Japanese to referee Jerusalem title bout
Japanese Yuji Fukuji has been assigned by the World Boxing Council (WBC) as the referee when Filipino champion Melvin Jerusalem makes the mandatory defense of…
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Japanese Yuji Fukuji has been assigned by the World Boxing Council (WBC) as the referee when Filipino champion Melvin Jerusalem makes the mandatory defense of…
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Filipino mandatory challenger Vincent Astrolabio suffered a first-round knockout at the hands of defending champion Junto Nakatani on Saturday in their World…
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Vincent Astrolabio finally got to size up Japanese pound-for-pound star Junto Nakatani just days before they battle for the World Boxing Council (WBC)…
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Dave “Doberman” Apolinario will have a little over two weeks to get acclimatized to Mexico City’s sickening 2,240-meters (7,349-feet) elevation as the Filipino…
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Japanese champion Junto Nakatani is so heavily favored that oddsmakers have installed him at -2500 against Filipino mandatory challenger Vincent Astrolabio in…
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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Naoya Inoue will defend his undisputed super-bantamweight world belts against Ireland’s TJ Doheny at Tokyo’s Ariake Arena in September,…
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Vincent “Asero” Astrolabio arrived in Japan Sunday confident that he will succeed in dethroning World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight king Junto Nakatani in…
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MADRID, Spain — Cuba’s two-time Olympic champion Arlen Lopez — and not China’s Asian Games gold medalist Tuohetarbieke Tanglatihan — is the biggest threat to…
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‘Life is hard here. Job opportunities are limited.’
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HANGZHOU, China – Carlo Paalam hopes to follow fellow Olympian Eumir Marcial in the boxing semifinals of the 19th Asian Games, but will be up against a tough…
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Naoya "Monster" Inoue formally received his World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization super-bantamweight straps during formal awarding rites…
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TOKYO, Japan — For almost the entire week that Filipino boxing people were here, not even once when they saw Naoya Inoue in training.
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TOKYO, Japan — The stage is set for what could be the last stab at glory for Jerwin Ancajas.
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The lead promoters of Naoya Inoue and Marlon Tapales — the world's leading super-bantamweights –are holding talks in Las Vegas next week to determine if a…
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Marlon Tapales paid homage to the great Manny Pacquiao in his palatial residence in General Santos City on Thursday night and came home armed with a bagful of…
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If the proposed mouth-watering matchup with Naoya Inoue doesn't materialize, a solid Plan B is on standby for Marlon Tapales.
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Marlon Tapales will attempt to win a title that eluded even the great Manny Pacquiao.
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