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Former world heavyweight champion “Smokin” Joe Frazier will present the coveted “Fighter of the Year” award of the prestigious Boxing Writers Association of America to pound-for-pound king and “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao in a gala dinner at the Roosevelt Hotel on 45th Street in New York on Friday.
Sonny Boy Jaro used wicked body shots to wear down the smaller but shiftier Arman Dela Cruz before knocking him out at 2:16 of the sixth round in a fight card of Rod Nazario’s weekly boxing show “In This Corner” presented in cooperation with ARCI Boxing Promotions at the Central Plaza in Eastwood City, Monday evening.
Former world light flyweight champion Brian Viloria who won the WBC title and later the IBF crown has decided to move up to flyweight and will return to the ring on July 10 in the Philippines.
Junior welterweight Mark Jason Melligen (17-2, 13 KO’s) of the famed ALA Gym is determined to avenge his split decision loss to Michel "El Bravo" Rosales (27-3, 23 KO's) last November when they meet in a rematch on July 3 in Reno, Nevada.
Philippine bantamweight champion Eden Sonsona’s opponent for his scheduled ten round bout on the Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez – Bernabe Concepcion WBO featherweight title fight undercard in Puerto Rico on July 10 has been replaced.
IBF flyweight champion Carlos “El Olimpico” Tamara who won the title with a stunning 12th round TKO over Brian Viloria last December at the Cuneta Astrodome when exhaustion got the better of Viloria , has lost his title to Luis Alberto “El Mosquito” Lazarte in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina by a unanimous decision.
Undefeated Filipino lightweight Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta who battles Mexico’s hard-punching Oscar “ Estudiante” Meza at the Micosukee Indian Gaming Resort in Miami, Florida on June 4 for the vacant WBO North American Boxing Organization title is “peaking at the right time” according to his co-manager Vince Parra.
TOP Rank promoter Bob Arum blasted Manny Pacquiao’s close associates, who keep commenting on the negotiations for the Filipino champion’s planned super fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., saying they don’t have a clue as to what is going on.
Effective , counter-punching southpaw Richie Mepranum (25-1-1, 5 KO’s) was scheduled to leave for Los Angeles Friday night to wind up his training at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles in preparation for his Philippine Independence Day battle for the vacant WBO flyweight title against Julio Cesar Miranda (31-5-1, 24 KO’s) in Mexico.
WBA super flyweight interim champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire (23-1, 15 KO's) wants to move up to bantamweight for his planned July 10 bout on the undercard of the Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez-Bernabe Concepcion WBO featherweight title fight and doesn’t want to fight super flyweight Hernan "Tyson" Marquez (27-1, 20 KO's) who is being lined up as his opponent by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum.