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Two Filipino, WBC Asian Boxing Council title challengers, have been beaten by superior Thai opponents over the weekend in Thailand.

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Two Filipino, WBC Asian Boxing Council title challengers, have been beaten by superior Thai opponents over the weekend in Thailand.

LAS VEGAS - Roger Mayweather, the trainer and uncle of undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr says pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao must agree to a blood test for a much talked about fight to finally happen.

LAS VEGAS – Filipino welterweight Mark Jason Melligen who has done everything expected of him with eight wins and only one split decision loss against some tough opponents in the US is set for bigger fights in the near future.

Celebrated trainer Freddie Roach has said that strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza will remain with Team Pacquiao despite rumors that the Colombian was on his way out.

Newly crowned WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire battles WBA champion Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno on May 28.

Tough Ray Las Pinas (11-3-4, 6 KO’s), the Philippines junior featherweight champion, has failed in his bid to win the vacant IBF Pan Pacific title, dropping a twelve round unanimous decision to South Korea’s Jae Sung Lee (11-3-1, 7 KO’s) in Seoul.

In a battle of the undefeated, Filipino southpaw Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (21-0-1, 11 KO’s) is being matched against another undefeated southpaw out of Santa Ana, California, Luis Ramos Jr (17-0, 8 KO’s).

Glenn "The Rock" Porras of North Cotabato, the Philippines No.1 ranked bantamweight bucked a knockdown in the third round, two cuts in his left and right eyebrows and a sprained left wrist to score a unanimous twelve round decision over No. 4 contender Richard Pumicpic of Laguna to win the vacant Philippine 118 pound title in the ALA Boxing Promotion and Cobra Energy drink open air boxing at the Magsaysay Park in Davao City, Sunday.

Certainly one of the most distressing aspects of professional boxing in relation to the Philippines are the intrigues which some individuals sow and others feast upon with gay abandon.

Undefeated Filipino lightweight Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta, fresh from an easy 3rd round TKO demolition of veteran Genaro Trazancos in a rematch at the Longshoreman Hall in San Francisco last Friday is eyeing a fight against talented Vicente Escobedo (22-3, 14 KO’s) or undefeated Luis Ramos Jr (17-0, 8 KO’s) who both fight out of California.