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Magsayo pursues title shot

Magsayo pursues title shot

By Joaquin Henson | 11 days ago
Former WBC featherweight champion Mark Magsayo is staying busy while chasing another title, this time in the 130-pound division...
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Jerusalem excited to defend crown at home

Jerusalem excited to defend crown at home

By Dino Maragay | September 19, 2024 - 12:00am
World Boxing Council minimumweight champion Melvin Jerusalem has an opportunity that very few Filipino titlists have been...
Sports
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Jerusalem shrugs off Castillo’s warning shot

Jerusalem shrugs off Castillo’s warning shot

September 18, 2024 - 12:00am
Mexican Luis Angel Castillo fired the first shot on reigning champion Melvin Jerusalem five days before they clash for the...
Sports
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First-round knockouts

First-round knockouts

By Joaquin M. Henson | August 2, 2024 - 12:00am
Vincent Astrolabio’s first-round knockout loss to defending WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani in Tokyo last July...
Sports
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Boxer Ryan Garcia 'expelled' by WBC chief after racist rant

Boxer Ryan Garcia 'expelled' by WBC chief after racist rant

July 5, 2024 - 2:19pm
The World Boxing Council (WBC) on Thursday (Friday Manila time) expelled embattled fighter Ryan Garcia from its events after...
Sports
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Jerusalem plans September defense of WBC title at home

Jerusalem plans September defense of WBC title at home

June 25, 2024 - 10:17am
World Boxing Council (WBC) minimumweight champion Melvin Jerusalem will put his title on the line in the Philippines against...
Sports
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Thai pug bagsak kay Tapales

Thai pug bagsak kay Tapales

By Chris Co | May 12, 2024 - 12:00am
Inilabas ni two-division world champion Marlon Tapales ang bagsik nito para itarak ang matamis na first-round knockout win...
PM Sports
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Tapales vows to come back stronger with WBC Asia belt in sight

April 15, 2024 - 12:00am
Learning a lesson from his previous defeat, former two-division world champion Marlon Tapales vows to comeback stronger.
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Jerusalem dethrones Japanese foe to wrest WBC minimumweight belt

Jerusalem dethrones Japanese foe to wrest WBC minimumweight belt

By Ralph Edwin Villanueva | March 31, 2024 - 7:44pm
Filipino boxer Melvin Jerusalem took home the WBC minimumweight championship after dealing Japanese foe Yudai Shigeoka his...
Sports
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Gathering of champions

Gathering of champions

By Joaquin M. Henson | March 27, 2024 - 12:00am
The stars descended on the Okada Grand Ballroom last Sunday as former world boxing champions gathered to celebrate the launch...
Sports
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