Christian Araneta: record, next fight and profile →
Sive Nontshinga was pleasantly surprised when he came face-to face with his Filipino opponent Christian Araneta at the pre-medical examination on Wednesday at Boardwalk Casino in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth), South Africa ahead of their Saturday clash.
Mixed martial arts legend Ken Shamrock is jumping into bare-knuckle boxing promotion. Shamrock is starting a promotional company in the growing combat sport, he announced Tuesday. Valor Bare Knuckle will hold its first fight card Sept. 21 at 4 Bears Casino in North Dakota, with plans for quick growth.
Springfield, NJ – A purse bid took place today for the IBF junior flyweight eliminator for #1 between Christian Araneta and Augustin Gauto. Sampson Boxing (Araneta) won bidding $63,000.00 for the bout.
CEBU CITY, Philippines - Hard-hitting world-ranked light flyweight Christian Araneta (17-0, 14 KO's) of the Philippines - one of the candidates to Cebu's Best Knock Out of the Year - made good use of his speed and boxing skills to score a unanimous decision win over "The Lizard" Vincent Bautista, 25, today Saturday (Dec 22) at Robinsons Galleria here in the Philippine's Queen City of the South, Cebu.
CEBU, Philippines -- Just 2 seconds shy to the end of the 12-round rumble, unbeaten world-ranked Filipino puncher Christian Araneta (16-0, 14 KO's) unleashes a spectacular whooping right-hand blow in form of an uppercut that landed with full force on the rushing-in former world-title challenger Jerry Tomogdan (25-10-4, 3 KO's) to rock him and send him for a worrisome 12 minutes to dreamland in one of the most vicious knockouts ever seen at Mandaue Sports Complex in Cebu, Philippines.