Miranda (35-5-1, 28 KO’s) of Mexico.
MANILA, Philippines – Top Rank promoter Bob Arum believes that Floyd Mayweather Jr. “will have to pay a price” for his failure to give his deposition on the defamation case filed against him by pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.
MANILA—Undefeated Filipino southpaw Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (21-0-1, 11 KOs) has been sparring with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and has looked good.
Two Japan-based Filipino boxers will fight for the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation bantamweight title just recently vacated by another Filipino, former world flyweight champion Malcolm Tunacao.
Former IBF minimumweight champion Florante Condes will fight Thailand’s Wanheng Menayothin for his WBC silver minimumweight title in Bangkok on June 24.
WBC/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO’s) has promised to go toe-to-toe with -pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) in the third fight of an eagerly awaited trilogy at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on November 12.
Randy “Razor” Petalcurin looked sharp in winning the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council light flyweight title with a 1st round knockout over an overmatched Thai challenger Yodchingchai Sithkonnapha while Fernando Lumacad looked just as good in winning the vacant flyweight crown with a 2nd round KO over Ricky Sabia at the Lagao Gym in General Santos City.