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Welterweight Mark Jason Melligen (18-2, 13 O’s) has laughed off the boasts of Anges Adjaho (25-2, 14 KO’s) that he would whip the Filipino southpaw in their clash in Reno, Nevada on Sunday, Manila Time, and insisted Adjaho won’t be able to handle his power.
Bantamweight Jonathan Ba at of the Philippines has scored a 4th round TKO over Japan’s Daisuke Ochi in a fight card at the Sangyo Hall in Hiroshima.
While most fight fans and boxing writers believe Bernabe Concepcion will have a very hard time against WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez in their title clash in Puerto Rico on July 10 (July11 in Manila), pound-for-pound king and “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao believes otherwise.
Pound-for-pound king and “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao, a hero to millions of his countrymen and an idol to millions more around the world has vowed to be even more effective in government than he has been as one of the greatest fighters of all-time in the ring.
A whole new world has opened up for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr following his impressive victory over a gallant Irishman John Duddy to win the WBC silver middleweight title in the “Latin Fury 15” fight card at The Alamadone in San Antonio, Texas telecast by the giant broadcast network ABS-CBN over Studio 23 on Sunday, Manila Time.
World Boxing Council secretary general Mauricio Sulaiman was impressed with the newest Filipino fighter to make an impact on Mexican fight fans in Mexico, flyweight Edren Dapudong.
WBA super flyweight mandatory challenger Drian Francisco has sought the help of WBA president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza in making sure that he gets a crack at the super flyweight title currently held by Mexico’s Hugo “El Inreible” Cazares.
Former IBF minimumweight champion Florante Condes who got married recently in his home province of Romblon is back in Manila and wants to return to the ring and regain the world title he lost to Mexico’s Raul “Rayito” Garcia in Garcia’s hometown of La Paz on June 14, 2008.
WBC secretary general Mauricio Sulaiman has explained the organization’s approval of a title defense of newly crowned bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel who is also the WBO champion, against Panama’s Rafael “El Torito” Concepcion, the former WBA super flyweight interim champion.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum isn’t talking and his prized possession, pound-for-pound king and “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao says he believes that talks are on-going for a possible Floyd Mayweather Jr megabuck fight in November but that he would never agree to anything other than a 50-50 revenue split.