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Undefeated Filipino super bantamweight Balweg “The Davao Hitman” Bangoyan gets a shot at WBC champion Toshiaki Nishioka who is also undefeated in a big double-header at the Budokan Hall in Tokyo on April 30.
In a truly commendable gesture WBA interim super flyweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire and his wife Rachael donated a total of P350,000 (about $7,500) to Z “The Dream” Gorres who is currently recovering from a throat operation in Cebu to remove a growth that hampered his breathing and caused him to cough.
Promising Filipino southpaw Mercito Gesta, a lightweight with loads of punching power and style should make short work of Cristian Favela in a rematch at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in San Diego, California.
“Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao eased up in his training grind on Wednesday as he returned to the track at the LA High School.
“Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz has assured Z “The Dream” Gorres that Pacquiao will deliver on his promise of financial help for the stylish southpaw whose promising career was cut short by a tragic accident in a winning effort against rugged Luis Melendez last November after which he underwent brain surgery.
WBC secretary general Mauricio Sulaiman has kept his word and appointed renowned American referee Vic Drakulich as the third man in the ring for light flyweight champion Rodel Mayol’s first title defense against mandatory challenger and former champion Omar Nino Romero (28-3-1, 11 KO’s) at the Coliseo Olimpico of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico on Sunday Manila Time.
While all attention is focused on ”Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona’s WBO super bantamweight title fight against Wilfredo Vazquez Jr in Puerto Rico and WBC light flyweight champion Rodel Mayol’s first title defense against mandatory challenger Omar Nino Romero in Guadalajara, Mexico, veteran Juanito Rubillar’s fight for the vacant International Boxing Organization light flyweight title has received scant attention.
The pain in his left leg no longer bothering him, pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao snapped out of what conditioning expert Alex Ariza referred to as “a little bit of a slump as his leg was bothering him” and in ten rounds of sparring Tuesday “looked phenomenal.”
WBC secretary general Mauricio Sulaiman has assured light flyweight champion Rodel Mayol (26-4-1, 20 KO’s) of a fair decision in the Filipino’s first title defense against mandatory challenger and former champion Omar Nino Romero (28-3-1, 11 KO’s) at the Coliseo Olimpico of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico on Sunday Manila Time.
WBC light flyweight champion Rodel Mayol is concerned about the judging in his first ttitle defense against Omar Nino Romero of Mexico on Saturday in the Coliseo Olimpico of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico.