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Undefeated knockout artist and WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero defends his title against Hector Velazquez, a former opponent of reigning pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao in El Nuevo Circo, Caracas, Venezuela on December 19.
Faced with bitter criticism of the judges decision in the recent IBF lightweight title fight between South Africa’s Ali Funeka and Joan Guzman at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec, the IBF has decided to act.
Ramie Laput’s defense of his WBO Intercontinental title against Zolt “Lefthook” Bedak in a battle of world-rated fighters is in jeopardy after the Filipino boxer was denied a visa by the Austrian Embassy in Manila.
Now that pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao has filed his Certificate of Candidacy for the lone congressional seat of Sarangani, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is arriving in Manila on Thursday morning from Las Vegas to meet with the boxing hero and map out plans for his next fight.
It is becoming abundantly clear that the insurance provided for classy southpaw Z “The Dream” Gorres who underwent brain surgery after collapsing in his corner following his impressive victory over Colombia’s Luis Melendez last November 13 is totally inadequate, given the costs of his brain surgery at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas and the post- operation rehabilitation phase.
The negotiations for a possible $80 million super fight between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and former No.1 Floyd Mayweather Jr have been stalled and its not because Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer have hit a snag. Its all because of Pacquiao’s reported firm decision to run for a congressional seat in Sarangani.
Mexico’s Juan Jose “Goofy” Montes whipped the Philippines Fernando Lumacad in a one-sided ten round bout to retain his WBC Youth super flyweight title on Sunday afternoon Manila Time.
Veteran Bert Batawang has won the WBO Asia Pacific light flyweight title with a 5th round knockout of Indonesia’s Jack Amisa in Guandong, China.
Sylvester “Silver” Lopez successfully defended his WBC International super flyweight title by scoring an impressive 5th round TKO over Japan’s gutsy Katsumi Makiyama at the Ynares Sports Center in Pasig on Saturday night.
Anthony “Striker” Esmedina of the Philippines has lost by a twelve round shutout in an IBF Pan Pacific bantamweight title fight against Thailand’s undefeated champion Thangthong Kiattaweesuk in Bangkok.