
Drian Francisco Praised and Honored By Mayor Lim
Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim has welcomed newly crowned World Boxing Association (WBA) International Super Flyweight Champion Drian “Gintong Kamao” Francisco at his office Tuesday morning.

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Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim has welcomed newly crowned World Boxing Association (WBA) International Super Flyweight Champion Drian “Gintong Kamao” Francisco at his office Tuesday morning.

Despite a long drive down from Baguio City under cover of midnight darkness, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao lightened up the eyes of those who watched his workout at the Gerry Penalosa gym at the Market Mall in Mandaluyong, Monday with what former two-time world champion Gerry Penalosa described as an awesome performance.

Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is back in Manila after deciding to pull out of his training camp in Baguio City in the face of a threat by another super typhoon, international code name Lupit, headed towards northern Philippines.

Undefeated WBO super flyweight champion “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona (14-0, 12 KO’s) is expected to continue training under elite trainer Nonito Donaire Sr in Cebu C ity beginning Monday.

Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao will cut short his training stint in Baguio City and continue training in Manila at the Wild Card Gym of his late manager and mentor Rod Nazario in Sucat, Paranaque beginning Tuesday.

Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista (27-2, 20 KO’s), fresh from an impressive 7th round TKO win over tough Indonesian super bantamweight champion Marangin “Dinamita” Marbun (19-6-1, 7 KO’s) on Friday night at the plush Pacific ballroom of the Waterfront Hotel, will see action again in February.

Raul “The Cobra” Martinez has come back from his fourth round TKO loss to IBF/IBO flyweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire at the famed Araneta Coliseum in Metro Manila last April 19 to score a fourth round TKO over Jonathan “El Explosivo” Perez in a fight card at the Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas on Sunday, Manila Time.

Former world title challenger Antonio Pitalua of Colombia who fights out of Mexico has scored a confidence-boosting 5th round TKO in his second fight since returning to the ring after losing badly in his world title bid against Edwin Valero last April 14, 2009 in Austin, Texas when he suffered a 2nd round TKO.

Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista, showing none of the ill-effects of surgery on his left wrist to remove a fractured and rotten bone and an eleven month layoff, silenced his critics with a spectacular 7th round demolition of tough and talented Indonesian super bantamweight champion Marangin “Dinamita” Marbun before an enthusiastic crowd at the plush Pacific Ballroom of the Waterfront Hotel, Friday.

Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz a short while ago denied reports of a clash with conditioning expert Alex Ariza and instead suggested that people focus on the “Fire Power” showdown between Pacquiao and WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on November 14.