
Kameda vs Wonjongkam Headed To March in Japan
Newly crowned WBC flyweight champion Koki Kameda (22-0, 14 KO’s) must face former champion and current interim champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (74-3-1, 39 KO’s) in a mandatory title defense next year.

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Newly crowned WBC flyweight champion Koki Kameda (22-0, 14 KO’s) must face former champion and current interim champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (74-3-1, 39 KO’s) in a mandatory title defense next year.

Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire, the reigning WBA super flyweight interim champion with a record of 22-1 with 14 knockouts will face Gerson Guerrero who has a record of 34-8, with 26 knockouts at the Las Vegas Hilton on February 13.

The controversy over the venue for the super fight between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and former No.1 Floyd Mayweather Jr has been resolved.

Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao won’t agree to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and his adviser Michael Koncz believes Mayweather himself won’t agree to fight there either.

Two Filipino light welterweights have been beaten by Japanese opponents in a fight card at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Former two division world champion Gerry "Fearless" Penalosa has dared former flyweight and super flyweight champion Eric Morel not to run when they clash in a bantamweight title eliminator for the right to challenge reigning WBO champion Fernando Montiel of Mexico.

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer pulled out of a planned trip with Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and HBO Sports Ross Greenburg to Dallas to meet with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to discuss his bid to stage the super fight between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and former No.1 Floyd Mayweather Jr at the $1.2 billion state-of-the-art Dallas Stadium.

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has confirmed that his prized possession, pound-for-pound superstar Manny Pacquiao, will train in Baguio City for his March 13 megabuck clash with former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Although WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan who celebrates his 23rd birthday on December 9 is considered a tremendous prospect by trainer Freddie Roach and conditioning expert Alex Ariza, Roach concedes that pound-for-pound superstar Manny Pacquiao is twice as good as Khan.

SMART Sports and ABC 5 are getting into boxing in a big way with their first major venture “Bakbakan sa Sinulog” at the plush ballroom of the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City on January 14.