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Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has squelched all talk about the WBO welterweight title fight between Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao and champion Miguel Cotto set f or the MGM Grand on November 14 being in jeopardy.
Mzonke Fana who once scored a controversial split decision win over the Philippines Randy Suico in a WBC super featherweight title eliminator on May 28, 2004 and then fought Marco Antonio Barrera for the title and was demolished in two rounds on April 9, 2005, has once again earned a mandatory shot, this time for the IBF junior lightweight title by scoring a sixth round TKO over Jasper Seroka in a fight card in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Former IBF/IBO flyweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Nonito Donaire yesterday sparred twelve rounds and is “feeling really good” in preparation for his WBA super flyweight interim title bout against former interim champion Rafael “El Torito” Concepcion of Panama.
AJ “Bazooka” Banal seeks to continue his road to redemption when he faces Mexican super flyweight Victor “Pitufo” Proa on the undercard of the first defense of his newly-won IBF light flyweight title by Brian Viloria who takes on Jesus Iribe at the Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 29.
Conditioning expert Alex Ariza who helped get Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao into tremendous shape for his devastating performances against David Diaz, Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton, believes that WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto will be “very dangerous for the first few rounds” of his “Fire Power” showdown against Pacquiao on November 14 in Las Vegas.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum explains that the idea of Filipino boxing icon setting up training camp in the Bahamas before winding down his preparation at the Wild Card Gym of trainer Freddie Roach in Los Angeles for the showdown against Miguel Cotto on November 14 will help Pacquiao save on taxes.
Vic “The Raging Bull” Darchinyan (32-2-1, 26 KO’s) has given up his IBF junior bantamweight/super flyweight title as his promoter Gary Shaw indicated last week and confirmed today by IBF Championship Committee chairman Lindsey Tucker. However, he still owns the WBC and WBA titles.
Three Filipino boxers fighting out of Australia invaded Papua New Guinea over the weekend and faced mixed fortunes in a fight card staged at the Hideaway Resort and Hotel in the capital of Port Moresby.
Hard-hitting Filipino Ranee “KO Kid” Ganoy has won by a 5th round TKO over Indonesian Heri Andriyanto in a fight card at the Cube in Campbelltown, west of Sydney.
Filipino boxing hero and world pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao has insisted that his “Fire Power” showdown with Miguel Cotto on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas be for Cotto’s welterweight title and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he “has no problem with that, let’s have it done.”