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Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire says he will never run away from a rematch with WBC/WBA super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan but is in the dark as of now since he hasn’t seen a contract or heard any details about the fight.
Bantamweight Michael Domingo, one of the most skilled fighters in the famed ALA Gym who like Z “The Dream” Gorres has had his fair share of bad luck despite all his labors, gets a chance to re-enter the spotlight on Labor Day, May 1 when he faces Colombia’s rugged Luis Melendez who despite a lopsided loss to Gorres effectively ended the career of the stylish southpaw at the Mandalay Bay House of Blues last November 13, 2009.
While WBA super flyweight interim champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire is beginning to show some concern over whom he fights next, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says the classy former IBF/IBO flyweight champion will have a tune-up fight in May and will then face reigning WBC/WBA champion Vic Darchinyan on August 7 at the Home Depot in California.
A glaring anomaly has surfaced following Ciso “Kid Terrible” Morales’ crushing first round knockout at the hands of WBO bantamweight champion Fernando “Cochulito” Montiel in the “Pinoy Power III/Latin Fury 13” fight card telecast by the giant broadcast network ABS-CBN from the Las Vegas Hilton last February 13.
Former WBC and IBF light flyweight champion Brian Viloria returns to the ring in Manila this June.
Filipino-Australian Heath “The Heat” Ellis whose mother is from the Philippines is training very hard for his defense of the IBF Pan Pacific and WBC Asia Boxing Council welterweight titles at the Town Hall in Malverbn, Victoria on April 9.
The big boxing event which was to feature the comeback bid of popular Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista the one-time world title challenger, WBO minimum weight No.1 Milan Melindo, Philippine lightweight champion Jason Pagara and colorful “Bon Jovi’ Canillas has been postponed because of the non-appearance of Bobby Pacquiao in one of the featured fights on April 9.
Pound–for-pound king Manny Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz has made it clear that any talk of a possible trade-off with Floyd Mayweather Jr’s camp in order to arrange a multi-million dollar super-fight is “totally absurd.”
Two Filipino boxers, Ryan Tampus and Michael Rodriguez have lost in a fight card in Phuket, Thailand.
Ana Julaton’s attractive looks which drew media especially from the Philippines to create a hype around her didn’t help much in the ring as she lost a lopsided ten round decision to the far more talented Lisa ”Bad News” Brown in a WBA super bantamweight title fight at Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada Sunday morning Manila Time.